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I know what every woman wants and needs in this country ... trust me ...   As I approach my 73rd birthday in October, it occurs to me that there is something missing in many areas of our country … it is the perfect solution to a common problem and it shines for our special, strong and independent women, as well as the quiet...	thebarrel7	09/12/2018 09:58 PM	1
IAN: Thursday 9/13/2018: 3 Cheers for the Post Office! I ordered a reusable bag with a very cool print of a stylized Aussie Cattle Dog by an artist named Russo.  My Saturday morning breakfast BFF gave me one of another type dog a couple of months ago ...	art ah zen	09/12/2018 09:45 PM	3	2
An Excluded Candidate from an Excluded Community Florida has never had a legislator with a disability before. Now I understand why. To say my run is unconventional is a level beyond understatement that no word has been invented to adequately describe yet. I remember playing the game telephone when I...	OliviaBabis4FLSenate	09/12/2018 09:40 PM	1	1
Maryland's Calvert County Threatens Us All I found this today on Tumblr. I don’t know who actually posted this but it looks like two things to me. One is a photograph of a Billboard, the other is a THREAT. So is this where the GOP has finally come to — making Open Threats to the Democratic...	zenithguy	09/12/2018 09:34 PM	6
Would You Open A Checking Account With The Federal Reserve? 3 law professors back in June came up with an interesting proposal. Before I go into their solution, I want to discuss the problem: America’s consumer financial services industry is a mess. Banks currently can earn 1.92% interest by depositing money...	kernals	09/12/2018 09:30 PM	1
Rough few days though I seem to be back. Anyone have jokes/pictures/anything funny to post? Hi all. As some of you know I had emergency abdominal surgery last Friday. The first few days I was doing OK post-surgery but then things took another direction. Monday night I spent in the ER due to pain from the incision sites though my gut...	BFSkinner	09/12/2018 09:07 PM	8	11
Why is Feinstein hiding a document that *may* implicate Kavanaugh in a sexual misconduct scandal? Ryan Grim of The Intercept recently wrote this report on the fact U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is refusing to release a letter, for whatever reason, that may implicate Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump’s appointee to the U.S. Supreme Court seat that...	DownstateDemocrat	09/12/2018 09:06 PM	3	1
Young People: If we vote, we can elect Colin Allred in Texas’ 32nd Congressional District According to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Tufts University’s Tisch College of Civic Life Texas’ 32nd Congressional district is one where ...	Blue Future	09/12/2018 09:05 PM	1	1
Late Night Insomniacs' Vent Hole Gawdfuckingdamnitalltohell,crap,shite…...Had this sunnuvabitch all done, hitting tags and all o a sudden, I’m on freaking Yahoo and hitting backspace gets me a big zero and an hours worth of ...	sallym	09/12/2018 09:03 PM	7	3
Overnight News Digest:Typhoon,Hurricane,​and Stormy Daniels, oh my! International News Philippines: 10 million people in the path of Mangkhut Al Jazeera Thousands of people will be evacuated as the most powerful typhoon so far this year roars towards the ...	Interceptor7	09/12/2018 09:00 PM	8	13
Willie Nelson to Headline Beto Rally in Texas Came across this news on Billboard.  Willie Nelson is showing his support for Texas Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke, headlining his rally in Austin on Sept. 29. The event, which takes place at Auditorium Shores, will also feature Joe Ely, Carrie...	ruscle	09/12/2018 08:46 PM	12	26
TX-Sen: On The Road Again! Willie Nelson To Headline Rally For Beto O'Rourke (D) Fuck yeah! At his annual 4th of July Picnic near Austin earlier this summer, Willie Nelson welcomed Texas Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke onstage to join him on guitar for set-closing renditions of “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die” and “Will the...	poopdogcomedy	09/12/2018 08:46 PM	4	9
