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I woke up this morning, the TV watching me instead of the other way around. A Teleflora commercial flashed on the screen with the theme, “Before she was 'Mom,' she was 'Her.'” That statement halted me in my tracks. Who is 'her'? There are faint...
by shespeakspolitics
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In my New York area region, Chase Bank is flooding TV stations with "cashbacking" ads featuring an extremely aggressive Black person, acting stupid, played over the top by Kevin Hart. Some people may think it is edgy and interesting. Personally as a...
by boblite
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If you are like me, you will need mental health breaks to maintain your sanity this year. For my part, I am starting my day with a great song, working alphabetically by song title (note: this does ...
by libertarianheretic
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May 5, 2024.� Quincy, CA
The title photo of this diary shows my first photo of the Red-necked Phalarope, and I was afraid I wasn’t going to get any better view.� But thankfully this bird was very ...
by funningforrest
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As soon as I heard the NY Times report, about Himself’s Chicago tower tax shuffle, I knew what was coming next from the MAGoids. “Witch hunt!” “Election interference!” “Persecuuuuuuuuuution!” Yeah, it’s coming, if you haven’t heard it already. And the...
by Crashing Vor
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My mom died from Covid four years ago, just after Mother’s Day. I couldn’t write about it until I could be honest about who she was, a feat complicated by my then-pending Congressional race, which served my own ass to me on an unceremonious platter....
by sabrina haake
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Happy mothers’ day!
The Curious Case of Kristi Noem’s Book (substack.com) : A reminder that non-fiction books are not fact checked, and why that situation has come about.
The Perils of ...
by angryea
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It was disappointing to see that a school district in Virginia decided to reinstate the names of three Confederate officers to two of its buildings. This is a reversal of a decision made four years ago in reaction to the murder of George Floyd by a...
by RickElia
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Good News Roundups are a long-running every-morning series. Our writers collect upbeat news about the nation and world, news that down-beating traditional media for many reasons do not provide us. Not wishing to flee or freeze, with the help of Good...
by 2thanks
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How do you win a district filled with recent converts to the Democratic Party? In the 40th district of California, the answer is to run a recent convert named Joe Kerr. He is a former firefighter ...
by bilboteach
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Good morning, folks, and happy Mother’s Day to any moms out there.
Morning Open Thread is a daily, � copyrighted � post from a host of editors and guest writers. We support our community, invite ...
by Ice Blue
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Biden says the one, simple, true thing about the Gaza war. I’m proud of him of saying it. It’s the thing that drives me up the wall with respect to all the “reporting” about the conflict. If Hamas really wanted this to end, they would agree to release...
by onwards
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Afghanistan is ranked fourth among the nations most at risk from our changing climate "and eighth on the Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index of countries most vulnerable and least prepared to adapt to climate change. The nation is totally unprepared for...
by Pakalolo
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Welcome to White House Picture of the Day
Showcasing a photo from the White House Photography staff, led by Adam Schultz.
Feel free to join us anytime and share with us what is happening in ...
by bsegel
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I finished ...
by loggersbrat
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This is — well, was — one of the sites I could count on to be free of the GOD DAMNED MARGIN VIDEOS. You know the ones; frequently ads that some poor schlock of a site owner was told by his/her ISP that they MUST NOW HAVE, if they want to keep getting...
by GoldenBate
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The proximity of Kharkiv City to the border magnifies the significance of limited Russian tactical gains, however, as Russian forces do not have to advance much further to begin threatening Kharkiv City with routine shelling. Ukrainian Khortytsia Group...
by annieli
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Welcome to Overnight News Digest- Saturday Science. Since 2007 the OND has been a regular community feature on Daily Kos, consisting of science stories from around the world, sometimes coupled with ...
by Rise above the swamp
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While Trump is on trial for falsifying business records to conceal election fraud, more allegations of similar crimes have surfaced. Citizens for Ethics in Washington (CREW) has filed a complaint with the FEC demanding an investigation of the coverup....
by voidstuff
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More Trump Shtick: free-associating, and at tonight’s NJ rally, Donald slurred his words, was incoherent and not understandable. He needs a distraction from the trial. Actual transcript from Trump's speech just now: Silence of the Lambs. Has anyone...
by annieli
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