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6 May 2017: Please reread "Lord of the Flies," then write a diary about how moderate community moderation is. Resist!
Diaries published: 20 (463 days since last diary on Sun Feb 02, 2020 at 11:35 AM PST)
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Most Recommended Diary: Telephone script to undo your cable/phone/ISP price gouges by $50+/mo now. Feed ActBlue 15%, please., 85 comments, 92 recommends
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Sunday, 2 Feb 2020, 1120a PST USA Today published some details I have not seen elsewhere about the Des Moines Register, CNN, and Selzer & Co. poll spiked at ~800p CST on Saturday,1 Feb 2020, two days before the 2020 Iowa caucus. If USA Today’s...
by FoggyDew
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on Sun Feb 02, 2020 at 11:35 AM PST
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I read a diary comment this morning to the effect that votes by the Democratic Party-controlled House are merely symbolic because the Republican-controlled Senate likely will not concur.
I disagree.
When the House passes overwhelmingly popular...
by FoggyDew
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on Mon Apr 01, 2019 at 02:53 PM PDT
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Joy: "'Any circumstance you can foresee...for impeaching Donald Trump?"
GOP guest: "Absolutely not!" Sunday, 4 February 2018
Joy-Ann Reid’s entire segment this morning (1000a-1158a EST) about high crimes / misdemeanors and President Trump’s getting ~3 hours per day of marching orders dictated to him from his TV is worth watching, then re-watching. ...
by FoggyDew
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on Sun Feb 04, 2018 at 12:38 PM PST
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Campaign Framing from Rep. Sam Rayburn (D-TX), 17 yrs Speaker: "Any jackass can kick down a barn .." Many here lament the lack of effective framing to position the Democratic Party for victory in the 2018 elections. It’s a bit frightening that we still are in the brainstorming phase as of early February, but that means we need to be focused and...
by FoggyDew
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on Sat Feb 03, 2018 at 11:56 AM PST
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Thursday, Jan 25, 2018 · 8:58:23 PM PST · FoggyDew
UPDATE: Thursday, 25 January 2018.
The Boston Globe reports that Rep. Joseph Kennedy will deliver the Democratic response to the SOTU Address on Tuesday, 30 January.
Noweasels has a diary up...
by FoggyDew
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on Wed Jan 24, 2018 at 07:13 PM PST
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‘See something? ‘Say something?
Thanks! At least two Republican senators will reward you with a referral for federal criminal prosecution.
The Washington Post reports today that two Republican senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Chairman...
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on Fri Jan 05, 2018 at 08:06 PM PST
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- The restaurant business is booming in Florida, propped up by "a huge spring break and tourist influx," reports The Washington Post as prelude to yet another story about how Americans are still not eagerly lining up to take the worst jobs in America...163 comments 247 Recs
- Color me naive, but when I first heard that Rep. Liz Cheney was in trouble over in the Republican Party, I had an instinctual sense of alarm. �It wasn’t based on anything with regards to any ...412 comments 513 Recs
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a specific classification for what is known as a “rare pediatric disease.” Every condition that meets that designation is, by definition, horrible. These are the diseases that most families are blissfully...67 comments 293 Recs
- Breaking rules “The rules!” shouted Ralph. “You’re breaking the rules!” “Who cares?” Ralph summoned his wits. “Because the rules are the only thing we’ve got!” --Lord of the Flies, William Golding When the history of our time is finally written, the...205 comments 485 Recs
- A few books about Myanmar/ Burma On twitter this week I read plea after plea from Myanmar: the troops are killing us in the street and burning our homes, please help us. What can I do? I’m an information sharer by nature and by training so that’s...12 comments 13 Recs
- A marathon session of the Senate Friday and Saturday resulted in passage of the American Rescue Plan, the most significant anti-poverty legislation passed in the U.S. in decades. The bill passed on strict party lines, 50-49 (Republican Sen. Dan...92 comments 196 Recs
- Since the Jan. 6 attempted insurrection at the U.S. Capitol we’ve been treated to the spectacle of people like Rep.Kevin McCarthy, Sen. Ted Cruz, and others within the Republican party invoking a spirit of “unity” as they urge Democrats to temper their...233 comments 563 Recs
- Trump went 'ballistic' after being tossed off Twitter Note to media: please don't use the words "Trump" and “Ballistic” together in the same sentence for the next 12 days if possible. Things are just too nerve racking and too on edge right now in our...557 comments 568 Recs
- Okay, this is kind of significant. And since Joe Manchin, among the least liberal Democrats of Congress, could be a thorn in the leadership’s side, it could be seismic. The Anchorage Daily News: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Friday that Donald Trump...307 comments 237 Recs
- There’s the old saying, “You snooze, you lose.” Well, here’s a saying I’ve just coined—don’t know if it’ll catch on—but here it is: “You riot, you lose.” Lose your job, that is. CNN has a piece that’s telling us just...13 comments 19 Recs
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