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Groups: Postcapitalism, Group W: Resisting War, SFKossacks, Velocipede Vanguard, In Support of Labor and Unions, Keynesian Kossacks
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OK. The Donald didn't actually say that specifically. What he said was, “I’m the most militaristic person there is.” But that's what he was getting at.
Coming from a guy who has also said,
by gjohnsit
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on Wed Aug 19, 2015 at 03:39 PM PDT
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What's a person with a tinfoil hat supposed to do with this news? The Federal Reserve can't stop hiring Goldman Sachs executives. On Monday, the Dallas Fed named former Goldman Sachs Vice ...
by gjohnsit
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on Mon Aug 17, 2015 at 04:39 PM PDT
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Oil prices dropping to six-year lows is already serious, but doing it in the middle of the peak season for oil should get everyone's attention. U.S. crude futures have lost 30 percent since the ...
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on Sun Aug 16, 2015 at 11:45 AM PDT
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Every once in a while someone says something so incisive that it causes you to look at an issue in an entirely different way.
Rev. Jesse Jackson managed to do that earlier this week. Police kill ...
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on Fri Aug 14, 2015 at 08:37 AM PDT
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Three months ago Obama's Justice Department accomplished a milestone: It managed to get felony pleas from Citicorp, JPMorgan Chase, Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland, the biggest banks in Wall ...
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on Wed Aug 12, 2015 at 09:43 AM PDT
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Black activists and immigration groups have banded together in a coalition called #Rights4AllInDR to protest the Dominican Republic's policy to make people of Haitian descent in the Dominican ...
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on Mon Aug 10, 2015 at 09:25 PM PDT
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- Just out this morning : Clinton 48% Sanders 27% Last month: Clinton 57% Sanders 18% Net Sanders gain in month: +18% Clinton favorable 44/53 Sanders favorable 35/...756 comments 276 Recs
- You've had your fun trying to form your narrative about Sanders having a "race problem," and attempting to paint him as "tone deaf." When his record on civil rights is unassailable, I get that's ...807 comments 365 Recs
- Historically speaking, politicians who have attacked Social Security (oft-described as the "Third Rail" in American politics) have not fared well with the American people. The program, originally ...387 comments 411 Recs
- During yesterday's Meet the Press Chuck Todd sprung a a letter from one of Bernie's campaign staffers on Senator Sanders with an apology. CHUCK TODD: BuzzFeed has an article out this morning. ...399 comments 449 Recs
- UPDATE: Folks, I made a point of not disparaging Mr. King or his body of work here at dKos (or on Twitter, where I am generally a huge fan of his). Just that this particular diary raises questions ...1022 comments 744 Recs
- If you want to understand 21st century exploitation of labor by the billionaire class, you must read this horrifying story about Amazon's working conditions from the New York Times. In short, ...245 comments 285 Recs
- The is the first edition of a diary series at Daily Kos where we will publish the “Lily White Progressive Report” (LWPR) and the “Why Bernie Sanders Sucks Report” (WBSSR) on alternating ...283 comments 63 Recs
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