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In his own inimitable way, Charles P. Pierce brings some perspective to the game. See if you can identify who this radical lefty is:
There was one candidate on the list that got corporate America particularly nervous, and several of their...
by xaxnar
 45 comments
on Sun Feb 26, 2017 at 07:49 PM PST
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, Doctor RJ, Magnifico, ...
by side pocket
 38 comments
on Sun Feb 26, 2017 at 08:58 PM PST
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I was really little, definitely single digits old, so I don’t remember all the details.
I know we were riding in a car, and I know we passed a truck in a relatively deserted parking lot alongside a relatively deserted two lane highway. There was a...
by TrueBlueMajority
11 comments
on Sun Feb 26, 2017 at 08:58 PM PST
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There had been a rumor floating that the nominee for Secretary of the Navy would be withdrawing prior to confirmation hearings. The WH pooh-poohed it, of course.
However, it turns out that 100% commitment is now 0%
Financier Philip Bilden has...
by Catte Nappe
73 comments
on Sun Feb 26, 2017 at 03:56 PM PST
with 112 Recommends
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From the Washington Post article
www.washingtonpost.com/…
With the DNC election of Perez, the discussions on Daily KOS and other social media sites, have taken what is hopefully a small break from their relentless unified devotion to...
by bitches4Hillary
110 comments
on Sun Feb 26, 2017 at 03:17 PM PST
with 44 Recommends
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Breaking the law.
I’m a pretty law-abiding citizen. Oh, I might go 1 or 2 miles per hour over the speed limit, but never more than 5. I pay my taxes, buy all required burn permits before ...
by side pocket
66 comments
on Sun Feb 26, 2017 at 05:29 PM PST
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It must be terribly frustrating being Donald Trump. Day after day, having to see the "fake news" ignore the critical issues he's trying to resolve. How many people attended his inauguration? How much he would have won the popular vote by if not for all...
by News Corpse
55 comments
on Sun Feb 26, 2017 at 02:02 PM PST
with 141 Recommends
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This is beyond despicable. An appalling desecration has happened again.
Dozens of headstones vandalized at Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia
BY PAULINA FIROZI
Dozens of headstones were found damaged and overturned at a Jewish cemetery in...
by Lefty Coaster
73 comments
on Sun Feb 26, 2017 at 01:32 PM PST
with 96 Recommends
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Hey all, well, I’m home. Whew! What a week, in Atlanta. In fact, I have to say, what a fantastic series of weeks we have had all over the country. I have seen several items written regarding the outcomes in Atlanta, but I think we should provide...
by Chris Reeves
92 comments
on Sun Feb 26, 2017 at 03:50 PM PST
with 171 Recommends
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While we all celebrate that Donald so-called Trump will not, thank heavens, be attending the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner, we're still allowed to laugh at his team's reasons. It's because the press is MEAN to them! Nobody told Donald the...
by Hunter
132 comments
on Sun Feb 26, 2017 at 12:53 PM PST
with 193 Recommends
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The “free lunch” for GOP lawmakers is about to end. Up until now they’ve had a kind of unofficial get-out-of-jail-free card, ignorance. Trump tweets something stupid. What about it Senator? “Sorry, I didn’t see that one, I really can’t comment”,...
by Murfster35
184 comments
on Sun Feb 26, 2017 at 01:01 PM PST
with 146 Recommends
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Bill Owens, the father of the Navy SEAL killed in Donald Trump's first approved military mission wants answers.
It was the first military counter-terrorist operation approved by the new president, who signed the go-ahead Jan. 26 — six days into his...
by Hunter
147 comments
on Sun Feb 26, 2017 at 12:21 PM PST
with 306 Recommends
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White House Spokesman Sean Spicer has instituted a new tactic to ferret out potential leakers among the communications staff: subject them to to random phone checks.
After information from a planning meeting last week with communications staffers...
by VTGenie
178 comments
on Sun Feb 26, 2017 at 12:19 PM PST
with 237 Recommends
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by bubbanomics
147 comments
on Sun Feb 26, 2017 at 10:18 AM PST
with 300 Recommends
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Billed as a “Swedish Defense and National Security Advisor,” Nils Bildt was a featured guest on Bill O’Reilly’s show this past week. Brought on to rebut the factual information U.S. correspondent for the newspaper Expressen Anne Sofie Näslund, Bildt...
by Walter Einenkel
30 comments
on Sun Feb 26, 2017 at 10:01 AM PST
with 56 Recommends
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It seems like things are moving fast.
