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Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour cleverly hidden at the intersection of religion, art, science, food, and politics. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments ...
Ojibwa 12/20/2025
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Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour cleverly hidden at the intersection of religion, art, science, food, and politics. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments ...
Ojibwa 12/18/2025
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Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour cleverly hidden at the intersection of religion, art, science, food, and politics. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments ...
Ojibwa 12/13/2025
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Our final state wrapup�for the year. � Hope Springs from Field PAC � [website ] came to �Texas in 2021, but skipped a year because of the existing organizing groups in the state.� Turned out�
snowbored 12/05/2025
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Continuing on with our state wrapups where we’ve ended canvassing. � Hope Springs from Field PAC � [website ] came to � in our second year to organize for the Senate race and redistricting.� We ...
snowbored 12/04/2025
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Continuing on with our state wrapups where we’ve ended canvassing. � Hope Springs from Field PAC � [website ] basically ended the year like it began —�knocking on doors for another special ...
snowbored 12/03/2025
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Last week my son brought home a special surprise- a book of poetry by Dorothy Parker.� Death and Taxes� was first published in 1931; this edition was dated 1939.� The title page.
A Pagan in Arizona 12/02/2025
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The headline is true — my mom’s people used to be considered less than fully white. �For those who know me, this is an amusing fact. �I am extremely white. �Hockey is my favorite sport. �I think ...
angryea 12/02/2025
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One of the reasons that imitative AI like ChatGPT is almost certainly a bubble is that running these systems simply cost too much money compared to the amount of value that they generate. �Even ...
angryea 12/02/2025
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and ...
FarWestGirl 12/02/2025
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A gentle reminder of how we do things:   🐱🐶🐦 Do not troll the diary. If you hate pootie diaries, leave now. No harm, no foul. Please do share pics of your ...
FosterMomInCA 12/02/2025
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Welcome to Street Prophets Sunday Coffee Hour.� This is an open thread so grab something to drink and sit a spell and let us know what is new with you. I have always said the most important person ...
michelewln 12/02/2025
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Edited versions of this appear ed in Salon, Raw Story, Windy City Times, OutSouthFlorida, Alternet, and MSN. The Washington Post reported on Friday that ...
sabrina haake 12/02/2025
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I hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving. �Or, for those who do not celebrate, a nice Thursday. A Lost Planet Created the Moon. Now, We Know Where It Came From. : Science will ID the dead planet ...
angryea 12/02/2025
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Automobiles were first developed in Germany in the late nineteenth century. During the first decade of the twentieth century, automobile manufacturing began moving from hand-made cars to mass ...
Ojibwa 12/02/2025
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Welcome to my Picture of the Day. I’m showcasing photographs I have taken over the past 49 years. I hope my images can give your brain a short break from the chaos. You will be able to find ...
bsegel 12/02/2025
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Laying out the shirt stripe box pattern The Shirt Stripes Box quilt design, featured in Kaffe Fassett’s Passionate Patchwork , is an invitation to upcycle everyday fabric as a clever, eye-...
DrFlora 12/02/2025
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Welcome to my Picture of the Day. I’m showcasing photographs I have taken over the past 49 years. I hope my images can give your brain a short break from the chaos. You will be able to find ...
bsegel 12/02/2025
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Welcome to my Picture of the Day. I’m showcasing photographs I have taken over the past 49 years. I hope my images can give your brain a short break from the chaos. You will be able to find ...
bsegel 12/02/2025
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The Polson Flathead Lake Museum in Polson, Montana, has a collection of carriages. A carriage is a horse-drawn passenger vehicle. With regard to etymology, the word carriage entered into English in ...
Ojibwa 12/02/2025
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Battery A Field Artillery Horse Barn was once an officers’ horse barn.� The building is one of two 1911�buildings original to Camp Withycomb. The Horse Barn now houses the artillery exhibit for ...
Ojibwa 12/02/2025
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When the first American explorers and fur traders began to move out onto the Northern Plains following the Corps of Discovery (i.e. Lewis and Clark) in the early nineteenth century, they encountered ...
Ojibwa 12/02/2025
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The day after Thanksgiving I commented to my friends in the Good News Roundup that I should write up our family’s plant-based Thanksgiving for this Christmas etc. holiday season, along with my ...
