Election 2024 Post-Mortem - Jon Stewart with Heather Cox Richardson

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“I think that's really important that the right-wing emphasized things that ordinary Americans had to fear that were not real... and they erased the...”

Jon discusses the fallout from the Presidential election with Professor Heather Cox Richardson, the author of Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America.

Fact-checking JD Vance's claims about Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio - ABC News

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“Sen. JD Vance, Donald Trump's 2024 running mate, continues to fuel the firestorm surrounding Springfield, Ohio, with false claims about Haitian...”

The lies from Donald Trump and JD Vance seem to never end. A bunch of you are saying,"Oh, not another article!"  Until they stop making made up claims and preposterous accusations against people, most of whom have done nothing to deserve such abysmal treatment: Yes it is yet another article. 

JD Vance continues amplifying pet-eating falsehoods

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“If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that's what I'm going...”

Drawing By Sophie Hei Tacit admission that he just makes shit up. And the reason that he makes shit up? So the people will talk about it. The people of this country do not need any more of the fake news that is coming out of the Trump/Vance campaign. And No, it is not ironic that the...

Kamala Harris Economic Speech

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A lot of hay is being thrown up in the air over Kamala Harris's speech today. I figured that if we were going to talk about it, then we should at least watch the speech. Just a note, she does not come off as anything near what the partisan right would have you think.

About 8 in 10 Democrats satisfied with Harris as nominee: AP-NORC poll | AP News

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“Vice President Kamala Harris appears to have energized Democrats in the early days of her candidacy, with the surge in warm feelings extending...”

....I want a whole lot of lumps

About 8 in 10 Democrats satisfied with Harris as nominee: AP-NORC poll | AP News

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“Vice President Kamala Harris appears to have energized Democrats in the early days of her candidacy, with the surge in warm feelings extending...”

....I want a whole lot of lumps

About 8 in 10 Democrats satisfied with Harris as nominee: AP-NORC poll | AP News

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“Vice President Kamala Harris appears to have energized Democrats in the early days of her candidacy, with the surge in warm feelings extending...”

....I want a whole lot of lumps

Forget the Memes. This Is Kamala Harris's "Great Strategic Advantage" | Vanity Fair

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“Celeb-news-only accounts like Pop Crave are suddenly coconut-pilled, posting religiously about the Harris campaign to their millions of followers....”

Harris and the pop culture

Caption Please!

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“There's no line. Hear?”

Tonight I was playing my guitar and watching YouTube. It sometimes helps if you have some counter programming going on when you practice because there is always a table of especially boisterous people, generally right next to you, sometimes even talking to you, and all while you are playing.  I...

Israel's war has killed 31 members of my family, yet it's vital to speak out against Hamas

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“To realise peace, the pro-Palestine movement must not buy into the militants' self-serving, nihilistic narrative”

In my opinion, the college protests are misguided but fervently committed, as is the talk of genocide. I believe that people need to carefully think about what they say in general. All of the hyperbole surrounding this war is difficult enough to wade through without people inserting spurious...