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Ok, here we go. Why do we waste so much time bashing the Republicans? Why aren’t we getting on the Democrats for not doing their jobs which is critical right now. They don’t seem to be doing much of anything to move us forward. We should be taking...
by Bluegirl2
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on Mon Jun 05, 2017 at 09:58 PM PDT
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GOP twitter survey on Medicaid coverage
I ran across this survey on Twitter. A leading survey to get the result they want. Please go take this survey so the House Republicans get a true picture of what the American people think about their...
by gtghawaii
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on Mon Jun 05, 2017 at 08:30 PM PDT
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Simply stated at whatisnetneutrality.org: "Net Neutrality is the principle that the company that connects you to the internet does not get to control what you do on the internet."
That principle protects one's freedom to communicate and to choose...
by hungeski
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on Mon Jun 05, 2017 at 08:26 PM PDT
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Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin’s (D. WI) re-election campaign:
One of the most significant achievements of the Affordable Care Act is its requirement that employers’ health care plans cover contraception.
But...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Mon Jun 05, 2017 at 07:07 PM PDT
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Received this e-mail today in support of Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez’s (D. CA-34) special election tomorrow:
Last week the California State Senate passed SB 562, which would create a universal, single-payer health care system in California....
by poopdogcomedy
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on Mon Jun 05, 2017 at 06:57 PM PDT
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First published in Blue Virginia
Virginia has primaries June 13 for Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, and for many of the 100 state house seats up for grabs.
The world is watching. Help us show that the tide is turning against Trump. Virginia...
by Aleurophile
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on Mon Jun 05, 2017 at 03:29 PM PDT
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Donald Trump is correctly accused of being anti-science in the interest of being pro-business. That’s half true: as an empiricist Trump is the most aggressively ignorant president since Franklin Pierce. But his decisions on the Paris Agreement and the...
by Next Conservatism
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on Mon Jun 05, 2017 at 02:57 PM PDT
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Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown’s (D. OH) re-election campaign:
"Ohio schools could lose millions under Obamacare repeal-replace bill"
-- Cleveland.com, 5/5/2017
Here's one casualty of the GOP's ACA repeal you...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Mon Jun 05, 2017 at 12:48 PM PDT
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In order to justify its $64 billion in cuts to Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), the Trump administration and its allies have had to propagate several myths. The most insidious one is that many SSDI recipients are not truly worthy of...
by NCPSSM
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on Mon Jun 05, 2017 at 10:31 AM PDT
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London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan, http://www.sadiq.london/ is the epitome of what the right wing says they want. A Muslim who condemns violence in the strongest terms, disavows those who would pervert his religion and is the capital city leader of a major...
by ReasonaBill
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on Mon Jun 05, 2017 at 09:37 AM PDT
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Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jon Tester’s (D. MT) re-election campaign:
The President's decision to withdraw from the Climate Change Agreement has put us in some questionable company. Only Nicaragua and Syria refused to sign the...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Mon Jun 05, 2017 at 08:58 AM PDT
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Right-wing columnist Jennifer Rubin at the Washington Post has been on a roll lately. Her latest column about how Drumpf has yet again embarrassed the U.S. via his ill-informed, opportunistic tweets following the London terrorist attacks is something...
by ExtaNormal
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on Sun Jun 04, 2017 at 10:43 PM PDT
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I despise what “radical Islam” is doing but lets be honest they are just following the Christian playbook, they’re just not that far along. They’re at the beheading and burning villages of non believers part of Christian history they still need to...
by streicher187
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on Sun Jun 04, 2017 at 02:43 PM PDT
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Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill’s (D. MO) re-election campaign:
The fight to strengthen healthcare is a personal one for me.
I was diagnosed with breast cancer last year, and I have been grateful every single day...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Sun Jun 04, 2017 at 01:27 PM PDT
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Received this e-mail today from former Rep. Tom Perriello’s (D. VA) gubernatorial campaign:
Team,
There are only 9 days left until primary Election Day in Virginia, and you can be the difference in this race.
Even from California,...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Sun Jun 04, 2017 at 01:09 PM PDT
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Received this e-mail today from the Council for a Livable World in support of Jon Ossoff’s (D. GA-06) campaign:
It’s a despicable political attack. Hawks put together a shameful ad that targets Council-endorsed Jon Ossoff (D-GA) for his...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Sun Jun 04, 2017 at 12:59 PM PDT
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Received this e-mail today from Democracy for America in support of Stacey Abrams’ (D, GA) campaign:
One of the most important elections of 2018 is happening right here in Georgia. It's time we had a transformational progressive leader as the...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Sun Jun 04, 2017 at 12:09 PM PDT
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This is truly a frightening story. Washington Post reveals something that a certain person once called A Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, operating partly through “charities,” which has finally resulted in the purchase of an entire political party and...
by Colorado Blue
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on Sat Jun 03, 2017 at 10:35 PM PDT
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Yep. Here’s a new way to make the rich richer: let them fix our infrastructure! Soon, America, you will be greeted with glorious new 8 lane highways, which you may use for a mere $5.00 each way — or $10 — or …….
Maybe you can’t afford the new...
by Colorado Blue
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on Sat Jun 03, 2017 at 02:36 PM PDT
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Received this e-mail today from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee:
Many House Republicans have been in hiding during the congressional recess this week because they do NOT want their voters holding them accountable for kicking 23 million...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Sat Jun 03, 2017 at 02:10 PM PDT
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- I think today is the first day of his renewed contract. I don’t know how to post clips, but maybe someone with more skill can post a diary with a video. About 33 minutes into the show, O’Donnell showed a clip of the Mayor of London describing the...105 comments 225 Recs
- When people hear “Long Island” or “The Hamptons,” they rarely have a visual image of black or Native American communities. Yet Long island has very old communities of color, and people who have lived in them for many generations. The residents of...167 comments 83 Recs
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- Walking through the main campus of the University of the District of Columbia a few mornings ago on the way to the Metro, I was pulled out of my podcast trance by an assertively shouted, “Excuse me!” I turned to face the well-dressed woman who was...43 comments 193 Recs
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- — Careful what you daily ‘scheme for’ Republicans — because your ineptness is showing, day after day, after another Do Nothing day. What was it that Comey wanted again …? Mueller Investigation Already Expanding by Ed Brayton,...76 comments 133 Recs
- In his article, FEAR & UNbalanced: Confessions of a 14-Year Fox News Hitman, Tobin Smith spills the beans. He feels free to do so because Roger Ailes is dead. Back in 2000, when he was first hired at Fox, he had a few questions. “So Roger...314 comments 533 Recs
- Great Election news. Democrats Are Overperforming In Special Elections Almost Everywhere. That bodes well for us in 2018. in the 15 special legislative elections to pit at least one Democrat against at least one Republican, 12 have seen a net swing...20 comments 52 Recs
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Rolling Stone and Mother Jones are two of my favorite magazines just wondering how many here read one or both and what you think of them?
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