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Today I fulfilled a long-term pledge to myself, by attending the annual rededication of a memorial to slain journalists that is housed in the Newseum building -- the museum of journalism in downtown Washington, D.C.
This year, 14 more names... |
Clio2 | 06/05/2017 05:40 PM |
4 | 3 | |
Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share part of the evening around a virtual kitchen table with readers of Daily Kos who aren’t throwing pies at one another. |
Angela Marx | 06/05/2017 05:31 PM |
5 | 9 | |
Detachment and distance yield perspective always, hence, "Can't see the forest for the trees," is a favorite homily. Der Spiegel recently published an article, “It’s Time To Get Rid Of Donald Trump,” which it behooves us all as Americans to read. Why?... |
ursulafaw | 06/05/2017 05:30 PM |
5 | 4 | |
The outline of this series is from the Wikipedia article:
The Newsroom is an American television political drama series created and principally written by Aaron Sorkin that premiered on HBO on June 24, 2012, and concluded on December 14, 2014,... |
arodb | 06/05/2017 05:21 PM |
6 | 2 | |
Language Of The Night Vampire Series:Why is the modern Vampire so incredibly boring?DrLori/Angmar p2 *
Horror
is beyond the reach of psychology
-Adorno
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Angmar:
In part 1 (link) we explored some of the history behind the Vampire,and examined parts of the brilliant and... |
Angmar | 06/05/2017 05:00 PM |
19 | 6 | |
Good evening to the MNCC community!
Monday Night Cancer Club is a Daily Kos group for anyone who has cancer, has a loved one with cancer, or who has questions, issues, or information to share ... |
outragedinSF | 06/05/2017 04:30 PM |
8 | 11 | |
This article by Vox’s Sarah Kliff will seem to some to be an indictment of Williamson, WV and all those backward hillbillies that call the place home. To some it will be an indictment of the medical profession, the drug companies, government and others... |
TheRef | 06/05/2017 04:05 PM |
2 | 2 | |
Now it appears it’s possible that the Russians tried to hack into US elections systems, as well as using trolls to spread Fake News about Hillary on US social media sites.
TOP-SECRET NSA REPORT DETAILS RUSSIAN HACKING EFFORT DAYS BEFORE 2016... |
Lefty Coaster | 06/05/2017 04:05 PM |
61 | 57 | |
Evening Live Blog — A Place for All to Come Together and Discuss the Day’s Events!
70+ million who voted against him. We are the majority. Our voices will be heard.
We cannot be passive, we ... |
SJohnson | 06/05/2017 04:00 PM |
65 | 20 | |
Taking down the GOP is our #1 priority. How do we do that? Build a blue wave one doorstep at a time! I’ve been running for the Virginia House of Delegates since October and in just eight days will be our campaign’s first electoral test — the June 13th Primary. It’s been a long road already, |
KBoddye | 06/05/2017 04:00 PM |
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For dear friends of mine — and of yours — what has passed for “home” has been a metal box filled with toxic vapors, and dangerous wiring that has already caught fire twice. A metal box that is blistering hot in summer, hopelessly arctic in winter.... |
Yasuragi | 06/05/2017 04:00 PM |
61 | 35 | |
Wow TIE in one UK Election Poll, -1 for Corbyn in the second Poll.
Even 2 other Polls have only 4 Point difference.
elections.huffingtonpost.com/…
May could lose this, and Trump could help her to lose.
Now Trumps tweets are maybe a... |
hpg | 06/05/2017 03:29 PM |
29 | 17 | |
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... |
Aleurophile | 06/05/2017 03:29 PM |
1 | 1 | |
What did the Trump administration hope to achieve during the 90 day ban? How is that work coming after 136 days in office? |
Turner2 | 06/05/2017 03:22 PM |
10 | 6 | |
Michael Snyder, author of a book called The Rapture Verdict, recently put together a list of things liberals supposedly hate about America. The list is as entertaining as it is unhinged, and for some reason it’s liberally seasoned with lots of food and... |
Aldous J Pennyfarthing | 06/05/2017 03:21 PM |
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“When Will AI Exceed Human Performance?” — that is the question posed by researchers at Oxford and Yale Universities, to a number of leading machine learning researchers. The survey results are described in a paper by Katja Grace and others at... |
AKALib | 06/05/2017 03:12 PM |
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Last week, the ACLU of New Mexico and the Southwest Women’s Law Center filed complaints against Walgreens, alleging sex discrimination after a pharmacist refused to fill one of a female patient’s medications. The complaints are in response to a... |
wagatwe | 06/05/2017 03:11 PM |
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Hi everyone! First of all, thank you all SO much for the positive engagement on the last piece I wrote. I was nervous about my publishing my first piece on this site and I’m glad that at least some of you found my perspective valuable.
