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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
on Tue Jun 11, 2024 at 08:59 PM PDT
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He’s guilty: Donald Trump is a convicted felon 34 times over Teflon Don no more! Chief Justice John Roberts tells Senate Democrats to pound sand Apparently, he has a secret copy of the Constitution that says the legislative branch isn't the boss of him.
by Daily Kos Staff
on Thu May 30, 2024 at 02:24 PM PDT
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Illinois has taken a significant step in safeguarding reproductive rights by passing legislation that prohibits state authorities from aiding investigations into individuals seeking abortion ...
by Mark Sumner
on Thu May 30, 2024 at 07:00 AM PDT
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This is Part 3 of a series. You can read Part 1 here: Red, White & Kryptonite Part 1: Christian Nationalists Target Metropolis IL, and Part 2 here: Red, White & Kryptonite Part 2: The Action at Metropolis Library Moves to City Hall. This series of...
by Leslie in KY
on Thu May 16, 2024 at 05:13 AM PDT
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As a Rail Evangelist for Solutionary Rail, a supporter of the Climate Rail Alliance, a member of the Empire State Passengers Association (ESPA), and a member of the Rail Passengers Association (RPA), I try to keep an eye on what’s happening with...
by xaxnar
on Mon May 06, 2024 at 04:52 AM PDT
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On a brisk day at a restaurant outside Chicago, Deb Robertson sat with her teenage grandson to talk about her death.
She’ll probably miss his high school graduation. She declined the extended ...
by Associated Press
on Sun Apr 21, 2024 at 07:59 AM PDT
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Gang Violence ... Gendered Realities in Central America and the Caribbean mirror nationalistic and armed resistance conflict globally, and vice versa. ...violence perpetrated by gangs and criminal groups, “even outside of armed...
by mettle fatigue
on Sat Apr 27, 2024 at 04:45 PM PDT
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(UPDATE: new information re: missing library furniture at the end of the diary- photo from 2021, and evidence of news media being misled for first story on this) (UPDATE 04/10/24) Another meeting at City Hall with a surprise appearance by terminated...
by Leslie in KY
on Mon Apr 01, 2024 at 05:36 AM PDT
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Guest: Legal journalist Mark Joseph Stern on two ridiculous cases, increasing court dysfunction Also: Primary, Special Election results from AZ, FL, IL, KS, OH, CA And the Biden EPA's 'biggest climate move yet'... From top to bottom, the Federal...
by TheBradBlog
on Wed Mar 20, 2024 at 06:58 PM PDT
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A story is unfolding in the small town of Metropolis, Illinois that needs to receive more attention. The local media has been covering a controversy relating to the the Metropolis Public Library, but they seem to be getting only bits and pieces of what...
by Leslie in KY
on Fri Mar 22, 2024 at 06:49 AM PDT
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When Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley exited the race earlier this month after Super Tuesday, Donald Trump effectively told her supporters to take a hike. Shortly after her announcement, Trump bragged about trouncing her in a mistimed...
by Kerry Eleveld
on Wed Mar 20, 2024 at 03:00 PM PDT
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While both parties' presidential primaries have now been decided, the downballot primary season is just getting underway, with plenty to watch in two big Midwestern states. The main event is Ohio's volatile Republican primary to take on Democratic Sen....
by Jeff Singer
on Mon Mar 18, 2024 at 10:14 AM PDT
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Rep. Eric Sorensen is unique in the halls of Congress —�he worked as a meteorologist on television before joining the House of Representatives. He’s the first one since the 1970s, and he isn’t ...
by bilboteach
on Sun Apr 21, 2024 at 03:31 AM PDT
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Guests: Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast'... I should be in bed nursing my illness (whatever it is), rather than doing today's BradCast. But given the firehose of news, some of it huge, that broke after yesterday's...
by TheBradBlog
on Thu Feb 29, 2024 at 05:32 PM PST
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Most of these Boosting Biden posts deal with ways that Joe Biden has helped all Americans. But Biden has also done a lot of targeted things that only local folks know about. Honestly, too often ...
by GoodNewsRoundup
on Wed Mar 20, 2024 at 04:30 AM PDT
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Tonight's selections from Cheap Trick’s 1977 sophomore album, In Color .
As one who grew up in Illinois, aware of Cheap Trick a full year before the band’s Epic Records signing and February ...
by Al Dorado
on Thu Feb 29, 2024 at 09:01 PM PST
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🕊️ Global Observatory.org - 2019 The Role of Women in Northern Ireland’s Peace Process: Q&A with Monica McWilliams by Samir Ashraf. For clarity, the Ireland-England conflict dates back at minimum to about 1540, and in some...
by mettle fatigue
on Sat Mar 02, 2024 at 04:50 PM PST
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Big Win in NY-03. On to the Next Ones in CA, IL, and more! RSVP now for our Campaign To Victory Call Thursday, 2/15, 9pm ET/6pm PT First, many thanks if you were in the game making calls, walking neighborhoods, or doing anything else that helped Tom...
by Progressive Democrats of America
on Thu Feb 15, 2024 at 11:35 AM PST
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Illinois’ election board on Tuesday kept former President Donald Trump on the state’s primary ballot, a week before the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on whether the Republican’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol disqualifies him...
by Associated Press
on Tue Jan 30, 2024 at 09:29 AM PST
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Despite the risk of TOO MUCH INFORMATION, I’ve put together this TL;DR compendium of writings addressing the constitutional challenge now facing the country. I realize it is a lot to go through, but when the regular media treats Trump vs Biden as “the...
by xaxnar
on Tue Jan 30, 2024 at 10:43 AM PST
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