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PWB peeps ~ it's cold out there!
Welcome to this afternoon’s PWB diary! Glad to have you join us for a few minutes of relaxing. Hope you are having a great Thanksgiving, however you choose to celebrate it. So loosen your tie ( ...
mayim 12/04/2025 63
Did The New York Times just grow a spine?
The New York Times and its veteran intelligence reporter, Julian E. Barnes, filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon on Thursday, accusing the Defense Department of trampling on reporters’ First Amendment rights through a sweeping new set of reporting...
Alex Samuels 12/04/2025 87
Cartoon: Going after drug traffickers
A cartoon by Pedro Molina. Related |� Nothing says 'tough on drugs' like Trump pardoning a ...
Pedro Molina 12/04/2025 14
Hegseth could have killed troops with Signal chat leak
The Department of Defense inspector general’s report on the Signalgate scandal reveals that Secretary of State Pete Hegseth’s actions endangered the lives of American troops by revealing key ...
Oliver Willis 12/04/2025 25
Sean Duffy vows to make America smoggy again
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy appeared on CNBC on Thursday to defend the White House’s announcement that it would reverse fuel economy standards set during the former Biden administration. ...
Walter Einenkel 12/04/2025 114
Daily Bucket: Birdwing Grasshoppers
The Daily Bucket is a regular series from the Backyard Science group. Here we talk about Mother Nature in all her glory, especially the parts that live nearby. So let us know (as close as you are ...
Lenny Flank 12/04/2025 37
What the f-ck is the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace?
The United States Institute of Peace has officially been named after President Donald Trump, with the egomaniac’s name now etched into the building. "This morning, the State Department renamed ...
Emily Singer 12/04/2025 201
Tennessee is best sign yet for Democrats' 2026 hopes
Republicans are in a full-on panic following Tuesday's special election in Tennessee's 7th District, after the GOP ...
Emily Singer 12/04/2025 49
Medicaid work rules exempt the 'medically frail.' Deciding who qualifies is tricky.
By � Samantha Liss � and � Sam Whitehead �for KFF Eliza Brader worries she soon will ...
KFF 12/04/2025 13
Cartoon: Tom the Dancing Bug—When they came, did you speak up? Not me.
Two-Week Black-Friday Sale on signed Tom the Dancing Bug books! Get your loved ones a Holiday Six-Pak or a Super Fun Two-Pak! Info here . Please join the team that makes it possible for your ...
RubenBolling 12/04/2025 30
PWB Kitties Love Shopping
Kitties are ready to do some shopping… But first, the rules… You are all welcome to join us! Here are few not-too-onerous PWB rules Do not troll the diary. If you hate pootie diaries,
mamajo2k 12/03/2025 32
Don't threaten us with a good time, Mike Johnson
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson faced questions Wednesday over his party’s disastrous underperformance in Tuesday’s special election in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District—one that ...
kos 12/03/2025 118
Cartoon: Accountability
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Nick Anderson 12/03/2025 19
Pam Bondi is pissing off Republicans by dodging Epstein files release
A bipartisan group of congressional leaders has asked Attorney General Pam Bondi for a briefing on when, exactly, she’s going to get around ...
Lisa Needham 12/03/2025 75
Trump doubles down on his latest racist obsession
Apparently unsatisfied with his original racist rant against Somali immigrants, President Donald Trump doubled down on it during a Wednesday press conference in the Oval Office. He launched into a ...
Walter Einenkel 12/03/2025 90
Trump targets Venezuelan DJ—yes, really
The Trump administration is going after a Venezuelan social media influencer as tensions with the South American country reach a boiling point. On Wednesday, the Treasury Department announced ...
Alix Breeden 12/03/2025 35
Vance promises to totally fix economy 'next year'
During a Cabinet meeting Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance argued that it was unfair to expect the Trump administration to address issues like affordability in the first 10 months of President Donald ...
Oliver Willis 12/03/2025 117
The Recap: House speaker loses control, and Trump's corrupt DOJ rages on
A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. Legal watchdogs won’t bite Trump’s corrupt pet lawyers And their excuses are, in technical terms, some bullshit. GOP in crisis mode after...
Daily Kos Staff 12/03/2025 2
'Time is out’: Democrat rips GOP’s health care shenanigans
Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington excoriated Republicans during a Wednesday Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing.� ...
Walter Einenkel 12/03/2025 32
Trump regime won’t stop trying to screw over another Comey
Earlier this year, Maureen Comey was abruptly—and, let’s face it, wrongly—terminated from her job as a federal prosecutor for the extreme misdeed of being former FBI Director James Comey’s daughter. It also probably didn’t help that she worked on the...
Lisa Needham 12/03/2025 28
Commerce secretary has great excuse for Trump’s gruesome jobs numbers
Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick appeared on CNBC on Wednesday, where he tried to massage Americans’ growing concerns over the economy. When asked by host Sara Eisen about the godawful jobs ...