AZ-Sen: Fox News Poll Has Kyrsten Sinema (D) Leading Martha McSally (R) 47-44 Some more encouraging news from Arizona courtesy of…. Fox News’ latest poll: Women voters along with crossover Republicans put Democrat Kyrsten Sinema narrowly ahead of Republican Martha McSally in the Arizona Senate race. Sinema is up three...	poopdogcomedy	09/12/2018 08:00 PM	4	5
The text messages that cost Jeff Fager his job at 60 Minutes Duncan reached out to Fager for comment after new sexual misconduct allegations against him emerged in Ronan Farrow’s most recent story that led to the resignation for CBS CEO Les Moonves. Ultimately, it was Fager’s response, and not those allegations,...	MTmofo	09/12/2018 07:45 PM	7	28
Minority Rule: How Republicans Took Control of the Federal Government with 25% of the Electorate Americans may not agree about much these days, but we all accept two basic tenets that underlie our democracy: majority rule and everyone’s vote counts equally.   Without these two principles, it is hard to imagine how genuine democracy can exist.  Yet...	DJFord	09/12/2018 07:37 PM	12	14
Even Mitch McConnel Is Worried About Ted Cruz Progressives around the country have been watching the senate race in Texas with bated breath, optimistic for the first time in years that they have a serious chance at unseating conservative radical Ted Cruz from the senate. This is all because of the...	cathammond	09/12/2018 07:17 PM	12	11
Midterm Victories For Democrats Means Better Healthcare For Americans With Democrats surging across the nation in their midterm contests, one simple fact is becoming readily apparent to citizens across the county – more midterm victories for Democrats will translate into better healthcare for Americans. This is precisely...	marlasedakis	09/12/2018 07:02 PM	2	3
PWBP Evening Open Thread: Too Cool For School? Actually, nobody is too cool for school because school is cool! But all school work and no play makes Jack and Jill rather dull critters. And the critters are anything but dull. So, it’s time ...	Dixiecollie	09/12/2018 07:01 PM	64	32
Top comments: Carolina in My Mind No profound thoughts tonight.  If you're in the path of the hurricane, I hope you’re somewhere safe tonight, with your loved ones and pets.  And that FEMA figures out what they’re doing. But first, a word from our sponsor! Here at Top Comments...	Tara the Antisocial Social Worker	09/12/2018 07:00 PM	19	24
A decade after the financial crisis, economic scars remain, inequality thrives, and crooks roam free As we keep hearing on this 10th anniversary of the financial crisis that destroyed so many dreams and livelihoods, the economy is now “robust,” “booming,” “soaring.” We have, indeed, come a long way from the acute pain of that crisis. But the...	Meteor Blades	09/12/2018 07:00 PM	42	55
Fueling Florence (and, Concurrently, Eight Other Major Storms): 'BradCast' 9/12/18 Guest: Meteorologist Guy 'Climate Guy' Walton; Also: NH Primary results... On today's BradCast: A multitude of terrifying threats from Hurricane Florence loom large across at least four states in the Southeast, as millions of Americans hunker down...	TheBradBlog	09/12/2018 06:48 PM	2	4
Republican Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin Thinks Indentured Servitude Was GREAT! From the Louisville Courier-Journal: Marse Bevin — according to WFPL — went to the Kentucky Registered Apprenticeship Summit on Monday and extolled the virtues of indentured servitude as being something akin to an early form of an apprenticeship. ...	Merlin1963	09/12/2018 06:45 PM	6	11
Creator of Duolingo wins Lemelson-MIT prize Luis von Ahn has won the prestigious Lemelson-MIT prize for innovation, for co-founding Duolingo, the freemium platform for learning foreign languages.  From Guatemala, he attended Duke University (math degree!) and Carnegie-Mellon University, and is a...	AnnikaQED	09/12/2018 06:22 PM	22	54
Despite (or Because of) His Hysterical Smear Campaign, America Still Trust the Media More than Trump For more than two years now, Donald Trump has been attacking what he calls the "fake news" at every opportunity. He does it in interviews, on Twitter, and at his tedious cult rallies where he seems to be on auto-pilot, regurgitating the same old...	News Corpse	09/12/2018 06:03 PM	7	13