Mokurai 12/02/2025
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Good morning, everyone. This morning’s artist is the Austrian composer Franz Schubert. But first, Morning Open Thread is a daily, � copyrighted � post from a host of editors and guest � writers. ...
Ice Blue 12/02/2025
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Humans— Homo sapiens —first evolved in Africa and were biologically adapted to life in a warm climate. When humans left Africa and began their migrations north into Europe and Asia, they had to ...
Ojibwa 12/02/2025
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Continuing on with our state wrapups where we’ve ended canvassing. � Hope Springs from Field PAC � [website ] came to � circumvent� president felon’s hostile takeover of our Democracy.� It’s ...
snowbored 12/02/2025
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The Google A.I. Gemini sucked up to me as I applied it to this page. That's an insightful connection, and the web page you are viewing directly addresses both Karl Marx's concept of General ...
annieli 12/02/2025
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Continuing on with our state wrapups where we’ve ended canvassing. � Hope Springs from Field PAC � [website ] came to � Arizona initially because of Presidential and Senate elections.� But we ...
snowbored 12/02/2025
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strawbale 11/29/2025
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The mind can be a fickle monster. A chemical imbalance, some faulty wiring, and things can happen. Any recovering addict will tell you that they’re still an addict. Ask a neurodivergent person how ...
zenbassoon 11/29/2025
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Just to supplement Sabrina Haake’s post currently on the Rec list: Juliette Kayyem was Massachusetts’�Undersecretary for Homeland Security and served as Undersecretary for Intergovernmental ...
Dartagnan 11/29/2025
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Per NBC news, state Sen. Michael Bohacek is voting against the upcoming redistricting bill. Source: www.nbcnews.com/… It’s not clear yet what impact this will have on the vote tally or its efforts, but Bohacek was quite blunt about his reaction to...
Toro Blanco 11/29/2025
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As you must be aware, Airbus has grounded and ordered software updates (downgrades actually) for ~6,000 A320 family aircraft — more than half its global fleet — in the middle of this busy holiday weekend - after discovering that bit flips in the flight...
AKALib 11/29/2025
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Many Native women promote�the true story of Thanksgiving:� Ramona Peters : The Real Story of the First Thanksgiving: After Squanto’s aid with corn and other planting, the pilgrims had a ...
elenacarlena 11/29/2025
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American Psycho satirizes the narcissism, greed and insecurity of the corporate world, and the murders are a metaphor for the frenzy of the territorial male. Trump is turning the nation against him. Trump's Approval Rating Drops to 36%, New Second-Term...
annieli 11/29/2025
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I’m recycling old recipes again. This is probably my favorite recipe that I found here on dKos.�I love pretty much any kind of noodle dish, but these are awesome. --- Singapore Noodles from� ...
esquimaux 11/29/2025
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WELCOME TO THE EVENING SHADE A SANCTUARY OF SANITY AFTER A LONG HARD DAY OF FIGHTING FASCISM YOU WILL FIND in the DIARIES a LOT of POLITICS (Or NOT As the CASE MAY BE) AND EVEN MORE ...
kraigo 11/29/2025
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Richard Wolff explains why Trump embraced tariffs and how nationalist capitalism signals U.S. economic decline. A powerful breakdown of globalization, China, and worker power. Dr. Richard Wolff Exposes Trump Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here....
Egberto Willies 11/29/2025
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I was going to make this an open mic night (and you can still put in whatever you want—nobody’s checking sources on your selections), but then I thought about the recent news �that listening to ...
theghostofjohndewey 11/29/2025
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richlu 11/29/2025
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The Erosion of the Guardrails: A Comparative Historical Analysis of the Rise of National Socialism and the Trump Presidency I. Introduction: The Fragility of Democratic Experiments The comparative analysis of the rise of Adolf Hitler in Weimar Germany...
ArizonaLiberal 11/29/2025
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Let TruthAngel Cut Through the Spin I didn’t set out to build a “tech project.” I set out to solve a very old political problem: Voters are drowning in noise while power operates with perfect clarity. Every election, we’re told to “do our own...
OnKilter 11/29/2025
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The endless flow of gushing adoration for Donald Trump by his devotees at his Ministry of Propaganda, Fox News, is one of the best indicators of an emerging authoritarian state wherein the aspiring dictator exerts total control over a compliant press...