This week’s... |
annampls123 | 06/05/2017 03:07 PM |
1 | 1 | |
David Rank, the acting US ambassador to China has resigned in protest over Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Accord.
There isn’t a whole lot more to this story, which is on CNN and The Hill.
"Mr. Rank made a personal decision," a... |
quaoar | 06/05/2017 02:57 PM |
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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... |
Next Conservatism | 06/05/2017 02:57 PM |
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It’s not too early to cast the heroes of #TrumpRussia media projects … will they be leakers, lawyers, or ‘journalists’.
Neither Masha Gessen nor Gary Kasparov are yet the ‘good Russian’ of the Kremlingate morality tale, but the #TrumpRussia story... |
annieli | 06/05/2017 02:53 PM |
1 | 4 | |
“JUST A HOAX…”
The last ice floe has finally floated off
Into fake news
While the high tide laps gently over
The silty sands around Trump Tower…
The polar bears have adopted Plan B
And migrated way down south,
Below the... |
Roddc | 06/05/2017 02:50 PM |
3 | 5 | |
You think the treatment of pre-existing conditions under Trumpcare is bad.
You're wrong.
It's worse.
You have to look at why Obamacare forbade companies to exclude pre-existing conditions. Since health insurance began, companies have been... |
Frank Palmer | 06/05/2017 02:42 PM |
2 | 4 | |
In another post about Pelosi refusing to do this there seemed to be a split between support for Dems holding a line and those who think there is no difference between the GOP hostage taking and Dems doing it….
I posted a response about connecting... |
Woodguru | 06/05/2017 02:28 PM |
16 | 15 | |
President Trumpster displays amazing agility in attempting to duck responsibility for what he has said.
The magician's stock in trade is misdirection. Our Magician-in-Chief starts with instant, emphatic denial: "Not true." or "Never happened." or... |
Will WideEyes | 06/05/2017 02:21 PM |
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Felix Duckworth @thegincollector
Sign at #walthamstow today. Couldn't agree more #LondonBridge
1:42 PM - 4 Jun 2017
Two political leaders spent the last two days in... |
Lib Dem FoP | 06/05/2017 02:17 PM |
2 | 5 | |
The Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court’s decision striking down North Carolina’s state legislative voting districts as being racially gerrymandered in violation of the Constitution. This follows on an earlier Supreme Court decision that ruled... |
m2c4 | 06/05/2017 02:15 PM |
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Most states in the USA, and many countries across the world, have passed legislation that allow the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Some of this legislation is dependent on various claims, many of which appear to be based on weak or nonexistent... |
SkepticalRaptor | 06/05/2017 02:10 PM |
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The recent cases of undocumented mothers Jeanette Vizguerra, Ingrid Encalada Latorre, and Juana Luz Tobar Ortega highlight a resurgence in the sanctuary movement, with some 800 houses of worship and congregations pledging since Donald Trump’s... |
Gabe Ortiz | 06/05/2017 02:09 PM |
1 | 4 | |
This could be the beginning of a HUGE story. Link to article: theintercept.com/... |
Scoop8282 | 06/05/2017 02:06 PM |
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If you are not interested in participating, please take your self-righteous condescension elsewhere.
If you would like to enter the pool post your numbers in the comments.
The rules are simple You have to be a kossack to play.
We only split... |
eeff | 06/05/2017 02:00 PM |
44 | 9 | |
Donald Trump never misses an opportunity to capitalize on tragedy and co-opt it to further his political agenda. You may recall last August when basketball star Dwyane Wade's cousin was tragically shot while pushing a baby stroller in Chicago and Trump... |
ursulafaw | 06/05/2017 02:00 PM |
40 | 80 | |
It’s starting to look more and more like the healthcare repeal and replace is going to be the modern political version of the LaBrea tar pits for the GOPasaurs of the Senate, and more power to them. But just because they’re stuck fast, and sinking... |
Murfster35 | 06/05/2017 01:58 PM |
13 | 14 | |
This one might go a little long. I’m going to talk about myself a lot but there’s no other way to do this. I’m writing to demonstrate why I support the idea of single payer health care, and why I will vote for in here in California if and when it comes... |
Animeraider | 06/05/2017 01:54 PM |
12 | 17 | |
Morons.
