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GOP lawmaker's wife says she's been replacing 'terrible books' with Bibles in local Little Free Libr
Response to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post) Tue Aug 8, 2023, 08:17 AM 7. We have this happening in our Little Free Library in North Carolina My wife keeps it stocked with books and checks them almost every day. On several occasions books will be gone and Bible story books (not actual Bibles) will be there in their place. She's pretty careful about what she puts in there because kids often access the library, but it happens anyway. Reply to this post Back to top Alert abuse Link here Permalink
Trying to understand the "appeal" of TFG.
Response to CoopersDad (Reply #7) Tue Aug 8, 2023, 08:26 AM 16. "If you build it, he will come" Remember bullies in middle school or high school. With a heavy dose of antiintellectuallknownothingism. Spanish Teacher Killer Details Savage Baseball Bat Beating After Pleading Guilty to Murder Jeremy Goodale, one of the Iowa teens who murdered Nohema Graber, detailed how he and Willard Miller savagely beat the Spanish teacher to death in November 2021.
Why is TFG still alive?
Response to brewens (Reply #6) Fri Feb 24, 2023, 10:37 AM 9. I stopped Mc'Ds after a few years ago (never ate it that much) when after 2 fish sandwiches ... .... my body wanted that crap out of me PDQ and I was working on prairie project about 1/2 an hour later and I had to go home and take a shower. BTW I will still have some McD's breakfast every once and a while. Reply to this post Back to top Alert abuse Link here Permalink
Woman Ignited Gay Pride Flag, Damaging SoHo Bistro
Woman Ignited Gay Pride Flag, Damaging SoHo Bistro, Police Say The intentional fire at Little Prince, which was captured by a security camera, was being investigated as a possible hate crime, officials said. Workers fixing the damage to Little Prince caused by an arsonist early Monday. The restaurant planned to open for dinner that night.
trump not invited to the Koch brother republican presidential...
Tue Feb 7, 2023, 12:01 PM hopeful retreat. MSNBC reported this morning that DeSantis, Haley, Pence, Pompeo and Youngkin have been invited. It's becoming obvious the republicans are ditching trump as they blame him for losing in five straight election cycles. And they are also said to feel that Biden would beat trump if he got the repub nomination for '24.
NBC News: Musk driving Mastodon user growth
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Young and Homeless in Rural America
Sun Oct 2, 2022, 02:55 AM There is very little data tracking homelessness in rural areas around the country, and it is the McKinney-Vento liaisons who most often, if sometimes imperfectly, fill the gap. In 2018, Montana, for example, experienced a 145 percent increase in the number of homeless students not because many more kids suddenly became homeless but because a new statewide McKinney-Vento coordinator upped her efforts.
Republicans Plan To Elevate Marjorie Taylor Greene And Lauren Boebert If They Win Midterms - RoF
The House Freedom Caucus is planning on elevating the status, via Committee assignments, of both Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert if they win back the House in the midterms. This would be devastating for America, as both of these members have proven that they don't have the capacity to actually get laws passed - and they lack any ambition other than making themselves famous. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins discusses this.
A Shady App Is Tricking Trump Supporters Into Thinking They've Joined the True Truth Social
An Android app using a similar name to Trump's social media site has gotten well over 100,000 downloads and offers in-app purchases. An apparent rip-off of Donald Trump's social media network Truth Social has racked up downloads in the six figures on Google's Play Store, causing confusion by MAGA types who failed to realize the distinction. Insider first reported that the app, which is titled "MAGA Hub -- Truth Social Trump" on the Play Store, has crossed 100,000 downloads as of Tuesday....
Just what Democrats Need: Another Round of Self-Flagellation (sarcasm)
This editorial points out that the standards for criticism of the two parties are wildly hypocritical. Because this is a Washington Post paywall, I've gifted the article. Link at end of snip. snip Meanwhile, actual extremism is not only more prevalent in the Republican Party, extremism reaches into its highest echelons. Yet Republican elected officials are far less likely to be weighed down by their own right flank than Democrats are by their left. What accounts for the difference?
I'm about to become wildly unpopular ...
Wed Feb 9, 2022, 08:25 AM NanceGreggs (26,822 posts) ... but I've run out of fucks to give. When I joined DU , I came here to discuss the political events of the day with fellow Democrats. That included commiserating over our political losses as an impetus to doing better, and being more unified in accomplishing our common goals. It was about GOTV, inspiring each other to push against the powers-that-be that are determined to keep us down.
If repugs get a majority in the House or Senate...
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 02:28 AM Kablooie (17,352 posts) They will go wild with real witch hunt investigations and supeona everyone and everything that has criticised Trump in the past. Will Dems ignore the supeonas or will they comply and play along? 14 replies, 700 views Thread infoBookmark this threadTrash this thread Reply to this thread Back to top Alert abuse Replies to this discussion thread 14 replies Author Time Post If repugs get a majority in the House or Senate...