The Government Can and Should Underwrite Full Employment Our labor market is something to behold. The unemployment rate is currently 3.9%. The only times we’ve had sub 4% unemployment in the last half century have been during the Dot-Com boom in 2000 and the Vietnam war from 1966 to 1970. And that’s just...	kernals	09/12/2018 05:33 PM	7
Kitchen Table Kibitzing: 9/12/18 Okay, so it’s 3:39 in the afternoon right now. I have an appointment at 4:55 and I have to take the dog out to go to the bathroom. Also, I have nothing to write about. Nothing interesting ...	TheLittleOne	09/12/2018 05:30 PM	55	25
Lookit This Goddam Sign! I Mean LOOK AT IT! (25 Signs From Around the US) Are you on Twitter? Follow this guy — he’s brilliant. And this guy too — he’s probably done two dozen signs by now. Denver signs brought to you by The Denver Sign Crew How to Make Signs. Colorado Springs...	freewayblogger	09/12/2018 05:29 PM	88	293
Russia: Agalarov paid huge amounts before and shortly after the vote to Trump www.rawstory.com/… www.buzzfeednews.com/… www.dailykos.com/... Another piece of interesting timing: The first transfer happened on June 20, the same day Trump fired campaign manager Lewandowski so he could put Paul Manafort in charge....	ca cokz	09/12/2018 05:27 PM	2	6
538.com Senate forecast now up: Dems rated 83% shot at House majority, 34% for both chambers. Many of you have probably used the FiveThirtyEight House forecast tool, which offers a race-by-race forecast based on polling and other data. The Senate model is now available in the same tool. And for dedicated politics nerds, I find myself going to...	Davey1107	09/12/2018 05:27 PM	26	24
Trump's FEMA throws 1000 sick and elderly Puerto Rican hurricane victims into the streets On Friday, one thousand American families hit by Hurricane Maria will be made effectively homeless by the Trump Administration. Currently, more than 1,000 families are still displaced and being housed in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)...	Dartagnan	09/12/2018 05:19 PM	10	48
Air Force Colonel Joe Webster who was in Pentagon on 9/11 campaigns to flip PA state house seat Throughout all the memorials for that horrible day 17 years ago, we sometimes forget that there are people that are still with us who survived those events in New York and at the Pentagon. One of them is Air Force Colonel Joe Webster.  Webster was...	Arnold Roth	09/12/2018 05:04 PM	7	10
MO-Sen: Fox News Poll Has Claire McCaskill (D) Leading Josh Hawley (R) 44-41  Some encouraging news today out of Missouri courtesy of…. Fox News’ latest poll : Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, a two-term incumbent, tops her Republican challenger Josh Hawley by a narrow ...	poopdogcomedy	09/12/2018 05:01 PM	11	11
Daily Kos Elections Rhode Island primary open thread We have a very rare primary night on Wednesday as Rhode Islanders go to the polls. The big contest to watch will be the Democratic primary, where Gov. Gina Raimondo is trying to fend off former ...	Daily Kos Elections	09/12/2018 05:00 PM	53	10
Bookflurries-Bookchat: What About Elves? Welcome to bookchat where you can talk about anything...books, plays, essays, and audio books.  You don’t have to be reading a book to come in, sit down, and chat with us. ... I am thinking about elves in so many stories.  Not cute elves, but...	cfk	09/12/2018 05:00 PM	144	28
Congress's top Nazi, Rep. Steve King, retweets Nazis — then gets called out HARD by Dem challenger Iowa Rep. Steve King (IA-04), a Nazi who wraps himself in the American flag to hide his red swastika armband, is once again loudly and proudly quoting white supremacists on Twitter. King on Wednesday retweeted a known racist, Lana Lokteff, and...	Blue Tuesday	09/12/2018 04:55 PM	61	135
Conservative groups band together to push Speaker bid of man embroiled in sex abuse scandal A handful of staunchly conservative groups are coordinating efforts to back the speakership bid of Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, who is currently embroiled in a sex abuse scandal that includes multiple lawsuits and a federal investigation. The Club for...	Kerry Eleveld	09/12/2018 04:55 PM	6	18
GA-Gov: Let America Vote Doubles Down To Help Get Out The Vote For Stacey Abrams (D) Received this e-mail today from Jason Kander’s voting rights PAC, Let America Vote, in support of Stacey Abrams’ (D. GA) gubernatorial campaign: “Dead even: AJC/Channel 2 poll showed ...	poopdogcomedy	09/12/2018 04:52 PM	3	7
