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February 9, 2024

The Shameful Failure of Yesterday’s SCOTUS 14th Amendment Arguments

Thom Hartmann Hartmann Report

The simple reality is that the future of American democracy is as much on the line now as it was in 1866. That was lost in yesterday’s arguments, but should have been central to them.

Trump Lawyer to SCOTUS: Jan 6 Was 'Criminal'

February 9, 2024

A closer look at the Supreme Court hearing whether Trump is disqualified from the ballot based on the Fourteenth Amendment's insurrectionist clause.

The Tragic Story of This Famous Meteorite

February 9, 2024

And the boy who fought the museum that took everything from him.

Trump Is Losing Voters While Winning Primaries | WSJ

February 9, 2024

Donald Trump has won Republican presidential primaries in Iowa and New Hampshire — but nearly half of GOP voters there didn’t vote for him.

Orange Buffoon (Parody / Neil Young "Harvest Moon")

February 9, 2024

Neil Young sued Donald Trump for using "Rockin' in a Free World." I thought it appropriate to mock the would-be dictator with a parody of "Harvest Moon."

Surprise Win for Democrats in 2024's Most Crucial State

February 9, 2024

Marc Elias discusses major voting rights victory in New York.

February 9, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | February 9, 2024

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Surprise Win for Democrats in 2024's Most Crucial State. Orange Buffoon (Parody | "Harvest Moon"). Trump Is Losing Voters While Winning Primaries. The Tragic Story of This Famous Meteorite. Trump Lawyer to SCOTUS: Jan 6 Was 'Criminal.'

February 8, 2024

Tidbits – Feb. 8, 2024 – Reader Comments: 47 US Cities Call for Ceasefire; Why a Faction of BDS Is Attacking Standing Together; Confederate Memorial in Puerto Rico; What Republicans Fear; 52nd Contingent of the Venceremos Brigade – Learn More

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Reader Comments: 47 US Cities Call for Ceasefire; Why a Faction of BDS is Attacking Standing Together; Confederate Memorial in Puerto Rico; What Republicans Fear; Labor and Organizing; 52nd Contingent of the Venceremos Brigade - Learn More

February 8, 2024

Working People Need Congress To Fund Mass Transit

John Samuelsen and John Costa Newsweek

As we celebrate Rosa Parks' birthday, it is an ideal day to promote the Stronger Communities Through Better Transit Act and urge our elected representatives in Congress to pass it.

February 8, 2024

‘Texas Is Fighting for Its Right To Lay Concertina Wire’

Janine Jackson interviews Aron Thorn FAIR - Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting

We have gotten to this place by spending all of this money we could use welcoming people, putting welcoming infrastructure in place, we’re using it on enforcement.