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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and �...
by Chitown Kev
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on Tue Jul 02, 2024 at 08:59 PM PDT
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and ...
by side pocket
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on Thu May 23, 2024 at 09:00 PM PDT
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POTUS and his two democratic predecessors were on the Smartless podcast. Most telling moment for me: Biden stated that more Federal funds were going to Red states than to Blue states. When one of the hosts asked him if the Red state people know this or...
by OddWing
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on Sun May 05, 2024 at 07:35 AM PDT
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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration � is moving toward reclassifying � marijuana � as a less dangerous drug. The Justice Department proposal would recognize � the medical uses of cannabis , but ...
by Associated Press
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on Wed May 01, 2024 at 01:59 PM PDT
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I am riffing here on a Sunday night, but bear with me. Does anyone else in the DKos community see the same value I see — value writ large — in the Biden camp corralling Big Dog Bill, Bush 2, and Obama to deliver a joint 4 President statement on...
by Americans for a Republican Irrelevancy
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on Sun Apr 14, 2024 at 07:29 PM PDT
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In this series, I have already documented multiple ways that Biden saved the US economy as president. It’s been a Herculean job. But�did you know that this wasn’t his first time pulling off this ...
by GoodNewsRoundup
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on Tue Apr 16, 2024 at 04:30 AM PDT
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This is the last day of Black History Month, and, contrary to a recent SNL joke, it’s not a month to suffer through. It’s actually something we need to keep fighting to protect and expand. President Obama not only won two historic elections, but he...
by CorpFlunky
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on Thu Feb 29, 2024 at 07:22 AM PST
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Last Friday, Netflix released “Leave the World Behind.” It is a movie about two families — one Black, one white — coping with a series of inexplicable events. IMDB users rated it 6.6. I would give it a higher grade. The first half of the movie, in...
by TheCriticalMind
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on Tue Dec 12, 2023 at 03:34 PM PST
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Glory years. I was born when Eisenhower was President, and JFK was next in line. America led the world in just about everything, it seemed. And was always Best and was always Right and Just! That’s how I was taught at home, and nothing at school...
by ModerateMark
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on Sun Nov 26, 2023 at 09:32 AM PST
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The White House is without question the most well-known residence and government institution in the United States. It is also one of the oldest standing homes in the country. So, with a history that dates back to 1801 and has been filled with such...
by Robertbuccellato
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on Wed Sep 20, 2023 at 05:06 AM PDT
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This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. In a June 2012 piece headlined “Praying at the Church of St. Drone,” I wrote, “Be assured of one thing: whichever candidate you...
by TomDispatch
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on Tue Sep 05, 2023 at 06:52 AM PDT
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A bit dramatic of a title, but bear with me. My second diary, because I have a lot of thoughts and opinions. It starts with a story, and I forewarn will be a bit of a rant at times. In my thirties and painfully underemployed (There’s a good record for...
by Angry Pidgeon
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on Sun Jul 30, 2023 at 03:43 AM PDT
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I will admit to having��“a moment” every so often over�things I find in The NY Times that can be infuriating. (That’s the problem with Sturgeon’s Law .) Still, every once in a while the ...
by xaxnar
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on Fri Jul 07, 2023 at 01:07 PM PDT
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The IMF corroborates Rep. Katie Porter that Inflation was caused by corporate greed. Obama called out Republicans for being anti-democratic. Trump's audio tapes from the indictment prove him a dangerous, irresponsible petty child. Politics Done Right...
by Egberto Willies
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on Tue Jun 27, 2023 at 01:01 PM PDT
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The good news is that there are no reported fatalities so far. [Updated — 2 killed, 5 wounded] The bad news from the initial report via NBC News: Seven injured in a shooting at Virginia Commonwealth University. Seven people were injured in a shooting...
by xaxnar
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on Tue Jun 06, 2023 at 07:37 PM PDT
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Hofstra University’s Thirteenth Presidential Conference: The Barack Obama Presidency – Hope and Change will take place April 19-21, 2023. Hofstra has a long and distinguished tradition of hosting conferences on the administrations of all the Presidents...
