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"This smells" - Nomiki calls Dem leadership on their corruption

"This is outrageous, it's unethical, it's bad government and frankly, it's fucking corruption."

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=59&v=EAvblBnXV-w]

"Let me describe what losing 1200 seats looks like."

You go girl!

Put those assholes on notice.

False Flag in the Works?

Does congress know something that we don't about a threat to the country? Somehow I doubt it, but they might be planning a natural disaster, the stock market crashing or a false flag event and this could explain why they increased the military budget as much as they did.

Congressionally Mandated New Report Urges Massive US Military Increases

Off-guardian reviews Charlie LeDuff and Chris Hedges books

And That’s The Way It Is
The Essential U.S. Journalism Books of 2018

I always yearn for well-spoken rhetoric that tells the truth about the awful place America has become. Some people could say I am just negative, but sugar-coating the horrific conditions that the majority of Americans live in today is not something I will do.

Is There Any Way to Make This Stop?

I keep getting calls from various numbers claiming to be the Social Security Administration saying that legal action will be taken against me, including threatening possible arrest, if I don't call them back.

It's pretty clear this is a scam because the numbers lead nowhere and the messages sound like automated bots.

Has anyone else encountered this?

DMW Forges ahead

So, I recently took up blacksmithing. Specifically, I began forging metal into functional tools, and hope to eventually do art in the medium. Now, I am by no means an expert, and this is a craft that stretches back to the bronze age, and so it is amazing to think how little thought of it is in this day and age. First off, some appropriate music for a last stand in a righteous cause.

Vox on single payer: Kos triple-talk as usual

THOSE OF US

who used to play on a Certain Other Blog have grown accustomed to reading reams of what I now refer to as "Moulitsian Triple-Speak": lip service to progressive ideals used as a light coating over a heavy core of true loyalty to the Koch brothers and the billionaire class.

Please permit your humble scribe to submit the following article for your consideration. It appeared on the vox.com website, of which Markos Moulitsas is a founder. As I noted in this Comment, it may as well have been written by Markos himself.

The article: Medicare for all: company health insurance at risk under single payer

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