Liberal Thinking's Profile
Putting Liberal back in the Democratic Party. Let's halt our slide into darkness. "Liberal" is not a dirty word. It means the things that make life more than duty, drudgery and death. Be proud to be a liberal and "Think, Liberally". --Rich (5359)
Real Name: Rich
Location: OR
Occupation: Writer, Retired IT Professional
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Diaries published: 440 (26 days since last diary on Sat Nov 11, 2023 at 04:00 PM PST)
Comments posted: 25533 (0 days since last comment on Fri Dec 08, 2023 at 02:00 AM PST)
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Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 16962
Total Comment Ratings: 18061
Most Recommended Diary: Jaw-Dropping Words from The Speaker, 489 comments, 861 recommends
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One enormously moving moment in the House Select Committee hearings in 2021 was the testimony by Shaye Moss (Andrea ArShaye Moss) about the abuse she and her mother (Ruby Freeman) endured after they were unjustly accused of election fraud by Rudy...
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31 comments on Sat Nov 11, 2023 at 04:00 PM PST with 14 Recommends |
Many, many years ago, in the 1700s, the pace of life was slower. I can’t confirm this from personal experience, but I have that on good authority. The Senate did not need to respond in a timely fashion to anything, except for perhaps a muscular attack...
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13 comments on Sat Nov 04, 2023 at 04:00 PM PDT with 22 Recommends |
After Mike Johnson (R-La) was elected Speaker of the House, his record has come under much more intense scrutiny. As a result, we have a lot more evidence of his role in Donald Trump’s conspiracy to throw out the 2020 presidential election results so...
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33 comments on Sat Oct 28, 2023 at 04:00 PM PDT with 52 Recommends |
Just so that everyone, other than the SCOTUS, is clear on this: Gerrymandering is unconstitutional.
Don’t believe me? Here’s a snippet from the Constitution:
The United States shall ...
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4 comments on Sun Oct 22, 2023 at 04:00 PM PDT with 8 Recommends |
I remember when this was a joke, back in the (mumble decade) *1 . We all thought the future would be better because hard tasks would be done by machines.
We expected we would just push a button and ...
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10 comments on Thu Aug 31, 2023 at 04:00 PM PDT with 10 Recommends |
There is an agency of the federal government which could demand access to all federal criminal proceedings against former President Donald Trump for the purposes of making a video record of those ...
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14 comments on Sun Aug 13, 2023 at 04:00 PM PDT with 5 Recommends |
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