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Dear liberals, I want to say something, that may sound not very good to you but is true. You are a minority. Not even in America but in a Democratic party (see the photo). Maybe someday you will, but not now. The one thing the worries me is that you...
by Mirashhh
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on Sun Feb 12, 2017 at 10:23 AM PST
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This happened.
Whether Mitch's goal was to silence Elizabeth Warren or to keep people from hearing about King's letter, he failed spectacularly in every possible way. #LetLizSpeak and #ShePersisted are still the top trends on twitter, and, as...
by SemDem
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on Sat Feb 11, 2017 at 04:22 PM PST
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On Saturdays, the True Blue Report “Blue Ribbon” will be awarded to an individual or group with the most successful, dramatic, or encouraging act of resistance in the previous week.
I will choose some winners in the body of the diary and also accept...
by TrueBlueMajority
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on Sat Feb 11, 2017 at 06:21 PM PST
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On Tuesday evening, February 7th, US Senate Leader Mitch McConnell collapsed and was rushed to Walter Reed Army Hospital where the ER team worked feverishly to extract the senator’s head from his ass. The untoward accident occurred on the floor of the...
by Janetrhodes
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on Sat Feb 11, 2017 at 12:29 PM PST
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As I read this account of Donald Trump’s meeting with a bipartisan group of United States Senators, I could not help but reflect on the basic lessons of civility that I learned at my mother’s knee.
According to participants in Thursday’s meeting,...
by In Memory of Norman Bethune
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on Sat Feb 11, 2017 at 09:15 AM PST
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I've seen the accounts that Senator Mitch McConnell was playing three-dimensional chess when he silenced Senator Elizabeth Warren.
I remind folks that I'm sure McConnell was playing 3D chess when he barred her from heading the Consumer...
by missivonne
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on Sat Feb 11, 2017 at 04:00 AM PST
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Parents for Social Justice, a Louisville group, organized a protest in front of Mitch McConnell’s Louisville house tonight to read Coretta Scott King’s full letter submitted to the Senate after the nomination of Sessions as a federal judge. Organizers...
by amyo28
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on Fri Feb 10, 2017 at 06:41 PM PST
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A friend of mine from Louisville tells me that Mitch McConnell flew home to Kentucky tonight, and protesters were there to greet him.
Mitch either feels he doesn’t have to listen to constituents or was too busy or maybe too cowardly, because he...
by teresahill
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on Fri Feb 10, 2017 at 04:55 PM PST
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Today I introduce to you “The Emancipator”.
The emancipator takes many forms. Today, she heroically vies to offer a key of freedom from oppression and ignorance. Her actions are to give voice to many who cannot or have not been heard. This action...
by corrij
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on Fri Feb 10, 2017 at 10:48 AM PST
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In addition to calling all your representatives in Congress, you can start writing “letters-to-the-editor”.
I am sure that many people are unaware of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ...
by rvtravel
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on Fri Feb 10, 2017 at 04:00 PM PST
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There is of course tonight a lot of hype around the 9th handing President Trump a firm backhand. So first of all good for them. However, this post isn’t about that.
This post is about Elizabeth Warren. After numerous news cycles and questions...
by sholmberg
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on Thu Feb 09, 2017 at 05:42 PM PST
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AN OPEN LETTER TO SEN. MITCH MCCONNELL
You have proven to be an enemy of the workers and middle class you and your party purported to champion. Name ONE action which you or your cronies have taken which will advance any of our interests. So far,...
by azuregirl
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on Thu Feb 09, 2017 at 04:50 PM PST
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Sen. Susan Collins just loves playing the voice of Republican reason, the brave woman willing to buck her leadership when it comes down to matters of real principle. We're here to remind you that ...
by Joan McCarter
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on Sat Feb 11, 2017 at 08:30 AM PST
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Of course he would:
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) claimed Wednesday night that “the Democrats are the party of the Ku Klux Klan.”
Speaking on Fox News, Cruz blasted the party for its opposition to Jeff Sessions, who was confirmed as attorney...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Thu Feb 09, 2017 at 02:09 PM PST
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When Mitch McConnell used Rule 19 to silence Elizabeth Warren, it was astonishing and outrageous. But more than that, it was bullying! No one likes a bully. 6 comments
on Thu Feb 09, 2017 at 11:19 AM PST
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Campaign Action
Today’s stupidest idea:
Did McConnell Put Warren Right Where He Wants Her?
Senate GOP boss elevates left‘s hero, maybe because she‘s not strongest 2020 Democratic option
Elizabeth Warren has made zero indication that...
by kos
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on Thu Feb 09, 2017 at 10:04 AM PST
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Campaign Action
If Mitch McConnell’s explanation of Senate Republicans’ silencing of Elizabeth Warren—“She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted”—hadn’t become such an instant classic, this one from Lindsey Graham...
by Laura Clawson
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on Thu Feb 09, 2017 at 06:41 AM PST
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Talking Points Memo has a quote picked up from an interview on CNN: Graham on Rebuke of Warren: ‘It Was Long Overdue With Her’
"The bottom line is, it was long overdue with her," Graham said on the Mike Gallagher Show on Wednesday, according to...
by xaxnar
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on Thu Feb 09, 2017 at 06:04 AM PST
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A strong early resistance offers hope.
In 1852, long before the advent of reality television, a self-taught former slave delivered what students of rhetoric know as the Fourth of July speech to the citizens of Rochester. It was a bracing...
by Richard J Rosendall
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on Thu Feb 09, 2017 at 04:13 AM PST
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Please visit my site, Claytoonz 1 comments
on Thu Feb 09, 2017 at 03:14 AM PST
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