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This is not the time to dwell upon what happened. However, in going forward we must examine how we must change, what we can do better and how we can reclaim our society from those who seek to destroy it for their own benefit. With that in mind, a...
by GrandPoobah
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on Wed Dec 28, 2016 at 01:37 PM PST
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“Honolulu’s Café 8 ½ gets rave reviews on Yelp for its “Radiatore Verde” and “Italian stir fry,” among other popular dishes at the eclectic mom-and-pop restaurant – but the response to its new 'policy' barring pro-Trump patrons has been decidedly more...
by durrati
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on Tue Dec 27, 2016 at 06:30 PM PST
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Follow me on Twitter at @MattBors and pick up an Illustrated Calendar of Obscure Holidays for 2017.
by Matt Bors
68 comments
on Wed Dec 28, 2016 at 06:50 AM PST
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An article on Breitbart News was given pride of place, front page to a report that a gang of youths had set fire to a homeless man on Christmas in Germany, the man was saved by a passerby. They made sure to label this gang of youths as “migrants”, who...
by Marina Asbury
64 comments
on Tue Dec 27, 2016 at 01:33 PM PST
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Follow Jen on Twitter at @...
by Jen Sorensen
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on Tue Dec 27, 2016 at 06:50 AM PST
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Great data collected by Bloomberg News reveals how the poor financial condition of major oil companies is quite possibly one of the biggest contributors to them funding, aiding and abetting the lie-about-everything-at-all-costs victory of Donald Trump...
by Partisan Hack
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on Tue Dec 27, 2016 at 02:15 PM PST
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Afternoon all! Many of you may be traveling back home after your holiday visit with family and friends so safe travels to you!
I thought I would just share some tweets and memes this day after Christmas. Some may be thought provoking and some may...
by DeeQuilter86
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on Mon Dec 26, 2016 at 09:00 AM PST
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This is a space for those who like and have supported Hillary Clinton, as we consider the way forward. Those who degrade her and her supporters will be met with recipes and pictures of pets.
by brn2bwild
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on Mon Dec 26, 2016 at 04:00 AM PST
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I’m thinking of startiing a Kickstarter drive for a BIG beautiful muzzle. 6 comments
on Sat Dec 24, 2016 at 04:26 PM PST
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We’ve seen the decline of democracy under Republican rule across the country, through gerrymandering and voter suppression campaigns. More egregiously, there was the radical ‘coup’ in North Carolina to sharply limit the power of the incoming...
by DakkonA
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on Fri Dec 23, 2016 at 12:01 PM PST
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Tweet, report, repeat. 7 comments
on Thu Dec 22, 2016 at 07:31 PM PST
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Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales provides a veiled warning of a return to the dark days of the 1930’s
The Guardian reports:
The Prince of Wales has warned that the rise of populist extremism and intolerance towards other faiths risks...
by Marina Asbury
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on Thu Dec 22, 2016 at 04:16 PM PST
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The madness continues, this time in Berlin. On Monday a hijacked truck deliberately ran through a crowd of shoppers in a public square:
“We heard a loud bang,” Emma Rushton told CNN. “And we started to see to our left Christmas lights were being...
by Diogenes Bartleby
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on Thu Dec 22, 2016 at 06:09 AM PST
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Came across this article which demonstrated the results of at least one social science research method, and gave qualitative information about the failure of the Democratic party in the presidential election of 2016 with specific attention to...
by annieli
198 comments
on Wed Dec 21, 2016 at 08:09 PM PST
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Guest: 27-year CIA vet Ray McGovern on why he disputes the secretly sourced allegations, and on Trump skipping Presidential Daily Briefings...
On today's BradCast, how corporate media control of our public airwaves helped elect Donald Trump, and a...
by TheBradBlog
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on Wed Dec 21, 2016 at 06:08 PM PST
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According to the Jerusalem Post:
“A Wednesday meeting between Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely and a pro-Israel conservative delegation that included a senior member of Donald Trump’s transition team was scuttled because one of the group’s...
by Marina Asbury
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on Wed Dec 21, 2016 at 12:42 PM PST
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First things first: the white working-class voter (WWC) voted for the popular vote loser. Overwhelmingly. According to the Washington Post, he won them by 39 percentage points, and they were one-third of the people who turned out to vote on November 8,...
by Killer of Sacred Cows
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on Tue Dec 20, 2016 at 08:38 PM PST
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On today's BradCast, it's not much discussed by the media, but the cost of killing "ObamaCare" is more than simply a political one for millions of Americans. And the brazen GOP coup in North Carolina's state government is not only a fait accompli, but...
by TheBradBlog
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on Tue Dec 20, 2016 at 07:14 PM PST
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The outgoing president has one final trump card — and he should play it.
New Republic
By David Dayen
November 16, 2016
Come January, President Barack Obama will be consigned to the sidelines as Donald Trump occupies the Oval Office and...
by whitebear
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on Tue Dec 20, 2016 at 06:36 PM PST
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Follow me on Twitter at @MattBors and pick up an Illustrated Calendar of Obscure Holidays for 2017.
by Matt Bors
14 comments
on Wed Dec 21, 2016 at 06:50 AM PST
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