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The daily Trumpster fires are sucking all of the oxygen out of the news alerts, so the Kris Kobach trial in Kansas is getting almost no attention, which is sad, because it is some of the best reading of the month.
KCUR has a great feature on their... |
voracious | 03/20/2018 11:15 PM |
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Received this e-mail today from former Georgia House of Representatives Minority Leader Stacey Abrams’ (D. GA) gubernatorial campaign:
Dear Friend,
The May 22 primary election is only 2 months away – and Team Abrams is working around the... |
poopdogcomedy | 03/20/2018 10:17 PM |
1 | 5 | |
Received this e-mail today from Rep. Jared Polis’ (D. CO) gubernatorial campaign:
A few hours ago, news broke that Cambridge Analytica — a company that is under investigation for grotesque data practices — helped Republicans in Colorado win key... |
poopdogcomedy | 03/20/2018 10:00 PM |
2 | 2 | |
As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group gives Kossacks a safe place to check in, a daily diary where we can let people know ... |
Pam from Calif | 03/20/2018 09:56 PM |
4 | 2 | |
Disingenuity, data ingenuity
Facebook tries to recover from only the most recent set of embarrassments and legal exposures due to their misfeasance with harvested data. Capitalism only gives a shit when it hits the fan. Now the FTC begins a look at... |
annieli | 03/20/2018 09:05 PM |
13 | 25 | |
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, Doctor RJ, Magnifico, annetteboardman and Besame. Alumni editors include (but not... |
Chitown Kev | 03/20/2018 09:00 PM |
17 | 21 | |
Please read and follow instructions before opening. Or consult your physician. This is a no flame zone. SPOILER WARNING: A latenight gathering for non-serious palaver that does not speak of that ... |
MTmofo | 03/20/2018 08:57 PM |
9 | 4 | |
On April 11, 2017, SCL Group’s CEO Julian Wheatland and Chief Data Scientist Alex Tayler joined forces as equal shareholders in a newly incorporated company located at Pkf Littlejohn 1 Westferry Circus, Canary Wharf, London.
Called Emerdata, the... |
moshok | 03/20/2018 08:21 PM |
19 | 58 | |
Polls closed at 8 PM ET (7 PM local time) for primary night in Illinois. We have plenty of exciting races to watch, and our guide to the key contests can be found here .
The main event will be ... |
Daily Kos Elections | 03/20/2018 08:04 PM |
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I’ve been reading a ton of discussion in the media and this site about the next steps for gun control.
Universal background checks and banning the sale of new AR-15s or assault style weapons is one pair of popular ideas. They tackle the... |
PiRierran | 03/20/2018 07:58 PM |
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Lauren Underwood, the only female candidate on the IL 14th Primary ballott is given the nod at 52 percent of the precincts posting results. Lauren wins with just over 16,000 votes (59%) in her column.
She held her election returns rally at Main... |
MWF49andforObamaBiden | 03/20/2018 07:39 PM |
2 | 1 | |
Just… omg. I give up. Should the Pentagon start advising Trump to do the opposite of what they really want him to do? It wouldn’t work, because Putin is already telling him to do exactly those things. We’re completely and utterly owned by Russia until... |
bananachipz | 03/20/2018 07:31 PM |
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An interview with a chemical warfare scientist from Russia was recently translated in The Bell, with the headline:
The scientist who developed “Novichok”: “Doses ranged from 20 grams to several kilos”
This headline is in error. I’m sure that... |
ItsSimpleSimon | 03/20/2018 07:14 PM |
11 | 10 | |
Polls closed at 8 PM ET (7 PM local time) for primary night in Illinois. We have plenty of exciting races to watch, and our guide to the key contests can be found here .
The main event will be ... |
Daily Kos Elections | 03/20/2018 07:09 PM |
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It’s Spring! |
strawbale | 03/20/2018 07:00 PM |
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“Mama, I need you to check my Work, and I have a few questions to ask you about it,” Cheyenne announced as she walked into the Kitchen, and sat down at the table with her Notepad and Pen.
“Cheyenne’s Mother, checked the rice she had just put on,... |
Leah Sellers | 03/20/2018 07:00 PM |
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I was reading the news this fine evening, and I found this gem, Fox News Contributor Quits, Slams Network. Now, I am not familiar with the background or reputation of Ralph Peters, being as I avoid watching Fox News like the bubonic, pneumonic and... |
PissedSmokeEater | 03/20/2018 06:59 PM |
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As we all know from the infamous Sugar-Free Gummy Bear Incident, Amazon reviews can be a wonderful black hole of a time sink way to spend time. And when you mix it with that other time sink |
brillig | 03/20/2018 06:59 PM |
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Polls closed at 8 PM ET (7 PM local time) for primary night in Illinois. We have plenty of exciting races to watch, and our guide to the key contests can be found here .
