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When is $2.1 billion just chump change?
On Dec. 19, 2013, in news that went largely unnoticed outside of financial and real estate blogs, a company called Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC agreed to a $2.2 billion consent order (aka settlement) of...
View ArticleA Different African Story
In a world of politics and politicking-- about never-ending Republican obstructionism, bridge hijinx, spying, drone warfare, relentless police brutality or the increasing stratification of mankind into...
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A Different African Story - Coming to the End We Decide
20 days ago, I wrote a diary about two passionate dreams held by two passionate dreamers. One of them is a 24-year old young man from the Ivory Coast, Landry Assokoly, who dreams of studying in...
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In case it wasn't clear: the Schuette decision and coming full circle on...
As its ink dulls with time, so too does its true purpose, thanks to the Supreme CourtTHE LAW: "Black Americans, rejoice! Racial Discrimination has now become illegal." BLACK AMERICANS: "Great, we who...
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Bittersweet Fourth of July
We still dream today for what could have been Each Fourth of July, I see as if for the first time the beauty of our flag, and the universality of the love for our country that far too many Americans...
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Sad, But True: Activism Just Ain't Sexy to the So-Called Netroots
What most of Netroots Nation 14 missed. Since around here at Daily Kos if you're not crystal clear about what you're saying, too many people get all funky and keyboard spew before fully reading or...
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Not to repeat myself, BUT: Can we please stop killing (usually) innocent...
You know, at some point us Sistas get tired of repeating ourselves. It has been just under two years since I publicly made what, to me, was a very straightforward request for a favor:"Hey, America!...
View ArticleDoes "Goodbye Jeb!" Merely Up the Needed Democratic Game? (A Non-Pom Pom...
Well, as many quietly predicted, Jeb! Bush has just suspended his campaign after coming in, at absolute best (since the vote counting is still in its early stages) in 4th place in South Carolina.I...
View ArticleMy Thoughts on Markos' Diary - And My Concerns
Let’s get the easy part out of the way:A lot of what Markos said yesterday, I agree with. Even the stuff I don’t agree with, I can and WILL live with: for 11 years, I’ve known full well that the name...
View ArticleMisadventure is Always a Failure - Sadness over Afghanistan
I am so sad about Afghanistan. With this morning's entry into Kabul by the Taliban, its ascension to power (again) is complete. I am not someone that has ever been sanguine about the Afghanistan War....
View ArticleResponsible Gun Owners Know the Truth of What Needs to be Done.
I wrote this on my Facebook feed, but decided to cross-post here as a baby step back into blogging.=================I am a gun owner. I have no problem in the abstract with guns, or responsible folks...
View ArticleWhat Will We DO?
Over the next 24 to however many hours it takes for all the counting to be done in all the states, there will be here at Daily Kos and pretty much everywhere that decent people gather/write and reflect...
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