While some states have granted requests from drivers to have President Donald Trump's mystery word “covfefe” on a personalized license plate, don’t expect to see it in Montana.
... |
MTmofo | 06/05/2017 01:46 PM |
18 | 9 | |
If I could remember the date or the heading I would be able to find this diary without asking for help ~ but I don’t remember either.
This diary explained what it told him/her about a person who supported and voted for tRump. Several very good... |
weareskate | 06/05/2017 01:33 PM |
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I love pretty much every album Devo came out with. I saw them in concert in Chicago and it was the best concert that I ever went to.
But there is one song that I have to turn off when I hear it starting…
It is drab and sounds nothing... |
BFSkinner | 06/05/2017 01:31 PM |
88 | 19 | |
If you hadn’t heard by now, Katie McHugh—a former Breitbart “reporter”—has been fired after proving the age old axiom of timing + racism + who knows = getting fired from Breitbart. The firing comes after the singularly vile McHugh caught the world’s... |
Walter Einenkel | 06/05/2017 01:30 PM |
9 | 28 | |
Eighties movie high school villain Jared Kushner is in deep doo doo these days. As the steady drip of corruption and incompetence funnels out of the White House, Kushner’s dealings with Russia become more and more troubling. The reasons he’s given for... |
Walter Einenkel | 06/05/2017 01:30 PM |
6 | 13 | |
www.rawstory.com/…
Maybe the Russians were indeed at least trying to change vote totals.
Please read the whole story before commenting — maybe this is too good to be true.
Raw Story is usually reliable I think. |
Joe Pac | 06/05/2017 01:29 PM |
31 | 15 | |
As Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell spins away on his health care hamster wheel with visions of tax reform dancing through his head, other Republican lawmakers are a tad frustrated the GOP-controlled Congress isn't getting much of anything done.... |
Kerry Eleveld | 06/05/2017 01:25 PM |
57 | 149 | |
Trump claims that we need new “extreme vetting” of visitors from predominantly Muslim countries in order to keep America safe. He’s called it a Muslim “Travel Ban” in order to satiate his bigoted base (and because that’s how he sees it).
I don’t... |
Terion | 06/05/2017 01:20 PM |
2 | 5 | |
We’ll see.
But hate crimes against Native Americans often don't often make headlines, which they say is part of a pattern of discrimination and violence dating back generations. They worry they may also see an upsurge in hate crimes against Native... |
Winter Rabbit | 06/05/2017 01:18 PM |
5 | 6 | |
White House Correspondents: For all of your smugness of putting the Trump administration to daily discomfort, you reek of incompetence. You are enthralled by quick ratings, sound bites and self praise that the White House takes quick, shallow blows and... |
InfiniteThoughts | 06/05/2017 01:16 PM |
5 | 17 | |
This is an Open Thread / Coffee Hour and all topics of conversation are welcome. Today's suggested topic is open to whatever is on your mind.
What is for dinner? How are you doing? What is on your ... |
linkage | 06/05/2017 01:03 PM |
8 | 4 | |
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... |
poopdogcomedy | 06/05/2017 12:48 PM |
1 | 6 | |
It ain’t California or New York, but Delaware thumbs its small nose at Dumbf*.
Governor John Carney announced on Monday that Delaware has joined the U.S. Climate Alliance, a coalition of states committed to upholding the Paris Agreement to... |
dadadata | 06/05/2017 12:47 PM |
7 | 12 | |
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A broad coalition of California fishing, conservation, and environmental groups sent a letter today relaying their concerns over President Donald Trump’s nomination of David Bernhardt, a lobbyist for the powerful Westlands Water... |
Dan Bacher | 06/05/2017 12:43 PM |
3 | 15 | |
The Michigan Appeals Court has ruled 3-0 that Yvette Cormier has no claim against Planet Fitness over its transgender-inclusive policies.