Maryland school board unanimously passes plan to offer condoms in schools amid rising STI rates In August, health officials said that the rate of sexually transmitted infections is at a record high in the United States, calling it a health crisis. Montgomery County in Maryland has seen a similar rise in infection rates among teens. That’s why the...	Wagatwe Wanjuki	09/12/2018 04:18 PM	4	11
DAY FIFTY-NINE #KremlinAnnex protest continues Fifty-Nine days of protest in front of the #KremlinAnnex. PERISCOPE LINK: www.pscp.tv/... The protests continue as July featured Rosie O’Donnell bringing Broadway to the White House. The...	annieli	09/12/2018 04:15 PM	4	11
56 Years ago, We Chose to Go to the Moon Fifty six years ago, on September 12, 1962, John F. Kennedy gave this historical speech to a crowd assembled at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas, which included perhaps the most famous words ever uttered about space exploration — Why we choose to go to...	AKALib	09/12/2018 04:01 PM	26	22
TheResistance-2018-Midter​m-Live Blog Evening Edition 09|12|18 - upcoming rallies AND MARCHEs The Resistance      Contact list - USA Congress, Governor, and State Democratic Part Town Hall Project Indivisible: A practical guide For resisting the Trump agenda Sister District...	SJohnson	09/12/2018 03:58 PM	63	15
Cartoon: Trump sends Carolinians fleeing paulschicklercartoons.com  Like me on Facebook     Follow me at @pschickler	brooklynpaul	09/12/2018 03:47 PM	9	13
Michelle Obama book tour pre-sale! I usually lurk around here, but wanted to share a bit of good news I just read. Michelle Obama is going on a book tour to promote her memoir, BECOMING. The 10-city U.S. tour will kick off in Mrs. Obama’s home town of Chicago on Tuesday, November 13 and...	blujae	09/12/2018 03:45 PM	9	5
"But Climate Change Is Junk Science!" “Hurricane Florence is the storm of a generation.” “Florence could have storm surge waters over 15 feet.” “Forty-plus inches of rain are possible in some already-saturated areas.” But remember, kiddies!  “Climate Change Is Junk Science!!” ...	SemperEducandis	09/12/2018 03:45 PM	9	3
TX-Sen: Another New Poll Shows A Very Tight Race Between Ted Cruz (R) & Beto O'Rourke (D) More good news out of Texas : The path to reelection for   Senator   Ted Cruz R-TX may not be the   walk in the park   one would expect for a Republican in Texas politics. That according to ...	poopdogcomedy	09/12/2018 03:27 PM	14	18
How Intelligent is Donald Trump? It’s hard to define exactly what intelligence is. There are many stories of people with high IQs that have made a mess of their lives. Take Ted Kaczynski — the Unabomber. His IQ was measured at 167. A mathematical prodigy — he was appointed the...	TheCriticalMind	09/12/2018 03:27 PM	34	16
Trump-flation A Strategy for winning in November. I am sure there are left wing think tanks I just don’t see any effects of their influence. Democrats seem unable to articulate a governing philosophy in terms of marketing. It seems as though the right wing has lots of tag lines repeated ad nausium...	lanceK	09/12/2018 02:49 PM	1	3
Tools for VICTORY. Please, Please, PLEASE Help Me Spread This Vital Info Around!! 55 DAYS UNTIL THE 2018 MIDTERM ELECTION (And check below to see when your state begins early voting!) The objective of this diary: To reach out to as many Democrats across America as possible, to reach all those who want to take ACTION, who want...	Yosef 52	09/12/2018 02:49 PM	5	23
OH, NV, AZ, MN & WI-Sen: Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) Helps These Democrats Take Back The Senate Received two e-mails today from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA). The first one in support of U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown’s (D. OH) re-election campaign:	poopdogcomedy	09/12/2018 02:39 PM	3	4
The Pro-Truth Pledge prompts truthful behavior, according to psychology studies Traditionally,  identifying truth in politics comes from mainstream media and its fact checking. A recent Gallup poll, however, showed that only 29 percent of Americans trust fact checking. Research in behavioral science suggests that we can address...	DrGlebTsipursky	09/12/2018 02:30 PM	3	3
