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Thousands protest against Indonesia's plan to take from workers' pay to fund a national housing program Thousands of workers in Indonesia have rallied in front of the Presidential Palace in Jakarta to protest a new plan to take from their salaries to support a national housing scheme. The Public ... 06/5/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
The Rectification of Names: Lawfare.
Lawyers, Guns and Money: The Zelig of f**kery.
annieasksyou: While we were obsessing about Trump’s fate, what was Joe doing?
TomDispatch: The military-industrial complex is killing us all.
Letters from an American: Thoughts from political historian Heather Cox Richardson.
Jen Sorensen: Shell game.
This installment by Batocchio. E-mail tips to mbru AT crooksandliars DOT com.
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During the Turning Point USA's Young Women's event, Charlie Kirk ranted about how men have been feminized and emasculated and only Charlie Kirk himself could restore their manliness.
To Christian nationalists, attacking the LGBTQ community is simpatico with denigrating the current state of manhood.
Kirk is now extending his hatred to womanhood.
When there are a zillion right wing mouthpieces out there twisting the narrative, it's not surprising polls would be weird. But anyway, here's your Sunday cartoon and open thread.
What's on your mind these days?
- Karoli
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A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll finds Joe Biden leading Donald Trump in the presidential race among registered voters, 46% to 44%.
The past six Yahoo News/YouGov surveys showed Trump leading or tied with Biden among registered voters in a head-to-head matchup.
I was part of John Taylor's solo band for many years and recorded this EP back in 1998.
Yours truly played tenor sax and flute.
I wanted you to know that John Taylor is wonderful human being and is not enamored by his being a rock star, nor by the fact that Duran Duran was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.
He's just one of the guys.