Back in 2015 Cormier encountered a transgender woman in a locker room. She decided that she needed to... |
rserven | 06/05/2017 12:42 PM |
9 | 15 | |
GOP Rep. Ron DeSantis, a close ally of tea party-friendly groups like the Club for Growth, reportedly has been considering running for governor of Florida for a while, but he’s said little publicly. |
Jeff Singer | 06/05/2017 12:18 PM |
4 | 2 | |
Donald Trump, populist hero of the working class. It’s a myth, but it’s an enduring one and, to the extent that Trump does or did have a minority of working-class supporters, he’s certainly bent on testing their loyalty. Under Trump, the Occupational... |
Laura Clawson | 06/05/2017 12:09 PM |
5 | 13 | |
Iraq’s government is investigating reports that White Phosphorus was used during a bombing near a hospital in Mosul, Iraq.
The fact that so many civilians have been killed during the Mosul offensive is troubling enough. It's even more disturbing if... |
soulflower | 06/05/2017 12:09 PM |
35 | 7 | |
There’s something poetic about comparing the search involved in a childhood prank to a search involving what another perceptive Daily Kos blogger termed the toddler-in-chief. Though the former was indeed far more innocent, far less a danger to our... |
Grouser | 06/05/2017 11:49 AM |
8 | 11 | |
There have been 75 total cases so far this year in Minnesota’s measles outbreak. 69 of those cases have been confirmed to involve children who were not vaccinated. To put that into perspective, look at the numbers from last year: there were 70 reported... |
Walter Einenkel | 06/05/2017 11:48 AM |
4 | 13 | |
Campaign Action
The Congressional Budget Office keeps raining on the Republicans' Trumpcare parade. GOP leaders have promised again and again that they'll bring down premium costs, but the reality is they can only do that for the people who need... |
Joan McCarter | 06/05/2017 11:24 AM |
3 | 7 | |
[This is satire]
Pamela Geller slumps sullenly over her laptop as she glides her mouse pointer over the “Confirm Delete” popup and clicks “OK.” A blog post entitled “More Death for Sharia Law” vanishes from the screen. “This was going to be my... |
The Red Pen | 06/05/2017 11:22 AM |
14 | 14 | |
We all remember what dealing with health insurers was like just a few short years ago: denials for preexisting conditions, wild fluctuations in premiums, huge out-of-pocket costs and tiny lifetime limits were the standard. Then came the Affordable Care... |
Dan Drew | 06/05/2017 11:07 AM |
19 | 12 | |
We are five months into the Trump presidency and the administration has proven its incompetence in almost every area except those benefiting Russia. Especially disappointing is the supposed Wall Street brain trust of Gary Cohn, head of the National... |
m2c4 | 06/05/2017 11:06 AM |
10 | 18 | |
Well, that was fast. When news broke about Phil Stair, the now former sales manager for the Genesee County Land Bank, blaming the Flint, Michigan water crisis on its predominantly Black residents, the response was strong and swift. Stair, who was... |
wagatwe | 06/05/2017 11:03 AM |
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6 died today in Orlando workplace shooting, but shooter seems white, non-Muslim, so Trump ignores it Five employees were killed in a shooting Monday morning at Fiamma, a business that makes awnings for RVs and campers northeast of Orlando, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office reported.
The shooter — a former “disgruntled employee” who was fired in... |
progressive2016 | 06/05/2017 10:58 AM |
18 | 35 | |
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YouTube ... |
Scott Anderson | 06/05/2017 10:54 AM |
1 | 1 | |
The third Menendez brother sits at his Oval desk/throne and signs another proclamation. This weak attempt to remind us of Reagan’s screwing the ATC union is also another GOP meme of privatizing everything … toll roads and pay toilets.
Are you... |
annieli | 06/05/2017 10:51 AM |
9 | 19 | |
May, we hardly knew you. But we did go gathering tweets in May and there’s certainly a few nuts among them!
For those who cannot view tweets, we made the effort to recode them. Only those with animated media were not recoded.
Because I am... |
Mopshell | 06/05/2017 10:47 AM |
204 | 76 | |
Ignorant people hate to be called stupid, they think ignorance is the same thing as stupidity, I laugh about this but they are so fucking stupid they do not know the difference. In fact they are so stupid that it isn’t a strong enough word, moron is... |
Woodguru | 06/05/2017 10:43 AM |
13 | 4 | |
70 years ago today, General George Marshall, President Truman’s Secretary of State, spoke at Harvard University’s commencement celebrations. His speech lasted only eleven minutes, but it made history. After giving his American audience a sense of the... |
SRM | 06/05/2017 10:32 AM |
14 | 19 | |
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... |
NCPSSM | 06/05/2017 10:31 AM |
22 | 24 | |
Trump likes to pretend he cares about America first—or at least the taxpayers. A new study by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) shows yet another arena Trump could actually put his money where his mouth is—but likely won’t give it a single thought.
