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We like our stories to have beginnings, middles, ends. History gives us none of these. It provides instead repetition, variations on a theme, and something we might�call entanglement. --Brandy ...

WELCOME TO THE EVENING SHADE A SANCTUARY OF SANITY AFTER A LONG HARD DAY OF FIGHTING FASCISM YOU WILL FIND in the DIARIES a LOT of POLITICS (Or NOT As the CASE MAY BE) AND EVEN MORE ...

Republican pollster Frank Luntz on ABC ‘This Week With George Stephanopolus’ roundtable says republicans have caved on Ukraine. Republicans support for strong aggressive action in Ukraine has melted from 75 percent to 30 percent. Chris Christy says...

The diary�for today’s meeting didn’t manifest, so I’m throwing this together and asking you a�basic question to give us a place to hang comments. It’s�one of the top five basic questions for ...

The Autopen Gambit: When Political Theater Costs Billions President Trump just announced he's canceling "all Executive Orders, and anything else that was not directly signed by Crooked Joe Biden, because the people who operated the Autopen did so...

The Google A.I. Gemini sucked up to me as I applied it to this page. That's an insightful connection, and the web page you are viewing directly addresses both Karl Marx's concept of General ...

Though not considered to be film noir, which is one of my favourite genres, 1944's To Have and Have Not is one of my fav films from that period. Though it is considered to be derivative of Casablanca, that doesn't take much if anything away from it,...

On Truth Social, Donald Trump is using the shooting of two West Virginia National Guard members stationed in Washington DC to add to anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim hysteria. He announced he would “permanently pause migration from all Third World...

TAKE ACTION Write, Email or CALL Capitol Switchboard (202) 224‑3121 to tell your elected officials to stop dropping sh*t on our cities. CLICK HERE to find your officials’ contact information. We must stand up and speak out, not because something is...

[← Start here Part 1 ] [Previous Chapter] [Next Chapter Coming Soon→] [Start theCompanion Book Attuned→] The clouds bunched and stretched across the sky like sheep herded by a lazy child. The smell of wet earth was rising already, though the rain...

The killing of boat strike survivors story is rapidly metastasizing into the one that actually might bring down the T administration. The news that Congress will be vigorously investigating the murders/war crimes should set the WH off into deep panic...

There are moments in American history when the actions of a few reveal the moral stakes for the entire nation. We are in one of those moments now. The story that Heather Cox Richardson has outlined over the past two days is not simply another troubling...

Welcome to Street Prophets Sunday Coffee Hour.� This is an open thread so grab something to drink and sit a spell and let us know what is new with you. I have always said the most important person ...

Yes, some will label a Democrat “radical” if they’re on the leading edge of an issue. And? Will a Democrat be immune from criticism from the right or from the chattering class if they take a more middle-of-the-road position? Not likely! But they’ll get...

“Trump’s Choices of Words Have Consequences”– Congratulations Indiana’s GOP State Senator Mike Bohacek for Finally Growing Some Spine! November 30, 2025 Many people have been absolutely astounded that Dictator/Demagogue Donald has been able to get away...

Note: I plan on reposting my diary daily/near-daily until next November. If you have a problem with that, you could simply, y’know, ignore the diaries. As many of you may know, for the past several election cycles I’ve been running a Democratic...

Presidents throughout history have had some rocky relationships with the free press. It's a natural conflict given the media's mission to report truthfully about everything that a political leader does and says, and the leader's determination to always...

A gentle reminder of how we do things: 🐱🐶🐦 Do not troll the diary. If you hate pootie diaries, leave now. No harm, no foul. Please do share pics of your ...

For once, Newsweek has an interesting article about how health insurance premiums for those obtaining it through the ACA will increase for next year when the enhanced subsidies dry up. Basically, Newsweek pulled this information from the Kaiser Family...