Rep. Eric Swalwell Issues Chilling Warning About 2022 Midterms
Response to UCmeNdc (Original post) Tue Jan 4, 2022, 08:08 AM 6. GOP has about an 80% chance at the House. Better prepare now. Not a doomsayer, just living in the real world. And right now people are not happy with inflation or gas prices. Simplistic, yes, but most voters are not like DUers. They look at the things hitting them at that moment. Reply to this post Back to top Alert abuse Link here Permalink
Apparently I had Covid 9 weeks ago and didn't even know it
I got a sore throat and some congestion in the first week of November. So I called in subs, expecting the worse, and on Thursday went to a Walgreens after work to get tested. They do it through the drive thru pharmacy at that location, so the testees and their testes don't have to get out of the car. This was on a Thursday. I've participating in a Johnson & Johnson vaccine study (I was in the placebo group from Dec 2020 till May 2021, when they de-blinded me and let me get a real vaccine).
Kimberly Guilfoyle engaged to Trump Jr.
Response to EarlG (Reply #9) Mon Jan 3, 2022, 06:29 PM 28. Not quite...... Spousal privilege, also known as marital privilege and husband-wife privilege, includes two types of privileges: the spousal communications privilege and the spousal testimonial privilege. The spousal communications privilege applies in civil and criminal cases. It shields communications made in confidence during a valid marriage.
Marjorie Taylor Greene says Facebook suspended her account for 24 hours
Response to lastlib (Reply #4) Mon Jan 3, 2022, 04:32 PM 20. This, and what does she think is the alternative, exactly?...putting into law that The internet belongs in the Public Domain, so that she cant be kicked off? Oh, honey. Oh please oh please oh PLEASE give us the gift of holding Facebook and Fox and AM Radio to public legal account. Please do exactly that hahaha... Reply to this post Back to top Alert abuse Link here Permalink
Capitol rioters' tears, remorse don't spare them from jail
Response to TexasTowelie (Original post) Sun Jan 2, 2022, 05:53 AM 8. "Got carried away in the moment!" "Just following orders!" "Trump made me do it!" "Went along with the crowd." "Seemed a good idea at the time." But now, I'm astounded at what I did (and got caught for it). I'm sorry! (that I got caught and am facing jail time) More than 5 years? Plenty of reflection time then, plenty of time to re-examine your internal dialog at the time.
"People destroying themselves blindly following fear," Today I was thinking about World War 2..
Response to Stuart G (Original post) Sun Jan 2, 2022, 03:05 AM 1. The word from that era that keeps coming to mind is appeasement. History mocks chamberlain as the face of appeasement, a policy that some thought reasonable at the time button which, certainly in retrospect, was exactly the wrong thing to do to counter someone like hitler. And yet, today we do pretty much the same thing against Donnie and his minions, the Republican Party and the right-wing media.
Derek Chauvin leading lonely 'dismal' life behind bars after George Floyd murder conviction: report
Response to brooklynite (Reply #13) Sat Jan 1, 2022, 04:47 PM 23. I disapprove of these prison conditions ... I don't think they should be applied 'punitively' However, it may be that these conditions (or ones close to them) are required for someone like Chauvin ... basically this situation is applied to keep a white ex-cop who's in jail for killing a black person ... safe, not to punish him directly. I would bet if you asked him if he wanted to go to Gen Pop, he'd be like 'yah, no thanks'.
9 injured when vehicle rear-ends Amish buggy in Wisconsin
Thu Nov 25, 2021, 04:53 PM mahatmakanejeeves (40,490 posts) Source: Associated Press 9 injured when vehicle rear-ends Amish buggy in Wisconsin 46 minutes ago LITTLE BLACK, Wis. (AP) Nine people were injured in north-central Wisconsin when a vehicle rear-ended an Amish buggy at highway speeds, authorities said. The crash was reported about 2:45 p.m. Wednesday in the town of Little Black, the Taylor County Sheriffs Department said in a statement.
CPAC National Anthem Fail
Sat Feb 27, 2021, 11:56 PM ymetca (609 posts) Okay, this made me laugh! &fbclid=IwAR3TX6-Bkx9x61vHj2EUQ14dqvQqb04MnhrbrneBFqFubfmnyJ2MVhW5uxc 18 replies, 4081 views Thread infoBookmark this threadTrash this thread Reply to this thread Back to top Alert abuse Replies to this discussion thread Response to ymetca (Original post) Sun Feb 28, 2021, 12:05 AM Tanuki (12,440 posts) 1. Jeez, not since Roseanne Barr....
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