The main event will be ... |
Daily Kos Elections | 03/20/2018 06:27 PM |
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Well this seems significant.
The Cambridge Analytica’s CEO Alexander Nix’s Sales Pitch — caught on hidden camera.
Nix does not ‘shy away from’ his many tricks and accomplishments.
A new undercover video raises significant... |
jamess | 03/20/2018 06:26 PM |
10 | 17 | |
Guest: Journalist Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza on her suit against Trump: Also: Another bomb in TX; Another school shooting in MD; Another storm in the Northeast...
On today's BradCast: What happens when the President of the United States blocks you on... |
TheBradBlog | 03/20/2018 06:26 PM |
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Don Jr. Reportedly Cheated On His Pregnant Wife With Singer Aubrey O'Day and She Wrote Song About It Lady Karma can be a nasty cat at times and right now she’s taking a swipe at Donald Trump, Jr. The publicity surrounding his upcoming divorce has just increased exponentially. Trump Jr. allegedly began a torrid affair with singer Aubrey O’Day while his... |
ursulafaw | 03/20/2018 06:05 PM |
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Typical of 45*, when asked about his phone call with Putin, he ignored ALL CAPS advice.
We now have several piles of kompromat, only one of which is in the custody of Stormy Daniels.
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annieli | 03/20/2018 06:04 PM |
14 | 18 | |
Just hours after an explosion at a Fedex Center near San Antonio this afternoon, news is breaking of a new target in South Austin. It appears that the Goodwill on Brodie Ln. was the latest target of this terrorist or terrorist cell who have been... |
Texas Lefty | 03/20/2018 06:01 PM |
36 | 21 | |
ABC is reporting an explosion at an Austin Goodwill Store. A thirty-something man was hurt, but thankfully his injuries are described as “serious” but non-life threatening.
This follows the explosion at a FedEx distribution center and a suspicious... |
The Katwoman | 03/20/2018 05:59 PM |
13 | 7 | |
Polls closed at 8 PM ET (7 PM local time) for primary night in Illinois. We have plenty of exciting races to watch, and our guide to the key contests can be found here.
The main event will be the race for governor, where Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner... |
Daily Kos Elections | 03/20/2018 05:47 PM |
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Oscar López Rivera on U.S. Colonialism After Hurricane Maria
Oscar López Rivera has been called the Nelson Mandela of Puerto Rico. Indeed,
like the South African legend, Rivera was imprisoned for his anti-colonial activism
and spent... |
buildingbridgesradio | 03/20/2018 05:37 PM |
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There’s a discussion about reasons for deactivating FB here with people having lots of thoughts about why they never joined Facebook or only ever joined using false information. That’s all great and there are very important privacy reasons for staying... |
mijita | 03/20/2018 05:31 PM |
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Good evening, Kibitzers! Happy spring! The vernal equinox was at 12:15 pm EDT today. In honor of the season, the rapidly-weirding climate has arranged a special treat in my area: giant-ass ... |
belinda ridgewood | 03/20/2018 05:30 PM |
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Excuse me while I suppress a snarflegiggle..
***snarflegiggle***
oops.
Washington Post
“As conspiracy theories swirled around the murder of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich, lobbyist Jack Burkman took the unusual step of... |
durrati | 03/20/2018 05:27 PM |
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Another day of gun violence in America, another day of kowtowing to the NRA. Another day of news about how our Democracy is being strangled by the dark forces here and abroad. Another day of news about the weaponizing of information technology.
Here... |
AKALib | 03/20/2018 05:21 PM |
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S.J.Res.54 (text here) - A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress. Today this Sanders-Lee-Murphy bipartisan bill was tabled in the Senate... |
e2247 | 03/20/2018 05:16 PM |
7 | 9 | |
Every 96 minutes, someone in the US steps off a curb and dies, crossing paths with a motor vehicle powered by a human being.
Yet outside of certain transportation planning blogs (all of which I read), you see nary a thinkpiece about this. Government... |
terrypinder | 03/20/2018 05:09 PM |
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It’s been announced that Stephen Hawking’s ashes will be interred in Westminster Abbey next to the grave of Isaac Newton after a funeral service in Cambridge. Charles Darwin is buried nearby.
The Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John... |
Lib Dem FoP | 03/20/2018 04:54 PM |
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“Must be something in the water they drink”- Prince
Lately there’s been a lot of chatter about the historical manipulation of local Democrats to destroy progressive progress in San Joaquin County. People like Republican political consultant Don... |
sosgemini | 03/20/2018 04:49 PM |
2 | 1 | |
Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix said that Republicans were indifferent to the testimony that he gave last year, and ranking Democrat of the House Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff, says he wants to have Nix come back and do it right. The Hill: ... |
ursulafaw | 03/20/2018 04:35 PM |
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Between all of the he said / she said, there is a person who knows the truth beyond any political spin or accusations. And that is Melania Trump. Certainly her body language is loud and clear, but without her taking action, she is an accomplice.
If... |
BayAreaKen | 03/20/2018 04:25 PM |
75 | 6 | |
Good question:
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) has demanded a review of why Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance never prosecuted Harvey Weinstein despite possessing evidence that he sexually assaulted model Ambra Battilana Gutierrez in 2015.
... |
poopdogcomedy | 03/20/2018 04:14 PM |
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70+ million who voted against him. We are the majority. Our voices will be heard.
All are welcome!
upcoming rallies AND MARCHES
Stoneman Douglas Students Announce March for Our ... |
SJohnson | 03/20/2018 04:00 PM |
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Watch live discussion with these amazing students at www.iop.harvard.edu/… now … Extremely articulate, well-informed and level-headed. |
AKALib | 03/20/2018 03:55 PM |
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By Karen Rubin, News & Photo Features
At a fascinating dialogue at Temple Emanuel of Great Neck, Long Island, two foreign policy experts - Malcolm Nance, a renowned counter terrorism and intelligence consultant, and 4-star Admiral James... |
NewsPhotosFeatures | 03/20/2018 03:39 PM |
3 | 8 | |
How To Change Your Facebook Settings To Opt Out of Platform API Sharing
You shouldn't have to do this. You shouldn't have to wade through complicated privacy settings in order to ensure that the companies with which you've entrusted your personal... |
thatunionguy | 03/20/2018 03:39 PM |
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The year is 2015 and the grand march to the fiasco that was the Election Year of 2016 is just getting under way. Back then, when the world made a little more sense, Cambridge Analytica was not backing Donald Trump, because that would have been insane.... |
Patience John | 03/20/2018 03:29 PM |
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WH Staffer leaves encrypted email password written down at bus stop... (Cambridge Analytica tie-in?) The Shot —
The chaser —
Something? Nothing? Why is WH using Protonmail? Dead Drop attempt or simple mistake? |
Jacoby Jonze | 03/20/2018 03:26 PM |
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Hennepin County, Minnesota, county attorney, Mike Freeman has executed a warrant for the arrest of officer Noor in the killing of Justine Damond Ruszczyk. She was murdered on July 15, 2017.
Here is the text of email received, today:
Officer Noor... |
tompoemn | 03/20/2018 03:20 PM |
6 | 13 | |
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brooklynpaul | 03/20/2018 03:18 PM |
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New York City has been home to a particularly bad affordable housing crisis as sometimes families are displaced from their homes due, in part, to the greed of real estate developers. A recent report by the Associated Press shows that Trump’s son-in-law... |
Wagatwe Wanjuki | 03/20/2018 03:07 PM |
2 | 6 | |
In the weeks since Donald Trump was accused of paying off a porn star to cover up his affair, Fox News has labored to keep the story from getting any traction. The Washington Post reports that between March 5 and March 9, the network only mentioned... |
News Corpse | 03/20/2018 02:55 PM |
11 | 9 | |
With the final nail being put into the coffin by the US Supreme Court of the disgusting and unconstitutional gerrymander done to the state of Pennsylvania by the Republican Party led by Ed Gillespie and Karl Rove, we are now set to move forward to REAL... |
Arnold Roth | 03/20/2018 02:45 PM |
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Republican Gov. Eric Greitens of Missouri, who is under indictment for allegedly blackmailing a former mistress with a compromising photo, is now also being investigated as to whether his 2016 gubernatorial campaign improperly obtained a list of donors... |
David Nir | 03/20/2018 02:44 PM |
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Fox News strategic analyst Ralph Peters quit the network today, and denounced both it and Donald Trump in an epic farewell email to his colleagues. BuzzFeed News:
"Fox has degenerated from providing a legitimate and much-needed outlet for... |
ursulafaw | 03/20/2018 02:31 PM |
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Last year we were discussing the book “Hillbilly Elegy,” by J.D. Vance. The book is a kind of indictment of the culture he grew up with in white Appalachia. I doubt that the book was intended as a “fair-minded, balanced” view of these Americans. Vance... |
Bill Prendergast | 03/20/2018 02:18 PM |
10 | 13 | |
Six months after the New York Times exposed Harvey Weinstein’s abusive past to the world, The Weinstein Company—a studio company he co-founded with his brother Bob Weinstein—officially filed for bankruptcy.
