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I write about Learning Disabilities; AllVoices
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Diaries published: 1468 (2676 days since last diary on Wed Aug 10, 2016 at 07:22 AM PDT)
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Lots of Republicans are running from Trump.
But he is not an aberration. He is their creation. He is the result of years of them shouting “Be ANGRY” “Be VERY angry”. They got what they wanted. Anger. Rage. A monster. He’s their creation.
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11 comments on Wed Aug 10, 2016 at 07:22 AM PDT with 16 Recommends |
Hi all
Well I’m back. So, I thought I’d say so.
Why I left
I don’t have any animus towards the site or any participants. I didn’t storm off in a huff and I certainly didn’t write a “delete my account” post. I just sort of got tired/bored. ...
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26 comments on Mon Aug 08, 2016 at 11:14 AM PDT with 18 Recommends |
In this series I note what I am reading and people comment with what they're reading. Sometimes, on Sundays, I post a special edition on a particular genre or topic.
If you like to trade books, ...
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28 comments on Wed Dec 17, 2014 at 04:30 AM PST with 20 Recommends |
In this series I note what I am reading and people comment with what they're reading. Sometimes, on Sundays, I post a special edition on a particular genre or topic.
If you like to trade books, ...
by plf515
36 comments on Wed Dec 10, 2014 at 04:30 AM PST with 24 Recommends |
Happy Thanksgiving!
In this series I note what I am reading and people comment with what they're reading. Sometimes, on Sundays, I post a special edition on a particular genre or topic.
If you ...
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34 comments on Wed Nov 26, 2014 at 04:30 AM PST with 20 Recommends |
In this series I note what I am reading and people comment with what they're reading. Sometimes, on Sundays, I post a special edition on a particular genre or topic.
If you like to trade books, ...
by plf515
53 comments on Wed Nov 19, 2014 at 04:30 AM PST with 26 Recommends |
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- This is the week when pundits stopped pretending Donald Trump might win. You can’t win when you are at 40. Discuss, excuse, spin, whatever you want. These are awful numbers for Trump, and it doesn��598 comments 175 Recs
- Leading Off: ● NH-Sen: You've heard us say before that when you release an internal poll showing your own candidate down, you're not in good shape … yet operatives persist in doing so anyway. That makes it hard to explain why conservative super PAC...64 comments 44 Recs
- The most consequential primary on Tuesday night came not in House Speaker Paul Ryan's home district but rather in the Minneapolis suburbs, where acid-tongued radio host Jason Lewis easily swept aside two more conventional candidates. Lewis took 49...206 comments 186 Recs
- Leading Off : ● Polls : We have several new Senate polls in our hands, from a trio of pollsters. Here are the numbers, along with trendlines from the most recent prior poll and the presidential ...94 comments 55 Recs
- I didn’t see this poll posted, but saw it mentioned by Steve Kornacki on MSNBC today. In the Red State of Kansas, which Republican Mitt Romney carried by 22 points in 2012, Republican Donald Trump leads Democrat Hillary Clinton by 5 points, 44% to...31 comments 25 Recs
- Campaign Action Has Donald Trump finally crossed that line of House Speaker Paul Ryan’s with his "Second Amendment" threat against Hillary Clinton? Of course not! Speaking at a news conference Tuesday night in Wisconsin after his landslide win in...154 comments 123 Recs
- Welcome to the Daily Kos Elections Live Digest, your liveblog of all of today's campaign news. Please note: This is a 2016 Democratic presidential primary-free zone.431 comments 7 Recs
- While Donald Trump agrees that he wants to debate, if people let him set the rules, pick the moderators and chose the date , the truth is: That might not be enough. Given half a chance, Donald ...225 comments 143 Recs
- I encourage you to spend a few minutes today at the NYT Upshot. Specifically their “Who Will Be President” page. The interactive feature allows you to make your own determination about which candidate will win in each of the ten closest battleground...259 comments 227 Recs
- The latest NBC/Wall Street Journal poll finds that the majority of voters still thinks the Senate should be doing its job and voting on President Obama's Supreme Court nominee. Fifty-two percent of registered voters said that the Senate should...26 comments 51 Recs