And we aren’t sure we are comfortable with where it’s going.
by whoknu
94 comments
on Sun Feb 26, 2017 at 12:00 PM PST
with 107 Recommends
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Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum got his words thrown back in his face as former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm pointed out he was paraphrasing Bernie Sanders. This is how Progressives must fight.
Rick Santorum thought he was harming...
by Egberto Willies
17 comments
on Sun Feb 26, 2017 at 09:15 AM PST
with 26 Recommends
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Yep, this is the awesome graphic I came up with for your Top Commenting pleasure. I don’t care. Mock if you must. But TC is wearing black tonight in honor of the late Bill Paxton. For those who don�
by John M Webb
66 comments
on Sun Feb 26, 2017 at 07:00 PM PST
with 31 Recommends
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Priorities USA engaged the Global Strategies Groups and Garin Hart Yang to find out how to reach Obama/Trump voters and Obama/abstain voters again. Their research shows is the pathway for Democratic resurgence in the Trump era.
Key findings on...
by James Allen
41 comments
on Sun Feb 26, 2017 at 08:37 AM PST
with 35 Recommends
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Yesterday as the battle raged between the Ellison supporters and the Perez supporters only to end in party unity as the two pledged to work together to save our country, a pretty BIG thing happened in Delaware.
Stephanie Hansen won the important...
by TrumpResistance
67 comments
on Sun Feb 26, 2017 at 06:33 AM PST
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- Next Tuesday, on February 28, 2017, the United States will witness the what may be the single greatest act of collective treachery by its elected government officials since the Confederate States voted to secede from the Union in 1860 and 1861. And...268 comments 521 Recs
- The “free lunch” for GOP lawmakers is about to end. Up until now they’ve had a kind of unofficial get-out-of-jail-free card, ignorance. Trump tweets something stupid. What about it Senator? “Sorry, I didn’t see that one, I really can’t comment”,...184 comments 146 Recs
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- It must be terribly frustrating being Donald Trump. Day after day, having to see the "fake news" ignore the critical issues he's trying to resolve. How many people attended his inauguration? How much he would have won the popular vote by if not for all...55 comments 141 Recs
- The story of Ed Murrow taking on Senator Joseph McCarthy has been well chronicled in books, movies, and documentaries. But, as a young man, I heard the story from one who was there. I heard it from the man who reviewed and edited Ed Murrow’s copy...93 comments 417 Recs
- Well, hello there backbone— we’ve missed you. I am sad Keith didn’t win, but so far I'm pretty happy considering this happened: Our new DNC chair called Trump the worst president in history Named Keith Ellison his deputy Won a twitter...304 comments 430 Recs
- Yesterday as the battle raged between the Ellison supporters and the Perez supporters only to end in party unity as the two pledged to work together to save our country, a pretty BIG thing happened in Delaware. Stephanie Hansen won the important...67 comments 235 Recs
- There had been a rumor floating that the nominee for Secretary of the Navy would be withdrawing prior to confirmation hearings. The WH pooh-poohed it, of course. However, it turns out that 100% commitment is now 0% Financier Philip Bilden has...73 comments 112 Recs
- This is just a short diary to say that I was taken by surprise this evening as I was watching the conclusion of the Oscars live. Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were on stage to announce best picture and they announced La La Land as the winner. The...15 comments 5 Recs
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- This is just a short diary to say that I was taken by surprise this evening as I was watching the conclusion of the Oscars live. Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were on stage to announce best picture and they announced La La Land as the winner. The...15 comments 5 Recs
- I was really little, definitely single digits old, so I don’t remember all the details. I know we were riding in a car, and I know we passed a truck in a relatively deserted parking lot alongside a relatively deserted two lane highway. There was a...11 comments 11 Recs
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- “The White House” sent me an email that said they wanted my input, so I gave it to them. They asked how to make American great again, so I suggested we could lead in alternative energy development, keep fossil fuels in the ground, welcome refugees who...2 comments 2 Recs
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