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Surprising Nobody, We Learn Florida COVID Reporting is Fraudulent

This morning, we got the first witness-based evidence of what had become rather obvious to many observers, that the Florida reporting of COVID-19 data has been a complete fraud.  We had already heard...

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Isn't it time that we got real about "the vaccine"?

Enough of all this happy talk about vaccines.  It is high time the media stopped accepting unsupported nonsense by advocates with vested interests and started asking the tough questions.The most basic...

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I think we may be missing the motive for this USPS tampering

90% of the media coverage of the USPS thing is to the effect that Trump may be able to swing the election by crippling the mails.  The other 10% deals with Dejoy’s conflicts of interest.Those are real...

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We are at a very important turning point with Beltway staff

Just a quick entry to note an important point that seems to be somewhat lost on the major media.  The past two weeks, we have seen a whole bunch of Beltway people either quitting or more importantly,...

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Read the 20th Amendment. It is actually a real thing.

With Trump talking openly about sending the election to the Supreme Court, there has been all sorts of angst in the major media, but precious few facts.  I am not a Constitutional lawyer — I am not a...

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I wonder if Trump wants to correct his misquote of Gandhi

Back in 2016, Trump misquoted Gandhi in this tweet:Gandhi misquoteIt was a common mistake as this quote has no agreed source:“First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then...

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Lots of misleading info about provisional ballots

I have been listening to CNN, MSNBC, Bloomberg AP and other sources all day.  There has been a lot of talk about provisional ballots, especially as it relates to Pennsylvania.  I find that commentary...

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No. I will not meet you halfway. You must change.

Dear Trump supporter,Let’s make a deal.  I will not accuse you of being evil as Satan or stupid as a bag of rocks if you show you are capable of learning from the experience of the past 4 years....

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Time to break one more norm. Harris will be the President of the Senate

This diary is inspired by Josh Cryer’s article: www.democraticunderground.com/…I comment on that here not to plagiarize but to add weight and attention Cryer’s very important insights.The only thing...

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DiFi: An Embarrassment and a Huge Liability

It is a crime that California gets only two Senators.  And that crime is magnified when one of those is Diane Feinstein.  Her tenure had been filled with spineless capitulation and more than occasional...

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It is hard to have sympathy for failed paywall strategies. They aren't even...

OK, this is a pet peeve, not really tied to today’s news.  We often hear the sad stories of how badly the traditional print media are doing and how poorly the paywall strategies are performing for most...

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The way to get rid of DeJoy and take control of the USPS Board

When dealing with mobsters, you have to think like a mobster.  Or, don’t bring a wet noodle to a gun fight.The USPS is an essential service that is systematically being wrecked by the mobsters who have...

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Seriously? Only 19 recs and 4 comments for this Kos interview with Joe Trippi?

I’m referring to this article.OK, I get it.  This is a long interview.  The Trippi portion starts about 13:00 and runs through about 55:00 — about 40 minutes.  And I also get that the diary is posted...

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"... or of such other body as Congress may by law provide" -- Whither the 25th?

If I were to compile my list of the greatest American heroes of 2020, that list would include Stacey Abrams, Tony Fauci, and Rachael Maddow.  I say that because Rachael has stood alone as the person...

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Amazon booting Parler off AWS

I am surprised nobody else has posted this.  If it is a duplicate, the Mods should delete this.  See a news report here:www.buzzfeednews.com/…Like many large-scale cloud apps, Parler is built on AWS...

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"... except in cases of impeachment."

The Presidential pardon power in the Constitution reads:… shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of impeachment.Most people interpret...

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Use the Trump media strategy ... for good

Trump’s main strategy was chaos.  His only goal was to dominate the news cycle every single day.  Each day he would try to come up with something more outrageous than the previous day.  That way, the...

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Why does ESPN show so few highlights of the Chiefs?

I was listening to the Jen Psaki briefing today, and in 5 minutes, 3 reporters asked why Biden wasn’t being “bipartisan” as he promised.  She tried patiently to explain that Biden never promised to...

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So ... What is happening with the USPS?

OK, I know there is a lot going on.  And I know Biden hasn’t finished his third week.  But the postal service is still really messed up — INTENTIONALLY — and the main saboteur is still on the job and...

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Jen Psaki should leave

Yes, you heard me right.  She said she plans to leave next year.www.businessinsider.com/…And people on the left are having a meltdown because evidently Jen Psaki is the only person who knows how to...

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It is time for a new Pledge of Allegiance

I won’t waste a lot of time with the history of the Pledge, other than to say it has always been a gimmick pushed by right-wingers intent on using false patriotism to accomplish their own self-serving...

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Three judges confirmed in 5 months? Seriously?

This really is outrageous, and it cannot possibly be blamed on McConnell’s obstruction.  Biden and Schumer simply aren’t taking this seriously.Here’s the reality.  With all the voter suppression...

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Liz Cheney: Beware the Beltway Conventional Wisdom

I posted the following as a comment to another diary, and it was suggested that idea deserves its own diary for discussion.  So here it is.  I am admittedly opinionated in many cases.  That comes with...