What is interesting in this case is that... |
Wagatwe Wanjuki | 03/20/2018 02:17 PM |
4 | 22 | |
I've always been amused by marijuana advocates – they vastly overstate the benefits and understate the risks, sort of the opposite of the anti-vaccine religion. Current research on cannabis shows that there is little robust evidence supporting most of... |
SkepticalRaptor | 03/20/2018 02:14 PM |
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Today I sent a letter to the Arlington P.S. school board and my local high school’s PTA urging on-premises voter registration in high schools. I was a little overwhelmed by a very enthusiastic response from the PTA. I am asking for guidance from any in... |
aubrey mcfate | 03/20/2018 02:13 PM |
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Buzzfeed reports today that Former U.S. Army Intelligence Office Lt. Col Ralph Peters has quit his “Strategic Analysis” job at Fox News and excoriated them in his resignation letter as a Propaganda Machine “for a destructive and ethically ruinous... |
Frank Vyan Walton | 03/20/2018 02:11 PM |
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A commentator who has worked for Fox News for the past decade quit today. He couldn’t stand the smell anymore.
Today, I feel that Fox News is assaulting our constitutional order and the rule of law, while fostering corrosive and unjustified... |
mnkh | 03/20/2018 02:10 PM |
2 | 8 | |
A New York judge has given the green light to a lawsuit brought by former Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos against President Trump in an opinion beginning with, “No one is above the law.”
The suit stems from Trump’s response to Zervos’ public... |
Rebecca Pilar Buckwalter Poza | 03/20/2018 02:10 PM |
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Minneapolis Police Officer Mohamed Noor has been charged with first degree murder and manslaughter in the killing of justine Ruszczyk Damond in Minneapolis last July.
Minneapolis StarTribune article: Freeman lays out case against officer Noor
... |
ThePhlebob | 03/20/2018 02:10 PM |
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Voices and Soul
by
Justice Putnam
Black Kos Poetry Editor
Oral histories are held in some academic circles, as an integral part of enquiry, an essential tool in understanding a more “truer” history of the times studied, not just... |
Black Kos | 03/20/2018 02:00 PM |
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This is a MEGA MILLION Drawing lotto pool ! ! !
Please make sure you buy tickets for the correct game !
RULES
You have to be a kossack to play.
You have to post your numbers in the comment section by the deadline.
Each kossack = 1 in... |
eeff | 03/20/2018 01:56 PM |
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Nearly two months after he was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) despite having no criminal record, Kansas dad and professor Syed Ahmed Jamal has been freed from immigration detention by a federal judge:
Jamal has been held at... |
Gabe Ortiz | 03/20/2018 01:52 PM |
6 | 26 | |
Way back in 2011, adult film actress/director Stormy Daniels (aka Stephanie Cliffords) spilled the beans about her affair with Donald Trump to InTouch Weekly magazine. The interview happened five years before she signed the non-disclosure agreement... |
Jen Hayden | 03/20/2018 01:30 PM |
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Hi! My name is Jim Keady and I am running for Congress in NJ’s #FightingFourth District (Monmouth, Ocean, Mercer Counties).
Today on another diary I wrote, I had someone comment about the pictures I posted and how they helped people get a better... |
Jim Keady | 03/20/2018 01:23 PM |
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Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments about the day. To start us off today, I have some recent photos of Glacier National ... |
Ojibwa | 03/20/2018 01:06 PM |
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Donald Trump has been begging for quite some time, “Where are my killers?! I need a real killer!” His prayers have been answered and his new hire is former U.S. Attorney and frequent Fox News guest Joe diGenova, to represent his interests with the... |
ursulafaw | 03/20/2018 01:01 PM |
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Channel 4 (UK) has unraveled via a series of taped interviews how CambAnal boasted of its involvement in Brexit and the Trump 2016 campaign.
