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Much as many would like, the fact is that not all Trump voters/supporters think the same way, or voted for him for the same reasons – or continue to support him. There are different (and sometimes surprising) demographics when you break it all down. ...
by dsnottselliott
on Wed Feb 22, 2017 at 05:30 PM PST
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Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington all are very diverse states, but they share one thing in common: An explosion of interest in local...
by Mattrek
on Wed Feb 22, 2017 at 04:04 PM PST
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Donald Trump criticized Barack Obama for the amount of golfed he played while president. Now, Trump is coming under heavy criticism himself for the amount of times he has hit the links in only his first month in office.
As of last week, Trump has...
by Kentdorfman
on Wed Feb 22, 2017 at 10:42 AM PST
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Maybe some senior republican statesman, possibly Senator Grassley or John McCain, should have called for a timeout and sent republican members of congress to their rooms to think about the ramifications of the 6 year republican political temper tantrum...
by lamina566
on Wed Feb 22, 2017 at 09:25 AM PST
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Trump is an asshole. There's no doubt about that, and everyone knows it.
Toward the end of January, in a variation on an old joke, newspapers noticed that if you searched for "asshole" on Twitter, @realDonaldTrump popped up. (See article here: ) You...
by ScottMcMurrey
on Wed Feb 22, 2017 at 06:28 AM PST
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It's "Wednesday's Child is Full of Whoa! Wednesdays" on The After Show. We were going to call it "Germanic Mercury" but you know what they say, one cannot live on Greek and Roman gods, alone. At least, not in America.
Maryland teachers are forced...
by justiceputnam
on Wed Feb 22, 2017 at 07:50 AM PST
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. . . and Trump claims to care about the children.
by brooklynpaul
on Tue Feb 21, 2017 at 08:24 PM PST
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So far President Trump has signed very few bills. One lets coal companies dump waste into streams. The other lets oil companies bribe foreign dictators in secret. And he is moving to block a Labor Department "fiduciary rule" that requires financial...
by davej
on Tue Feb 21, 2017 at 05:49 PM PST
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Fifty-four percent of Americans did not vote for Donald Trump yet they are being asked to make nice-nice with the forty-six percent who did.
“Try to see their point of view,” the majority of voters are being urged. “You’ll never get anywhere by...
by Kentdorfman
on Tue Feb 21, 2017 at 12:33 PM PST
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“The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes , @NBCNews , @ABC , @CBS , @CNN ) is not
my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!” — Donald Trump, February 17, 2017
A round up of the ...
by RETIII
on Tue Feb 21, 2017 at 02:31 PM PST
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Day 33 - "Love Me, I'm a Liberal" by Phil Ochs
This is the first half a two-part series on the contributions of Phil Ochs (1940-1976) .
Today, the satire in the 1966 tune, "Love Me, I'm a Liberal", is dated, dark and disturbing....
by Dr A W Niloc
on Tue Feb 21, 2017 at 09:20 AM PST
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Congress is currently in its first recess of the year. The Coalition on Human Needs just released our latest edition of the Human Needs Report, with a look at what members tackled before the break, and what’s waiting for them when they return on Feb....
by lichn
on Tue Feb 21, 2017 at 08:47 AM PST
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Tomorrow, myself and a small group of concerned citizens (the resistance) have an in-office visit with Dan Donovan, our House of Representative congressman.
While I have been doing my own research on his votes, background, committee memberships,...
by dbengelson
on Tue Feb 21, 2017 at 07:05 AM PST
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Red Sky at Morning Tuesdays on The After Show means only one thing, it's Tuesday, and the refraction of light on the horizon portends something is a-brewing.
Lawyers for the Department of ...
by justiceputnam
on Tue Feb 21, 2017 at 07:50 AM PST
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Yesterday was President’s Day, and while many around the country enjoyed the day off by spending time with their families or catching up on housework, thousands took to the streets to protest the new administration. I fell into the second category.
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by KBoddye
on Tue Feb 21, 2017 at 05:39 AM PST
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Seriously? WTF are they thinking? Collectively they handed the congress, the senate, the majority of the the state legislative houses and governors to a corporatocracy/plutocracy/oligarchy by their collective failures.
Me? I’ll support Warren,...
by Idontknowwhy
on Mon Feb 20, 2017 at 04:32 PM PST
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At our recent County Dem meeting we had a big turnout. The best part was that a lot of people stood to be recognized as they are on the ballot this Spring in local races. It was an open discussion with Jason Sidener, the new Exec. Director of the...
by mrules
on Mon Feb 20, 2017 at 05:57 PM PST
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I realize I’m preaching to the choir with this one. Sounding off in my own blissful bubble. I can’t help it. I am a big believer in self-reflection. Of taking a quick review of my recent choices to ensure they match my core values. It allows me to...
by Darrin Stephens
on Wed Feb 22, 2017 at 04:48 PM PST
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Donald Trump desperately needed a win. His first month in office was one unmitigated disaster after another. His stupid feud about the size of his inauguration crowd , his disastrous ...
by Murfster35
on Tue Feb 21, 2017 at 05:30 AM PST
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The White House machinery has slipped a gear. President Trump declared the White House hierarchy and personnel, “a fine(sic) tuned machine.” This was on the heels of his National Security Adviser’s resignation or firing, the unsuccessful Labor...
by ReasonaBill
on Mon Feb 20, 2017 at 11:47 AM PST
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