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One Small Step

Society javaz - March 3, 2010 45

This morning as I was watching last night’s Craig Ferguson Show that we tape since we can’t stay up that late, his monologue struck...

Abuse of Power – Tale of a Red State

Society javaz - February 21, 2010 108

A Federal Grand Jury has been investigating Sheriff Joe Arpaio for abuse of power in Maricopa County, Arizona since January 7th, 2010. The investigation is...

The very sad and complicated story of Mercy the Cat

Society Pepe Lepew - February 18, 2010 38

This is a very troubling story that will not leave you happy. I have to warn you, it is a little heartbreaking. It left...

New Populist Group – Vote For Your Favorite Names!

Society AdLib - February 12, 2010 147

With huge kudos to javaz for conceiving of and inspiring this, SueInCA for organizing, Chernynkaya for writing the Mission Statement and all the other...

HATE IN AMERICA, Part 3: The Psychology and Recruitment of Hate

Society Chernynkaya - February 12, 2010 47

The Southern Poverty Law Center counted 926 active hate groups in the U.S. in 2008—that’s a 54% rise since 2000. And those are only...

Americans United

Society javaz - February 10, 2010 554

We need to start a movement, a splinter group from the Democratic Party. I am...

URGENT ACTION NEEDED: The Death of Democracy

Society Chernynkaya - February 10, 2010 15

With the growing abuse of the filibuster and Democrats unwilling to take the strong action necessary to fix the economy and regain the public...

DADT’s Days are Numbered

Society KQµårk 死神 - February 9, 2010 11

In the clearest signal yet that DADT is on it's way to being repealed Lt Choi has been called back to active duty. ...

HATE IN AMERICA, Part 2: Hate Speech and the First Amendment

Society Chernynkaya - February 8, 2010 70

WHAT IS HATE SPEECH? Hate speech is the kind of speech used to denigrate an individual or a group of people because of something about...

Choice under new attack from Operation Rescue

Society javaz - February 6, 2010 23

Choice under new attack from Operation Rescue, led by Troy Newman, the president of the organization. Operation Rescue has launched a new anti-choice campaign by...

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Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided to shake up the political world on Friday by becoming an independent. The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democrats and two independents within their ranks, the caucus has 48 Democrats and three independents. [...]

Meet the woman steering Biden's bipartisan winning streak on Capitol Hill

The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history. From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marriage to party-line bills tackling climate change and expanding health care coverage, it's a record President Joe Biden and Democrats on the ballot were all eager to tout on the campaign trail during the midterms. [...]

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Margins of Error

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The notable legal clouds that continue to hang over Donald Trump

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The fine print of the Respect for Marriage Act

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Satellite imagery reveals damage to key Iran nuclear sites

Imagery from two different providers shows damage to Iranian nuclear facilities. [...]

Minnesota assassination survivor and husband shot 17 times

Yvette Hoffman says she was shot eight times and her husband nine. The gunman is still at large. [...]

Air India plane crash death toll rises to 270

Dr Dhaval Gameti said 270 bodies have been recovered from the site of Thursday's plane crash in Ahmedabad. [...]

Wait for bodies deepens pain of families after Air India crash

Officials said on Saturday that 11 victims had been identified so far based on their DNA samples. [...]

The first trial of its kind: A Russian soldier takes the stand for an execution

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Ex-Syrian commander claims missing US journalist Austin Tice was executed

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Mass protests against Trump across US as president holds military parade

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Museum's plea after couple break crystal-covered chair

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Macron visits Greenland in show of European unity and signal to Trump

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