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Ever on brand, Trump fires his ballroom architect, so perhaps it will never get built.
Like most developers, Trump thinks firing “his” architect gives him some status as a designer, but like his other idiocy, he’s making a hash of his massive ballroom. It will remain a shopping mall’s anchor store, regardless of the architect. One source...
annieli 12/04/2025 195
Evening Shade---Resistance Rising---Thursday, December 4, 2025
WELCOME TO THE EVENING SHADE A SANCTUARY OF SANITY AFTER A LONG HARD DAY OF FIGHTING FASCISM YOU WILL FIND in the DIARIES a LOT of POLITICS (Or NOT As the CASE MAY BE) AND EVEN MORE CRITTERS THE PERSON who MAKES the FIRST COMMENT WILL GET TWO CRITTERS...
Nanny Ogg 12/04/2025 334
Supreme Court Grants Stay; Gerrymandered and Racist Texas Maps Are Okay
Super bad redistricting news thanks to our lovely Extreme Court this evening. By a 6-3 decision, the racist Texas maps that will cost us between 2 to 5 seats WILL go into effect for 2026. This is a temporary stay until the Extreme Court rules on the...
bilboteach 12/04/2025 133
Grand Jury Refuses To Indict Letitia James
A grand jury today refused to indict New York Attorney General Letisha James on mortgage fraud. The return of a "no true bill" is historically exceptionally rare for federal grand juries, but is becoming more common in Trump's weaponized Department of...
KeithDB 12/04/2025 148
Cartoon: Reasons To Support Trump!
TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has nine panels. PANEL 1 A grinning man stands in his living room. MAN: That TV Star billionaire son of a billionaire is an underdog like me! PANEL 2 A woman standing behind a fence gestures at her phone. WOMAN: Trump...
Barry Deutsch 12/04/2025 4
Sloth, Incompetence, Hate, Greed, Hubris, Healthcare Cuts, and Food Costs Are Collapsing the GOP
When political archaeologists investigate the 2025 collapse of the GOP, Arizona Rep. Eli Crane will be used for a case study into why the Southwest turned blue. Tom Petty wasn’t thinking about Trump and Crane when he wrote Free Fallin’ but its lyrics...
EricAZ 12/04/2025 8
As predicted, after Trump racist rant, ICE comes for the Somalis in Minneapolis
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...
annieli 12/04/2025 39
JD Vance invites attendees to a VP Hanukkah observance to celebrate"50 Years of Christmas"
In 2008, the Bush administration had to apologize when the White House Hanukkah party invitation featured a Christmas tree. The Trump administration scoffs at that slur as small potatoes. It is now metaphorically saying, "Hold my beer." To hell with a...
TheCriticalMind 12/04/2025 212
ICE Employees Spill Tea About the Misfit Toy Applicants Rushed Through Hiring Process by Kristi Noem
The Daily Mail has an exclusive on the rampaging incompetence of the hiring process going on at ICE. The nicest thing that can be said about the new applicants at ICE is they are misfit toys. The truth is that most are mentally, morally, and physically...
Merlin196360 12/04/2025 137
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
Slenderman: US foreign policy is run out of a private equity firm stuffed with Saudi cash (again)
Because crony capitalist weasels are now more open about their scams, and Secretary of State Rubio talks at a sleeping Trump. BREAKING: Jared Kushner gets caught performing illegal “diplomacy” on behalf of Trump in a shady backroom overseas. In the...
annieli 12/04/2025 31
Russian stuff blowing up: 'We can't leave Ukraine alone with these guys'
A Ukrainian drone takes out a Russian Mig-29 at a Crimean airfield. Behind the scenes European leader have had their fill of Donald Trump and his Merry Band of Incompetents. They need to start saying some of these things publicly. Maybe Ukraine could...
quaoar 12/04/2025 91
Would You Pee on Trump's Grave? Take the poll
Would you pee on Trumps Grave? Take The Poll!
Noamjunior 12/04/2025 107
Happy Birthday to the Greatest Station in the Nation
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...
