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Just posted at the LA Times:
Tom Hayden, a 1960s radical who was in the vanguard of the movement to stop the Vietnam War and became one of the nation’s best-known champions of liberal causes, has died in Santa Monica after a lengthy illness. He...
by Mother Mags
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by teacherken
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Some late Sunday night soothing balm now the debates are over and we head into the home stretch. Ladies and Germs … Rudy Casoni!
Big tip of the hat to BoingBoing for this. Thank you, happy mutants.
The accompanying band is called The Dago5. As...
by subtropolis
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consider a remark by Harry Enten of Five Thirty Eight.
Take the Obama 2012 states and remove Iowa, Ohio, Florida, Nevada, and the 2nd CD Congressional District of Maine. That leaves 272 electoral votes. Clinton lead by 5% or more in all of the...
by teacherken
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In my 20’s I was plagued with headaches: tension headaches, that let to migraine, and sinus headaches as well. Migraines run in my family, even the men get them. Tension headaches, well, let’s ...
by ZenTrainer
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Of all the shitty things this nation has done to it’s military families over the 13 years since we invaded Iraq in March of 2003, this one has got to be right at the top of the list.
I caught a tweet regarding this story out of the L.A. Times...
by Angela Marx
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Washington State is so wonderful. We get to vote by mail. (Hey Oregon, you should have gotten yours too!). Voter intimidation is not happening here.
Starting tomorrow there are ballot drop off points all over the county, if you don’t want to pay...
by doingbusinessas
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Tomorrow’s News Today
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, ...
by side pocket
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A candidate for the office of President of the United States — a man who aspires to be Commander in Chief — is tweeting about a military operation in which American forces are involved. He wrote this despicable, uninformed Tweet after this news was...
by noweasels
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The Saturday issue of The Wall Street Journal described how the “weakness in its oil and gas” business has adversely affect General Electric Co. (GE) sales and profits. Revenues are down 6% while profits are down 5% this quarter (presumably with...
by False equivalency
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Donald Trump has spent the last few months hinting at the possibility that the election will be rigged against him. When he makes statement to this effect, he is not warning voters about election fraud or potential hacking. He is admitting that he has...
by KennyKline
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Hurricane Trump has been battering the Republican Party for more than a year now. The devastation it leaves behind is all too apparent as GOP candidates evacuate the low lands in a desperate attempt to avoid getting blown away. There is no precedent...
by News Corpse
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Yes, we’re going to win. We’re going to elect the first woman President.
We’re going to elect an incredibly smart, incredibly disciplined President — someone prepared, serious, passionate, someone who knows how to listen (a rarity in life, it...
by claytonben
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The Justice Department is on Netroots Radio.
I'm Special Agent DJ Justice; Radio Host and Program Director for Netroots Radio and I'm manning the dials, spinning the discs, warbling the woofers, putting a slip in your hip and a trip to your hop.
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by justiceputnam
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This email certainly makes it appear as though Hillary wanted to take a hard line against Federal action on transgender rights. wikileaks.org/…
“Subject: I'm not trying to be politically correct
From: John Podesta
To: Hillary Clinton ...
by Tycho2
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Today I was able to reassure my mother that Hillary Clinton now had a commanding lead in the Presidential race. She had determinedly not followed the news because she couldn’t stand to think about the possibility of Trump being elected. Since I had...
by In Memory of Norman Bethune
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Gotta listen to the tape to believe it.
CNN just reported that Trump said in 2012 he doesn't believe in deporting undocumented people who have been working in the country for years.
As the old saying goes, Donald, you have lots of explaining...
by dge
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As I write these words on Sunday afternoon, we are just a few hours away from the season 7 premiere of The Walking Dead . By this time this edition of Top Comments goes live, the answer to the ...
by lotac
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I am actively involved with the Democratic Party in St. Johns County. My three boys are really getting a crash course in election-year politics! Together we are working 7 days a week and eating meals out of cardboard containers in an effort to turn...
by FirstCoastDem
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One poll shows Clinton leading by 1 point in a state which has not been carried by a Republican since Jimmy Carter ran in 1976! Other polls show Clinton within single digits of Trump. The largest sample (5 times larger than the other poll samples) is...
by FaithChatham
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