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Diaries published: 231 (1 day since last diary on Sun Feb 05, 2017 at 11:15 AM PST)
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Most Recommended Diary: 15 things everyone would know if there were a liberal media, 379 comments, 1229 recommends
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Neal Katyal makes an eloquent case for Neil Gorsuch in the New York Times this week as a highly qualified candidate.
There’s no disagreeing with his qualifications.
Democrats shouldn’t vote ...
by David Akadjian
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on Sun Feb 05, 2017 at 11:15 AM PST
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Remember when a conservative Supreme Court ruled that political contributions were speech, and therefore protected under the First Amendment?
Apparently what they meant was that contributions to Republicans were protected by the First...
by David Akadjian
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on Sun Jan 22, 2017 at 06:10 PM PST
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Democratic capitalism: Freeing people from the corporate special interest definition of 'corruption' This week someone asked me if I’d heard any questions about IDEA, the federal law protecting students with disabilities (the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), during Jeff Sessions’ ...
by David Akadjian
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on Sun Jan 15, 2017 at 03:20 PM PST
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On Tuesday, Jan. 3, Americans woke up to news that Republicans were going to gut the House Ethics Committee . The first thing I did was post the news to several groups, with a short ask for ...
by David Akadjian
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on Sun Jan 08, 2017 at 07:15 AM PST
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If Trump’s cabinet appointments are any indication , the Republican agenda is going to be selling off the remainder of the country to private interests. Betsy DeVos at Education is a proponent ...
by David Akadjian
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on Sun Jan 01, 2017 at 04:30 PM PST
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One of the true pleasures of writing is that occasionally people contact you because they really enjoyed something you wrote. Recently, Jay Apking, the founder of Great American Child , reached out ...
by David Akadjian
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- Today was a national day of action to visit our Senators’ offices. In Tucson, there was an action outside John McCain’s office, but instead of joining that, I decided to go by myself to Jeff Flake’s office to tell someone on his staff my healthcare...49 comments 124 Recs
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- And perhaps for precision. Sunday 22 January — here are the next campaigns and actions, plus a number to text and add yourself to the census of Women’s March participants.517 comments 505 Recs
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