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Sudan The Forgotten War(s).
The history of conflict in Sudan ...
rebel ga 12/06/2025 6
Birthright citizenship - a logical conundrum
The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a case that may redefine who is a citizen. The Trump executive order that is being challenged stated that children born on US soil to non-citizens are not US citizens, even though the 14th Amendment says they are....
liberaldad2 12/05/2025 23
Whiteness is a Myth
There is no such thing as “the white race.” (This is not to say white privilege isn’t real. White privilege is 100% real. White privilege is the purpose for which whiteness was invented in the 1600s in Virginia.) Right now you may be thinking: “What?”...
cai 12/05/2025 37
Holiday shopping boycott fights Trump with the power of the purse
A new campaign against Amazon, Home Depot and Target says diversity is the best value. By Erin Aubry Kaplan for Capital & Main When it comes to struggle, � there are no holidays. But this year ...
Capital and Main 12/05/2025 44
Bob's Picture of the Day for December 5th, 2025
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 ...
bsegel 12/05/2025 17
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
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
Whiteness Wednesdays - The Enduring Myth of a Post-Racial America
Welcome to Whiteness Wednesdays. One of the constant lies White people tell ourselves is that racism is a dying legacy of the past, and that we’re just about to move past it altogether. This ...
Toro Blanco 12/03/2025 21
Insomniacs' Late Night Vent Hole - In Support of Mark Kelly Edition
Please read and follow instructions before opening. Or consult your physician. This is a no flame zone . This vent-hole (hereinafter known as IVH), if lost or stolen will not be replaced or ...
RRG3DAV 12/02/2025 9
DVD review: The Accountant 2
Did you know that there’s a whole wiki devoted to cataloguing firearms seen in movies and TV shows? I found it because I was looking to verify my assertion that there are multiple rifles reloaded in The Accountant 2. It’s one of those questions you...
Alonso del Arte 12/02/2025 9
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
Kitchen Table Kibitzing 12/2/2025: Cliff Notes
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...
belinda ridgewood 12/02/2025 89
Is an “AI” Really “Intelligent”?
Don’t get me wrong. After some hesitation, I’ve taken to AI as a duck takes to water. I seldom use “normal” online searches anymore. Most “normal” online search results now appear in the order for which for-profit providers of goods or services have...
dratler 12/02/2025 83
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
Tired of being suckered by the latest email request, I created a political donation budget.
I’ve always dipped into my retirement income to donate to political campaigns. I give of my time as well, but haven’t attempted to quantify that. In past years, however, I found myself committing some of the cardinal sins of so many donors: giving on...
Blue Boomer 12/02/2025 9
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
Trump's EPA Just Approved What???
There are harmful administrative decisions that have immediate but reversable negative consequences. But what of decisions that are reversable in policy only – those whose effects will almost ...
announ 12/02/2025 116
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
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
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
PWB Peeps Open Thread: Woozle Fun
dig for buried ...
strawbale 12/01/2025 18
No One Should Be Shocked: Pete Hegseth Told Us Who He Was
Shocked? I’m as Shocked as Casablanca’s Captain Renault Why are we pretending to be shocked that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is now accused of issuing a spoken order to “leave no one alive” after a maritime strike in the Caribbean? He has been...
bison 12/01/2025 29
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
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
For those grieving the death of a loved one when the world seems to be on fire.
“Is it my imagination, or is dying, and grieving, harder in the age of Trump with his endless flak field of chaos, cruelty, corruption, and lies?” The question hangs in the air as my buddy, a hospice Bereavement Counselor, takes a sip of his high...
Scott Janssen 12/01/2025 9
The Second Warning
When Tyson Foods announced it would close its beef processing plant in Lexington, Nebraska in early 2026, most Americans didn’t notice. But they should have. Not because Lexington is unique — but because it isn’t. What’s happening there is a warning, a...
sbanks 12/01/2025 247
12/01 Open Thread - World AIDS Day
Today is World AIDS Day. It was first observed on December 1, 1988 to raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic and to provide information concerning it. It was a WHO prohect until 1996 when the newly founded Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS...
enhydra lutris 12/01/2025 6

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