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That process has seemingly begun. The UK Government just placed a PDF file with the 2nd August 2019 Operation Yellowhammer document. Redacted and brief, it describes some of the likeliest negative outcomes from a No Deal Brexit. It still remains...
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on Wed Sep 11, 2019 at 12:02 PM PDT
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Just ignored most of the time.
Early this morning after Roger Stone’s arrest long-time legal FauxNews flack Greta Van Susteren took to the twitter machine to expound conspiratorially on CNN’s video coverage scoop on the FBI’s visit to the Stone...
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on Fri Jan 25, 2019 at 09:17 AM PST
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Julian Castro has announced his candidacy for President.
Good morning! And buenos dias! Thank you, Mom. I’m guessing some of you are here more for her than for me. So many journeys for me and for my family began right here, and today we begin...
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on Sat Jan 12, 2019 at 10:19 AM PST
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This is but a brief pointer to the work of others — at the citylab.com site.
For those not familiar with citylab.com it is a data-driven endeavor with an emphasis on city life, and the politics that affect the same. They cover city life around the...
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on Mon Dec 31, 2018 at 03:32 PM PST
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For public assistance that is.
Once more the administration of Prince of Orange is trying to please their base by making an example of immigrants, in this case legal immigrants (green card holders and applicants) who need some help in the form of...
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on Sat Sep 22, 2018 at 04:21 PM PDT
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Time to practice duck and cover. A perfect end to a perfect day. Dow plunges nearly 3 percentage points on news of a new trade war — this time with China. Worst DJIA drop in … 6 weeks. MAGA!!
Now this.
WASHINGTON — Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, the...
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on Thu Mar 22, 2018 at 03:35 PM PDT
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- [Meteor Blades is on vacation] Paul Kane/WaPo: House GOP’s suburban slide a worrisome trend for party despite narrow N.C. win “They do not want socialism,” Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the No. 3 member of GOP leadership, said of voters Wednesday. “They do...225 comments 88 Recs
- Stop me if any of this sounds familiar: The U.K. parliament has issued an order that the government of Boris Johnson release the documents concerning its plan for a no-deal Brexit. As BBC News reports, Johnson has produced some rather brief and sketchy...201 comments 227 Recs
- OK, sorry. That title is a bait-and-switch. I wanted to get both Sanders and Warren fans reading this diary. So here’s the new poll numbers from YouGov: Candidate New poll: % support (likely voters): Economist Average Biden 24 27.7 Warren 24 19.0...119 comments 14 Recs
- Six people have died from lung ailments connected to vaping with flavored e-cigarettes, so the Trump administration is jumping in to essentially ban "unauthorized, non-tobacco-flavored e-cigarette products." That includes mint and menthol. This is...75 comments 93 Recs
- North Carolina Republicans have hit a shocking new low. As Gov. Roy Cooper and at least one Democrat from the North Carolina legislature attended a memorial on the anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Republicans held a surprise vote...230 comments 312 Recs
- The good news is cable news channels, even including Fox News, no longer treat Donald Trump rallies as must-air events. The bad news is that news outlets still cover the redundant, news-free rallies religiously and in the process help spread unchecked...99 comments 246 Recs
- Well, that was a close loss, and it sucks to lose. Still it was an R+12 district and a remarkably close race.291 comments 132 Recs
- I think I need to point out that Bloomberg.com is not a liberal site. It hosts such writers as Eli Lake, one of Trump’s biggest apologists, and Ramesh Ponnaru, the rancid, brown-nosing, right-wing writer/personality who pontificates about how if the...88 comments 154 Recs
- Three separate polls this week have now shown Donald Trump's approval ratings tanking. CNN: 39% approve, 55% disapprove. Washington Post/ABC: 38% approve, 56% disapprove. Gallup: 39% approve, 57% disapprove. As CNBC's John Harwood noted, the Gallup...197 comments 174 Recs
- We begin today’s roundup with reactions to the report that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross threatened to fire NOAA staff who refused to manipulate weather data to cover for the president’s mistakes. First up, Paul Krugman: Why [were NOAA’s actions]...199 comments 128 Recs
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