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  1. Fogdog

    Right wing anti woke propaganda targets peaceful protests

    We saw it when they claimed BLM protesters were "burning down our cities" or when Portland ANTIFA stood against White Nationalists when they tried to march in their city's streets carrying the flags of White Nationalist groups and even flags with NAZI swastikas. This thread is about all of...
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    Fascism came to town

    https://japantoday.com/category/world/Trump-digs-in-on-election-lies-attacks-accuser-during-CNN-town-hall-event At the town hall that was broadcast on CNN, the face of modern day fascism was on full display. The litany of bald faced lies, lies that even his ardent supporters would agree are...
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    At Waco Rally, Trump Vows Political Vengeance

    "'2024 is the final battle" So, yeah, he's raising the temperature and stirring the pot, trying to get another boil over like the one he caused on Jan 6, 2021. Not going to repeat what he said. He lies. Don't listen to liars. We don't have a thread on the rally he held. Hopefully, nobody...
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    Why do libertarians support Republicans?

    Saw this today on Huffpo. DeSantis is breaking a contract and trust with Disney over an agreement made long ago that made Disney Corp repsonsible for building and maintaining public infrastructure in the area of Disney World. Ron DeSantis To Run Disney District After 'Don't Say Gay' Feud...
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    US Black citizens are more likely to be killed by the police

    Published March 3, 2022. In light of what happened in Memphis, as pertinent today as then. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/report-black-people-are-still-killed-police-higher-rate-groups-rcna17169 According to data collected by The Washington Post, police shot and killed at least 1,055...
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    Tulsi Gabbard's 2024 GOP presidential primary campaign kickoff speech at CPAC

    Gabbard is trying to resurrect her political career by joining the Republican MAGA Qanon party. Lulz. It fits her better. I'll say that. https://www.thedailybeast.com/democrat-tulsi-gabbard-says-she-feels-right-at-home-at-cpac?ref=scroll Tulsi Gabbard to Speak at CPAC, Joining Its ‘Great...
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    Fascism and the Republican Party

    Biden said it out loud in a speech a few days ago. We all knew it before he said it but to have the President of the United States come out and say it. That's different. Let the light of truth purify us. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-maga-republicans-semi-fascism/ President Biden...
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    6 shot, one dead during a protest against police brutality in Portland Oregon. 2022 is going to suck

    1 dead, 5 injured in shooting near Normandale Park in Northeast Portland Portland police confirmed that one person was killed and at least five others were injured in a shooting near a demonstration Saturday night. Police took two people into custody in relation to the shooting, according to...
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    Corrupt as week old road kill. Authoritarian states are a pox on humanity.

    Just the beginning. Plenty more to come. Democracy is threatened world wide due to dirty money and it's not drug cartels that I'm talking about. But today is story about a girl used by her government to show the world how superior Russia is. This week we feature the hijinks of the Russian...
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    Neil Young makes a stand against misinformation

    The man puts his money where his mouth is. Props to the man who can write a beautiful song and make is sound as if a stray cat on a fence is singing it. Neil Young plans to pull his music from Spotify over Joe Rogan Covid misinformation...
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    GOP packing the Supreme Court

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/supreme-court-reform-expansion_n_6169b75be4b005b245bce336 Democrats Trash Findings From Biden's Supreme Court Reform Commission “This report is a disappointment to anyone who’d hoped for a hard-hitting effort to address the Supreme Court’s deep troubles," said...
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    What are Biden's foreign policies?

    Eff Dictator wannabe Trump, the boring bloviator and has been. This is about Biden's administration. But if Trump lovers want to carp about Biden's foreign polices because "Trump was better", let's hear it. Let's hear your complaints about how Biden is screwing up. Please try to stay...
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    Examples of Democratic Party leadership

    This thread must start with the Covid relief bill: Biden's Covid stimulus plan: It costs $1.9tn but what's in it? The US is poised to pass its third major spending package of the pandemic - a $1.9tn (£1.4tn) plan that President Joe Biden has championed as a way to help struggling Americans...
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    Another story that proves guns make people safer

    Not Three people killed, two injured, in shooting at gun store in Louisiana Three people were killed and two were injured in a shooting at a gun store in Louisiana on Saturday. Deputies were called to the scene at the Jefferson Gun Outlet in Metairie just before 3 p.m., Jefferson Parish...
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    The Oregon Republican Party. What can I say?

    First this: 2 rural Oregon counties vote to consider joining Idaho; Move Oregon’s Border dream remains long shot They can't win an election, so, they vote to gerrymander state borders...
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    Which event this week will have a longer term effect on the US, Republicans losing in Georgia or

    Listening to a podcast on the site, Five thirty eight https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/politics-podcast-what-will-the-republican-party-do-now/ One of the panel of speakers brought up an interesting and perhaps hopeful point. In the long term, the Georgia elections may have been the larger...
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    Attorney General Judge Merrick Garland

    Biden to tap Merrick Garland for attorney general Joe Biden has selected Judge Merrick Garland to serve as his attorney general, according to two people with knowledge of the decision. Biden selected Garland over former Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) and former deputy attorney general Sally Yates...
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    Trump's census shenanigans: foiled

    Celebrate a win by our government against Republican Party's attempt to cheat the census. What is at stake at the minimum: Removing undocumented immigrants from apportionment would be unprecedented in U.S. history, and critics say it is unconstitutional. It could also affect the makeup of the...
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    The alt right groups, Proud Boys and Patriots Prayer are at it again in Oregon, this time in Salem.

    Background: Gov. Kate Brown called lawmakers back to Salem days before Christmas to extend the state’s eviction moratorium, create a compensation fund for landlords and allocate more money for the state’s COVID-19 response and wildfire recovery work. Lawmakers are also considering proposals to...
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    Companies are entitled to make vaccination a condition of employment.

    Well, well. No surprise here. Of course there will be howls of outrage by the radical authoritarian right but here it is. Companies can require employees to get vaccinated and show proof. I would hope that those companies could prevent the fired luddite from collecting unemployment as well...
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