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A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. How you’re paying for Trump’s latest attack on the media Journalists and media outlets are being shut out and targeted at record speed. Kristi...

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Affordability. Granted, that 6-syllable juggernaut amounts to a polite way of broaching the human costs of decades of governance of/by/for the have-mores. But still. At least the term resonates with countless GOP-ravaged (and potentially enraged)...

Guest: Carrie A. Lee, civil-military relations expert, formerly of the U.S. Army War College Also: Trump pardons notorious cocaine trafficker... On today's BradCast: Things are now moving very quickly, it seems, in the story of our Defense Secretary...

One has to be careful in making portraiture. Corporate entities love to copyright images of public figures. They couldn’t do it with Honest Abe. One of my nephews has repeatedly expressed interest in this portrait of Lincoln, yet has never asked me to...

As most Daily Kos readers know by now, the White House has recently created a website which will purportedly battle bias in the news… Titled “A CALL TO ACTION: Submit “Media Bias” Tips”, it seems to me that the intent is to gather “evidence” that any...

Hello again painting fans. This week I will be starting a new painting. It is a Grand Canyon scene. The photo that I'm using (My own from a recent visit.) is seen directly below. I'll be ...

We're now past the halfway mark of the 2025-2026 election cycle. So far I've raised 4.3x as much for Democrats as I had at the same point 4 years ago...and 2.5x as much as I had at this point 2 years ago! In November 2025 specifically, I raised nearly...

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

The next big battleground test: A Wisconsin race that has tortured Republicans Republicans looking to recover after bruising electoral losses in November are sharply divided over one of the next big electoral tests: a statewide judicial race in...

www.thedailybeast.com/… The first blocks for the foundation of the backstory for future candidate B. Trump are starting to be laid. That team of grifters know they are nothing without their christian nationalists marks.

www.aol.com/... He drew controversy during his 2018 divorce, during which his former wife Kelley Beaman alleged in trial documents he committed emotional abuse, degradation and infidelity. Beaman denied the allegations in court documents and the...

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 ...

Oops I forgot top put it in the Q I finished the benches tonight! 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,...

I champion the 'not us' who bring richness to the tapestry of our lives. Who among us is 1st nations? The President has a stated goal of ending birthright citizenship, but if you have 1,000,000 to toss about you can get in by getting a Trump Gold Card....

The Portland Art Museum (PAM) in Portland, Oregon held an exhibition, Highest Heaven: Andean Art from the Elvin Duerst Bequest , featuring art from the Spanish viceregal or colonial period from 1521 ...

First the problem: Thrasymachus Meets Evolution and Zero-sum Thinking There is only so much of X (money, food, oil, water, arable land, etc.), so for me to get more of X the rest of you must take less. And through me getting more my genes will be able...

I hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving. �Or, for those who do not celebrate, a nice Thursday. A Lost Planet Created the Moon. Now, We Know Where It Came From. : Science will ID the dead planet ...

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A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. Trump releases racist blueprint for the world The “great replacement” theory is now getting echoed in national policy. Out of step: Trump...

This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Yes, once in the previous century, I actually visited the city of Hiroshima. I was an editor at Pantheon Books and had published a...

The demolition of the East Wing of the White House is symbolic of Trump’s impact on America. Our political climate, our democracy, and our moral standing in the world have all suffered crippling body blows. One way to measure the damage Trump has...

This week, we’re helping two classrooms get materials they need for a variety of science investigations: a Texas first grade, and a Montana sixth grade in the Blackfeet Nation. �We hope that ...

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Diego Rivera was born on December 8, 1886. He is probably best known for his murals and or being Frida Kahlo's husband. An assortment of his works, mostly parts of various murals can be found on ...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

Now, before anyone wonders, I still do not think that artificial general intelligence, computers that can display the kind of general intelligence that humans do, �is anywhere near becoming a reality.

TAKE ACTION Write, Email or CALL Capitol Switchboard (202) 224‑3121 to tell your elected officials to stop dropping sh*t on our cities. CLICK HERE to find your officials’ contact information. We must stand up and speak out, not because something is...

A cartoon by Tim Campbell. Related |� Hegseth blames scapegoat for apparent war crimes he bragged ...

A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related |� 'Time is out’: Democrat rips GOP’s health care ...

Mandela Barnes jumps into crowded race for Wisconsin governor Former Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes launched his bid to replace retiring Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday, joining an already crowded and competitive Democratic primary. Barnes, who lost a...

Continuing on with our state wrapups where we’ve ended canvassing. � Hope Springs from Field PAC � [website ] basically ended the year like it began —�knocking on doors for another special ...

My theory on defeating a Trump organization that seemingly only understands profit, especially for white folks, is to deny them that profit. Seemingly, the best way to defeat his PFA nonsense it to make it unprofitable, at least in the U.S. Until we...

The Hall of World War II in the Tillamook Air Museum in Tillamook, Oregon is a huge exhibit showing World War II in models. One exhibit shows the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

In support of Ukrainian culture and Ukrainian freedom , we’re very proud to announce, Modesto,�California just performed the first world premiere of Dmytro Klebanov’s Symphony In Memory of�The ...

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Listen to our archived episodes: Pandora|LibSyn|YouTube Support the show: Patreon|PayPal: 1x or monthly|Square Cash * David Waldman knows all, reveals about two hours' worth, on today’s KITM. Is Pete Hegseth more sober, or less, today? Pete has Donald...

[ Editor’s Note: � Polls don’t vote. People do. Yet the political class wants us high on trendlines and lulled by charts, convinced that democracy will magically defend itself because a majority ...

The Montana Museum of Work History in Wye, Montana is located in a store with exhibits high on the walls and hanging from the ceiling. The museum, located in the Axmen store, has exhibits featuring ...

Years ago when we all watched the same TV channels, it seemed that all the shows and sports would go on hiatus between Thanksgiving and New Years. When VCRs and DVD players debuted, I began a movie ...

Guest: Politico's Alice Miranda Ollstein Also: J6 pipe bomber IG slams Hegseth Dems 'disturbed' by boat strike video Grand Jury denies new James indictment SCOTUS allows TX' racial gerrymander... Yikes. Quite a news day. We do our best to keep up on...

Tad Stoermer is a public historian and teacher in the mold of Howard Zinn with TikTok and YouTube. One of Stoermer’s latest videos discusses Reconstruction and how the South’s defeat in the war created a sliver of space for Radical Republicans to push...

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