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At the very moment when state and national Democratic leadership should be harnessing youthful energy for a more just world, they appear clueless. If Democrats want to win the next election as the guardians and saviors of democracy, they have a lot of...
by acamins
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on Thu Apr 25, 2024 at 06:01 AM PDT
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Although the Donald is known for hugging and humping our country’s flag, he is against everything the United States of America is really about. And if he somehow gets a second term, he’ll have a cabinet that would enable him to wield a lot more power...
by Perlinator
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on Tue Mar 12, 2024 at 07:00 PM PDT
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White House spokesperson Jen Psaki said President Biden was not advocating for regime change in Russia when reporters asked. The US has done it in the past, in Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, and other nations, so it is a fair question. In those instances,...
by Nickjlicata
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on Sat Mar 26, 2022 at 11:12 PM PDT
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Samuel Johnson famously wrote in 1775 that “Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.” In The Devil’s Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce made the appropriate correction: “With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit...
by Meteor Blades
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on Sun Jul 04, 2021 at 07:30 AM PDT
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The Trump administration thinks the court is its personal fixer. The court isn’t doing much to disabuse it of this idea. I remembered reading something about this story yesterday. Seems Sotomayor and Ginsburg were the only ones to dissent on some lower...
by momomia
224 comments
on Thu Sep 12, 2019 at 02:44 PM PDT
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This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here.
Back in 2012, I stumbled across figures on the U.S. government’s classification of documents and was stunned. In 2011,...
by TomDispatch
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on Tue May 14, 2019 at 02:25 PM PDT
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The organized resistance by North and South Dakota Native Americans to the construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines over their land remains one of the most prominent and effective ...
by Hunter
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on Thu Apr 04, 2019 at 05:30 PM PDT
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Identity politics,” a meme, used by the media and commentators to describe a social movement demeans what is actually occurring. It is not “Identity Politics.” It is good old dissent a fundamental element of a working democracy.
Social...
by Trenz Pruca
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on Sun Mar 24, 2019 at 01:24 PM PDT
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Torah readings Bereishiyt/Genesis 44:18–47:27. . Haftarah Yechezkayl/Ezekiel 37:15–28.
The story is told of a governor who met a rabbi walking in the street,
"Where are you going?" he asked the rabbi.
"I don't know," the...
by mettle fatigue
25 comments
on Thu Dec 13, 2018 at 04:45 PM PST
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On April 10, Chelsea Manning and I delivered 180,000 signatures to the US Attorneys who are prosecuting people who participated in an anti-Trump demonstration in Washington, DC on Inauguration day, demanding charges be dropped.The petition was...
by ChipGibbons
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on Wed Apr 11, 2018 at 01:20 PM PDT
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Yom Hazikaron laShoah ve-laG'vurah (יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה; "Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day") sunset, April 11, 2018 – nightfall, April 12. “While the term Holocaust generally refers to” the systematic mass murder of the Jewish people...
by mettle fatigue
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on Tue Apr 10, 2018 at 04:11 PM PDT
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We live in an era of chaos and potentially catastrophic change at a level humans have never previously seen.
That being the case, I am struck by how callous our leaders are in failing to cease with their bullshit instead of doing everything...
by Meteor Blades
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on Thu Nov 23, 2017 at 01:10 PM PST
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“Your Honor, what do you think of the 9th Circuit’s decision announced today on Trump’s travel ban appeal?”
I knew I was taking a chance to ask the question. After all the Justice sat on the 9th Circuit and he was unlikely to reveal any back...
by Joyce Mary
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on Wed Nov 15, 2017 at 08:05 AM PST
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Yesterday, Judge Robert Downer sentenced a community member to ten days in jail for disorderly conduct. He suspended the sentence on the condition of one year of good behavior. Two other community members, charged with obstruction of justice, had their...
by solidaritycville
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on Tue Nov 07, 2017 at 06:30 PM PST
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In case there were any doubts about Trump’s close relationship with Russia’s president, Putin’s recent directive to Americans to stop disrespecting Trump should clear up any misconceptions. It is not entirely clear if there is a concerted effort among...
by Rmuse
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on Fri Oct 20, 2017 at 11:56 AM PDT
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I love America. I love our country. There’s a lot of talk currently about who loves America and, by the judgement of some, who does not love America.
But what does it mean to love your country? Let’s look at it. Really think about why you love...
by stlawrence
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on Tue Sep 26, 2017 at 08:37 AM PDT
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I could care less for football, but I do care about dissent. This was the first shot of Show me your Papers. Rocketmouth 45 wants to dictate how you act on or off the clock. TAKE A KNEE. He went from calling POC from thugs to SOB’s. He called...
by Vetwife
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on Sun Sep 24, 2017 at 02:15 PM PDT
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Why is this not a huge story right now? It’s nothing short of fascistic. Video story from the Huffingtonpost:
DOJ Requested Personal Information Of Over One Million Anti-Trump Protestors
The Justice Department is casting a digital dragnet for...
by diomedes77
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on Thu Aug 17, 2017 at 10:08 AM PDT
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With millions marching in Washington, D.C. and across the country for women’s issues, science, and action on climate change, Americans lately have rediscovered their rights of speech and assembly under the Constitution. But the social impact of those...
by Dartagnan
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on Sat May 20, 2017 at 06:09 AM PDT
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North Carolina Republicans continue their campaign to turn the Tar Heel state into the embarrassing racist and homophobic cousin you wish wasn’t at your family get-together. Maybe realizing that the people have been pushed too far and are now activated...
by Walter Einenkel
101 comments
on Thu Apr 27, 2017 at 09:11 AM PDT
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