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"I don't have to be what you want me to be... I'm free to be what I want" -Muhammad Ali
"An atheist has to know a lot more than I know. An atheist is someone who knows there is no God." - Carl Sagan
Real Name: Subir Grewal
Gender: Male
Location: New York, NY, USA
Occupation: Finance, Technology
Groups: Adalah — A Just Middle East, Kossacks in India, DK Fans of 90 for 90, 50 State Strategy Project, Satyameva Jayate, Asian-American & Pacific Islander community, The Political Revolution, Foster Campbell 2016
Home Page: http://www.notmeus.org
Twitter: subirgrewal
Diaries published: 450 (1 day since last diary on Sat Jun 10, 2017 at 05:16 AM PDT)
Comments posted: 7645 (0 days since last comment on Sat Jun 10, 2017 at 09:01 PM PDT)
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While we have been focused on Comey’s testimony, Republican Senators have been focused on the priorities of their billionaire masters. They want to gut ObamaCare/ACA.
MoveOn’s Ben Wikler has a very good synopsis of why we have to act this week, if...
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on Sat Jun 10, 2017 at 05:16 AM PDT
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Palestinians have lived for 50 years under a military occupation by a foreign government and there are no signs this will end anytime soon. The Israeli government has been busily dispossessing ...
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on Fri Jun 09, 2017 at 01:43 PM PDT
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Under Corbyn’s leadership, Labour won a bigger portion of the popular vote than it has in the past 15 years. Turnout was the highest it’s been over the past 20 years. The improvement over the prior result is the best for Labour since the post-war 1945...
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I know we’re all focused on the Comey hearing, but there is another major political event underway. The UK snap general election is today! It’ll determine the composition of the 650 member House of Commons.
Since Theresa May called the election on...
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on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 12:28 PM PDT
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The New York Health Act passed the NY assembly this year, just as it has the past two years. The NYHA would establish a single-payer universal health-care system in New York, covering all New York residents. Every New York resident would be eligible to...
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Back in March, a bomb dropped from a US aircraft hit a building in Mosul and caused it to collapse. The strike was called in because Iraqi force on the ground saw two snipers in the building. Once the smoke had cleared, neighbors began pulling bodies...
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- Just a quick post to let you see the new anti-AHCA put out by the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee (DSCC). Stunning brilliance in thirty seconds, without a single word spoken. Here it is, “The Price” : Wow.218 comments 373 Recs
- As reported in depth here Thursday, events are now rapidly unfolding in the previously long, slow, grinding war against gerrymandering in North Carolina, as friends of democracy press their sudden advantage (last Monday’s SCOTUS decision) to flank the...61 comments 215 Recs
- Down memory lane ”The D Brand” — A diary by kos, April 26, 2005 Ask any person on the street what a Republican stands for, and you'll get a single answer -- smaller government and lower taxes, family values, and a strong national defense. … ...164 comments 77 Recs
- Donald Trump surrounds himself in gold. The signs on Trump buildings shimmer in it. His penthouse in New York is gilded in it. He claims now to have found the alchemy to conjure $1 trillion in infrastructure gold. He plans to put up a mere $200...15 comments 27 Recs
- Sexual predators rarely change their behavior—even if their harassment isn’t always sexual. This is a fact that is worth remembering because Donald Trump’s predatory nature was on full display this week as James Comey testified about Trump’s blatant...65 comments 150 Recs
- John Judis has an interesting article in The New Republic. He points out the the young in western capitalist democracies are moving left. Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party, which gained 31 net seats while Conservatives lost 12, appeared to get its...468 comments 226 Recs
- I swiped these graphics from TrumpcareToolkit.org. Please share widely, call these Senators if you live in their state and spread the word to family/friends who do as well.88 comments 237 Recs
- When Tory Prime Minister Theresa May called for Parliamentary elections two Months ago, it was widely assumed that she was preparing the deathblow for the post Blairite Labour Party of Britain. The common wisdom was that the Labour Party under the...684 comments 345 Recs
- If a political party continues to do the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result each time, it is doomed to failure. Unfortunately, while the left flank of the party is ...549 comments 146 Recs
- The UK political world is in shock. Update: Betting Markets now have Corbyn is now the favorite to be the next PM. www.independent.co.uk/... Here is the exit poll, and a model I have created which can be seen here. How did Labour do...184 comments 107 Recs
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