... |
wagatwe | 06/05/2017 10:30 AM |
5 | 14 | |
Louisiana Republican Congressman “Captain’” Clay Higgins’ religious bigotry is chillingly scary glimpse into what these fanatics beleive.
GOP rep on radicalized Islamic suspects: 'Kill them all'
BY MALLORY SHELBOURNE
A Republican... |
Lefty Coaster | 06/05/2017 10:26 AM |
5 | 8 | |
A Santa Ana mosque had a delicious community building treat to break the day’s Ramadan fast—tacos! The Islamic Center of Santa Ana was the site for this great event, set up by community activists Rida Hamida and Benjamin Vazquez. The Orange County... |
Walter Einenkel | 06/05/2017 09:47 AM |
12 | 39 | |
As we all well know, Trump and his allies never see the senseless acts of terrorist violence around the world and at home as something that can be learned from. For them, these tragic events are opportunities to push a more totalitarian military... |
Walter Einenkel | 06/05/2017 09:45 AM |
7 | 15 | |
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... |
ReasonaBill | 06/05/2017 09:37 AM |
4 | 5 | |
Ali Velshi has given a level of seriousness to MSNBC lacking with most journalists who provide internationally biased news. Ali Velshi is breaking that norm. It will give Americans a better ability to question U.S. international policies.
Ali Velshi... |
Egberto Willies | 06/05/2017 09:35 AM |
19 | 16 | |
Daily Kos Elections' project to calculate the 2016 presidential results for every state legislative seat in the nation takes on South Carolina, a solidly Republican state where Democrats still do hold some conservative seats. You can find our master... |
Jeff Singer | 06/05/2017 09:29 AM |
1 | 2 | |
How bad has it gotten inside the Trump White House? Kellyanne Conway’s husband, George Conway, takes Trump to task for his tweets about the travel ban:
OSG is the Office of Solicitor General that would defend Trump’s travel ban at the Supreme... |
Bob Johnson | 06/05/2017 09:28 AM |
61 | 94 | |
Covering Trump as though he has any agenda other than publicity and lining his own pockets is the signal failing of the media and, I hate to say it, the progressive blogosphere. Yes, of course, the methods he uses to garner publicity are despicable... |
mrnola | 06/05/2017 09:26 AM |
3 | 1 | |
Interesting times. A debt default may be right around the corner.
Top House Democrat Nancy Pelosi says GOP leaders shouldn’t take for granted that Democrats will vote to increase the government’s borrowing cap.
Pelosi told reporters Friday that... |
TomP | 06/05/2017 09:23 AM |
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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... |
poopdogcomedy | 06/05/2017 08:58 AM |
2 | 2 | |
I have never forgotten a history lesson given by Sister Loretta Therese in the 6th Grade.
One day the good sister went to the blackboard and drew a huge circle. Next, she wrote the USA on the top of the circle and then listed around the... |
Stankupchin | 06/05/2017 08:48 AM |
7 | 1 | |
The Fire Museum is a small museum housed in the old fire station in The Dalles, Oregon. |
Ojibwa | 06/05/2017 08:13 AM |
19 | 16 | |
Two weeks ago, South Carolina Rep. Mark Sanford had two GOP primary challengers, but now he has none. On Friday, wealthy businessman and Marine veteran Ted Fienning announced that he was dropping out of the race for this red Charleston-area seat,... |
Jeff Singer | 06/05/2017 08:11 AM |
7 | 12 | |
This has come to my attention this morning. I don’t have any great words to add, mostly I just wanted to get this situation some visibility. If we can’t even field a Democratic mayoral candidate, this really does not bode well for the state of our... |
RiddleOfTheUniverse | 06/05/2017 08:09 AM |
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This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here.
Here's a reasonable question to ask in our unreasonable world: Does Donald Trump even know where North Korea is? The answer... |
TomDispatch | 06/05/2017 08:06 AM |
3 | 2 | |
A couple of months ago, I wrote about the warning signs for the US economy, as shrinking job growth, the collapse in the retail sector, both in sales and employment, and weak first quarter GDP could be a sign that the grindingly slow eight year... |
m2c4 | 06/05/2017 08:02 AM |
10 | 16 | |
It's Metaphor Monday on The After Show. This is the day when we call things what they are. No Similes allowed. Not today.