News Corpse 11/29/2025
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I just wanted to drop a quick diary about a post I noticed on Facebook. In the aftermath of the recent elections , where Democrats were phenomenally successful, there has been major rumblings coming from elected Republicans, specifically in the House....
cici414 11/29/2025
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Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour cleverly hidden at the intersection of religion, art, science, food, and politics. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments ...
Ojibwa 11/29/2025
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I don’t have much as this is breaking news. The suspicion that other Republican lawmakers might follow MAGA firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene out of Congress appears to have some foundation. U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) announced on Saturday that...
jhecht 11/29/2025
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Kids going to go hear the Detroit Symphony Orchestra live at Orchestra Hall is a thing that still happens. Kids going to the Detroit Opera House to hear the Detroit Opera is apparently also a thing ...
Alonso del Arte 11/29/2025
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Because Abby told me, I knew Rose’s last name was Bertram, but I still hadn’t talked to her. She was in my Homeroom, but she sat in the front of the room by the door next to Myrna. I sat in the back by the windows with Lance and the other cool boys....
leftyparent 11/29/2025
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As the Trump administration enters its eleventh month pushing aggressive immigration crackdowns, public sentiment appears to be shifting. A new YouGov survey finds growing discomfort with the broad and aggressive methods being employed by the U.S....
Bill Berkowitz 11/29/2025
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I fell onto the couch with a sigh, one hand on my still very full belly. Freddie looked up from his spot next to me, curled up on the furry blanket in the little nest I had made for him before we ...
Flowergirl77 11/29/2025
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Stocks and cryptocurrencies linked to President Trump are in a deep slump, leaving some of the president’s biggest fans with steep losses. Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group DJT 4.25%increase; green up pointing triangle, which operates the...
stockman 11/29/2025
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Updated 2025 Version of a TPJ Post Originally Published September 26, 2015 https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/12/30/2004983/-Who-is-secure-What-does-it-mean-to-be-safe-if-you-are-a-refugee-migrant-or-poor "Why would anyone be morally bound or wish...
Trenz Pruca 11/29/2025
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“You know, you don’t have to do a summary this week,”�one of � Hope Springs from Field PAC ’s � [website ] volunteers told me.� “The trend,” she said, “could be misinterpreted.
snowbored 11/29/2025
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From Raw Story, Nov. 29, by Carl Gibson: Trump wrote in a Friday post to his Truth Social platform that he was endorsing Nasry "Tito" Asfura in Sunday's presidential election in Honduras, and that his administration would be "very supportive" of...
arhpdx 11/29/2025
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The Wall Street Journal says the Trump/Putin peace plan is all about money. I’m shocked — SHOCKED! — that they would sell out Ukraine for 40 pieces of silver. 2/ According to the WSJ, talks between Trump's golfing friend Steve Witkoff, his son-in-law...
quaoar 11/29/2025
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Chief Black Kettle, I want you to give all these chiefs of the soldiers here to understand that we are for peace, and that we have made peace, that we may not be mistaken by them for enemies. A Cheyenne cemetery is in the same direction as where my...
Winter Rabbit 11/29/2025
09:20 AM
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It’s not overweight Koreans or former golf caddies doing insane postings, nor is it even Mango Mussolini. It’s not an illegal order if the Autopen produces a legal order, just ask Trump. Trump hung a photo of an autopen instead of Biden in the White...
annieli 11/29/2025
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(This essay follows up on the discussion that arose from my recent piece, “How Deuteronomy Reflects the Brutal World that Civilization Had Become,” in which several readers questioned the validity of my indictment of civilization as creating the...
AndySchmookler 11/29/2025
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In April 2022, US authorities extradited Juan Orlando Hernández from Honduras to stand trial for running a violent drug trafficking conspiracy and helping to smuggle hundreds of tons of cocaine to the US. In 2024, he was convicted by a New York jury...
TheCriticalMind 11/29/2025
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Dear MAGA’s, Help! We need you! You voted for this guy, we Democrats mostly did not. Because he got elected, he has decided that anything he wants to do are things that you, his voters, support. But we know that many of you did not vote for the things...
