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slatsg's Profile
DOB: A long, long time ago
Location: Woodstock Nation
Occupation: Donut-hole inspector
Groups: Anti-Capitalist Meetup, Team Bernie
Hobbies: Ambling; Perusing
Diaries published: 149 (197 days since last diary on Sat Dec 05, 2020 at 10:35 AM PST)
Comments posted: 10490 (20 days since last comment on Sun May 30, 2021 at 06:46 PM PDT)
Diary frequency: often
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 3733
Total Comment Ratings: 22537
Most Recommended Diary: Fear among the Republican base, 543 comments, 755 recommends
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Donald Trump lost the Presidential election of 2020. On January 20, 2021 he will leave office and Joe Biden will become the 46th President. Yet nearly every day #trump and #DonaldTrump continue to be the top two hashtags here at Daily Kos....
by slatsg
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on Sat Dec 05, 2020 at 10:35 AM PST
with 7 Recommends
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This place is allegedly a “reality based” community. It hasn’t been in quite a while, but that is the claim. Nonetheless it is one thing to make rather absurd electoral predictions. It’s quite another to claim that there will be an...
by slatsg
83 comments
on Wed Nov 11, 2020 at 02:53 PM PST
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Dear Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez, I imagine that you are growing weary of all those Democratic centrists and Lincoln Project Republicans who would like you to keep quiet and not make waves as we celebrate the Biden-Harris victory....
by slatsg
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on Sun Nov 08, 2020 at 04:31 PM PST
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A couple of days ago there was a diary on the rec list on the topic of boomers and their treatment here at DK. This is not a diary to rehash that subject. Rather this concerns some of the comments in that diary that suggested that it was divisive and...
by slatsg
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on Sun Aug 11, 2019 at 08:35 AM PDT
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What do the following seventeen people have in common?
Bob Barr
Evan Bayh
Sam Brownback
Hillary Clinton
Christopher Dodd
John Edwards
Dick Gephardt
Virgil Goode
Fritz Hollings
Duncan Hunter
John Kerry
Joe...
by slatsg
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on Fri Aug 02, 2019 at 07:44 AM PDT
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We visited Sweden a couple of years ago. On the first evening we dined out, and I added the standard tip to the bill. The waiter looked at it, said “Too much”, scratched out the amount and wrote in an amount that was less than 3%. “This is better”, he...
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on Mon Apr 01, 2019 at 08:06 AM PDT
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- The main objective of the HUAC was the investigation of un-American and subversive activities. Soon after his appointment Dies received a telegram from the Ku Klux Klan: "Every true American, and that includes every Klansman, is behind you and your...126 comments 277 Recs
- Judging by the reaction on social media, you either love the ubiquitous Bernie mittens memes or you hate them. Personally, I find them charming—and they’ve been a welcome distraction from the 500-pound gorilla that’s, well, no longer in the room. But...13 comments 41 Recs
- After Racist Signs Started Appearing Around Their Maine Town, Two Friends Aimed To Put A Stop To It.How did two regular Joe’s become, unexpectedly, viral internet sensations as anti racism activists? Travis Verrill and Jason Gordon have been friends for decades, and both own small businesses in their hometown of Norway, Maine....183 comments 470 Recs
- Night Owls, a themed open thread, appears at Daily Kos seven days a week Kenny Stancil at Common Dreams writes— Shedding more light on a significant electoral trend that progressives have ...109 comments 115 Recs
- On Election Day as voters were awaiting the results of the ballots they had cast to decide whether Donald Trump’s Make America Great pitch was better than Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan, there were 55 Teamster members in...12 comments 26 Recs
- On Saturday, The New York Times published a thorough, exciting interview with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the subject of running for reelection, progressives being seen as the enemy, and President-elect Joe Biden’s big win. On Sunday morning,...633 comments 320 Recs
- UC Berkeley's new poll of California finds Proposition 22, a ballot measure that would designate drivers for “App-Based Transportation and Delivery Companies” as independent contractors with some benefits rather than as employees, leading by a narrow...50 comments 58 Recs
- M e s s a g e s A c r o s s A m e r i c a I’ve run out of bumper stickers to give away. We did well! At last count, 2,669 pro-Dem bumper stickers have been distributed, which includes our Kossack-contributed giveaway inventory as...7 comments 13 Recs
- CROSS POSTED FROM BLUE VIRGINIA Yet another amazing, inspiring story from the Qasim Rashid for Congress (VA01) campaign. Go Qasim! (For more on Qasim, see Video: Sunrise Movement-Endorsed Qasim Rashid (D-VA01) Holds Conversation on...500 comments 1411 Recs
- Brennan Center for Justice Michael Waldman gave the most compelling message for deconstructing how we should message vote-by-mail and voting to all. Vote-By-Mail message to heed Watch the full episode here. Donald Trump and his cabal are trying to...6 comments 17 Recs
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