Crashing Vor 12/04/2025 10
FBI Arrests Suspect In Case Of Pipe Bombs Planted In D.C. The Night Before Insurrection (Updated x4)
UPDATE: Friday, Dec 5, 2025 · 12:54:23 AM +00:00 · PvtJarHead INSIDENOVA D.C. pipe bomb suspect Brian Jerome Cole Jr. lived with his mother in a five-bedroom house outside Dale City and worked as a bail bondsman in a family business. (snip) Cole's...
PvtJarHead 12/04/2025 212
Cheers and Jeers: Thursday
Must-Seethe TV Stephen Colbert, who still has six months to tear into these idiots—and whose show has a good chance of outlasting Captain Cankles and his bloated carcass that short-circuits MRI machines—previews the reboot of a beloved 1960’s comedy......
Bill in Portland Maine 12/04/2025 99
The Epstein Class: the through line
We Dems often suck at messaging, but now we have the perfect opportunity: The Epstein class. With this simple phrase, it connects so many dots. The Epstein class means the oligarchs who are OK with kidnapping, trafficking and raping children, with...
chloris creator 12/04/2025 68
Thursday GNR: Resistance vs. Epic Fails Galore
There are a lot of would-be bad guys around, but they are mostly superlatively bad at it. That is especially true for those who claim that karma doesn’t apply to them, and that they are getting away with everything. I am collecting Epic Fail memes to...
Mokurai 12/04/2025 98
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: ICE storm into The Big Easy
We begin today with� Lucy Campbell �of The Guardian reporting on new ICE actions in the city of New Orleans. Masked agents patrolled a heavily Latino suburb in marked and unmarked vehicles, and a ...
Chitown Kev 12/04/2025 343
Morning Open Thread Thursday December 4, theme: Naughty songs
Welcome to Morning Open Thread , a daily post with MOT hosts, who choose the topic for the daily posting. We support our community, invite and share ideas, and encourage thoughtful, respectful ...
Ozarkblue 12/04/2025 63
"I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war." No, Pete
It isn’t. Trump’s recent racist attack on Somali-Americans creates a diversionary media rabbit hole still ruled by Mango Mussolini, The Great Semiologer(sic). He’s counting on your poor association skills, or at least those of the based MAGAs because...
annieli 12/04/2025 93
10 Gems of Bluesky Today - Day 181
ZenTrainer 12/04/2025 29
Ukraine Invasion Day 1,384: combat continues, RU remains maximalist, US negotiators say "how high?"
US plans to return Russia’s frozen assets once a peace agreement is signed, — Politico. The US has informed EU sanctions chief David O'Sullivan of its decision to return frozen Russian assets to Russia after a peace plan is finalized. ︀︀ ︀︀Trump's...
annieli 12/03/2025 33
Overnight News Digest: December 3, 2025
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, and FarWestGirl. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)...
FarWestGirl 12/03/2025 15
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
Kitchen Table Kibitzing 12/3/25: Toxic Impunity
42 years ago today was the worst industrial disaster of all time. ….while killing off the ...
jck 12/03/2025 107
Poor, misunderstood Young Republican: racist, antisemitic, misogynistic messages were just jokes!
I’m sure most folks here remember this Politico story from October about a group of Young Republicans exchanging Signal chats about their admiration for Hitler, wanting to shove their opponents into gas chambers and making virulently antisemitic,...
Bob Johnson 12/03/2025 253
Steve Cropper, musician, 1941-2025
Steven Lee Cropper (October 21, 1941 – December 3, 2025), sometimes known as "The Colonel", was an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. You may not know his name, but you know his sound, from Dock on the Bay (which he co-wrote with Otis...
Rambler797 12/03/2025 72
PWB Peeps Open Thread: Wonderful Animals
strawbale 12/02/2025 24
Top Comments: Busy December Edition
This December is shaping up to be a really busy one for me. Tonight and next Tuesday, I am attending two hockey games. Weeknight games are rare for me now that my sister switched to a school in the ...
cohenzee 12/02/2025 8
Nonfiction Views: Franklin the Turtle vs Hegseth, plus the week's notable new nonfiction
Good evening, everyone. A little late posting this evening. This afternoon we had to say goodbye to out sweet kitty Charlie Brown. He was a wonderful companion, and we will miss him. There have been dozens of musicians who have pushed back and even...