Apparently there really was “a factory for conspiracy-theory machines”.
#TrumpRussia and its smoldering... |
annieli | 03/20/2018 12:34 PM |
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How do you tell your child that other people may not consider her/him human?
We’ve seen a fair amount of commentary over the last year or two about The Talk as it affects non-white children. Mostly it involves advice on how not to get shot by the... |
Tzivia L | 03/20/2018 12:34 PM |
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At Think Progress, Amanda Michelle Gomez writes about Savannah Low, a pro-choice advocate who mistakenly volunteered for a crisis pregnancy center in Sherman, Texas. These centers are propaganda fronts for the forced-birther movement whose one major... |
Meteor Blades | 03/20/2018 12:25 PM |
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Consultants sent by social network were kicked out of Cambridge Analytica’s London offices late Monday, as authorities in the U.S. and U.K. fear evidence may have been destroyed…
Zuckerberg has been summoned to the British parliament to give... |
eleventynine | 03/20/2018 12:13 PM |
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For the last two weeks, in federal court case ACLU V. Kris Kobach, a Kansas man has gone to great length to highlight his incompetence — basic procedural errors, attempts at last minute evidence, witnesses who weren’t prepared to show up on time
... |
Chris Reeves | 03/20/2018 11:58 AM |
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Cross Posted at The Rogue Left
There have been thousands of articles written by now. By pundits, commentators, psychologists, behaviorists, and observers of every stripe: It’s economic stress that animated Donald Trump's support. Or racial... |
Rogue Left | 03/20/2018 11:55 AM |
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The latest news out of Florida courtesy of Gravis Marketing’s latest poll:
The third 2018 Florida tracking poll has been released by Gravis Marketing. Donald Trump’s favorability rating in Florida remains underwater at 41%-48% and essentially... |
poopdogcomedy | 03/20/2018 11:53 AM |
10 | 9 | |
In the 14th century BCE, the united Kingdoms of Egypt were the most powerful state in the Western world, ruled by Pharaohs who claimed divine descent from the gods. But then a Pharaoh named ... |
Lenny Flank | 03/20/2018 11:50 AM |
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News this morning from McClatchy via Raleigh’s News & Observer:
Tillis and NC Republicans paid $345,000 to the data firm that’s now banned from Facebook
The story prompted me to drop my senator, Thom Tillis (R), a line just now:
Dear... |
DocDawg | 03/20/2018 11:49 AM |
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Congressman Amodei Criticizes Student but not Trump
My name is Clint Koble. For eight years, I had the honor of serving in the Obama Administration at the United States Department of Agriculture. Last year, I decided to run for Congress because I... |
Clintkoble | 03/20/2018 11:43 AM |
3 | 11 | |
After Donald Trump had the audacity to congratulate his dictator buddy Vladimir Putin on denying fair and free elections in Russia, Senator John McCain releases a scathing statement:
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of... |
First Amendment | 03/20/2018 11:33 AM |
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Cambridge Analytica! David Waldman is as alarmed about that as you are, but it’s not like he hasn’t been warning you about them for about a year now.
First, some... |
Scott Anderson | 03/20/2018 11:29 AM |
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McCain just released the following statement “on President Trump congratulating Vladimir Putin on his “election” victory”:
An American president does not lead the Free World by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections. And by doing so... |
mnkh | 03/20/2018 11:17 AM |
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Progressives used to value the interests of the working class, especially with respect to preserving jobs and pay, over the interests of businesses to cut their overhead. Which is why progressives fought and won battles to implement such things as:
... |
cityduck | 03/20/2018 11:15 AM |
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Reading everyone’s serious and very real thoughts on not using Facebook. As a liberal I agree — Facebook has used their power irresponsibly (i.e. taken payments in rubles, duh) and been pretty careless.
But extended family all use Facebook as a... |
jgkojak | 03/20/2018 11:15 AM |
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Back last Wednesday US District Judge Marsha Pechman announced that the Trump administration "repeatedly failed to identify evidence it may use to defend the government's ban on transgender soldiers."
Judge Pechman gave the administration five days.... |
rserven | 03/20/2018 11:11 AM |
3 | 8 | |
Republicans will never stand up to Donald Trump. None of them has the courage or the morality to do it.
How many posts have you read saying this? How helpful is this thinking?
