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Opinions expressed are my personal political views and not those of my employer.
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Diaries published: 563 (465 days since last diary on Mon Aug 29, 2022 at 07:45 PM PDT)
Comments posted: 6060 (228 days since last comment on Mon Apr 24, 2023 at 01:34 PM PDT)
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The 2020 election was a historic victory for Democrats. We defeated Trump (with Biden/Harris thumping a resounding popular vote and electoral college win) we won the slimmest majority in the Senate and we held (barely) the House. So much of what we’ve...
by kid oakland
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on Mon Aug 29, 2022 at 07:45 PM PDT
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The Supreme Court decision in Dobbs is vile, invasive, and wrong. It is vile because it represents the culmination of years of political gaslighting from Republican Supreme Court nominees (who simply lied to Congress with no consequence) abetted by...
by kid oakland
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on Sun Jun 26, 2022 at 07:17 PM PDT
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Hi Friends, I wanted to say hello and congratulations to KBJ, and to all of us!! But I also wanted to share a change my wife and I have made to our Democratic donation strategy. As many of you know I’ve been a grassroots campaign volunteer, donor,...
by kid oakland
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on Sun Apr 10, 2022 at 09:20 PM PDT
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1. Yes, Republican strategists can encourage people to show up at PTA meetings and do outrageous, morally reprehensible things. However, life is not a consequence-free zone. People, including your neighbors, and businesses will come to conclusions...
by kid oakland
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on Wed Oct 27, 2021 at 08:10 PM PDT
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A few years ago, my brother-in-law, his brother, and their father narrowly escaped the Camp Fire. Driving in a caravan down the only available road and surrounded by flames, they escaped a fire that killed 85 people and destroyed the town of Paradise,...
by kid oakland
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on Mon Oct 18, 2021 at 06:23 PM PDT
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Typically, I write a post-presidental diary. Forgive me that it’s taken a moment, but, here goes. 1. We did it. While much else mattered, the essential task we had was to stop Donald Trump by electing Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. When all the...
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on Tue Nov 10, 2020 at 07:43 PM PST
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- Rep. Mike Johnson has been elected speaker of the House . The Republican Party’s speakerless fiasco dragged on for weeks, displacing former Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy, hampering the U.S. ...110 comments 192 Recs
- When I was growing up, there were a lot of adults in my community who would never say “the C word.” It was as if naming cancer would somehow taint and infect everyone in hearing distance. Now that I have been diagnosed with both lung cancer — and some...842 comments 1064 Recs
- On Friday, Donald Trump-aligned attorney Kenneth Chesebro pleaded guilty in the Fulton County, Georgia, indictment brought by District Attorney Fani Wilis. This follows a Thursday plea by attorney Sidney Powell. Both Chesebro and Powell have provided...164 comments 341 Recs
- UPDATE: Thursday, Sep 21, 2023 · 6:31:35 PM +00:00 · Dem Raptavio's Rule strikes again - Everything after the but is going to be morally wrong and nothing that precedes it justifies what follows the but. There is NO CONTEXT that can justify victim...1102 comments 615 Recs
- Back in 2009 researchers published the first report on exceeding the boundaries of Earth’s “safe operating space.” In 2015, there was an update. They concluded that the Earth had crossed the line beyond safety on at least four of nine...327 comments 449 Recs
- On Monday, Elon Musk issued a series of statements in which he has blamed secret manipulation by a Jewish organization for the destruction of the X platform, which was once called Twitter. Saying the Anti-Defamation League was the “primary” reason for...470 comments 601 Recs
- Right-wing efforts to erase Black History continue, even though Juneteenth became a federal holiday on June 17, 2021. As such, I’m republishing this story I wrote on Juneteenth history in 2017,� ...150 comments 203 Recs
- Do fast verdicts tend to be defense verdicts. Trump says he will appeal E. Jean Carroll case over ‘unconstitutional silencing’, whatever that is. Six men and three women found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer E. Jean...148 comments 235 Recs
- This thread by Substacker Tomas Pueyo literally blew my mind. It’s exploded. In pieces around my living room. And not because I didn’t know that maps present a distorted view of reality, but because I didn’t know the extent of that distortion, a...265 comments 619 Recs
- Here in Virginia, clean candidates who pledge to stay that way — whether that’s through votes on energy or campaign reform, get a nice little — and sometimes hefty — boost from a PAC called Clean Virginia. And we ain’t talking chump change. This group...99 comments 287 Recs
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