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Cartoon: Okay, grandpa ... let's get you to bed
A cartoon by Clay Jones. Related |� Watch this Trump Cabinet meeting devolve into ass-kissing ...
Clay Jones 12/09/2025 1
Trump’s anti-climate policies are driving up insurance costs for homeowners, say experts
Tariffs, extreme weather events and the president’s funding cuts are contributing to increasing rates, sometimes by double digits. By� Marcus Baram �for Capital & ...
Capital and Main 12/09/2025 0
Business Should Not Be Allowed to Create Artificial General Intelligence
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.
angryea 12/09/2025 1
Cartoon: Naughty to nice list
A cartoon by Mike Luckovich. Related |� Nothing says 'tough on drugs' like Trump pardoning a ...
Mike Luckovich 12/09/2025 0
Cartoon: Too tired for a third term
A cartoon by Jack Ohman. Related |� Why can't Trump remember why he had an MRI?
Jack Ohman 12/09/2025 1
Cartoon: Pete's boats
A cartoon by Tim Campbell. Related |� Hegseth blames scapegoat for apparent war crimes he bragged ...
Tim Campbell 12/09/2025 1
Cartoon: Tick, tick, tick ...
A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related |� 'Time is out’: Democrat rips GOP’s health care ...
Clay Bennett 12/09/2025 1
📚 The Inoculation Project: Success List VIII
In our new success list diary, The Inoculation Project (TIP) � will track science and math projects #1201+ that have been fully funded through DonorsChoose after being featured by our group and ...
nomandates 12/06/2025 7
Cartoon: No survivors
A cartoon by Jack Ohman. Related |� Hegseth blames scapegoat for apparent war crimes he bragged ...
Jack Ohman 12/06/2025 6
The Top Ten Reasons Why Donald Trump Received the FIFA Peace Prize
Trump Deserved It, Too! In case you missed this story. Trump was also up against some tough competition. The Top Ten Reasons Trump Deserved the FIFA Peace Prize #10 — For Trump’s Grace Under Pressure #9 — Well… Because #8 — Trump Likes Getting...
JekyllnHyde 12/06/2025 23
Cartoon: Off duty
A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related |� Why can't Trump remember why he had an MRI?
Clay Bennett 12/06/2025 11
Russian stuff blowing up: IAEA says Chernobyl needs urgent repairs
Damage from Russian bombings to the Chernobyl site will require extensive repair. The containment building had already passed its supposed lifespan before the Russian attack. In February a drone strike blew a hole in the “new safe confinement”, which...
quaoar 12/06/2025 37
Vampire Billionaire Attacks Pope
Shortly after American-born Robert Prevost was elected Pope, J.D. Vance and his wife stopped in to visit with the new pontiff. In addition to a Chicago Bears shirt, Vance brought the American Pope two books by St. Augustine. This gift represented a...
Mark Sumner 12/06/2025 217
Samantha Fulnecky is the Riley Gaines of Charlie Kirks
A set-up by reactionaries who believe that sex is biological, gender is ideology, and that if they ask people what women are, they will advance Christian Nationalism. This “pre-med” student wrote a reactionary rather than a reaction paper to an...
annieli 12/06/2025 98
Tech investor tells rich execs that AI will likely cause 30+% unemployment, 10+% annual GDP growth
At the Wall Street Journal’s Tech Live Qatar this week, broadcast to an audience of executives and investors in Doha, Qatar, there was an interesting set of quotes from Sam Englebardt, a media and ...
Lincoln green 12/06/2025 35
Cartoon: A MAGA dilemma
A cartoon by David Horsey. Related |� Why the GOP’s ‘affordability’ message ...
David Horsey 12/06/2025 20
Trump administration approves plan to export more water out of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
The Trump administration yesterday released a draconian plan to divert more Delta water that will go into effect today, posing an extreme threat to already imperiled salmon, steelhead and other fish populations and Delta and tribal communities in...
Dan Bacher 12/05/2025 9
Cartoon: Leaked MRIs
Support � my � Patreon � for early access and exclusives. Follow me on � Mastodon ,� ...
BrianMcFadden 12/05/2025 9
Black Kos, Week In Review - The Inventor of the Potato Chip
By dopper0189, Black Kos Managing Editor As a world food, potatoes are second in human consumption only to rice. And as thin, salted, crisp chips, they are America's favorite snack food —�the ...
