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Whatever one’s views of the acerbic Democratic strategist Jim Carville, his 1992 “It’s the economy, stupid” has become a cliché. That sentiment apparently resonates with voters, including the young ones not even born when Carville said it, as this...
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Squiggles , thatâs what I call them, squiggles all over the place, squiggles, squiggles, however first
A gentle reminder of how we do things: 🐱🐶🐦
Do not troll the diary. If you hate ...
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Where does the time go? It’s been 50 years since the F-16 prototype made an unplanned take off. Competing against the YF-17 prototype, it was a plane the Air Force didn’t want. It only had one engine; it wasn’t optimized to be a missile platform — it...
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My comic strip is deliberately silly in its approach, but it's a serious problem, and one that can make fat people reluctant to visit doctors even for urgently needed health care. And even if we do go, if we wind up with a doctor who only sees the fat,...
by Barry Deutsch
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By David Glenn Cox I saw something yesterday; it was the funniest thing I saw all day. It wasn’t really political; it is but it isn’t. Just more doilies on the Titanic stuff to redecorate the shadows of our lives with. Some people collect figurines,...
by This Carbon Based Life
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This story is wild. From Salon: A former Pennsylvania GOP lieutenant governor candidate and leader in the state’s conservative school board movement, Clarice Schillinger, was sentenced to 12 months probation for a misdemeanor alcohol charge this week....
by satanicpanic
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Hope Springs from Field PAC [website] volunteers in Georgia, North Carolina and northern Florida have been asking for an update from our special projects in those states. We’ve been pushing the Abortion Ballot Initiatives a lot, but we’ve been making...
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There has been a lot of deserved, in my opinion, criticism of the way The NY Times covers domestic politics these days. The Paper of Record is trying to be all things to all people, no matter how diametrically opposed and counterfactual their beliefs...
by xaxnar
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A cartoon by Pedro Molina.
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by Pedro Molina
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A cartoon by Clay Bennett.�
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by Clay Bennett
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Reposted from Dark Skies on the Horizon
It’s my opinion, subject to confirmation, that Donald Trump will lose the election interference case. He will be convicted. The defense is attempting to ...
by Frank Vyan Walton
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Previous diaries have noted the shamelessness and cluelessness of the parade of Republican officials trooping to the Manhattan courtroom where their corrupt, venal and stupid leader is standing trial for lying about paying off a porn star he banged...
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Pasta is one of the food items that most diabetics miss. Pasta is a great comfort food (think homemade mac n cheese) but normal wheat pasta is very high in carbohydrates, so it’s avoided or eaten ...
by lynnekz
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I do not dwell on democracy versus authoritarianism. It Should be obvious. Much the same way I do not dwell on who won or lost last night's Cubs loss to Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh won the game because they had the hits and the fielding. They played fairly,...
by Ben Kalom
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The Man who Inspired the Founding of PDA, Dennis Kucinich, Returns to our Town Hall this Sunday to talk about his latest campaign and the State of the World. RSVP now! Dennis Kucinich is running for office again in the 7th Congressional district of...
by Progressive Democrats of America
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WE all, myself included vent a lot on here and other places including our homes and around some people but the truth is after reading about Alito, and seeing Trump love, the state of affairs of hate and lawlessness has been normalized. People have been...
by Vetwife
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I’m very glad that someone will have a chance to spend a day at the beach with the Bidens. It sounds like a lot of fun. But do I have to hear about EVERY TIME I try and read a story? Even that wouldn’t be so bad except that there’s no way for me to...
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Four people died overnight as severe storms rode the ridge of a heat dome that has been plaguing Central America and Mexico for weeks. It is the same heat that the lower Florida Keys and Miami endured a few days ago and was expected to hit Texas as it...
by Pakalolo
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There are a few things about the Daily Kos content management system (CMS) that we take for granted, if we even notice them. One of those things is how the text in Daily Kos articles is fully searchable. For example, if you’re curious as to what was...
by Alonso del Arte
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Today, Israel denied South Africa’s charge at the ICJ that its attack on Rafah and the rest of Gaza amounts to ethnic cleansing and/or genocide and rejected the claim that the Court must order it to withdraw from the Strip forthwith. The British...
by AvoidAmnesia
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