Bush to the rescue? No sense makes sense    Charles Manson O-tay, somebody is gonna have to walk me through this one. I know we've all been unfairly transplanted to the barren steppes of Trumpmenistan, but in what parallel universe does the salvation of the Republican...	Murfster35	09/12/2018 02:26 PM	39	31
OK-Gov: New Poll Shows A Toss Up Race Between Drew Edmondson (D) & Kevin Stitt (R) Some encouraging news today out Oklahoma: Results from an exclusive News 9 poll show that the race for governor is extremely tight. The general election is eight weeks away and will determine, not only who will serve as Oklahoma's...	poopdogcomedy	09/12/2018 02:08 PM	2	6
Drinking From the Firehose - A Kossack's Guide to Twitter For good or evil, Twitter remains a central piece of the social media puzzle. For many of those looking at Twitter from the outside, it’s a firehose — a never-ending torrent of bite-sized commentary, references, and conversations — that threatens to...	wesmorgan1	09/12/2018 02:00 PM	37	19
r/GreatAwakening, other QAnon subreddits banned from Reddit I’m just a casual lurker on Reddit, but this seems significant. r/GreatAwakening was where QAnon followers posted the utter nonsense, er, “breadcrumbs,” that make up the conspiracy theory in which someone supposedly with a “Q” level security clearance...	Canasta The Loony	09/12/2018 01:55 PM	11	16
Trump's disgraced former EPA chief slithers into the swamp, seeks 'consulting' job for Big Coal Donald Trump released his embattled Environmental Protection Agency chief after more than a year of negative press, one story after another about how Scott Pruitt was wasting millions of tax dollars and embarrassing the Trump administration. From...	Jen Hayden	09/12/2018 01:53 PM	15	19
The birth of the monster                                                                     THE BIRTH OF THE MONSTER                                                                By Tim Duff, Tonka Bay, Minnesota In his farewell speech on January 17, 1961, President...	tdduff	09/12/2018 01:39 PM	5	3
Independents are Swinging to the Democrats, History Shows That’s a Big Deal A series of recently released polls shows that President Trump is losing support among independent voters, a growing segment of the population that was key to his victory in 2016. According to the 2016 US House exit polls, Trump carried Independents by...	ncec1948	09/12/2018 01:38 PM	12	11
US Coal consumption declines again as coal shipments hit lowest level since 1983 This week brings a new report from the US Energy Information Administration, which provides a chance to check in on how Donald Trump’s rhetoric matches up with reality. Answer? About as well as expected. While Donald Trump was claiming that the trains...	Mark Sumner	09/12/2018 01:28 PM	50	82
Pipeline in Hurricane Florence’s Potential Path Poses Added Danger As Hurricane Florence churns menacingly toward the Mid-Atlantic coast, residents of South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia hold their breath, wondering where the massive storm surge, howling winds and torrents of rain will hit hardest. Over...	bgottlieb	09/12/2018 01:25 PM	11	12
Republican congressman recorded suggesting orphanages would be better than gay adoptions Republican Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ-04) met with a group of high school students in New Jersey and appeared to be caught off-guard when one of the students ask him about his position on LGBTQ couples adopting children. From the Washington Blade: The...	Jen Hayden	09/12/2018 01:24 PM	34	57
Desperate Republicans lying about immigrants as election strategy. Don't let them get away with it Since Republicans can’t run general election campaigns on gutting the safety net of our senior citizens, on destroying Obamacare once and for all, or the barbaric “zero tolerance” policy that has torn apart thousands of families apart at the border,...	Gabe Ortiz	09/12/2018 01:24 PM	10	15
