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Dear Mr. 1% http://youtu.be/VYtJW0J7rNM
Remember all those long torturous hours as a child playing Monopoly? One kid (Mr. Moneybags) would buy all the utilities or matching properties, creating ...
by PoppaD
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I've been in awe over the past few months as we've reached 33 states with marriage equality. I would have never imagined I would see this in my lifetime, especially given where we came from - near ...
by fcvaguy
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Remember last week when Maricopa County Republican Committee Chair A.J. LaFaro stirred up a nationwide shitstorm by claiming that a young Hispanic "thug" was stuffing the ballot box? It turns out, ...
by Mother Mags
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This past Sunday, my old friend Kelly took his life for the last time. I just found out this morning, a surprising but not shocking turn of events. In place of my intended diary for tonight, ...
by bastrop
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Come oh come ye tea-thirsty restless ones -- the kettle boils, bubbles and sings, musically. ~ Rabindranath ...
by belinda ridgewood
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Ever hear of a US senate candidate who doesn't take money from ANY business groups, special interest organizations or lobbyists? Not even those from his own state? Me either.
How about one who ...
by Nancy Meyer
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Welcome to bookchat where you can talk about anything...books, plays, essays, and books on tape. You don’t have to be reading a book to come in, sit down, and chat with us.
Here is our usual ...
by cfk
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Welcome! " The Evening Blues" is a casual community diary (published Monday - Friday, 8:00 PM Eastern) where we hang out, share and talk about news, music, photography and other things of ...
by joe shikspack
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Despite being swatted around more in the past few years than any other time in its forty-plus year history, despite the organization's past and current operations finally becoming of interest to ...
by Bill Berkowitz
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From Voter Suppression to Media Misinformation on Early Voting
ABC13 reported a few minutes ago that early voting ends tomorrow, Thursday October 30th. It is not true. Early voting ends Friday ...
by Egberto Willies
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We're researching a book about people who gave up stardom but found success in a progressive cause. Can you help us find them?
by maxfolger
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This is beyond disgusting.
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — A Huntersville** family is angry and frightened after someone burned a campaign sign in their front yard.
Kenya Goldsberry wasn't home when the ...
by SteelerGrrl
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I have an assortment of tabs open here to articles that might possibly warrant a diary. I also have home repairs, doctors appointments and a ton of postal mail. I have decided to just post about all ...
by enhydra lutris
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Opium cultivation in Afghanistan is at an all time high. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction has sent a report to the administration, highlighting the failure of U.S. ...
by Garrett
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I admit it: I feel intensely ambivalent about canvassing. I tell myself why it's hard, and why I don't like it. And then, I force myself to do it and discover, again, that I actually really like it ...
by peregrine kate
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Tonight I will kick-off Politics and A Beer Progressive Radio by exploring the question of why Democrats are spineless. It was just a few ago that I posted a rant here on my Daily Kos dairy about ...
by Politics and A Beer
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I admit, I've helped design some mail. Every so often there are mistakes. A typo, a jaggy from photoshop. But I don't remember anytime where a piece of mail I have been a party to ever endorsed ...
by tmservo433
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Whoa there sparky
We would accept the fact that an American jihad could mean boots on the ground in many places in the world where human rights are being denigrated and horrors are unfolding. ...
by LaFeminista
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I learned a couple of interesting things from a recent Mother Jones article. One is about why Native Americans don't have much use for former ...
by Land of Enchantment
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GUS (Gave Up Smoking) is a community support diary for Kossacks in the midst of quitting smoking. Any supportive comments, suggestions or positive distractions are appreciated. If you are quitting ...
by Vacationland
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Another Republican profile in courage, Gov. Bobby Jindal.
by Joan McCarter
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A really good piece over at the New York Times compares the life of an average fast-food worker in the United States, with that of an average fast-food worker in Denmark.
