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Biden slams Trump's 'Phony Populism' and a derelict GOP at NATO Summit & states he must deliver.

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Biden said ‘this’ after he slammed Trump’s ‘Phony Populism’ & a derelict GOP at NATO Summit.

7 days ago Egberto Willies

Biden gave the perfect answer to the most important question at the NATO Summit. Did the MSM miss the importance...

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The Uighur Genocide

1 week ago Saumya Gilra

What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the words, terrorism? 9/11? ISIS? The Taliban? While...

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How Much is Too Much?

3 weeks ago William Owens

If it were a perfect world, I would like to think that the most recent attacks on young black millionaires...

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Disagreements cancel Monday's main event commemorating the Tulsa race massacre of 1921.

3 weeks ago annieli

Critical Race Practice. Organizers have canceled plans for an afternoon of speeches and performances commemorating the centennial on Monday of the...

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Rick Wilson: Marjorie Taylor Greene is 'the heart and soul of the Republican Party'

4 weeks ago Aldous Pennyfarthing

The devolution of the Republican Party has been a sight to behold—but it’s been a particularly fraught experience for ex-Republicans....

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Charlie McCarthy's cousin Kevin is not “feckless” as Taylor Greene gets rebuked

4 weeks ago annieli

Kevin McCarthy Just Tried To Blame Nancy Pelosi For Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Holocaust Remarks…. because he’s not feckless, but he’s still...

Jen Psaki schools Peter Doocy on migrant children

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Jen Psaki uses gas price rise & the poor gotcha question to ding GOP to highlight Biden policies

4 weeks ago Egberto Willies

The reporter attempted to trip Jen Psaki with the offhanded implication that Biden is responsible for high gas prices and...

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GOP Says Biden in Chaos – with WaPo Help

1 month ago dankoh

Not that I give a bloated goat fart in hell what the Republicans think, but does the Washington Post have...

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Minerva @ Midnight: the 1/6 commission must succeed because the insurrection was no “tourist visit”

1 month ago annieli

It does seem clear that in the name of “bipartisanship, there may be pro-Trumpists chosen who will attempt to sabotage...

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Targeting journalists is a war crime. Israel bombs international media in Gaza

1 month ago annieli

Prior warning doesn’t excuse the destruction of media headquarters for Al Jazeera and the AP. https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/1393547258008850432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw The owner of a...

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Lazy Days

2 months ago Mastergardener2k

A little over a year ago, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham postured that helping out hungry Americans would make them lazy....

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Well, That Solves the Problem…?

2 months ago Mastergardener2k

Much like with the election of Barack Obama, after the Derek Chauvin conviction, America was quick to congratulate itself. The...

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Healing from the trauma of the climate emergency.

2 months ago Pakalolo

"Dadirri listens and knows, witnesses, feels, empathizes in the pain under the anger, and, if the anger is accompanied by...

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Antarctica faces increasing rainfall threats leading to sea level rise and penguin colony collapse.

2 months ago Pakalolo

Very little is known about rainfall in Antarctica; precipitation falls as snow on the bitter cold ice-covered continent. But during the...

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I'm Relieved, But I'm Not Celebrating

2 months ago dankoh

Derek Chauvin has been found guilty on all three counts of murdering George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for...

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It is Long Past Time to Reimagine Policing in America

2 months ago William Owens

The Black Codes of the late 1800s are making a comeback in America. These ordinances were meant to control the...

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Despite Trump's constant fearmongering over shutdowns, suicides actually declined in 2020

2 months ago Aldous Pennyfarthing

During last year’s second presidential debate, Donald Trump made certain to note how horribly things were going on his watch: “We...

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Concurrent extreme hydroclimate events will pummel the Colorado river basin.

2 months ago Pakalolo

"Concurrent extreme events of more than one kind, rather than isolated events of a single type, will be the ones...

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Thwaites glacier is in extreme peril as warm water is discovered, eroding critical pinning points.

2 months ago Pakalolo

“We might (and I stress might) have already reached and passed a point where there is really no turning back...

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Minerva at Midnight: better sex under (democratic) socialism

2 months ago annieli

"As in the Times Op-Ed from which the book originated, the title refers to the results of studies conducted in...

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Fox News joins the late night (culture) wars with a cancellable Greg Gutfeld

3 months ago annieli

Fox News and Greg Gutfeld apparently believes he’s funny enough to go up against late night comedy programming. Because of...

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CO2 data from Mauna Loa above 421.21 ppm up from 415.6 a year ago and 393.88 just 10 years ago.

3 months ago Pakalolo

Saturday was the first day that CO2 measured in the atmosphere was above 420 ppm since measurements began in the...

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Minerva @ Midnight: today in GOP foolishness

I’ve always admired Naomi Klein since reading her terrific and insightful book “The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.” She...

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Trump insurrectionists' economic anxiety resembled his brand of royalty, a “king of debt”

4 months ago annieli

The Washington Post did a version of the NY Times profiles of Trumpists, albeit those who were involved in the...

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Trump Lawyer: Be Nice to Trump, or You'll Get What Sasse's Gonna Get

4 months ago dankoh

Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) was one of only five Republican senators to vote to table Rand Paul’s motion to dismiss...

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House 'GQP' congeals around its leaders

5 months ago annieli

The Trumpist GOP identifies its allegiances. Nice to see Philip Bump using DKos data. Eleven members of the House Republican caucus...

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“…politics isn't about the weird worship of one dude.” even if there was nearly a coup

5 months ago annieli

Ben Sasse is still a RW member of the GQP, but he can still afford to offend his state party....

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Putin's Palace (the dubbed version) soon may look for its next Trump (it's not Junior)

5 months ago annieli

Lots of events happening even if they’re all quite chaotic in the Russian Federation. Numerous anti-Putin demonstrations in the middle...

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FL-Sen: EPIC FAIL! Rubio (R) Tries To Blame The Media For Marjorie Taylor Green's (QAnon) Rise

5 months ago Sam Sero

Fucking idiot: The Florida senator once again found himself in Twitter-roasting territory on Wednesday with his misguided tweet blaming the...

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