The (doctored) Trump photo that needs to hang in the gallery of presidential portraits Because it captures his essence so, so perfectly — like nothing else ever has: I don’t know who’s responsible for this Photoshop tour de force, but if it happens to be you, step right up. You win all the Chuck E. Cheese game tickets in the...	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	09/12/2018 01:06 PM	46	186
Rosh Hashanah Celebrates A New Start: Helping Humpday at Street Prophets Welcome to the weekly edition of   Helping Humpday ,  dedicated to Kossacks helping one another. HHday resides at Street Prophets Coffee Hour, the intersection where politics and religion and ...	Dixiecollie	09/12/2018 01:01 PM	42	17
New York primary preview: Cuomo in strong position against progressive challenge from Nixon Thursday brings us the last primary of 2018, though it’s actually the second primary of the year for New Yorkers, who already chose nominess in federal races back in June. This week’s elections ...	David Nir	09/12/2018 01:00 PM	26	12
It's Time to Hold White Collar Criminals and Clergy Accountable A recent New York Times editorial asked, “Why do we have zero tolerance for some criminals while others get a pass?” In light of what’s happening in government – and the Catholic Church – it’s an important question.  So is, What are we going to do...	eclift	09/12/2018 12:51 PM	3	10
Why bother to vote? In these days of embarrassing petty partisan gridlock and squabbles, one wonders whether elected representatives in the House and Senate have forgotten that the buildings they meet in, the staff members they rely on, the expenses they incur including...	DavyZJones	09/12/2018 12:48 PM	13	1
Marine Le Pen Visits a Tiny French Village and It Doesn’t Go Well For Her This story is all over French TV right now, and, as they say in France, “Ca fait plaisir. C’est cool.” [It makes you feel good. It’s cool.] Marine Le Pen stepped out of her limo today in the tiny village of Chateaudouble (population 470) in the...	Mark Lippman	09/12/2018 12:43 PM	153	206
Cook Shifts NH Districts Toward Dem; Best Generic Polls Since January www.cookpolitical.com/… Cook Political Report changed ratings on three Democratic Held Districts rating the two in New Hampshire as more likely to remain with team blue.  Cook believes the winners of yesterday’s Granit State primaries will be...	mastergardener2k	09/12/2018 12:39 PM	9	14
"Establishment Media Shy Away From Claims of Perjury by Kavanaugh" - FAIR The website Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) reviews media coverage of Brett Kavanaugh’s perjuries in this article and  shows that the most influential media have deliberately downplayed them, which is disgraceful.  Why is our party being...	boblite	09/12/2018 12:33 PM	7	9
On the Dangers of "Liberal Racism" After spending a short tenure as one of the front page writers here I moved over to Salon where, for the most part, I write exclusively. I also host a podcast which has become a type of informal Trump University—except that folks are not scammed out of...	Chauncey DeVega	09/12/2018 12:31 PM	2	2
With millions of water bottles on tarmac, MSNBC host takes Trump to task over Puerto Rico "success" On this morning’s “Velshi and Ruhle” on MSNBC, Stephanie Ruhle obliterated Trump’s galling claim that the government response to Hurricane Maria was an “unsung success.” Doing much of the “For Fact’s Sake” segment without lights in acknowledgment of...	1BQ	09/12/2018 12:30 PM	7	22
Mineral Museum: Tsumeb, Namibia (Photo Diary) One of the displays in the Mineral Museum on the campus of Montana Tech in Butte features a collection from Tsumeb in Namibia. The mine is atop a mineralized pipe, a nearly vertical ore deposit that ...	Ojibwa	09/12/2018 12:28 PM	5	19
Here's how Democrats can fight back against bogus Republican attacks over health care One of the GOP’s central lines of attack this year has been to charge that Democrats, if they win back Congress, would bankrupt and destroy Medicare. Donald Trump himself summed up the strategy at an Indiana campaign when he declared Democrats would...	Jeff Singer	09/12/2018 12:23 PM	5	6
A Must Read: TV Writer/Producer, Linda Bloodworth Thomason's Blistering Critique of Les Moonves. While never asserting that she was a victim of sexual harassment, the successful writer/producer, Linda Bloodworth Thomason, penned a compelling story of dealing with the extreme sexism brought to the CBS network by Les Moonves.  "People asked me...	barskin	09/12/2018 12:17 PM	150	237
