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Here in Henderson County, NC, I’m used to seeing lots of signs supporting Jesus and the military (which are both perfectly fine), “traditional marriage” and RW radio hosts (which are not), so I thought I’d share this sign from my town, that made me...
by professor funky slickness
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on Sun Jun 11, 2017 at 01:21 PM PDT
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Tweeto has two black friends.  3 comments
on Sun Jun 11, 2017 at 10:39 AM PDT
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Tweeto doesn’t understand why the democrats don’t love his pal Jefferson Beauregard Sessions. 1 comments
on Sun Jun 11, 2017 at 10:37 AM PDT
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Say a Black man from California is caught with a small amount of marijuana in Alabama and subsequently tried. Say he really had no idea that such a little bit of weed was illegal in Alabama, and said so at his trial. How long after such a statement...
by bgerber
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on Sun Jun 11, 2017 at 09:15 AM PDT
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The Wall Street Journal has an article up that illustrates perfectly how Hair Twitler’s immigration policies are hurting small town America, especially those with an Ag based economy. Titled “Fiestas and Apple Orchards: Small-Town Life Before Trump: My...
by durrati
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on Sun Jun 11, 2017 at 07:23 AM PDT
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“Let us be clear. Above and beyond every other concern that we have with President Trump, please do not forget that his economic policies are precisely what the extreme right wing billionaire Koch brothers have been pushing for decades. During his...
by Idontknowwhy
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on Sat Jun 10, 2017 at 11:05 PM PDT
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After publishing a diary earlier this evening, I started looking at other stuff on DK and making a comment here & there. And rehashing the last 24 hours I suddenly felt like I’d been proverbially smacked upside the head with a 2X4.
During...
by dsnottselliott
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on Fri Jun 09, 2017 at 08:49 PM PDT
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Not only is U.S. speaker of the House of representatives Paul Ryan, along with many republican politicians, none too subtly admitting that Trump is guilty of Abuse of Power and obstructing justice, they’re attempting to use Trump’s manifest...
by Eric Nelson
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on Fri Jun 09, 2017 at 06:32 PM PDT
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There are just four days left until the Primary Election here in Virginia. While myself and various Democratic candidates throughout the Commonwealth are working to establish the campaigns we’ll ...
by KBoddye
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on Fri Jun 09, 2017 at 04:01 PM PDT
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As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has done as a reference for future political arguments and whatever few posterity survives to see 2020, here’s everything awful the Trump Administration has done in...
by smallch
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on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 05:40 PM PDT
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A lot of people have been raising the issue of Obstruction of Justice by Trump, and a lot of (Republican) people have been defending him. Paul Ryan & Chris Christie are perhaps the latest to trot this out the “he doesn’t know how things work”...
by dsnottselliott
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on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 12:56 PM PDT
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“Little” Marco Rubio had himself a nice little media moment this morning with his one-liner about the President not being the target of an investigation being the only thing that hasn’t leaked. WTF?
The President himself has touted that plenty...
by dsnottselliott
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on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 12:26 PM PDT
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Last night while watching MSNBC coverage of Comey’s statement someone mentioned a question they hoped would be asked – what was it about that January 6 meeting that compelled James Comey not only to decide he needed to memorialize that and future...
by dsnottselliott
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on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 10:39 AM PDT
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In a fantastic show of unity Statewide Democrats show support for Constitutional office candidates. It is truly refreshing to see such strong support for these down ticket races in such an exciting year.
Democrats working together makes us all...
by TomBrock
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on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 09:32 AM PDT
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The Washington Post highlights these 3 numbers they want you to remember, from the CBO Report on the AHCA round II (ie. the GOP’s American Health Care Act to replace Obamacare):
23 million
That's how many fewer people would be insured...
by jamess
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on Wed Jun 07, 2017 at 06:45 PM PDT
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..that is the headline from a June 6th, 2017 article written up by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard for the Telegraph Business section. This article has a firewall so I went straight to the source, the ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers), to find the...
by Eric Nelson
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on Wed Jun 07, 2017 at 06:52 PM PDT
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Greetings, Village peeps. It’s Day 139 of the Resistance and time for another Get Over the Hump post and discussion thread. Today’s theme is…. Soon™
What does Soon™ mean? Does it mean we ...