Black Kos 12/05/2025 172
Cartoon: I'm with stupid
A cartoon by Jack Ohman. Related |� Hegseth blames scapegoat for apparent war crimes he bragged ...
Jack Ohman 12/05/2025 16
Meet Pete Hegseth, Drunken War Criminal — The Week in Editorial Cartoons (Update #8)
Please Support Editorial Cartoonist Clay Jones “The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.” As you know, Editorial Cartoonist Clay Jones is recovering from a stroke, but has started posting again on DK and...
JekyllnHyde 12/05/2025 47
Earth Matters: Fuel economy retreat feeds Trump's energy bonfire; plus a Stewart & Kolbert convo
Crossposted from The Journal of Uncharted Blue Places You can also catch me at meteorblades.bsky.social The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration unveiled its plan Wednesday to slash Biden-era fuel-economy standards for passenger cars from...
Meteor Blades 12/05/2025 30
Cartoon: Under the rug
A cartoon by Pedro Molina. Related |� Border czar admits ICE sees all immigrants as ...
Pedro Molina 12/05/2025 22
Guess what, Dan Bongino? Pipe bomb suspect thought the 2020 election was stolen
In news that is certain to get an FBI source fired by the corrupt clowns who sit atop the Justice Department and the FBI, CNN is reporting that the D.C. pipe bomb suspect, Brian Coles Jr., has told the FBI that he believed the 2020 election was stolen....
Bob Johnson 12/05/2025 154
Musings for Friday - Belle of the Ranch. A Voice of Clarity
I don’t know about you, but I’ve pretty much given up watching any network news. I record Rachel, and occasionally watch Lawrence and maybe catch 30 minutes of Nicole out of her two hour show. So where do I stay informed? Multiple platforms and...
TexDem 12/05/2025 35
Cartoon: Dozy Don
A cartoon by Drew Sheneman. Related |� Why can't Trump remember why he had an MRI?
Drew Sheneman 12/05/2025 24
What are you reading? December 5, 2025
In WAYR?, I note what I’m reading and comment...you note what you are reading and comment. Occasionally, I may add a section or a link related to books… I am reading: Obsession: The Life and ...
Chitown Kev 12/05/2025 32
Renewable Friday: I Get E-Mails
I have mostly been getting Global Warming news from Bluesky lately, and I have been preoccupied with COP30. I find that I have a backlog of climate-related e-mails. So today I am giving you the best of what I have received in the last month, with links...
Mokurai 12/05/2025 9
Cartoon: Con job president
A cartoon by Clay Jones. Related |� Trump claims 'affordability' to be made-up Democratic ...
Clay Jones 12/04/2025 15
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: A stab, er, pat on the back
A cartoon by Mike Luckovich. Related |� Hegseth blames scapegoat for apparent war crimes he bragged ...
Mike Luckovich 12/04/2025 11
Cartoon: Going after drug traffickers
A cartoon by Pedro Molina. Related |� Nothing says 'tough on drugs' like Trump pardoning a ...
Pedro Molina 12/04/2025 14
Cartoon: Tom the Dancing Bug—When they came, did you speak up? Not me.
Two-Week Black-Friday Sale on signed Tom the Dancing Bug books! Get your loved ones a Holiday Six-Pak or a Super Fun Two-Pak! Info here . Please join the team that makes it possible for your ...
RubenBolling 12/04/2025 30
Salesforce getting more ridiculous in ads touting their A.I.
According to Salesforce, every business should be using “artificial intelligence.” And that A.I. should of course be Agentforce from Salesforce. Without Agentforce, your business makes such ...
Alonso del Arte 12/03/2025 14
Don't threaten us with a good time, Mike Johnson
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 ...
kos 12/03/2025 118
Cartoon: Accountability
Consider supporting my work so I can continue creating it: Substack: � https://nickanderson.substack.com/ Patreon: �
Nick Anderson 12/03/2025 19
Trump Policies Place U.S. Economy at Risk
Economist Paul Krugman and I are very worried. He titled a recent Substack post, “Getting Ready to Party Like It’s 2008,” the last time there was a global financial meltdown. Putting foxes in charge of the hen house is a recipe for economic disaster....
Alan Singer 12/03/2025 5
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
Cartoon: Following that logic ...
A cartoon by David Horsey. Related |� Two National Guard troops shot in ambush attack just blocks from the White ...