Whale Song: Echoed Symphonies The Mother Whale Nudged her Child’s lifeless Body And moaned A melodious Sonic Dirge A Purge An Aria of Pain and Sorrow For her Child’s lost Tomorrows Humanity is dooming us All They have Poisoned our Watery Homes Plastic floating Islands Of...	Leah Sellers	09/12/2018 12:12 PM	1	2
VT-Sen: Bernie Sanders Keeps Up The Pressure On The Senate To Reject Brett Kavanaugh's Nomination Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders’ (I. VT) re-election campaign: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I. VT)	poopdogcomedy	09/12/2018 12:12 PM	2	8
Photo Diary: Nauticus Museum/USS Wisconsin Located on the Norfolk waterfront, the Nauticus Museum features exhibits on ocean wildlife, sea-going vessels, and history. The featured exhibit is the USS Wisconsin, a WW2 battleship that served ...	Lenny Flank	09/12/2018 12:00 PM	7	9
A basic income trial is coming to Mississippi to help 15 single Black mothers with $1,000 per month This December, 15 Black single mothers will receive the first of a monthly $1,000 check as a part of a year-long initiative called Magnolia Mother’s Trust. It’s a part of a pilot where these women in Jackson, Mississippi, receive a basic income and...	Wagatwe Wanjuki	09/12/2018 11:55 AM	9	21
Daily Kos Radio's KITM podcast (AUDIO): Kagro in the Morning, Wednesday, September 12, 2018 x YouTube ...	Scott Anderson	09/12/2018 11:48 AM	2	1
“Get rid of the (expletive) braille. No blind people are going to live in Trump Tower. Just do it.” Only the blind led the blind in Trump Tower, especially in June 2016. But more interesting is Barbara Res telling stories about her former boss, challenging the notion of the “adults in the room” and their agendas. Trump looked at the panels...	annieli	09/12/2018 11:34 AM	166	212
Trump First-America Last Donald Trump’s so-called “sanctions” against voter election interference in Russia, from the same people who elected him president, are sanctions too little too late. Odd to watch Trump’s wife plagiarize and cut copy and paste Michelle Obama’s...	Reneegede	09/12/2018 11:34 AM	2	2
Kevin Drum's Take on Dems on the Warpath This is my first diary, so I hope I can pull it off. If you haven’t read it, I highly recommend this blog post from Kevin Drum: Democrats Are Giving Up on Compromise www.motherjones.com/… It’s short, but this is how it starts off:   ...	jlo222	09/12/2018 11:26 AM	8	3
Oof! Stormy Daniels to release new book a month before midterms Not sure if we need more details on Stormy Daniels’ “relationship” with Donald Trump (were the pages of that Forbes she spanked him with stuck together? exactly which species of shark does he hate the most?) but, alas, you’re going to get them. With...	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	09/12/2018 11:22 AM	36	27
The Talk Some of you reading the title alone will know what this blog post is about. I have been thinking about this a lot and after reading an opinion piece on the Huffington Post I felt the need to express why "The Talk" is so vital to African American...	KalariGC	09/12/2018 11:18 AM	6	12
Oh Lordy, there's a Book Coming! So I stumbled across “The View” today. It featured some of my favourite people: Michael Avenatti and his client Stephanie Clifford. It seems Stormy has a book coming out in three weeks or so: “Full Disclosure”.  Part of the impetus behind this is...	tljdk	09/12/2018 11:13 AM	21	18
Via Buzzfeed: Suspicious Money Transfers Followed The Trump Tower Meeting Read the full detailed story here:  www.buzzfeednews.com/… “Look,” Trump Jr. reportedly told the group, “we’re not in power. When we win, come back and see us again.” … Eleven days later — on June 20, the day Trump fired campaign chief...	AaronMc	09/12/2018 10:56 AM	2	3
FL-Gov: Florida Chamber Of Commerce Poll Has Andrew Gillum (D) Beating Ron DeSantis (R) 47-43 Some good news today out of Florida : Democrat Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum is leading Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) by 4 points in Florida’s gubernatorial race, according to a new	poopdogcomedy	09/12/2018 10:54 AM	5	13