by MomentaryGrace
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on Wed Jun 07, 2017 at 05:46 AM PDT
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Almost 2 weeks ago now, the Department of Veterans Affairs/VA Budget was released. In it they’re trying to do away with pay/benefits to Service Connected Severely Disabled Veterans injured from serving our Country, if they are eligible for Social...
by Roodhouse
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on Wed Jun 07, 2017 at 04:32 PM PDT
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The following has been crossposted from the Raging Chicken Press
Last month, Pennsylvania State Senator Scott Martin invited government officials and oil industry lobbyists from North Dakota to speak to township and law enforcement officials from...
by S Kitchen
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on Tue Jun 06, 2017 at 09:01 AM PDT
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As someone who works in Internet publishing, I fully understand the need for a revenue flow to keep a website going. However, I’m sick of seeing the crap ads that run below Daily Kos posts. Where are the politically correct voices that attacked Bill...
by bgerber
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on Tue Jun 06, 2017 at 09:10 AM PDT
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- The wins are starting to come fast and furious these days. The resistance movement has taken time to create the building blocks upon which victory can be achieved and though obviously we won't win them all at least at the local level we’re racking up...31 comments 95 Recs
- My beloved wife Judy hit age 65 this week. She was just diagnosed with the rarest and most aggressive form of uterine cancer: carcinosarcoma. A VERY ugly word! The Internet says the 5-year survival rate is only 30%. But it may have been discovered...23 comments 47 Recs
- Reagan was part right and it pains me to say that, the true words Americans should fear are not “I’m from the government and I’m here to help” but “I’m a republican and I’m here to help”. In my lifetime the republicans have helped no one but the top...8 comments 49 Recs
- In case you missed it, New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman has indicated that he is taking a very long and very hard look at the Eric Trump Foundation’s shady business dealings—including how a $100,000 donation from Donald Trump’s foundation...14 comments 31 Recs
- Donald Trump is not having a very good weekend. Former U.S. Attorney and Trump fire-ee, Preet Bharara told George Stephanopoulos on Sunday morning that Donald Trump is not immunized from criminal responsibility because of his ability to fire...28 comments 56 Recs
- GA District 6 is another test of Trump’s toxic influence on the GOP. The district has been held by Repubs since Newt Gingrich was elected in 1979. Dem Jon Ossoff leads by 7% in the latest polls. This is the runoff. In the original special election...113 comments 196 Recs
- On ABC’s This Week today, as reported by the Washington Post: — [ed]: Watch the whole segment and/or read the whole transcript: It’s as damning if not more than Comey’s testimony [vm] — Federal attorney says Trump’s contacts made him...163 comments 305 Recs
- The Senate Intelligence Committee hearings last week with James Comey have already had a profound impact on the political landscape. They produced numerous revelations that compound Donald Trump's problems. Despite Trump's delusional claim that he was...95 comments 121 Recs
- 39th President Jimmy Carter shakes hands with every passenger on flight—because he's awesome (Video)He was a ‘People’s President’ while in office—and he remains so today. This is one of the gazillion reasons the world remains in love with Jimmy Carter. On Thursday, James Parker Sheffield (@JaySef) tweeted a video for all to enjoy: Jimmy Carter...251 comments 288 Recs
- We have gotten frustrated. And it seems that everything is in chaos.82 comments 118 Recs
- The New York Times has an article today on Trump’s personal lawyer Marc Kasowitz starting to organize his defense in the White House. In particular, this bit sticks out: His visits to the White House have raised questions about the blurry line...118 comments 125 Recs
- So, I’m on vacation. I don’t have a clue what is happening in 45*Gate as he steers us ever closer to the brink. I did notice when I checked in on Facebook that the GOP is trying to pick on ...7 comments 12 Recs
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- So, I’m on vacation. I don’t have a clue what is happening in 45*Gate as he steers us ever closer to the brink. I did notice when I checked in on Facebook that the GOP is trying to pick on ...7 comments 12 Recs
