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I remember the many WW2 films where the pure evil of the German enemy was characterized by showing Germans machine-gunning survivors of torpedoed ships, etc. Who would have thought America would one day take over this role of being shockingly cruel and...

Welcome to my Picture of the Day. I’m showcasing photographs I have taken over the past 49 years. I hope my images can give your brain a short break from the chaos. You will be able to find ...

I know,�you may be getting tired of the topic of Thanksgiving. But I had enough going on in my life during the last week, that I felt the need to share it. The little dog is named Itzl.

My father as a Jew and a WWII Veteran would be appalled by the appointment of anyone admitting to a Nazi streak to any government position. And I am as well. Dad fortunately didn’t live to see this and dad was a moderate republican. I think he would be...

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Witkoff, Kushner and Rubio shaking down Ukraine for Trump money is not new. Trump has been trying to mess with Ukraine since Manafort was pitching the same "Peace Deal" in 2016. "3 times Trump has tried to bounce Ukraine into conceding to Russian...

Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build Its Surveillance AI Wired An accidental leak revealed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of US communities, is using workers in the Philippines to ...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! OK, maybe not THE most, but it IS time for my annual seasonally-themed diaries. It’s been a tradition �since 2010, with topics ranging from music to ...

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I don’t have a lot to add. The headline pretty much says it all. But I do feel this deserves our attention and recognition. I simply want to say that if you are an HIV+ person (a gay male or otherwise), that your life matters and has inherent value....

Donald Trump is giving hypocrisy a bad name. His pardon of former Honduran president and convicted drug trafficker Juan Orlando Hernandez has re-focused attention on his baseless contention that he is fighting the illegal drug trade. He has used this...

We're back! And so is our election and accountability coverage, callers and much more!... It's no easy feat getting caught up on The BradCast after just one week off during the madness of the Trump Era. But, hey, nobody said fighting to save democracy...

This past Friday, Trump announced he will pardon the former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, who in March 2024 was convicted by a U.S. jury and sentenced to 45 years in prison for conspiring to import massive amounts of cocaine into the...

Did you guys see it? Guy totally impressed me. He seemed clear, well informed, serious and he pretty much laid out the case against Trump in a linear fashion that was devastating. I don’t think I’ve heard anybody, even including Bernie that covered so...

When I get to stand in for the Jolly Old Elf himself, I do what I can to make everyone feel happy, welcome and special, no matter how they might otherwise be feeling in this hustle-bustle holiday world. I think I mostly succeed, but there are some kids...

Costco has sued the Trump administration to get a full refund of new tariffs it paid so far this year, and to block those import duties from continuing to be collected from the retail warehouse club giant as a Supreme Court case plays out. From...

Shocked? I’m as Shocked as Casablanca’s Captain Renault Why are we pretending to be shocked that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is now accused of issuing a spoken order to “leave no one alive” after a maritime strike in the Caribbean? He has been...

�I pay my electric and gas bills with a budget program called the Equal Payment Plan (EPP).� After a year of service, the companies�average out your monthly payments. I’ve done this for years and ...

The first story I ever posted on Daily Kos was written for World AIDS Day 2006. I’ve posted another one almost every year since then. This year the Trump regime has decided there should be no federal observance of World AIDS Day, saying... ...the...