Tuesday Hangout - Popping One's Own Bubbles 4/30/19
This is a personal post. It's part confession; part tearing at the fabric of my own privilege and hubris; and part invitation to examine one's own influences and determine if there are any bubble that...
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Bernie Sanders is an accomplished, effective leader (hope you read this and...
From activist to mayor to U.S. Rep to U.S. Senator to Democratic policy trendsetter, Bernie Sanders has a long record of achievementI’ve tried to keep this article relatively short — key word is...
View ArticleHow to debate a conservative Christian: Choosing our scriptural battles
DK member G2geek suggested that I split my diary How to debate a conservative Christian into parts and release it as a series. This is Part Three.As one reader mentioned in a comment on Part One,...
View ArticleSen Gillibrand supports impeachment,GND,Med4All&has most antiTrump...
Our fantastic female senators are not getting their due, not getting the attention they deserve. It is not that surprising that the media is focused on the male candidates, but that should not be...
View ArticleMove On Maher, your rants against social justice warriors and young people...
Last night on Bill Maher’s HBO show, his viewers were once again subjected to his rants regarding leftist political identity and his excoriation of young people. Fortunately for the viewers, Charles...
View ArticleSocial justice, political correctness, human decency, bigotry, and total jerks
This past week there was a bewildering little discussion on Bill Maher’s Real Time where—yet, again—Maher railed mightily at the horrors of political correctness and social justice warriors, while...
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Black Kos, Tuesday's Chile- The Case of Kyle Kashuv
The Case of Kyle KashuvCommentary by Chitown KevI have enough going on IRL at the moment that I really didn’t need to see this Kyle Kashuv hot mess up and down my Twitter feed.(CNN)- Harvard's apparent...
View ArticleWomen Pay the Price in More Ways Than One
It isn’t just the crisis surrounding Draconian measures aimed at controlling our reproductive health, privacy, autonomy, and indeed our lives, that threatens women everywhere. Globally, women continue...
View ArticleBiden blaming Sen.Harris+Booker for response to his praising...
This is not a hit piece on Joe Biden. I don’t write hit-pieces. I will support Joe Biden with every fiber in my being if he wins the nomination. He is certainly far better than Donald Trump. Joe Biden...
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We are an existential threat to fear and hatred. Change is coming - Tuesday...
Good Day, Gnusies. Happy Tuesday! Thanks to Mokurai for the GNR title today “We are an existential threat to fear and hatred.” Yes we are!On Saturday morning, as the horror in El Paso unfolded, I...
View ArticleJay-Z's partnership with the NFL spurs debate over whether it's an...
Thursday Jay-Z and National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell held a news conference announcing a deal with the league in which the hip-hop mogul’s company will handle the NFL’s entertainment...
View ArticleA Time to Mourn, A Time to March
In 1969, the largest antiwar protest in the United States took place in Washington, D.C. when an estimated half a million people gathered in the nation’s capital to plead for an end to the Vietnam War....
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Kitchen Table Kibitzing 8/31/19: The greatest progressive rock band you never...
I first encountered Latin Quarter when I was in my early 20’s, working as a cashier in what department stores used to call their “record” department. Someone had returned, opened and used, a cassette...
View ArticleVictory! Akile goes on to the general election - vote Eritha Akile Cainion on...
The growing social movement for reparations in this city achieved a great feat on August 27th, 2019. The people’s candidate for District 7 city council, Eritha Akile Cainion, advanced past the primary...
View ArticleSt. Pete, a city divided: What the politicians and media don't want you to know
If something doesn’t change, there will be no black community in St. Petersburg two years from now. If you take the word of the mayor or the local newspaper, you might be led to believe that the city...
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Dorian destroyed oil storage facility on Grand Bahama resulting in...
As if the misery of the Bahamian people was not horrifying enough, the apocalyptic winds of Hurricane Dorian have been found to have ripped the roofs off of five storage onshore oil tanks on Grand...
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DvarTorah Bkmark: RBG on Her Heroes & on Why She Didn't Retire in Obama's...
From JTA today, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was inaugural recipient of the Moment Human Rights Award, where she was interviewed by Nina Totenberg, NPR legal affairs correspondent, as...
View ArticleI love Daily Kos and Here is what I believe in
The longer I am here, the more thankful I am for Daily Kos and the more progressive I become. Usually people do not know how much longer they will be alive. So, just in case, I wanted to express my...
View ArticleOn the Ground at J Street Conference 2019
I decided to travel to Washington, D.C. for the J Street Conference on the day that Donald Trump coined the moniker, “Disloyal Jews.” I was looking for answers and insights. I found plenty.J Street has...
View ArticleMorning Joe tries to throw Elizabeth Warren under the bus and every...
Morning Joe used Stephanie Ruhle to try to get several people to throw Senator Elizabeth Warren under the bus. In every single case, they threw it right back at her and Morning Joe Scarborough. It...
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