Walter Einenkel 12/03/2025 83
House speaker can’t keep his house in order
Even by the standards of this year’s rolling political chaos, you’d expect House Republicans to at least try to project unity—if only to pretend their razor-thin majority isn’t hanging by a ...
Alex Samuels 12/03/2025 36
Watch Trump’s treasury secretary get schooled on inflation numbers
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was interviewed by Andrew Sorkin Wednesday at The New York Times DealBook Summit. And when Bessent attempted to spin President Donald Trump’s poor inflation ...
Walter Einenkel 12/03/2025 71
Wednesday Woozles: A Few Humpday Chuckles
Good day, Peeps. How’s December treating you? Are your pets doing okay? A gentle reminder of how we do things: � Do not troll the diary. If you hate pootie diaries,
Ice Blue 12/03/2025 105
Small businesses suffer brutally under Trump
A new report released Wednesday shows that small businesses experienced a six-figure drop in employment in the month of November as millions of Americans struggle with a worsening economy under ...
Oliver Willis 12/03/2025 78
Cartoon: Following that logic ...
A cartoon by David Horsey. Related |� Two National Guard troops shot in ambush attack just blocks from the White ...
David Horsey 12/03/2025 20
GOP in crisis mode after Tennessee special election
Republicans' unimpressive victory in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District Tuesday night has the party terrified, with lawmakers and strategists alike fearing that a number of House races once ...
Emily Singer 12/03/2025 147
Legal watchdogs won’t bite Trump’s corrupt pet lawyers
The Virginia State Bar is the latest watchdog to turn tail and run rather than deal with the crime spree that is President Donald Trump’s Justice Department. The bar, which theoretically ...
Lisa Needham 12/03/2025 59
AI vs. AI: Patients deploy bots to battle health insurers that deny care
New AI-powered programs offer help to patients stymied by insurance denials. By Anna Claire Vollers for� Stateline As states strive to curb health insurers’ use of artificial intelligence, ...
Stateline 12/03/2025 31
Cartoon: The listeria league
This comic was inspired by a recent ProPublica analysis that found inspections of overseas food plants had dropped significantly under Trump despite unsanitary conditions found at several facilities.
Jen Sorensen 12/03/2025 15
White to move and mate in two #752 - New Solar Flares
Two new active regions on the Sun's surface are now rotating into view. Region 4294 emitted an M5.9 (R2-Moderate) solar flare on Friday. Region 4299 emitted a 2x more energetic X1.9 (R3-Strong) ...
AKALib 12/02/2025 14
Minneapolis police chief has a message for Trump's shock troops
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara tried to reassure the city’s immigrant communities during a press conference on Tuesday. Responding to concerns over President Donald Trump’s racist new ...
Walter Einenkel 12/02/2025 68
Black Kos: Remembering and honoring John Brown. A true ally.
“Remembering and honoring John Brown” Commentary by Black Kos Editor Denise Oliver Velez While scrolling through my Bluesky feed yesterday I saw this post:
Black Kos 12/02/2025 176
Hidden History: China's Almost-War With Taiwan and the US
Just as the Cold War was beginning, China, Taiwan and the United States found themselves tangled in a military situation which threatened to go hot. "Hidden History" is a diary series that ...
Lenny Flank 12/02/2025 14
DEMENTIA J. TRUMP Says Affordability is a Scam. And Also that He is the Affordability President?
It's becoming more and more difficult to keep up with the meandering mental mania that emanates from the mind of Donald Trump. Anyone observing his increasingly deranged behavior has to be concerned about the risk of harm that he is capable of to the...
News Corpse 12/02/2025 15
Trump is cutting drug prices by infinity dollars, apparently
President Donald Trump unveiled a new brand of MAGA mathematics during his Cabinet meeting Tuesday. And while he didn’t repeat absurd claims like cutting drug prices by 1,500% , his assessment of ...
Walter Einenkel 12/02/2025 91
Randy Rainbow takes on RFK Jr.
Parody of “Cabaret” (Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb)Parody Lyrics by Randy RainbowSong Produced, Orchestrated, Mixed, Mastered by: Michael J Moritz Jr @michaeljmoritz There is an ad for Ground news, sorry.
alamancedem 12/02/2025 11
House speaker has jaw-dropping defense of Trump's use of slur
House Speaker Mike Johnson tried to cover for Donald Trump after the president called Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz “ seriously retarded " during a Thanksgiving Day rant online. Johnson was asked about ...
Walter Einenkel 12/02/2025 126
Truth about killing survivors of alleged drug boat could be obtained with answers to two questions
Since The Washington Post’s Nov. 28 report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a second missile strike to kill survivors of an alleged drug-smuggling boat coming out of Venezuela, there’s been plenty of coverage throughout the legacy media and...