DebtorsPrison 12/02/2025 12
Contemporary Fiction Views: A newly translated Olga Tokarczuk work to savor
This week's big fiction release is the latest translated into English from Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk. House of Day, House of Night is a collection of loosely connected portraits of people ...
bookgirl 12/02/2025 10
Cartoon: Pardon Me?
www.patreon.com/keefknight Purchase the 2026 Keefie Cartoon Calendar! Keef on Substack! Related |� Delirious president goes on ...
keefknight 12/02/2025 25
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
Dickens and the Common Good
Dickens and the Common Good BAH. HUMBUG. ‘But you were always a good man of business, Jacob,’ faltered Scrooge, who now began to apply this to himself.” Missed and misused opportunities to work kindly to help those with less:that was the message the...
otter54 12/02/2025 3
Cartoon: Fixed it
A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related |� Watch Mark Kelly drop a few bombs of his own on pathetic Pete ...
Clay Bennett 12/02/2025 25
PWB Toosdai Critters: Cult of Chew n'On
A gentle reminder of how we do things:   🐱🐶🐦 Do not troll the diary. If you hate pootie diaries, leave now. No harm, no foul. Please do share pics of your fur kids!  If you have ...
samanthab 12/02/2025 88
Cartoon: Executing the law
A cartoon by Jack Ohman. Related |� ‘Don’t give up the ship’: Democrat stands up to Trump’s death ...
Jack Ohman 12/02/2025 6
TN 7th Congressional District: GOP Meltdown in the Special Election? (Updated with Results Links)
UPDATE #1, 7:15 pm EST — For Analysis and Live Results Analysis — Voting Trend, begins LIVE at 7:15 pm EST — MS Now, Steve Kornacki — begins LIVE at 7:45 pm EST Live Results (Polls close in TN at 7:00 pm CST, or 8:00 pm EST) — Tennessee Secretary of...
JekyllnHyde 12/02/2025 161
New Day Cafe: Things to Ponder
Good morning Newdists and Quiet Friends! Grab a cuppa and join us for a bit, eh?
The Marti 12/02/2025 147
Cartoon: Couples therapy
A cartoon by Mike Luckovich. Related |� Mike Johnson looks like an idiot after the Epstein ...
Mike Luckovich 12/02/2025 16
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
GNR for December 2, 2025
Good Day, Gnuville! I hope you all had a pleasant Thanksgiving. 🥧🧡🍗 I’d like to open with this nice discussion about Thanksgiving by Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman. Something that really caught my interest and which...
niftywriter 12/02/2025 155
Renewable Tuesday: A COP30 Reckoning is Coming
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 ...
Mokurai 12/02/2025 23
Morning Open thread Tuesday December 2, songs with a female's name in the title
Welcome to � Morning Open Thread , a daily post with MOT hosts, who choose the topic for the daily posting. We support our community, invite and share ideas, and encourage thoughtful, respectful ...
Ozarkblue 12/02/2025 142
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
Top Comments: Seasonal 2025 Part I (Marking Time Til The Holiday) Edition
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 ...
brillig 12/01/2025 10
PWB Peeps Open Thread: Woozle Fun
dig for buried ...
strawbale 12/01/2025 18
World AIDS Day 2025 (With a Late Evening Addendum)
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...
sfbob 12/01/2025 17
Cartoon: Feeling thankful
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Nick Anderson 12/01/2025 16
Mutual Aid or as I say Community
Mutual Aid groups have been growing since the Pandemic and the #Snap shut down really showed what they can do. So much that AP news is covering them. When formal systems stop working, neighbors turn to each other in what many call ‘mutual aid’ “One of...
Smurf 12/01/2025 4
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
Cartoon: Jealousy
A cartoon by Drew Sheneman. Related |� Mamdani tames ...
Drew Sheneman 12/01/2025 9