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Tidbits – Nov. 7 – Reader Comments: Fate of Democracy, Preparing for the Future; They Want You To Feel Powerless and To Surrender; Readers Respond to Pre-Election Posts; Exterminate, Expel, Resettle: Israel’s Endgame in Northern Gaza; Cartoons;

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Reader Comments: Fate of Democracy, Preparing for the Future; They Want You To Feel Powerless And To Surrender; Readers respond to pre-Election posts; Exterminate, Expel, Resettle: Israel’s Endgame in Northern Gaza; Cartoons; more....

East German Elections in Thuringia and Saxony

Victor Grossman Berlin Bulletin
US media made it seem like German people were turning out en masse to support fascists-when in fact less than a third of the only 7 percent of the German electorate that voted last week cast ballots for the extreme right Alternative for Germany(AfD).

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Counting the Dead

Susan Cossette New Verse News
Minnesota poet Susan Cossette addresses the ultimate misogyny—“Faceless, nameless shadows…/Now, we matter more in death.”

On Cat Ladies, Mama Bears and ‘Momala’

Tressie McMillan Cottom The New York Times
“All female political candidates are expected to narrate their motherhood status or, at least, their mother-like qualities,” writes @tressiemcphd . “But no other presidential candidate had to meet this challenge the way Harris will.”

Friday Nite Videos | July 26, 2024

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Trump Still Appears Headed for September Sentencing. Fox's Kamala Problem. Private Equity Is Coming for Gaming. Project 2025: The Radical Conservative Plan to Reshape America Under Trump | WSJ. RNC & ”Migrant Crime” | John Oliver.

Fox's Kamala Problem

“Cackling,” “ho,” “ditsy,” “bimbo,” “DEI Vice President.” Right-wing media’s favorite jabs against Harris and why they're misfiring this time.

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