Not very, say I with all due respect. Now don’t get me wrong. I have... |
thresholder | 03/20/2018 11:07 AM |
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Dear Citizens and Elected Officials:
Western Maryland’s largest newspaper, The Cumberland Times-News, reaching citizens in parts of West Virginia and Pennsylvania as well, has run two pieces on the role of natural gas in our energy futures, one on... |
billofrights | 03/20/2018 11:06 AM |
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Today Justice Jennifer Schecter, of Supreme Court, New York County, denied President Trump’s motion to dismiss in Zervos v. Trump. The result is that a defamation case will proceed. Indeed the Court’s decision requires him to answer the complaint... |
jcbdem | 03/20/2018 11:06 AM |
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You know, having raised four daughters, and being fond of their spouses, I like to refer to them as a lot of men do, as "the sons I never had." But Donald Trump already has two sons, and his son in law, Jared Kushner, is at least as bad, if not worse... |
Murfster35 | 03/20/2018 11:03 AM |
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OK, first a disclaimer. Though I am California lawyer, I’m not an expert on California statutory or decisional law on contracts to arbitrate private disputes, nor on what I’ll call “hush money” contracts. What follows has to be taken with a grain of... |
judgek | 03/20/2018 10:57 AM |
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Adding to the Stormy Daniels’ allegations about an affair with Donald Trump and ab agreement to keep her—comes a former Playboy model claiming she also had a similar experience with Trump. The New York Times reports:
A former Playboy model... |
Leslie Salzillo | 03/20/2018 10:49 AM |
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Letters to the Editor are a time-honored way for the critters to voice their perspectives on issues of concern. |
samanthab | 03/20/2018 10:45 AM |
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Another day of gun violence in America, another day of kowtowing to the NRA. Here are two songs by the talented opera duo of Rebecca Nelsen and Eric Stoklossa at Operatico Politico, to lift our spirits a bit, just in time for #MarchForOurLives. The... |
AKALib | 03/20/2018 10:44 AM |
2 | 5 | |
So CNN has an interview with the Cambridge Analytica whistleblower, and he says that they started testing Trump slogans and catchphrases back in 2014. One of which was “Deep State”.
Think about that for a second. Trump didn’t run against the Deep... |
blue aardvark | 03/20/2018 10:38 AM |
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Our parents taught us that time is relevant. Always be on time; early to bed, early to rise; a stitch in time; make hay while the sun shines. Einstein taught us that time is relative. Who was right? Let's examine the facts.
How long does a... |
Floyd Pink | 03/20/2018 10:34 AM |
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West Virginia’s Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin should be one of the GOP's top offensive targets in a state that voted 68-26 for Trump, but national Republicans are increasingly fretful that ... |
Stephen Wolf | 03/20/2018 10:32 AM |
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Cambridge Analytica is now the new Boogeyman. Every day new revelations come out about their methods, and their “psychological warfare”. We’ve heard about their methods of pulling data and finding the exact right “story” to show the exact right people... |
zenbassoon | 03/20/2018 10:32 AM |
14 | 9 | |
It seems the long reach of Russia has no bounds. This morning two reporters (Anita Wadhwani and Joel Ebert) for the Tennessean (a Nashville publication) broke a story involving all those mentioned above.
The report involves known agent, alleged... |
ourhispanicvoices | 03/20/2018 10:29 AM |
11 | 21 | |
No surprise for most. Trump once again hails the man who we know interfered with our 2016 elections. The New York Times reports:
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Tuesday congratulated President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia for his recent re-election... |
Leslie Salzillo | 03/20/2018 10:19 AM |
21 | 13 | |
(Tempe, AZ) ABC15
The Accident Scene
What we know
Audio from the very beginning of the video is not present. Q/A is. Tempe Police Briefing
Video from Uber vehicle has not been released
... |
polecat | 03/20/2018 10:17 AM |
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The Hill reports that while the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) had originally been able to show that EPA head Scott Pruitt spent at least $43,000 of U.S. tax payers’ money on his recent trip to Italy, that number did not take into account the... |
Walter Einenkel | 03/20/2018 10:08 AM |
14 | 41 | |
Kentucky Congressman John Yarmuth has been calling for gun reform for years, supporting a ban on assault weapons and closing gun-show sales loopholes. That’s earned him an “F” rating from the NRA and he is wearing it as a badge of... |
Jen Hayden | 03/20/2018 10:05 AM |
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The chair of the House of Commons’ Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Committee has written to Mark Zuckerberg “asking” him to give evidence about how personal data leaked from Facebook to be abused by Cambridge Analytica. Facebook shares dropped... |
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