Daver71 11/29/2025
08:12 AM
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So Trump Truths or whatever we want to say Consider the Airspace around Venezuela Closed! Just a replay of George Carlin’s “Bomb Some Brown People” skit...what’s gonna drop in the news this week? Another fucking diversion from the shame of murdering...
tampaedski 11/29/2025
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I’ve spent the last several months writing about the pressures facing American agriculture, but beneath those stories is a deeper problem: a country that has lost its shared sense of truth. This essay is about that problem. Every day in American...
sbanks 11/29/2025
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I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving Day. I’m still recovering from the flu. I hate Windows 11. Lets hop to it then, shall we — . . . . . . . . . . Newdists, please grab cuppa and some food, and join us in the thread. . New Day Cafe is an Open...
Crimson Quillfeather 11/29/2025
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Swan Island Dahlias in Canby, Oregon, hosts an Annual Dahlia Festival. The Festival features 50 acres of Dahlias. Dahlias were originally native to Mesoamerica where they were domesticated by ...
Ojibwa 11/29/2025
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On a recent trip to Geneva, I learned that researchers at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) have discovered the smallest particle in the universe. The particle’s behavior and characteristics call into question everything we thought was...
poe2018 11/29/2025
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One morning, on a whim, I said to my wife, “let’s go check out the Burke Museum.” So, we did.�In long form, the museum is known as the Burke�Museum of Natural History and Culture . In short ...
BrownsBay 11/29/2025
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The most interesting strategic plan to save the nation from a complete political takeover by the wealthy lies in each state’s control over its corporations. Corporations and corporate charters are primarily state entities and are governed by state...
pouncecafe 11/29/2025
06:20 AM
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Hello again painting fans. This week I will be continuing with the painting of the Cape May second empire house. The photo that I'm using (My own from a recent visit.) is seen directly below.
boran2 11/29/2025
06:00 AM
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Good Morning and Welcome to our every Saturday all things gardening related diary.�And sometimes wonderful photos of our folks’ travels, too.� All are welcome whether you garden outdoors, indoors, ...
GCNY 11/29/2025
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Has anyone else here on DailyKos spent the past few months clutching their temples in outrage and disbelief and incipient fury at the fact that Donald J. Trump is still squatting behind the Resolute Desk in the White House, and not sitting in his third...
SninkyPoo 11/29/2025
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NOTE: I for one do not believe that our country’s troops are “losers and suckers”. But Donald Trump does! He has explicitly stated these beliefs, according to several sources who heard it with ...
Perlinator 11/29/2025
05:30 AM
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Rep. Lori Trahan has been fighting in the trenches in Congress despite rarely making headlines. For instance, she quipped about the Trump regime attempting to freeze all federal funds early this year.
bilboteach 11/29/2025
05:00 AM
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President Trump’s ever-growing vision has caused tension with contractors (as usual). His architect has taken a step back as the president personally manages a project twice the size, and even taller than the White House itself. It’s a shopping mall...
annieli 11/29/2025
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TAKE ACTION Write, Email or CALL Capitol Switchboard (202) 224‑3121 to tell your elected officials to stop dropping sh*t on our cities. CLICK HERE to find your officials’ contact information. We must stand up and speak out, not because something is...
Power of One 11/29/2025
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Campaign finance reform is an issue that has supporters on both the left and the right. We the People are waking up and connecting the stranglehold of big money on our electoral process with the ...
Brynne 11/29/2025
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I could have listed 1000 things on this list if I wasn’t busy cooking and eating and enjoying the holiday. But no matter how many I listed, all of you would ALWAYS be the most important to me. In ...
GoodNewsRoundup 11/29/2025
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Washington Post: Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations ...
Greg Dworkin 11/29/2025
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Air National Guard airmen work clearing leaves and debris from McPherson Square Park in Washington, D.C., Aug. 28, 2025. (Andrew Leyden/Getty Images)
sabrina haake 11/29/2025
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TAKE ACTION Write, Email or CALL Capitol Switchboard (202) 224‑3121 to tell your elected officials to stop dropping sh*t on our cities. CLICK HERE to find your officials’ contact information. We must stand up and speak out, not because something is...
