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The Tale of Two Women and the One Man Who Failed

Speakers' Corner Marion - August 9, 2011 6

How's this for an oxymoron? Her Serene Highness Queen Ratfucker Omnipotent of Medialand, otherwise known as Arianna Huffington, came to Philadelphia yesterday to address the...

The Daily Planet, Vol. 128

Speakers' Corner Chernynkaya - August 9, 2011 38

MASSIVE edition! News and opinion from around US-opolis for Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Downgrading the Downgraders

Speakers' Corner BlueStateMan - August 8, 2011 33

Although Standard & Poors publicly stated reasons behind their decision to downgrade the credit rating of the United States from "AAA" to "AA+" were...

Do You Want to Live Forever?

Speakers' Corner ADONAI - August 8, 2011 37

Image via Wikipedia Because I could not stop for death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves and immortality. ~Emily Dickinson I have...

Pillow Talk

Speakers' Corner Caru - August 7, 2011 23

Let me be clear: I hate sleep.

The Enemy Within

Speakers' Corner Marion - August 6, 2011 83

There's been a campaign going on around the blogosphere for awhile, advocating that MSNBC ban Pat Buchanan from appearing on the network. Buchanan is...

Vox Populi – 8-5-2011

Speakers' Corner AdLib - August 5, 2011 0

Chernynkaya : Night, AL--I'll let you know and thanks again. AdLib : Yep, looks like it's time to close the Vox Populi bar! Have a...

We Are Our Own Worst Enemy

Speakers' Corner BlueStateMan - August 5, 2011 35

Let’s face it… We are our own worst enemy.. and we better acknowledge that simple fact that unless we confront this cancer as a unified...

Shovel-ready in a Sagging Economy

Speakers' Corner Emerald1943 - August 3, 2011 19

Good morning, Planeteers! I trust you all are doing okay, having come through all this angst. Now that Congress is on their five-week PAID vacation,...

The Daily Planet, Vol. 127

Speakers' Corner Chernynkaya - August 3, 2011 3

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Wednesday, August 3, 2011

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How Law Enforcement Got the Man Suspected of Killing Charlie Kirk

F.B.I. leaders touted the immense federal deployment assigned to find the assassin. But their big break came with a single tip — from the suspect’s own family. [...]

Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk Shooting Suspect, Went From Scholarship Winner to Wanted Man

Tyler Robinson, the man accused of shooting Charlie Kirk, was a stellar student in high school, raised in a Republican home in Southwest Utah and training to be an electrician. [...]

Hasan Piker on Charlie Kirk

The two men had very different politics. But as a fellow star of a new political media class, the left-wing streamer had a personal reaction to Mr. Kirk’s assassination. [...]

NPR and PBS Must Transform After Trump’s Cuts Cripple Broadcasters

Radio and television stations, facing enormous budget holes, are pleading with NPR and PBS to lower their fees as they examine whether to drop national programming altogether. [...]

Brazil Defies Trump’s Demands by Convicting Bolsonaro

Latin America’s largest nation is shaping up as a test case on how to defy President Trump. [...]

Emmys 2025: How to Watch, Time and Streaming

The show, airing on CBS, is being hosted by the comedian Nate Bargatze. [...]

‘You Burned This Country Down’: After Arsons, Nepal Reckons With Its Future

The frenzy of arson that blazed nationwide this week as protests spread added to those suffering acute burns in a country where fires maim and kill with shocking regularity. [...]

Nepal’s New Government Calls Elections. Its Critics Cry Foul.

Sushila Karki, a former Supreme Court chief justice who was appointed as interim leader, made speed a priority in a process that other jurists deemed unconstitutional. [...]

As Sabotage in Europe Mounts, So Do Calls to Retaliate Against Russia

Drones in Poland and GPS jamming attributed to Russia have intensified a debate over whether the West should impose stiffer penalties for such “hybrid warfare.” [...]

How People Are Using ChatGPT for Financial Advice

More people are turning to generative A.I. chatbots for financial advice, whether it’s for debt management, better saving strategies or stock picks. [...]

How Kyrsten Sinema's decision makes Democrats' 2024 Senate map tighter

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. [...]

CNN Political Briefing

The political news you need to know, in 10 minutes or less. Hosted by David Chalian. [...]

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics. [...]

Margins of Error

Look closely at almost anything and you'll find data—lots of it. But what are those numbers really saying about who we are and what we believe? Harry Enten is on a mission to find out. [...]

The notable legal clouds that continue to hang over Donald Trump

All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid. [...]

The fine print of the Respect for Marriage Act

Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court. [...]

Everything you need to know about Biden's student loan forgiveness program

President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness program, which promises to deliver up to $20,000 of debt relief for millions of borrowers, is on hold indefinitely as legal challenges work their way through the courts. [...]

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'I will never let your legacy die' - Charlie Kirk's widow gives tearful address after shooting

Erika Kirk vows to fight on against 'evil-doers' in her first statement since her husband's death. [...]

Charlie Kirk's suspected killer brought into custody after confessing to father

Tyler Robinson is accused of shooting the right-wing activist while he was speaking at a university in Utah on Wednesday. [...]

New Nato mission to bolster eastern flank after Russia drone incursion

France, Denmark and Germany will send jets to Poland after Russian drones flew into its airspace. [...]

Nepal gets first female PM after deadly unrest

Former Supreme Court chief justice Sushila Karki is sworn in after a deal with protest leaders. [...]

Woman held by Taliban warns British couple 'dying' in prison

Faye Hall was arrested with Peter and Barbie Reynolds in February, and released after two months. [...]

Defiant nuns flee care home for their abandoned convent in the Alps

Sisters Bernadette, Regina and Rita needed a locksmith to get back into their convent, defying Church leaders. [...]

Colombian court rules Meta was wrong to bar porn star's Instagram account

The nation's highest court says the tech firm removed Esperanza Gómez's account without clear justification. [...]

ICE agent shoots dead man who tried to drive at agents, officials say

The driver, Silverio Villegas-Gonzales, was pronounced dead in hospital shortly after the incident. [...]

Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn leader released from prison early

Nikos Michaloliakos, 67, who gave Hitler salutes at rallies, is allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence from home. [...]

Memphis next US city to see National Guard troops, Trump says

The deployment of the National Guard to Memphis comes roughly a month after he sent troops to Washington DC. [...]

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The Tale of Two Women and the One Man Who Failed

The Daily Planet, Vol. 128

Downgrading the Downgraders

Do You Want to Live Forever?

Pillow Talk

The Enemy Within

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The Daily Planet, Vol. 127

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