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I’m spending my evening catching up on episodes of “Designated Survivor,” and I have an honest question:
At 12:01PM tomorrow, who is fifth in the Presidential line of succession?
I ask, because the first four in the line of succession would be:
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30 comments on Thu Jan 19, 2017 at 05:12 PM PST with 0 Recommends |
There’s an actual petition out there on change.org that is petitioning for open carry at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
www.change.org/...
Seriously. This is actually a thing.
I mean, sure. Why not? What could possibly go
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56 comments on Fri Mar 25, 2016 at 08:58 PM PDT with 28 Recommends |
This will be a short diary. Earlier today, the International AIDS Society selected the United States of America as the host for the 19th Annual International AIDS Conference.
30 ...
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2 comments on Tue Dec 01, 2009 at 08:07 AM PST with 3 Recommends |
I will make this quick and dirty. A Harvard University study released this week states that 1.46 million of our veterans go without health insurance every day, leading to 2,266 preventable deaths ...
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61 comments on Wed Nov 11, 2009 at 03:07 PM PST with 16 Recommends |
My best friend from college, a Conservative, a Republican, and also an incredibly nice and very reasonable guy, wrote to me to ask my opinion about health care reform as he is "trying to keep an ...
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8 comments on Sat Aug 22, 2009 at 07:36 AM PDT with 21 Recommends |
As most of you know, Chris Dodd has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. You might think that this would engender an empathic response from political friend and foe alike.
And, well, you would be ...
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36 comments on Fri Jul 31, 2009 at 12:28 PM PDT with 13 Recommends |
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- Oh my, we got ourselves quite a tail-wagging going on in Wisconsin. You are thinking, what? This is about collective bargaining and workers' rights! Bullshit. You are being wagged. As always this ...247 comments 510 Recs
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