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(Possibly) The Most Basic Point being Missed about Vaccination Mandates

Over the past week, there has been endless media jabbering about “vaccine mandates”.  And in particular, there is often an assertion that businesses are actually in favor of the mandates.  The reason...

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Who Died and Left Manchin in Charge?

Perhaps I am stating the obvious, but sometimes it is the simple, obvious things that are overlooked, and result in our biggest problems.  It is said that in a Senate and House with such narrow...

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Looking for a Redemption of PBS

I literally have not watched the PBS News Hour for at least 20 years.  That was the time when Republicans had cut off most of the public funding and implanted their own far right CEO to “straighten...

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Why is Ukraine important?

(As the reader will see from various comments, the proper way to refer to the subject country is simply “Ukraine” and not “the Ukraine.”  The headline and various other references in the article have...

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Redemption of a hero: Dan Quayle

It seems to me there is one hero in the Jan 6 story who was most unlikely and has barely been acknowledged.  Dan Quayle was never a person I particularly admired.  I didn’t agree with many of his...

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A radical solution to radical problems

By now, most people here are familiar with the 14th Amendment, Section 3, which says:No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any...

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Voting rights: Let's not miss the most important point in this debate

This week, the national media is looking at the battle in the Senate for passage of two voting rights bills that seem to be the only thing between democracy and tyranny by a lawless mob that have...

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Late Stage Capitalism: Trump is on course to pocket the "Truth Social" money

Much has been written and said about “Truth Social,” and 99% of that reporting is completely wrong, as it talks about the site as if it was ever intended to be a real thing.  It was not.  We are in...

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Gyno-Tourism: the next Multi-billion Dollar Industry

Until now, the issue of reproductive rights as been mainly an ethical, moral, philosophical one.  Different people come down in different places on that.But now, this is very quickly turning into an...

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The Great Clawback is Underway

This country was never a democracy.  This country never had an economic system of “capitalism” such as would be recognized by Adam Smith.  This country never had a foundation of “one person, one vote”...

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Ukraine War: Can we take a minute to look at the big picture?

There have been many highly informative articles here that have provided enormous insights into how the war is being fought.  These reports tend to be very detailed.  After all, this kind of war is...

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You may be a "MAGA Republican" if ...

It seems many Republicans are objecting to the term “MAGA Republican”.  That term seems perfectly clear to me, and is a case of if the shoe fits …None of us have ever said that every Republican is an...

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Mastodon growth update

It is becoming increasingly clear that if any system is going to displace Twitter in the next several years, it will be Mastodon (including other platforms that are able to integrate into the Mastodon...

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Whom are you following on Mastodon?

Good FollowsOne of the rough areas of Mastodon is discovering whom to follow.  For me, it is mainly by finding references in other posts I am already following.  I assume that as Mastodon matures, the...

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If McCarthy can't win, what are the alternatives?

After Day 1There is all sorts of talk about the “horse race”, how many votes it will take, mow many months it could go on, etc..  I think all of that is besuide the point.  What is a lot more important...

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USPS Update: There is no update

Nothing to report here.  There were two vacancies at the end of 2022.  It appears that Biden’s awesome team can’t bother to find two people in a country of 340,000,000 people who are qualified to join...

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As the media blabbers on about "a year of war in Ukraine", the story they...

It was as predictable as seeing reporters standing in the middle of a hurricane, saying nothing more useful than “It is really, really wet out here.  And windy too.”  Yeah, Sherlock.  We get that.  It...

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Why is there no hardball with Tuberville?

Republicans know they can count on Democrats to wimp out every time, although Dems like to say “We are the adults in the room.”  Look, this isn't complicated.  You have heard the expression, “Don’t...

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Time to own "Woke"

Let me begin by acknowledging that the term “woke” has been used for a long time in the African-American community.  I don’t mean anything in this diary to disrespect that tradition and will welcome...

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What's New with Mastodon (and ActivityPub)

It is a new year and 6 months after the launch of Threads.  It seems like a good time to take a look at the landscape for the “short message socials”.The NumbersGiven its huge Instragram base, Threads...

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Did Willis shoot herself in the foot?

I am surprised there is nothing posted on Kos about the charges raised against Willis and her lead prosecutor.  See www.atlantanewsfirst.com/…The claims:Willis has been having an affair with the lead...

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Ignore the pollsters. Ignore the pundits. They know nothing.

In election season, you can tell exactly what is going on by following one simple rule.Forget the pollsters.  They haven’t produced reliable results for almost a full generation.Ignore the pundits....

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A window into the modern mind: "I'm quitting Youtube" youtubes

OK.  This diary has nothing to do with politics, or does it?  As a semi-professional musician, I follow the Youtube channel of guitarist/producer Rick Beato.  He is a very accomplished musician with...

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Soros to control Audacy?

I am surprised this has received little (no?) attention on DK.  It is being reported that Soros is purchasing a big block of Audacy’s bankruptcy debt.  The reorganization plan is being reworked to give...

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