As a shift manager at a ...
by mooremusings
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(also to be found at Firedoglake.com )
There has so far been a good deal of controversy about Doug Henwood's piece (" Stop Hillary ") excoriating Hillary Clinton in the most recent Harper's ...
by Cassiodorus
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The great American poet Galway Kinnell has died of leukemia at the age of 87. I remember a time when he, W.S. Merwin, and W.D. Snodgrass were the bright stars on the poetic horizon. I can still ...
by FredNietzsche
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I love that we disagree on politics. I love it because I acknowledge that ideas are rarely perfected from the get go. You have to have someone to help you expose flaws and weakness', you have to ...
by TheRealTylerM
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due to the Colorado Senate ...
by PoliticalBartender
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Oh wow:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/angus-king-endorses-michaud-eliot-cutler
Sen. ...
by poopdogcomedy
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This isn't really about Tacos, or anything like it.
This is about the Tacos on my plate.
Now, a lot of people will say that you can call anything you like a taco. Some people will say that Tacos ...
by detroitmechworks
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On the PBS Nova series: "The First Air War".
"Program Description
When World War I began in 1914, the air forces of the opposing nations consisted of handfuls of rickety biplanes from which pilots ...
by Lenny Flank
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Some encouraging news--early voting numbers in North Carolina are running well ahead of the pace from 2010 , even though the GOP-controlled General Assembly cut a week from the early voting period.
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by Christian Dem in NC
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BOLD = Edited to reflect Tool's words
QUOTE = Editorial
We are in ...
by Tool
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It's become pretty common, among a certain set of people, to blame those who are dealing with poverty, lingering joblessness, limited education and a ...
by Frank Vyan Walton
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See how Republicans see today's issues...their thoughts and buzzard ideas that might affect your life and life style.
by GerryMyers
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WATCH: Florida cop goes bonkers on ‘f*cking little wise-ass 20-year-old punk’
First of all, we need to know what reason this member of Florida's Finest found that justified all of his actions.
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by xxdr zombiexx
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by dreaminonempty
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Well.
I went and did it.
I put this sign was put in my yard this morning. Let's see how long it lasts, shall we?
It's nothing but the truth: by cutting education ...
by GenerationExtant
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With support from Four Directions and South Dakota NDN PAC , three rallies are being held this weekend to encourage all ...
by navajo
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Thank you Chief Justice Roberts , along with your (4) four ' holier-than-thou ' Christian brethren ( Scalia , Thomas , Alito & Kennedy ) for your moronic affirming of unregulated plutocratic ...
by jps1
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Joining a number of other prominent supporters who change their allegiance from Eliot Cutler to Rep. Mike Michaud (D), Sen. Angus King has endorsed Michaud for Governor of Maine .
King, who was ...
by Spud1
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"Tomorrow they will be here. They will shave our heads. We will stand naked in front of them. They will humiliate us and in the end they will kill us. So I want to use my only freedom - to choose ...
by freewayblogger
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From Al Jazeera :
Election officials in 27 states, most of them Republicans, have launched a program that threatens a massive purge of voters from the rolls. Millions, especially black, Hispanic ...
by ericlewis0
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/polltracker/marquette-poll-scott-walker-seven-point-swing-mary-burke
A Marquette University Law School poll released Wednesday showed a huge shift in Gov. Scott Walker'...
by Murphoney
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She may be the most famous medical patient in US history who was never sick. "Typhoid Mary" infected at least 45 people in New York City and killed at least 3, and also touched off a legal battle ...
by Lenny Flank
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Received this e-mail today from Tom Wolf's (D. PA) gubernatorial campaign:
Nothing gets me more excited than the last few weeks of an election -- and because of supporters ...
by poopdogcomedy
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Normally when one sees a headline like that about the chair of the Federal Reserve one would expect to learn that she is considering some change in monetary policy that is perceived as potentially ...
by Richard Lyon
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Many of the events of the outside world came into our home on the little twelve-inch black-and-white TV in my mom’s bedroom. As such she tuned in to the 1968 Democratic Convention in late ...
by leftyparent
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Forrest Dunbar just solidly took command of Alaska and Alaska's issues on APRN's Talk of Alaska. He articulately and forthrightly answered every question directed his way with nuanced, in-depth, ...
by akmk
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What the hell are democratic township clubs good for, anyway? I received an email this afternoon from the one in my area, imploring me, as a member, to help get out the vote next week for “our ...
by gloriasb
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Chris Matthews had Progressive Change Campaign Committee founder Adam Green and Democratic strategist Ruth Marcus on Hardball to discuss Hillary Clinton's recent economic populist statements.