Power of One 11/29/2025
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Like most people, the word “woke” is oxymoronic, depending as it does on some relative lack of consciousness. Now that a “kill order” was given by Hegseth and a GOP senator is now moving in that investigatory direction, the long big sleep may be over....
annieli 11/29/2025
03:47 AM
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Let’s talk origami shall we? The first couple origami posts I did were picture diary’s- and quite a few folks spoke about and showed their origami projects in the comments. if you missed them… Origami part 1 Origami II I think I’ll do some more. Maybe...
RandomNeuron 11/29/2025
03:36 AM
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Welcome to Morning Open Thread , a daily post with MOT hosts, who choose the topic for the daily posting. We support our community, invite and share ideas, and encourage thoughtful, respectful ...
Ozarkblue 11/29/2025
03:20 AM
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There will be stories of the end of the Russo-Ukrainian war that will do justice to its wartime leader. Sadly it has yet to be written as not the biography of Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy, but as histories of his presidency dominated by a war,...
annieli 11/29/2025
02:45 AM
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Welcome to my Picture of the Day. I’m showcasing photographs I have taken over the past 49 years. I hope my images can give your brain a short break from the chaos. You will be able to find ...
bsegel 11/29/2025
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ZenTrainer 11/29/2025
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A case brought by four Indonesian fishermen who are survivors of slavery at sea just cleared a major legal hurdle. A San Diego federal judge declined tuna giant Bumble Bee’s request to dismiss the ...
FreedomUnited 11/29/2025
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Trump is literally tearing down the White House. My understanding is that he had no permits to do this. From anyone. This is his biggest eff you to the US government ever. It’s a historical building. So if hopefully we can elect a Democratic President...
jmessick 11/28/2025
11:02 PM
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Trump accidentally boosts Mamdani as MTG’s resignation sparks a MAGA civil war. A sharp look at shifting political power and rising progressive influence. WBAI’s Jenna Flanagan: A Political Earthquake No One Saw Coming Watch Politics Done Right T.V....
Egberto Willies 11/28/2025
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*** As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group is for us to check in at to let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild ...
FloridaSNDad 11/28/2025
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Please read and follow instructions before opening. Or consult your physician. �This is a late-night gathering for non-serious palaver, enter at your own risk. Frivolity and silliness are highly ...
MTmofo 11/28/2025
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, JeremyBloom, ...
annetteboardman 11/28/2025
08:55 PM
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I got turned on to DeFeet’s wool knit socks and gloves because one of my bicycle parts/equipment suppliers sells them. The gloves are excellent. I was going to order a bunch this year and looked for them on BTI’s website. They had the socks, but not...
The muttonmaster 11/28/2025
08:13 PM
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Russian dictator Vladimir Putin likes to fancy himself a scholar of both proto and modern Pan-Slavic history. In his twisted historiography, all things Slavic find their genesis in Moskva Rus. To him and his ilk like Alexandr Dugin, Kyvian Rus, the...
Decimus 11/28/2025
07:57 PM
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Full event listings at http://hubevents.blogspot.com and this service is available as a free listserv. Just let me know if you’re interested. The offerings from World Resources Institute over the next month are wide-ranging and on point:...
gmoke 11/28/2025
07:36 PM
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Fox hyped a capitalism-vs-socialism battle, but Velshi shows Trump’s autocratic socialism dwarfs anything Mamdani proposes. Ali Velshi: Trump Built an Autocratic Socialist State Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. Podcasts (Video — Audio) Summary Ali...
Egberto Willies 11/28/2025
07:35 PM
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Journalists and people who have legal permission are being rounded up into detention camps in swamps with miserable conditions that the leadership is proud of. They now take immigration cases and file for dismissal and then deport — no case — no...
iarnstein 11/28/2025
07:24 PM
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Here at Top Comments we welcome longtime as well as brand new Daily Kos readers to join us at 10pm ...
Chitown Kev 11/28/2025
07:00 PM
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Song "A" Washington Matthews (1843-1905) translated from the Navajo� Where my kindred dwell, there I wander. Child of the White Corn am I, there I wander. At the Red Rock House, ...
strawbale 11/28/2025
07:00 PM
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Greetings, beer lovers!��‘Tis (Black) Friday, and after a long hiatus (not that anyone noticed or cared), ‘tis chingchongchinaman as your guest FNBB blogger tonight, with esquimaux taking a very ...
chingchongchinaman 11/28/2025
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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...
CorpFlunky 11/28/2025
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