On the heels of the former President authoring a Twump on his fledgling social media…
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I am not counting my trees before they are hugged, but with the help of…
As a confirmed Christmas-loving atheist, my holiday memories are necessarily tinged with irony and a soupçon of…
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Who could believe that Republicans would actually use a provable voter fraud fallacy to distract…
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“Are you still a believer in Santa? Because at seven it's marginal, right?” Trump’s pardon…
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It’s always been obvious to people with more than a cursory understanding of politics that…
Ever since the first enslaved Africans stepped off ships, suffering from dysentery, malnutrition, and pleurisy,…
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Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a virtual…
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A loser’s victory rally, what a message. In his Valdosta, Georgia speech on Saturday Trump will…
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Old John Brown’s body lies moldering in the grave, While weep the sons of bondage whom he ventured all to save; But tho…
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Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a virtual…
The war on Xmas continues as Santas aren’t essential workers, but VP Pence is, ignoring…
The term “vast right-wing conspiracy” is not an original quote from the then First Lady…
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Now that’s what I’m talking about: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced endorsements for more than 150 Democrats…
Yale Environment 360 notes “just as global warming has propelled the Arctic Ocean past a…
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Democratic political consultant Paul Begala appeared on This Week with a message Democrats better heed. Trump made…
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Considering the penchant for bored federal tactical teams to practice their snatch and grab techniques…
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“He's not just delusional. He is not just narcissistic. Trump's behavior with the coronavirus pandemic…
UPDATE: They’ve reversed course, thank God. USA Today: AMC Theatres on Friday reversed its optional mask…
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U.S. Senate candidate, Jaime Harrison (D. SC), has an op-ed in The Root that addresses…
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Show of Farce. Peaceful protest in the day, now earlier curfews. x JUST CONFIRMED: Denver…
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We are at an interesting point, the necessity for socially distanced behavior and the imposition of De…
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Summer is the time for distractions from the pandemic. Shuttle launches are also a spectacle that…
Friendly, reminder, we have a big special election on May 12th and voting is already…
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From the preview article in the SF Chronicle Six Bay Area counties are expected to…
The first deaths on the East Coast from COVID-19 happened yesterday in the Sunshine State,…
Normally when Donald Trump says one thing and someone — anyone — says something contradicting…
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Details at this time are unclear as to what exactly caused an enormous glacier collapse…
I’m guessing Donald Trump has never actually seen an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm — because,…
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Mandy Gunasekara served in the EPA as Trump’s Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office…
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As unlikely as it could happen, the eventual resolution of the Don McGahn testimony issue…
is a column I strongly urge people here to read. It is subtitled “It’s easy…
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NC-Sen: Desperate To Appeal To The MAGA Crowd, Tillis (R) Campaign Sells “Build The Wall” Santa Hats
This is pathetic: Instead of exclaiming “Ho, Ho, Ho” this holiday season, how about touting…
Proving yet again how much disdain the rest of the world has for the Oval Office…
The Exxon oil wells off the California coast are a dark cancer on our fair nation. And…
(Disclaimer: IANAL) The GOP and the Trump administration have been trying all kinds of ways…
By the last 60’s and early 70’s, I was a pot-smoking acid dropping anti war…
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Every so often one encounters a myth about electric vehicles that's so odd it makes…
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photo: PDA Fundraiser in Santa Monica, CA In Solidarity, Alan Minsky for Deb, Mike F.,…
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Oh, the things you can learn from Fox News. For instance, “Santa Claus is white.”…
OK, I’ll deal with this right at the top, because I know how y’all absolutely…
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Thank you, Elizabeth Warren. Thank you, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Thank you, Bernie Sanders. Thank you every…
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I am not going to rehash the insipid intellectual wasteland that was the Trump State…
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I’m with stupid>» T-shirt slogan I have yet to meet a person who doesn’t love…
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As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has…
I didn’t believe it, but here it is. Trump just said that he can treat…
Ursulafaw requested a repost of this Christmas classic from 2016. Hope you enjoy! 'Twas the…
Well, this is a feel good story. Washington Post “Randy Heiss found a balloon while…
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First off, I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I went home to Pittsburgh, PA…
