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Nebraska has been on a roll. After voting big for President Donald Trump in 2024 and Republicans since forever, the state is now reaping what it so eagerly sowed.
Its economy is collapsing . ...
by kos
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Greetings and welcome to another of my little Friday-flavored bits of fluff, a wee, open-threaded morsel of community. And yes, this week it's more of my Summer vacation photos. This time around, we'...
by Marko the Werelynx
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What are some of your favorite Thanksgiving memories? Most of my early memories for Thanksgiving center around music, because we would learn Thanksgiving songs at school and maybe do a Thanksgiving/...
by TexDem
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In this story we will briefly explore why originalism is complete BS. [At the end we will hear from Sir Matthew Hale, creator of the ‘marital rape exemption’ 350 years ago, who was cited in the Dobbs decision. Stayed tuned.] Originalist theory asserts...
by b3LLsb33r
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I thought you were an establishment liberal/market socialist! And now you’re posting a diary titled Marxist‑Curious?” Well… yeah. Marxism is a mixed bag. Setting aside its political program, the economic analysis within the Marxist tradition has proven...
by Dalbert
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Yes, your intrepid reporter braved the anarchist/ socialist enclave of San Francisco, widely known as ‘Baghdad by the Bay’. Known as a ‘wasteland’, ‘worse than the third world’ and ‘not America anymore’, the city I once lived in is now a ‘slum’, ‘trash...
by CorpFlunky
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As we watch President Donald Trump use his second term to grift like never before, it’s tough to remember that when Trump took office in January 2017, his attempts to leverage the presidency to ...
by Lisa Needham
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A Russian missile test didn’t exactly go as planned -- but it made a pretty cloud. I have to agree. Probable missile types involved: • UR-100NUTTKh (SS-19 Stiletto) • R-36M2 / RS-20 (SS-18) Both rely on UDMH fuel and nitrogen tetroxide oxidizer, which...
by quaoar
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The Trump administration has been working hard to gin up some sort of criminal charges against Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California, settling on the now-familiar approach of declaring that he ...
by Lisa Needham
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Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District special election shouldn't be remotely competitive, with President Donald Trump having won it by more than 22% in 2024.
But Republicans have ...
by Emily Singer
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