American Airlines called the cops to arrest a double amputee for drunkenness after he asked for a glass of water; a white... |
justiceputnam | 06/05/2017 07:51 AM |
1 | 2 | |
On Friday June 2, the Evanston Public Library held a hearing that may lead to the firing of librarian Lesley Williams this week.
Her alleged crime? Posting a message on her personal Facebook page criticizing the library’s efforts at racial equity.... |
JohnKWilson | 06/05/2017 07:47 AM |
10 | 20 | |
A crack team of retaggers pounces, only to find that it’s not spam. Put up the rock crushers, friends.
Last week, Roger Sollenberger wrote a handy guide in Paste called, ”How the Trump-Russia Data Machine Games Google to Fool Americans.”
... |
Crashing Vor | 06/05/2017 07:47 AM |
9 | 18 | |
When America reluctantly entered the First World War, we were a backwards, regional power. From the spring of 1917 onward we became the leading force for greatness the world had ever seen. For exactly 100 years. Well, our “Lying-Bigoted-Fascist”... |
liberaali | 06/05/2017 07:41 AM |
3 | 8 | |
A daily series, Connect! Unite! Act! seeks to create face-to-face networks in each congressional district. Groups regularly socialize but also get out the vote, support candidates and engage in ... |
Chitown Kev | 06/05/2017 07:30 AM |
141 | 35 | |
Interesting discussions between CUOMO and GORKA !
And as bonus the reaction of Jennifer Rubin ! |
hpg | 06/05/2017 07:29 AM |
7 | 3 | |
Back to the Trump “reality show.”
Comey testifies this week about Trump’s attempts to obstruct justice.
So Trump insults the Mayor of London in multiple tweets.
Travel Ban tweets!
Look over here, ignore what’s there.
Don’t buy the... |
TomP | 06/05/2017 07:26 AM |
7 | 12 | |
On Sunday, Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D-Virginia) of the Senate Intelligence Committee got on CNN and said, “There is a lot of smoke. We have no smoking gun at this point, but there is a lot of smoke.”
What if there is no smoking gun? What if the... |
acommonconcernofhumankind | 06/05/2017 07:18 AM |
52 | 6 | |
With the rest of the media focused on Trump and climate at the moment, we’re going to go a level deeper and look at some #FakeNews stories that spread the sort of lies that Trump regurgitated in his Paris announcement.
First off, among the conflict... |
ClimateDenierRoundup | 06/05/2017 07:17 AM |
1 | 3 | |
What to say. What to think. This story speaks for itself. It was on the front page of The Denver Post at 7:00 am on Monday morning. By 8:00 it was buried. I think that tells us plenty.
Peyton Manning was playing golf with President Trump... |
rflctammt | 06/05/2017 07:17 AM |
28 | 7 | |
More fun numbers can be found at my website .
Parts of each Congress in the 108th-112th Congresses (01/03/2003 - 01/03/2013)
Congress
Start
End
What Happened (on beginning ... |
SoCalGal23 | 06/05/2017 07:01 AM |
2 | 1 | |
www.sandiegoreader.com/…
Some parents of children in Point Loma's Dana Middle School were alarmed this week when strangers handing out Bibles approached their children as they were leaving ... |
WCWatch | 06/05/2017 07:01 AM |
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Angmar | 06/05/2017 07:01 AM |
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I watched maybe 3 minutes of this softball game where propagandist Kelly tossed the most absurdly expected questions that an interviewee could have ever wanted, and of course propagandist Putin knocked them out of the park. No followups. It was a... |
pollwatcher | 06/05/2017 06:29 AM |
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From Reuters, via Raw Story:
Deutsche Bank — Germany’s largest bank — has failed to respond to a request from Democrats on a U.S. House of Representatives panel for details about U.S. President Donald Trump’s possible ties to Russia, a Democratic... |
ericlewis0 | 06/05/2017 06:16 AM |
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June 5 is the 156nd day of the year. There are 209 days left.
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Today's number is 5
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5 is the third prime � |
enhydra lutris | 06/05/2017 06:14 AM |
6 | 3 | |
Welcome to the Daily Kos Elections Live Digest, your liveblog of all of today's campaign news.
Please note: This is a 2016 and 2020 Democratic presidential primary-free zone
Monday, Jun 5, 2017 · 3:08:37 PM +00:00 · Jeff Singer
SC-01:... |
Daily Kos Elections | 06/05/2017 06:00 AM |
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