Meteor Blades 12/02/2025 199
Indians 201: Crow Indian migrations
When the first American explorers and fur traders began to move out onto the Northern Plains following the Corps of Discovery (i.e. Lewis and Clark) in the early nineteenth century, they encountered ...
Ojibwa 12/02/2025 4
The Daily Bucket: Friendly Seal shore-feeding
November 30, 2025 Salish Sea, Pacific Northwest The Harbor seals who live in my nearby bays sometimes employ a feeding strategy easily visible from shore. I call it shore-feeding since it depends on proximity to land. The seals are feeding on very...
OceanDiver 12/02/2025 38
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David Waldman 12/02/2025 1
Cheers and Jeers: Tuesday
Energize An Ally Tuesday Call me crazy, but I've never been a fan of the day-after-Thanksgiving shopping event known as Trample Your Neighbors At The Mall Friday. Now that I'm finally out of the coveted 25-54 demo, I can kick back at home and let the...
Bill in Portland Maine 12/02/2025 73
IAN: My Very Long Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend
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.
bigjacbigjacbigjac 12/01/2025 24
Costco sues Trump admin seeking tariff refunds before SCOTUS rules if they’re illegal
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...
AKALib 12/01/2025 109
Watch Mark Kelly drop a few bombs of his own on pathetic Pete Hegseth
Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona held a press conference on Monday, taking� President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to ...
Walter Einenkel 12/01/2025 74
Europe Might Leave America Hanging By Dumping $2.34 Trillion In U.S. Debt If Trump Sells Out Ukraine
This doesn’t sound good... Daily Express European nations are reportedly weighing the "nuclear option" of destabilizing the American economy should Donald Trump abandon Ukraine and compromise continental security. Discussions between American and...
PvtJarHead 12/01/2025 311
White House gives weird new spin on Trump's mysterious MRI
The White House is claiming that there’s nothing at all weird about the mysterious MRI that President Donald Trump underwent in October , with press secretary Karoline Leavitt claiming that it was ...
Walter Einenkel 12/01/2025 160
YUCK! Pete Hegseth's Disgusting, Bloodthirsty, 'Christmas Wish' Will Nauseate You
As the American people recover from their Thanksgiving feasts, Donald Trump and his Republican MAGA cult in Washington are demonstrating their ability to sink lower in morality, legality, and even holiday spirit, than anyone previously thought...
News Corpse 12/01/2025 23
Abortion, Venezuela, and NHS Profiteering: The Crisis Uniting Democracy and Gender Justice
A deep dive into abortion rights, Venezuela narratives, global manhood reform, and a Trump-Starmer deal that would raise NHS drug prices—democracy is on the line. Abortion, Venezuela, and NHS Profiteering Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. Podcasts...
Egberto Willies 12/01/2025 1
Trump literally phones in rally appearance
During a Monday rally for Republican Matt Van Epps, whose Tennessee spe cial election is on Tuesday, House ...
Walter Einenkel 12/01/2025 70
Oregon Military Museum: World War II Japanese artillery (museum exhibit)
Battery A Field Artillery Horse Barn was once an officers’ horse barn.� The building is one of two 1911�buildings original to Camp Withycomb. The Horse Barn now houses the artillery exhibit for ...
Ojibwa 12/01/2025 2
GOP senator calls Democrats ‘dangerous’ for obeying Constitution
GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri appeared on Fox News on Monday, where he claimed that Democrats’
Walter Einenkel 12/01/2025 95
Polson Museum: Carriages (museum exhibit)
The Polson Flathead Lake Museum in Polson, Montana, has a collection of carriages. A carriage is a horse-drawn passenger vehicle. With regard to etymology, the word carriage entered into English in ...
Ojibwa 12/01/2025 2
Daily Bucket: A Walk at Sawgrass Lake
The Daily Bucket is a regular series from the Backyard Science group. Here we talk about Mother Nature in all her glory, especially the parts that live nearby. So let us know (as close as you are ...
Lenny Flank 12/01/2025 46
Kagro in the Morning is LIVE at 9 AM ET!
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David Waldman 12/01/2025 1
Cheers and Jeers: Monday
"The true father of our national literature." That's how H.L. Mencken described the force of nature that was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, aka Mark Twain. If ever there was a person whose bullshit detector went to 11, it was him. Also in his corner:...
Bill in Portland Maine 12/01/2025 130
📚LGBTQIA+ Literature: The Intermediaries, by Brandy Schillace (Pt. 1)🏳️‍🌈​;
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 ...
Clio2 11/30/2025 11
KosAbility: What do I write when I have nothing planned?
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 ...
Besame 11/30/2025 27
SHEESH! Trump's White House Website Now Has a Page to Attack Media that Tells the Truth About Him
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...
News Corpse 11/30/2025 14