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There are over 80,000 Somalis in the US, 42,000 in Minnesota with 700+ having Temporary Protected Status threatened. Most Somali immigrants in Minnesota are U.S. citizens, yet residents have been pulled over, asked for their passports and detained by...

It took almost 80 years, but the Republicans have done it. They have killed trust. Trust in Institutions. Trust in Truth. Trust in Competence and Ability. Today the FBI made an arrest in the “January 6 Bomber” case. Immediately all the cynical comments...

Here’s This week’s edition of Thursday Kos with Markos and Rev. Mark, LIVE! Please subscribe to Make It Plain wherever you get your podcasts!

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 ...

Forty-five years ago today, WWOZ went on the air at 90.7 FM, dedicated to promoting the music and culture of New Orleans. Initially the dream of brothers Walter and Jerry Brock (Jerry was also a co-founder of the Louisiana Music Factory store), the...

Should I Read This: Yes Book Seller Link (non-affiliate, but I do know the owner): Every Galaxy a Circle a book by Chloe Clark - Bookshop.org US Author’s Website: ...

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 ...

This was a better day for us.� The post op check with his GP went well.� He worked in the garden in the afternoon and I did a door prize DIY after meeting with Margie.� She has taken over the game ...

DeSantis Will Call for Special Legislative Session on Congressional Redistricting TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Gov. Ron DeSantis announced his intention to call a special legislative session on congressional redistricting in the spring of 2026 during an...

I’m having some arm pain from bad ergonomic choices, so open thread tonight. Rumors that�I developed tendonitis from stripping gold off the White House and replacing it with painted tinfoil, are ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Will Admiral Bradley get keelhauled with a steam catapult? IT’S STILL HEGSETH’S ORDERS and the WHITE HOUSE gets its firewall. Pete Hegseth: "[Trump] changed the rules of engagement [and] untied the hands of war fighters…We don't need burdensome rules...

Far too many around the world consider that if the COP process does not immediately and totally condemn fossil fuels and order the end of their use, then the whole process is a failure. This is not ...

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.

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

Happy Moonday, Peeps!!� Hope everyone had a safe and healthy Fangsgibbing!� After a short week, this one might seem a bit longer, but….nahhhh.�� We can haz funz!� All ob uz! ...

The GOP and the White House may be hoping Rahmanullah Lakanwal is a Marinus van der Lubbe? Too soon to tell, as long as he’s not dead, because the ICE cosplay death squads need their continuing anonymity in the service of mass deportation and migration...

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 ...

Manuel Noriega's wife Felicidad was arraigned for allegedly shoplifting buttons, one day after the former Panamanian dictator was convicted of dealing drugs for a cocaine cartel. Much like Nicolae Ceaușescu’s plumbing fetish, there are always...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that the US-proposed peace plan aims to ensure Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty, and economic development, during the US-Ukrainian talks in Hallandale Beach, Florida on November 30. Other Key Takeaways:...

Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, , annetteboardman, Besame,and jck,. Alumni editors ...

Short-Attention-Span Security Theatre. Installing a toll plaza on the “cocaine superhighway to the United States” Donald Trump has said he will grant a pardon to Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras who is serving a 45-year prison...

The story broke several days ago and NPR “U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces” wrote this in part: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning for the military to sever all ties with Scouting...

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 ...

The Google A.I. Gemini sucked up to me as I applied it to this page. That's an insightful connection, and the web page you are viewing directly addresses both Karl Marx's concept of General ...

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...

Automobiles were first developed in Germany in the late nineteenth century. During the first decade of the twentieth century, automobile manufacturing began moving from hand-made cars to mass ...

How do oligarchies and their crony capitalists manage to dominate our lives: Five points on the current treachery First, the WSJ story highlights all of the downsides to Trump’s brand of start-up diplomacy. Both Witkoff and the Russians had little...

Humans— Homo sapiens —first evolved in Africa and were biologically adapted to life in a warm climate. When humans left Africa and began their migrations north into Europe and Asia, they had to ...

We begin today with� Heather Cox Richardson �writing for her “Letters from an American” Substack about the seeming avalanche of challenges to the Trump regime from the Republican Party. In the ...