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Diaries published: 4 (1148 days since last diary on Fri Oct 16, 2020 at 08:03 AM PDT)
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I was writing GOTV postcards to occasional voters in my precinct who tend to vote for Democrats when they vote. Because of a neurological deficit in my right hand my daughter was helping me by addressing the cards while I wrote the...
by maryalden
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on Fri Oct 16, 2020 at 08:03 AM PDT
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I really don’t know what I think about Bill Gates. He is a billionaire after all and the title picture expresses one of my thoughts about that. He also gives a lot of money to good causes. A lot of money because he has a lot of money, much more than he...
by maryalden
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on Wed Apr 29, 2020 at 11:52 AM PDT
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I go to a Unitarian Universalist Church. I volunteered to do the “Eracism Minute” this morning, something our Black Lives Matter action team puts on the agenda for every Sunday morning’s service. Here is what I shared:
"My name is Mary and I am...
by maryalden
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on Sun Jul 23, 2017 at 03:34 PM PDT
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I live in the northwest corner of the state of Washington, in the 42 Legislative District. It is nice up here and has its own particular charms. What is not charming is that I am represented in the statehouse by one Republican senator Doug Erickson...
by maryalden
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on Wed Apr 19, 2017 at 10:48 PM PDT
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- Mark Murray /NBC News: Too many are misreading the 2024 polls. Here’s a better way. Analysis: Whether Biden or Trump is up by a few points, almost every survey is saying the same thing — the ...129 comments 121 Recs
- Pennsylvania’s Central Bucks School District was one of the places where Moms for Liberty lost big in the 2023 elections, with a right-wing school board majority swept out and replaced with ...65 comments 304 Recs
- November 10 & 17, 2023 Salish Sea, Pacific Northwest Every couple of years we have to take our boat Elansa up to the marina to get her bottom cleaned and repainted. That means leaving her moorage on the south end of the island near the Strait of Juan...139 comments 75 Recs
- This piece will be appearing in newspapers in the very red congressional district (the VA-06 of 2012) in which I ran for Congress in 2012. The Republican Party had already become possessed by “A Sick and Broken Spirit” by that time. But, to paraphrase...219 comments 653 Recs
- Greg Sargent /The Washington Post: Enough with all the fatalism about a Trump dictatorship Are you afraid of a � Donald Trump � dictatorship? Well, know this: The only thing you have to fear is ...361 comments 303 Recs
- Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include Tel Aviv’s response to allegations of short sales ahead of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas. We begin today with George Packer of The Atlantic, wondering if journalism is ready for a second-term Trump...305 comments 302 Recs
- Rarely in politics does someone get as savagely ripped apart and exposed as DeSantis was at his debate with Gavin Newsom. If you missed it in its entirety, and rather die than watch anything on Fox news, you’ll have to settle for highlights from...87 comments 128 Recs
- Huffpost right now has a lead “Why the bad vibes”? They come to the unsurprising conclusion that it is because economic life for many people is worse now than during the pandemic. Surprise! There are two economies, one for the upper 40% and the other...671 comments 371 Recs
- Mississippi is good at doing things badly. The benighted state is close to the bottom in almost every social metric. And it ranks dead last in life expectancy. The one thing it does well is vaccinate its children. Mississippi did not permit a religious...210 comments 349 Recs
- Joyce Vance/”Civil Discourse” on Substack: Not a quiet Thursday A surprising number of things happened today for what should have been a quiet Thursday in October. That seems to be true more days than not with a former president, his party’s...331 comments 385 Recs
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