OK

Racial Xenophobia and the GOP are not sustainable in 2026, even as one Florida representative favors the “remigration” trope supporting deportation of naturalized citizens. Florida district 3 Representative Kat Cammarck (R-FL): "1/6th of people in the...

Doubling down to divert attention from those ‘kill them all’ orders from 2 September, since no one seems to have been there during the ‘second strike’ off Venezuela. As a student of Trump’s rhetoric, this is by far the most overtly racist, dehumanizing...

Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected the US-Ukrainian peace proposal during his meeting with a US delegation in Moscow on December 2 and remains highly unlikely to accept any compromises short of his original war goals. Because Trump’s plans are...

How do you win an election, yet still lose the night? While votes are still being counted, Republicans have held on to their House seat in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District by a ridiculously slim margin—single digits. This is a district Donald...

Good evening, Kibitzers! I hope everyone had a lovely holiday weekend! I was unusually organized (maybe because I’m retired now and I don’t have to cram every single thing into a few “days off”), so now I have a ton of food made from Thanksgiving...

Wayne County, NY — On December 2, 2025, a judge in Wayne County, New York ruled that Wafler Farms, a major apple producer and nursery in upstate New York, must implement the UFW contract it had been refusing to implement for months on end. The long...

“Remembering and honoring John Brown” Commentary by Black Kos Editor Denise Oliver Velez While scrolling through my Bluesky feed yesterday I saw this post:

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...

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 ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is seizing on the fatal shooting of a National Guard member in Washington—using the tragedy to push for a sweeping new travel ban that goes well beyond ...

My apologies to Shakespeare for shamelessly ripping off his line. You know, I think Will would have appreciated Boys’ Love series. No, I have no idea about his sexuality or anything related to that, but just imagine the incredible stories he could have...

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, after watching an interview with former Attorney General Eric...

Epstein distractions continue now with oldies-but-goodies meant to keep the MAGAs in line, considering his murdering screw-ups and deflections from Epstein. The well is drying up, even as he continues his lethal scamming. The unhingery of 150 posts in...

President Donald Trump went on a manic late night social media posting binge on Monday night, reinforcing concerns about how abnormal his behavior has been during this presidency. Between the hours ...

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Special; Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, after watching an interview with former Attorney General Eric Holder, Trump...

Good morning Newdists and Quiet Friends! Grab a cuppa and join us for a bit, eh?

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 ...

Note: I plan on reposting my diary daily/near-daily until next November. If you have a problem with that, you could simply, y’know, ignore the diaries. As many of you may know, for the past several election cycles I’ve been running a Democratic...

By � Halle Parker, Verite News, �for� KFF Liz Dunnebacke isn’t dying, but for a recent end-of-life care workshop in New Orleans, she pretended to be. Dunnebacke lay ...

A cartoon by Mike Luckovich. Related |� Mike Johnson looks like an idiot after the Epstein ...

The Institute for Supply Management released the results on Monday of its most recent survey of the manufacturing industry, revealing a loss of jobs for the ninth month in a row. The trend under ...

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...

Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona held a press conference on Monday, taking� President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to ...

How was your long holiday weekend? Nice? A good time to chill with friends and family, right?� Well, what if the day before your four-day vacation kicked off, you found out that you and your boss ...

The Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has violated the law again. First, it was his dissemination of war plans to his social media friend group. Not satisfied with endangering American servicepeople by revealing their missions, he is now, allegedly, a...

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! ...

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Ice Barbie Kristi Noem has landed in legal jeopardy after...

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy � is � Now Open! � 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our � especially special Daily Special; � River City Hash Mondays! ...

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:...

Here at Top Comments we strive to nourish community by rounding up some of the site's best, funniest, most mojo'd & most informative commentary, and we depend on your help!! If you see a comment by another Kossack that deserves wider recognition,...

In yet another sign the electorate is rejecting MAGA’s culture-war politics, Democrats swept school board elections in Texas, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. “From Texas to Pennsylvania to Ohio, ...

On Truth Social, Donald Trump is using the shooting of two West Virginia National Guard members stationed in Washington DC to add to anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim hysteria. He announced he would “permanently pause migration from all Third World...

conditioning As this administration violates norms nearly every day, what matters most is its consistency. Each new transgression adds to a body of anti-democratic moves that condition us to accept aberrance and become inured to it. What was once...

Good morning, Newdists! Last week, I gave you beanspiration . This week, I’m asking you to give me beanspiration. In my quest to eat more beans—and thanks to some nudging from members of this ...

Why Trumpism Makes Obsolete Psychological Terms Trend Again Indiana State Senator Mike Bohacek (R) recently took to Facebook to warn that “words have consequences” after the president hurled a slur during a late-night immigration rant, branding a...

Laying out the shirt stripe box pattern The Shirt Stripes Box quilt design, featured in Kaffe Fassett’s Passionate Patchwork , is an invitation to upcycle everyday fabric as a clever, eye-...

The mind can be a fickle monster. A chemical imbalance, some faulty wiring, and things can happen. Any recovering addict will tell you that they’re still an addict. Ask a neurodivergent person how ...