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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.

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...

It’s odd for a show that once had Robert Reich as a guest star to be disconnected from the economic realities that most Americans face. But disconnected The Simpsons are, contends JM McNab in an article for Cracked. A big reason why The Simpsons was...

Sometimes a book comes along that garners a great deal of public attention, even getting noticed by pop culture. Buckeye by Patrick Ryan is such a book, chosen for one of the celebrity book clubs (...

On December 9th, a special election will be held to fill Georgia House Seat 121. The Democrat, Eric Gisler, is certainly an underdog, since the 2024 election went to the Republican by a 61-39 margin. But, with enough support, a win is still possible....

The Republican-led education department is now seeking to limit their backing for certain professions by withdrawing student loan support from graduate students seeking certain (formerly) professional degrees. Here are some of the degrees that would no...

A federal judge dismissed the cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed. That barely scratches the surface of the problems with these indictments.

UPDATE: The $8000 per month figure is per year, not per month and kicks in when she turns 62. But I’m still mad that we have to pay for it. I lost my job recently. As a 62-year old female my chances of being hired in my industry is slim to none. Add in...

Continuing the quote from the headline, Congressman Kweisi Mfume, during a hearing, where Republicans, once again, are�denying rights to the citizens of Washington, DC, Mfume went on to say, “they ...

The Visionary Palestinian Peace Plan for Israel and Gaza That You've Never Heard Of A 51-page document by a group of Palestinian scholars and policy thinkers offers a much clearer path to Middle ...

Open thread this week. Please post links in the comments. Anytime you hit a paywall on articles linked in diaries or comments (or anywhere online) try using Archive.Today to see if you can get ...

It has gradually become clearer over time. Yes, it can’t be proved except perhaps by a CIA whistle blower. Nor will it ever be admitted by any of our intelligence agencies. But Trump’s behavior pattern is as obvious, at least to me, as a category 5...

Sorry, you can’t be a billionaire, or at least a millionaire. But thanks to FanDuel Casino, you can be the next best thing: a “thrillionaire.” That’s a word ad agency Orchard Creative ...

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Happy Friday!� I almost forgot to write this diary, so it’s going to be a quick one. We had a good Thanksgiving, which Bit prepared herself. I wasn’t up to helping and she didn’t ask anyone ...

A public company connected to a Trump-family backed crypto project has removed members of its top leadership, according to a government filing. Jonathan Hugh, who had been both acting CEO and chief financial officer at ALT5 Sigma ALTS -0.53% , and...

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...

You’re the ones who tell the children That happiness comes from things You taught them achievements Were better than sentiments You forced them to follow your dreams Recycled dreams that were once your own Forcing them to put aside their own Until they...

“Why would anyone be morally bound or wish to be morally bound to a civil society that does not share the goal that its citizens deserve a fair distribution of wealth, income and power? If the civil society is not dedicated to that end what else could...

I’ve been on vacation, and I had a mountain of things to catch up on. But I still felt the need to draw this cartoon about MBS visiting the White House. What annoyed me most about this visit was how shamelessly Trump and many who reported the story...

DISCLAIMER: This post is not based on “inside information.” I am not privy to the state secrets of any nation, including our own. Therefore, I’m revealing no classified information here. Every step in this reasoning is based on publicly available...

________________________________________________________ Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them,...

After all, he does wear red…�I’ve always thought of him more like a generous old soul who is older than all of the political parties that exist in the world and has seen them come and go. He ...

The Trump 2.0 Retribution Tour Continues– He Has the Pentagon “Gunning” for U.S. Democratic Senator Mark Kelly November 25, 2025 The Dictator Donald Trump 2.0 “I am your retribution tour” continues. Apparently, nothing, even major legal defeats, can...

Trump is a fit-free zone, jawboning SCOTUS with his version of a smash-and-grab economy Trump thinks he’s an American ‘folk herp’ because he can perform stick at public events. Similarly, Nixon’s legacy was being the Republican crook who believed...

The Montana Museum of Work History in Wye, Montana is located in a store with exhibits high on the walls and hanging from the ceiling. Like most Western museums, there is a collection of guns—...

And then there were two.� In the prior weekend,� Hope Springs from Field PAC [ website ] volunteers canvassed in four states, but falling turnout meant that in only two states did a volunteer-...

REPUBLICAN FOR CONGRESS! Wait? Is that redundant? www.foxnews.com/... ‘Shlomi told Fox News Digital in an interview Sunday that his decision to run for office was ultimately motivated by a desire to "destroy wokeism" and as a tribute to the late...

Mother Jones just posted the how-to here. Have fun!

Nebraska mattered in 1960 because it was one of only 16 states that held a presidential primary. The other 34 states held caucuses and conventions in which the selection of the delegates to the national convention were controlled by the party leaders....

November 23 is celebrated as Fibonacci Day.�Because 1123... is the beginning of the Fibonacci sequence The nth Fibonacci number is the sum of the previous two Fibonacci numbers, starting with 1,1. ...

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Donald Trump is outraged that a group of military Democrats informed the troops of their obligation to disobey illegal orders. He called it “treason”. Of course, there is nothing in the ...

The Constitutional Crisis We're Living Through: What Remedies Do We Actually Have? We keep hearing about Trump's illegal orders—the unconstitutional executive actions, the lawless directives, the blatant violations of his oath. So what can actually be...

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...

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...

I can’t wait for the day when kids are taught right. Can you? So how is that working out? Texas passed a law that 50 parents can get together and decide what is ‘right thinking’ for a school district as it burns er.. bans books. Universities are caving...

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/...

I was flabbergasted when Trump welcomed Mamdani to the oval office and was actually civil to him, even “honored” to meet him. That was not on my bingo card. But Mamdani played nice too. As I thought about it this morning, it seems that he didn’t run...

To start off previous open threads, I have written about how the idiotic tariffs have already hurt sales of pianos, harpsichords and other musical instruments. As far as I can tell, sheet music sales have not been directly affected. But there’s...

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Concurrent with the election of Zohran Mamdani as Mayor, NYC elected all 51 members of the Council (overwhelmingly Democratic). The Democratic Caucus has meet and according to the New York Times 36 members are supporting Julie Menin a moderate...

A half-century ago, a now widely forgotten forerunner of Mad King Donald held sway. As a replacement for Richard “Not A Crook” Nixon’s first veep- the brazenly crooked, shamefully unpunished Spiro “Bag Man” Agnew- Gerald Rudolf ‘Not A Reindeer’ Ford...

Turn on your light Turn on your light, let your heart be seen Come on don’t be shy, the world is in need Hate’s spreading fast, the dark comes too fast Turn on your light, let’s bring back love Turn on your light, spread kindness all around Come on...

… The simple fact of a formal investigation has power, something Senator John Parker Hale (N.H.) appreciated as far back as 1850. On April 17 of that year, during a debate on what would become the Compromise of 1850 over free and slave states, Senator...

The people that voted for this administration, some admitted indicating they wrong…..there is more negative presence within this nation that is bringing down the American Dream….. people are suffering in many ways throughout this country. It is time...

As a retired STEM professional, I think the information published by NASA on their QFD (Quantum Flux Drive - NASA Warp Drive or Singularity Engine results in displacement not by movement but by geometric reconfiguration) and Navy patents for an...