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I'm just a time traveller trying to get home - but this isn't quite the future I remember.
Groups: Readers and Book Lovers, Progressive Friends of the Library Newsletter, Kossack Air Force, Climate Change SOS, Whovians on DKos, Helicopters and Rotorcraft, Christie Watch, Spacebugs, Classic Poetry Group, Climate/Environment Fight
Diaries published: 2898 (2 days since last diary on Wed Dec 06, 2023 at 03:22 PM PST)
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Most Recommended Diary: The Other Shoe Is Dropping - Updated 3X, 585 comments, 865 recommends
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If you’ve seen the post by dmontaine, there’s a list of ways The economy sucks - for many of us. I won’t go into them all here — you can find the list at the link. There’s a lot there to be angry about — but there’s something to remember about much of...
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on Wed Dec 06, 2023 at 03:22 PM PST
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Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has been following up on the developing story out of Florida, where the head of the Florida state Republican Party, Christian Ziegler and his wife Bridget Ziegler, a founder of Moms for Liberty, were involved in a...
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on Tue Dec 05, 2023 at 11:51 AM PST
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ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl talks with Stephen Colbert about his latest book on The Late Show on CBS: �
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on Sun Dec 03, 2023 at 05:28 PM PST
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Hurricanes get a lot of attention, but there are plenty of other weather phenomena that need to be watched. The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron is already gearing up for those missions. Winter operations begin for 53rd Weather Reconnaissance...
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Several days ago I posted a diary about ABB — Anyone but Biden and asked who should be considered viable alternatives, as a theoretical exercise. I got quite a few responses and more than a few suggestions, but one of the things that came out of it was...
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ICYMI, House Speaker Mike Johnson released thousands of hours of video from the January 6 insurrection to supposedly reveal the ‘truth’ about what happened that day. As The NY Times reported 11/23/23, Johnson’s Release of Jan. 6 Video Feeds Right-Wing...
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on Wed Nov 29, 2023 at 12:07 PM PST
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- Computer security researchers from Binarly have identified a widespread set of vulnerabilities that affect most Windows and Linux computers due to bugs in the boot-loader that starts the computer (before the operating system starts). The attack—dubbed...80 comments 253 Recs
- Hunter Biden’s offer to testify publicly before the House Oversight Committee left Republicans struggling to explain why they don’t want him talking publicly and are demanding a closed-door deposition. Their demands have not been compelling, and...53 comments 354 Recs
- The Supreme Court heard what could be a radical challenge to the nation’s tax laws Tuesday, with the majority of justices—including most of the conservatives—seemingly looking for a way to rule as narrowly as possible, demonstrating restraint at a time...111 comments 406 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 646 Recs
- UPDATE: Wednesday, Dec 6, 2023 · 5:58:23 PM +00:00 · Joan McCarter Biden just spoke, slamming Republicans for “playing chicken with our national security.” Senate Republicans stormed out of a classified briefing about Ukraine on Tuesday in a...103 comments 261 Recs
- The House GOP's ever-shrinking majority just shrank a little further—and could get smaller still. That means Republicans could soon have even less room to maneuver, with huge battles over spending bills just up ahead. Rep. Kevin McCarthy's Wednesday...151 comments 433 Recs
- When news broke of a rape allegation against Florida GOP Chair Christian Ziegler, the husband of Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler,85 comments 197 Recs
- Major newspapers may be leading media shift on Trump coverage For far too long, we’ve bemoaned the national media for covering Donald Trump as if he were a conventional candidate and not who he actually is: a fascist threat to our nation’s democracy....87 comments 293 Recs
- Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election led to the violence of Jan. 6, 2021. Trump has never come close to telling the truth about the attack on the U.S. Capitol, either, though his specific ...62 comments 112 Recs
- Protecting insurrectionists:228 comments 449 Recs
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