Green ...
by Karen from Maui
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Part One
'Tis the season for conservative mouthpieces, candidates and incumbents to utter jaw-droppingly stupid statements. Or at least utter more of them, more often. They cast these pearls of ...
by Heywaitaminute
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Talk about an October surprise - an illness impacting the midterm elections? Really?
Republicans are hoping so, and they are buying into it in a big way. I just saw a figure on MSNBC that over ...
by JBtakenote
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For health reasons I opted to vote in the general election as an absentee voter, which I just mailed back today.
Doing so got me thinking as to the number or the percentage of people from the Great ...
by BFSkinner
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Floridians waiting to vote, sometimes for hours
Tampa Bay Times is reporting that DOJ will be monitoring ...
by VL Baker
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No offense intended to the community, but I could not resist writing today on our favorite poster child.
Maybe you are already aware that President Barrack Obama was in town here in Milwaukee to ...
by Ole Texan
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Forget the Trinity. Or any monotheistic god. Or the Congregation of Angels. Or the Communion of Saints. It's the Number Five, Numero Quinto, the Supremest Five of the Supremes, Scalia, Thomas, ...
by Karen Hedwig Backman
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Quick Diary - looks like a just released poll from Marquette Law.
Full results Here: http://law.marquette.edu/poll/
Closer among RV - but I don't know how useful that is at this point so close ...
by campionrules
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I fervently believe in the rights of women, people of color, LGBT people, the disabled, the poor, religious or secular minorities of whatever kind. I am not, however, an ally of any of them.
I ...
by BelgianBastard
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(All photos ©BlueJessamine.)
Yesterday while strolling downtown Corvallis I took the time to appreciate the Mosaic Art on the garbage receptacles.
by BlueJessamine
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There is a new report out from the Williams Institute. This time it is about transgender people and the issue is parenthood . This meta-study is entitled Transgender Parenting: a review of ...
by rserven
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I had to take a class in my graduate studies called "Cultural Diversity" at the University of North Texas during the summer of 2001. To complete the course, the class was required to participate ...
by Steven Park
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I wrote this before seeing Joan McCarter's diary . Please see the graphics embedded there!
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A quick diary here, highlighting a lead article over at the New York Times , The Affordable Care Act:
by strobusguy
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Senator Mark Begich (D. AK)
Received this e-mail today from former Governor Howard Dean (D. VT) and Democracy for America:
by poopdogcomedy
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Check out my site, Claytoonz .
Follow me on Twitter .
by claytoonz
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Gov. Tom Corbett (R-PA)
by Laura Clawson
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I've written so many times in so many places that modern conservatism seems to be based in large part upon, and modern Republican voters appear to be primarily motivated by, the dual emotions of self-
by GrafZeppelin127
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by Joan McCarter
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Summary: From the perspective of the evolution of life, it can be seen how value is an emergent -- but none the less real -- dimension of the reality of ...
by AndySchmookler
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Judge Tom Ervin, a Republican running for Governor as an Independent, has suspended his campaign and endorsed the Democratic candidate running against Nikki Haley, the Republican incumbent. ...
by FIDOUGHERTY
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UNH says there's been a 27-point swing against Republican Marilinda Garcia in only a week. That's hard to swallow.
by Jeff Singer
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This is the second post I have written looking for kossacks who want to play along. From the first post , we currently have 4 players:
JackND
Its the Supreme Court Stupid
JGibson
tarkangi
Join the ...
by pierre9045
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Back in 2011, Armando Gutierrez was heading to Las Vegas with friends and close to $5000 in cash from his tax refund. Gutierrez was pulled over by sheriff's deputy Charley Armendariz.
Deputy ...
by Walter Einenkel
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I'll keep this brief.
by DAISHI
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You ought to be out raising hell. This is the fighting age. Put on your fighting clothes.
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by JayRaye
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Well, that was strange!
This morning came word that Eliot Cutler, the independent candidate for governor in Maine, would hold a press conference at his campaign headquarters.
From the Portland ...
by blugrlnrdst
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by Joan McCarter
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