- My beloved wife Judy hit age 65 this week. She was just diagnosed with the rarest and most aggressive form of uterine cancer: carcinosarcoma. A VERY ugly word! The Internet says the 5-year survival rate is only 30%. But it may have been discovered...23 comments 47 Recs
- In a low turnout plebiscito, Puerto Rico voted to join the US as el Estado cincuenta y uno NBC reports As of 7 p.m. ET, the island's election commission (CEE in Spanish) had reported that about 23 percent of the island's eligible voters had...16 comments 11 Recs
- Trump's Social Media Director, Dan Scavino, has been cited for violating the Hatch Act for using Twitter to electioneer. Remember back to the good old days, oh maybe twelve months ago, when this would have been a shocking scandal, like Van Jones being...4 comments 10 Recs
- Donald Trump tweeted; I believe the James Comey leaks will be far more prevalent than anyone ever thought possible. Totally illegal? Very 'cowardly!' There is a word that’s off here. I think that Trump clanged “prevalent” from “relevant”....4 comments 2 Recs
- I draw with my mouth on the Las Vegas Strip. As a street performer, I am protected by the 1st Amendment, as recently acknowledged in the 9th Circuit’s decision on Santopietro vs. Howell. Performing is free speech. Passive and active solicitation is...3 comments 5 Recs
- In case you missed it, New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman has indicated that he is taking a very long and very hard look at the Eric Trump Foundation’s shady business dealings—including how a $100,000 donation from Donald Trump’s foundation...14 comments 31 Recs
- The focus of most American commentary on the results of the general election held in the UK last Thursday is likely to be on the potential instability of Theresa May’s now much weakened Conservative Government, and on any impact that...6 comments 2 Recs
- The Vinyl of the Day is ‘The New York Dolls’, the 1973 debut album of The New York Dolls. One of the founding bands of both glam and punk rock, by the time of the album’s recording, the band ...5 comments 3 Recs
- If anyone still has any doubt that Susan Collins is just another Republican partisan hack, take a look at her interview on CNN on Friday. She concocts amazing excuses for Trump’s behavior and manages to blame Comey for the fact that Trump kept meeting...10 comments 11 Recs
- There's an interesting point of view in an article in Vox comparing Comey's experience when Benedict Trump, the leader of the nation and his boss, asked him to assure "loyalty" not to the nation, which Comay had already done as a .gov empolyee, or to...1 comments 5 Recs
- Ten days ago, we got "covfefe": Did it rhyme with "chef" or "chief"? What did it mean? No one could say. He puzzled us again today. This time the tweeted word is real, Though we cannot help but feel That the President knows beans ...2 comments 1 Recs
- Reagan was part right and it pains me to say that, the true words Americans should fear are not “I’m from the government and I’m here to help” but “I’m a republican and I’m here to help”. In my lifetime the republicans have helped no one but the top...8 comments 49 Recs
- Nostrums I seldom watch TV, but I now have a 40 inch TV that I bought for the condo. Lots of options which require a lot of experimentation. Thus I have been scrolling through many channels and ...57 comments 30 Recs
- The last two weeks in Wisconsin politics have been more than intriguing. Questions loom around the state. Is the state budget going to be passed on time? Will the infighting Stop? Do have Democrats have a plan to beat Walker and re-elect Tammy...3 comments 2 Recs
- I’ll assume many folks on here probably saw this story, but just in case, check it out: www.huffingtonpost.com/… Once again, as per the above link, the state that conservatives love to hate demonstrates that right wing narratives, both about ACA...3 comments 4 Recs
- Donald Trump is not having a very good weekend. Former U.S. Attorney and Trump fire-ee, Preet Bharara told George Stephanopoulos on Sunday morning that Donald Trump is not immunized from criminal responsibility because of his ability to fire...28 comments 56 Recs
- Recently, Donald Trump accused James Comey of being ‘cowardly’. From the safety of twitter. After Comey testified under oath in front of the Senate. I think this is what makes me the most frustrated, that for Trump’s supporters, somehow these two...4 comments 5 Recs
- In 1877 Gerard Manley Hopkins was studying to be a Jesuit priest when he wrote a sonnet he dedicated to Christ and named The Windhover . It is easy to imagine how the student Hopkins (who was ...38 comments 10 Recs
- "Tough times require strong leadership, and this is no time for on-the-job training." Rudy Giuliani on Obama, 2008 Note that the Qatar “blockade” proclaimed by Trump in contradiction with Tillerson has other nuances for which “terror financing”...16 comments 15 Recs