David Horsey 12/03/2025 20
AI Without Work: Elon Musk’s Feudal Future and the Return of the Lords
“The outsourcing of governmental services is the road to tyranny.” Trenz Pruca Every few months, usually after a spaceship launch or a media tantrum, Elon Musk appears on a stage somewhere and predicts that Artificial Intelligence will soon make work...
Trenz Pruca 12/03/2025 13
AI vs. AI: Patients deploy bots to battle health insurers that deny care
New AI-powered programs offer help to patients stymied by insurance denials. By Anna Claire Vollers for� Stateline As states strive to curb health insurers’ use of artificial intelligence, ...
Stateline 12/03/2025 31
Cartoon: The listeria league
This comic was inspired by a recent ProPublica analysis that found inspections of overseas food plants had dropped significantly under Trump despite unsanitary conditions found at several facilities.
Jen Sorensen 12/03/2025 15
Device Hoarding, AI, Oligarchs, Affordability, And The End of the American Economy
Did you know that your refusal to purchase new devices is destroying the economy? It’s true, at least according to CNBC, the people who sell devices, and various economists. �The problem, you see,
angryea 12/03/2025 102
News the felon and GOP don't want us to see! Dec 3, 2025 edition, with poll
In the last month, we have seen significant weakening of the felon and his enablers. A brief summary of some of the evidence of the increased weakness: The elections in November proved that. And,
chloris creator 12/03/2025 36
Given the Tennessee special election result, the GOP is so f'd in 2026
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...
kos 12/02/2025 339
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
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
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
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
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
BL: If music be the food of Boys' Love, play on
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...
Krotor 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
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
Tomorrow's Clean Tech News Today: Solar Power In A Jungle Gym
With its sprawling, wide open spaces and energy-sucking communities, the US is tailor-made to support a thriving domestic solar industry. Other nations are not so lucky. Take Japan, for example. Japan is an island 25 times smaller than the US by land...
JerseyDem25 12/02/2025 2
Cartoon: Couples therapy
A cartoon by Mike Luckovich. Related |� Mike Johnson looks like an idiot after the Epstein ...
Mike Luckovich 12/02/2025 16
Imitative AI Limits, Human And Mathematical
One of the reasons that imitative AI like ChatGPT is almost certainly a bubble is that running these systems simply cost too much money compared to the amount of value that they generate. �Even ...
angryea 12/02/2025 7
Do you believe governments should create dedicated offices to assess how they're using AI?
New York City is taking another swing at something few governments have managed to get right: regulating artificial intelligence. The City Council recently passed a package of bills known as the GUARD Act, short for Guaranteeing Unbiased AI Regulation...
IndiePundit 12/02/2025 6
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
Krugman's explanation for Trump's pardon of the former Honduran president needs prime time attention
This past Friday, Trump announced he will pardon the former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, who in March 2024 was convicted by a U.S. jury and sentenced to 45 years in prison for conspiring to import massive amounts of cocaine into the...
RETIII 12/01/2025 204
Cartoon: Feeling thankful
Consider supporting my work so I can continue creating it: Substack: � https://nickanderson.substack.com/ Patreon: �
Nick Anderson 12/01/2025 16
Election News Digest: December 1
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...
cbastian 12/01/2025 2
Spot the AI in this Diary - UPDATED
I Use AI to Help Me Write. That's Not What's Happening Here. I've been writing here on Daily Kos for a while now, and yes, I started using AI to help. Claude helps me fact-check death tolls in genocides. It helps me smooth a clunky transition. It finds...
LilBoyBlu 12/01/2025 48
The Sequel to Hegseth's AI Comic Book Mocking War Crimes
MeidasTouch Facebook page announced this morning that “Pentagon Pete” Hegseth just posted an AI comic book mocking war crimes. “Pete Hegseth just posted this amid accusations he has committed serious war crimes” Believing that patriotic Americans would...
dmhlt 66 12/01/2025 8
Cartoon: The war on woke
As always, if � you find value in this work I do, please consider helping me keep it sustainable by joining my weekly newsletter, � Sparky’s List! � You can get it in your inbox or read it on ...
Tom Tomorrow 12/01/2025 28
GOP goes all-in on culture war—and it's not going great
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, ...
kos 11/30/2025 232
A History of Murder on the High Seas: The Execution of Captain Heinz Eck
Exactly 80 years ago today German U-Boat Commander Heinz Wilhelm Eck was executed by firing squad, along with two other officers under his command. In 1944, Eck’s submarine torpedoed the Greek merchant ship Peleus. Eck ordered the U-852 to surface....
KeithDB 11/30/2025 113