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This is a reprise and amplification of a diary published in December 2024. The discussion is pertinent today because of the incoherent and damaging “National Security Strategy” document released December 5, 2025 by the Trump administration. This...

In a hauntingly familiar narrative, 315 Nigerian schoolgirls have been forcibly taken at gunpoint from their school by armed insurgents. Based on past abductions like these, authorities presume the ...

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 ...

Hope your week was a good one!

*** As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group is for us to check in at to let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild ...

By Roswell My wife made an off-the-cuff remark the other night: “It could be worse. What if Stephen Miller was the Secretary of War?” It was one of those throwaway lines she delivers while passing the salt, but it landed like a drone strike. Because...

Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, JeremyBloom, and doomandgloom. Alumni editors include (but not...

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a case that may redefine who is a citizen. The Trump executive order that is being challenged stated that children born on US soil to non-citizens are not US citizens, even though the 14th Amendment says they are....

After five years, the DOJ and FBI have found and arrested the Jan. 6 bomber. Reading the news coverage was like a trip to bizarro-world. Garland told MSNBW host Rachel Maddow that the prior administration "sat on" evidence for four months and failed to...

What does it take to get a job at the White House?

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… the Treasury Department will give $1,000 to the accounts for children born between Jan. 1, 2025, and Dec. 31, 2028. Those accounts become the property of a child's guardian and "will track a stock index and allow for additional private contributions...

Trump isn’t anyone’s daddy — he’s just a temporary tenant with borrowed keys. The presidency isn’t a family title, and the White House isn’t his forever home. He’s basically a short-term Airbnb guest with delusions of royalty, mistaking a...

My Dad was Father Christmas. Christmas was magic. We didn’t get the kind of toys you would see in the Sears Christmas catalog. My Mom created amazing dolls and stuffed animals with her brilliant sewing skills. My Dad gave us unexpected and beautifully...

Here at Top Comments we welcome longtime as well as brand new Daily Kos readers to join us at 10pm Eastern. We strive to nourish community by rounding up some of the site's best, funniest, most ...

Whether or not the second boat strike was a war crime, there is no doubt that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (R) is one evil bastard. Ordering a second strike to kill two men who couldn’t even ...

The Rivals Mark Van Doren (1894-1972) On a night of whirling snow When every twig and star is dead There is a house where I can go � And ...

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Happy Friday beer fans!� Big thanks to 3CM for writing last week! -— This week in my countdown of Barstool Mountain’s Top 100 Drinking Songs : #83 — � Good Old Mountain Dew - Grandpa ...