by Alan Singer
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on Sun Apr 02, 2023 at 08:23 AM PDT
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First of all, by way of disclosure, I am not and have never been a teacher. But I’m sure many here at KOS are just that and are/were fine teachers. The above quote by Tyson references children, but I think it also applies to adults and politics....
by psychusa
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on Sat Apr 01, 2023 at 02:09 PM PDT
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Not too many years ago, the mainstream press came to the aid of Fox News. In 2010, former president Barack Obama said to Rolling Stone of Fox News, “It’s a point of view,” Obama said, “that I think is ultimately destructive for the long-term growth of...
by ReasonaBill
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on Fri Feb 24, 2023 at 12:18 PM PST
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Thursday, the soccer world lost its greatest and most beloved player: Edson Arantes do Nascimento, aka Pelé. The three-time World Cup champion died at a hospital in Sao Paulo at the age of 82.
The ...
by Rebekah Sager
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on Fri Dec 30, 2022 at 04:00 PM PST
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Here's my 2015 post lamenting Obama's inaction to correct the ACA “family glitch", which left me and my kids without health coverage (we did end up getting covered in 2017 when we moved back to Minnesota). You will notice in the comment section all the...
by SlackerInc
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on Fri Dec 09, 2022 at 03:48 PM PST
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- I guess by their relative lack of comments on the Democrats’ cannibalizing of ourselves, the Repubs are taking heed to that old political adage of “when your opponent is self-destructing, don’t interefere.” Why else, in the face of situations like...447 comments 452 Recs
- I Just watched Joe’s rally in Madison, found myself wishing there had been an open thread on it. IMO, Joe’s back! He was energetic, forceful, inspiring and clear. The audience was with him all the way. The guy has picked himself up one more time in his...245 comments 193 Recs
- After a freaking week of reading hit pieces about Biden being tired and needing to sleep (cardinal sin! for those who think being overworked is a badge of honor) it finally occurred to me today that nobody, but nobody is mentioning the fact that while...47 comments 119 Recs
- Since April, when it launched an offensive to seize the town of Chasiv Yar, Russia has lost about 99,000 troops (dead and wounded) On April 4, Russian forces attacked Chasiv Yar, a Ukrainian stronghold in eastern Ukraine just west of the ruins of...63 comments 193 Recs
- I usually stay out of the “Pie” fights, and Democratic Circular Firing Squads that occur regularly on Daily Kos or in other Democratic and Liberal spaces. However, watching what is happening to President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party reminds me...20 comments 39 Recs
- In the days after the Presidential debate, as the media has been obsessing over the fact Joe Biden is three years older than Donald Trump, Donald Trump has been rage tweeting truly unhinged stuff like this “ELIZABETH LYNNE CHENEY IS GUILTY OF TREASON,”...151 comments 319 Recs
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- We could go back further, but let's start in 2012… Then Vice-President Joe Biden was set to debate GOP boy-genius wunderkind Paul Ryan. Biden was seen as a gaff-prone old man (This is nothing new) that would surely make an ass of himself against Mitt...91 comments 183 Recs
- If you perused the face page of the New York Times’ website Thursday morning, you would have seen an op-ed piece, characterized as a “guest essay,” by a right winger named Matthew Walther titled, “Why I Don’t Vote. And Why Maybe You Shouldn’t Either.”...371 comments 904 Recs
- I am posting this article from SubStack. As usual, Mary Trump is more articulate on the matter than I am. In posting this on DKos I hope everyone can take her words, experience, and professional psychological understanding to heart....180 comments 753 Recs
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- trump today posted this message where he claims that he knows nothing about Project 2025 or the people behind it. In the very next sentence, he says that he disagrees with some of the things they are saying and that some of the things being said are...80 comments 82 Recs
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- Freelance is a surprisingly intelligent and even “woke” movie that manages to mention Hannah Arendt in the middle of what in another movie would have just been a mindless chase scene. Not that ...1 comments 0 Recs