Hundreds of teachers are running for office, and they're already making waves The teacher uprising of early 2018 is poised to turn into teacher electoral wins in late 2018 and beyond. Hundreds of teachers across the country are running for office: One of the country’s top teacher unions now says it has a comprehensive...	Laura Clawson	09/12/2018 10:53 AM	7	28
PWB: Woozleday Storee & Play Tyme! Hello to Da Peeps! I have no idea where I’ll be when this posts, so I trust you all to look after each other.  Please keep all of us in Florence’s path in your thoughts.  Prayers, good energy,	The Marti	09/12/2018 10:45 AM	83	82
TX-Sen: New Poll Shows A 3 Point Race Between Desperate Ted Cruz (R) & Beto O'Rourke (D) Kudos to Mother Jones for capturing this: Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a new poll released Tuesday shows Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke in a tight race with Texas Republican Sen. ...	poopdogcomedy	09/12/2018 10:41 AM	11	18
How the Removal of Donald Trump from Office Has Become More Likely Four main ingredients go into this stew: 1) The combined revelations of the Woodward book and the anonymous op/ed seem to have had an impact. Both testify to the dangerous unfitness of Donald Trump to be President. And now a recent poll from...	AndySchmookler	09/12/2018 10:22 AM	21	17
WE'RE IN IT TO WIN IT!! Take a Look Here! (Please?) 55 DAYS UNTIL THE 2018 MIDTERM ELECTION (And check below to see when your state begins early voting!) The objective of this diary: To reach out to as many Democrats across America as ...	Yosef 52	09/12/2018 10:19 AM	1	14
I used to not believe that people were being killed just for being Black, then cell phones with cameras came out.  I believe.	EyesOnAll	09/12/2018 10:18 AM	1	5
Keep up the Calls on Kavanaugh— No SCOTUS for Criminal POTUS The Judiciary Committee is still at work behind closed doors.  What is out of sight should not be out of mind however. I have been calling Republicans suggesting that a vote for this nominee at this time, given everything THEY know from the...	hummingbird4015	09/12/2018 10:03 AM	5	12
Our Pathological-Liar-in-Chie​f, Donald Trump, Just Beat His Own Record for Lying - Again You have to hand it to Donald Trump. He is never satisfied with holding the world's record for lying to the American people. He's already received the honor of being awarded PolitiFact's Lie of the Year - twice. First in 2015 for his collective...	News Corpse	09/12/2018 10:02 AM	5	15
I just wrote to Senator Collins... There’s a lot of pressure building up on Maine’s Republican US Senator Susan Collins to reject Kavanaugh. I decided to add my voice to that particular chorus; here’s the message I just sent to her via her website’s contact page: Dear Senator...	Miscweant	09/12/2018 09:38 AM	3	14
Vote Cuomo, Hochul, James in New York State Democratic Primary Sept 13 By Karen Rubin, News & Photo Features These include taking such a strong stance on health care for all, women’s reproductive rights, marriage equality, gun violence prevention, climate action, clean renewable energy, living wage, parental leave,...	NewsPhotosFeatures	09/12/2018 09:30 AM	23	3
Florida Republican has time for Fox News but cancels on Florida newspaper Ron DeSantis, like many a Republican before him, is spending his run for Florida governor ducking the press. DeSantis isn’t even willing to put much distance between himself and Donald Trump’s “the press is the enemy of the people” shtick. "When you're...	Laura Clawson	09/12/2018 09:30 AM	11	16
AZ-Sen: New Data Oribital Poll Has Kyrsten Sinema (D) Leading Martha McSally (R) 46-42 Some encouraging news today out of Arizona courtesy of Data Orbital’s latest poll : Phoenix, AZ (September 12, 2018) - As the battle for control of the US House and Senate heats up, Data Orbital ...	poopdogcomedy	09/12/2018 09:23 AM	15	8
Pharma chief says 400% increase in cost of essential medicine ‘is a moral requirement to make money’ Pharmaceutical companies use the weakest, and frequently the laziest, excuses for jacking up the prices of their life-saving drugs. In the end, no matter what they say, it is about money. Their job, as they see it, is to make money. If they keep 100...	Walter Einenkel	09/12/2018 09:17 AM	144	109

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