- If Joe does decide to stay in the race ( and I have been excoriated for opining otherwise) I believe he needs to start practicing Tai Chi Chuan ASAP. Real Tai Chi Chuan ( not the fake bliss ninny hand wavers) is revered in China for restoring youth and...1 comments 0 Recs
- Dear Mr. President, I am not now, never have been, and never will be a Biden Basher. After literally years of thought, I believe you are the best president of my lifetime, save only JFK, who spared our species from nuclear self-extinction. In my mind,...26 comments 8 Recs
- I am letting Michael Moore speak for me because he is saying what I think and feel and maybe you will listen to him. I am 71. I love Joe and could not be prouder of the job he's done as President. Best president of my lifetime. But it's asking too much...5 comments 3 Recs
- I usually stay out of the “Pie” fights, and Democratic Circular Firing Squads that occur regularly on Daily Kos or in other Democratic and Liberal spaces. However, watching what is happening to President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party reminds me...20 comments 39 Recs
- Ok it was President-Elect Biden then. AP is reporting this. Officers who defended the Capitol fight falsehoods about Jan. 6 and campaign for Joe Biden It is a pretty quick read but the general idea is that some of the physical January 6 defenders of...1 comments 11 Recs
- Black Kos, Week In Review ~ "We are the ones we've been waiting for." Let US get Joe across the lineCommentary by Black Kos editor JoanMar As we celebrated the 248th anniversary of the founding of this nation, our cowardly, complicit media is absolutely consumed with the question of Joe Biden’s ...105 comments 32 Recs
- Senator Mark Warner seeks to have Biden step down. Per Washington Post, Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) is attempting to assemble a group of Democratic senators to ask President Biden to exit the presidential race, according to two people with direct...39 comments 10 Recs
- Joe Biden has been one of the best Presidents ever, but it is time to go. Here is a poll from today from Political Wire, the largest U.S. liberal political news compiler. This group of liberal political junkies support Biden resigning from the...40 comments 3 Recs
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- Found via Reddit (Original link — from WaPo — shared by the WP official Reddit account (shared here, in r/Virginia — Reddit Link, which shared the following blurb: “Warner is telling Democratic Senators that Biden can no longer remain in the...78 comments 6 Recs
- The idea that we need need unified and organized masses of people to get results isn’t very efficient. Media is lazy and low on funds — it plays right into the billionaires advantages — they have stuff made up and spread all over. We can take advantage...1 comments 3 Recs
- DOTARD TRUMP Denies Knowing Anything About the 'Abysmal' Project 2025 that He Definitely Knows AboutThe agenda that Donald Trump has contrived for his 2024 presidential campaign is rife with some of the most unpopular proposals ever compiled by a candidate. He is opposed to reproductive health access, gun safety reforms, tax fairness for corporations...12 comments 14 Recs
- The Artist In 1905, a 21 year old Mexican named José Orozco lost his left hand manufacturing fireworks, after which he devoted himself full time to his love of drawing. As a young man, he participated in the political protests of the day, along with...2 comments 2 Recs
- Hopefully at this point I'm still wandering the wilderness and haven't been eaten by a bigger predator. Yes, this is going to be another absentee diaree posted to the queue- um , e. Next week though,11 comments 10 Recs
- I Just watched Joe’s rally in Madison, found myself wishing there had been an open thread on it. IMO, Joe’s back! He was energetic, forceful, inspiring and clear. The audience was with him all the way. The guy has picked himself up one more time in his...245 comments 193 Recs
- After a freaking week of reading hit pieces about Biden being tired and needing to sleep (cardinal sin! for those who think being overworked is a badge of honor) it finally occurred to me today that nobody, but nobody is mentioning the fact that while...47 comments 119 Recs
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- The question I’m not seeing asked is: Who will speak to the manipulation of Democratic primary voters? It is becoming increasingly clear that I was swindled out of my franchise, along with many other voters in the 2024 Democratic Primaries. Like...3 comments 1 Recs
