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| Random Thoughts on PLUR1BUS and Thoughtful Arguments PLUR1BUS, for those who do not know, is a sci-fi series create by the same person who created Better Call Saul . �The premise is Invasion of the Body Snatchers, but the body snatchers are nice. �An ... |
angryea | 12/10/2025 | 1 |
| Sunday Good Reads for December 7th, 2025 Remember when the US used to fight fascists?
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all - The Washington Post : �They must be held to account for this. |
angryea | 12/09/2025 | 1 |
| Milton Friedman is Why Trump is About to Betray Ukraine Bold statement, yes, but backed up by this Wall Street Journal article on the “peace negotiations” being run by Trump’s special envoy. �
The take away from the article is that in exchange for ... |
angryea | 12/09/2025 | 1 |
| 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 |
| Bezos thinks big donation makes it okay to poison a lagoon How many billionaires does it take to fill a lagoon with millions of gallons of industrial wastewater?�
Apparently, just one.�
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has caused quite a stir in Florida’s ... |
Alix Breeden | 12/09/2025 | 0 |
| What Tennessee’s special election tells us about 2026 Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics or culture.
Republican ... |
Alex Samuels | 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 |
| Even apparent war crimes won’t stop the GOP from defending Hegseth Congressional Cowards is a weekly series highlighting the worst Donald Trump defenders on Capitol Hill, who refuse to criticize him—no matter how disgraceful or lawless his actions.
Republicans ... |
Emily Singer | 12/09/2025 | 0 |
| 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 |
| This Week in the War on Women: Open Thread Open thread this week. Please put links in comments.
Anytime you hit a paywall on articles linked in diaries or comments (or anywhere online) try using Archive.Today to see if you can get free ... |
Tara the Antisocial Social Worker | 12/06/2025 | 31 |
| Why conservatives are obsessed with this bad college essay Explaining the Right is a weekly series that looks at what the right wing is currently obsessing over, how it influences politics—and why you need to know.
Conservatives have spent the last week ... |
Oliver Willis | 12/06/2025 | 45 |
| Another Saturday Night: Captain Jack will get you high tonight I’m a rookie when it comes to these diaries so I am not sure what themes have already been used and which ones haven’t. I don’t remember this one but it was probably used before. Hopefully it was long enough ago that y’all don’t mind doing it again.... |
quaoar | 12/06/2025 | 106 |
| Cartoon: No survivors A cartoon by Jack Ohman.
Related |� Hegseth blames scapegoat for apparent war crimes he bragged ... |
Jack Ohman | 12/06/2025 | 6 |
| Jury-shopping with Jeanine, and abortion-pill liars get a pass Injustice for All is a weekly series about how the Trump administration is trying to weaponize the justice system—and the people who are fighting back.
It’s another bleak week in the courts, ... |
Lisa Needham | 12/06/2025 | 10 |
| 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 |
| Clips of the week: Mark Kelly hits back at Hegseth, and Trump's drug price doozy President Donald Trump’s billionaire-focused economy is not improving, the Epstein files are not disappearing, and every distraction the administration throws out is meeting far more scrutiny and ... |
Walter Einenkel | 12/06/2025 | 19 |
| 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 |
| Denying Putin's narrative Putin’s argument is that�
1) Russia is now winning
2) therefore, its ultimate victory is inevitable (and imminent)
3) Therefore, Arming Ukraine is useless.
Actually,
1) while Rusia is ... |
Frank L Palmer | 12/06/2025 | 3 |
| Should we be panicking about birthright citizenship or not? The Supreme Court just agreed to hear a case challenging birthright citizenship, aka the Trump administration’s attempt to write a major portion of the 14th Amendment out of existence—and even ... |
Lisa Needham | 12/06/2025 | 318 |
| The upside-down world of MAGA Darnold Trump’s approval ratings have been dropping notably over the past year. But before you get too optimistic, please remember that there are folks out there who say that they don’t like the ... |
Perlinator | 12/06/2025 | 13 |
| Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Trump's approval slide continues apace New York Times:
Trump’s Approval Rating Dips as Views of His Handling of the Economy Sour
The shift, while small, is notable after months of stability in President Trump’s approval rating. |
Greg Dworkin | 12/06/2025 | 338 |
| Ukraine Invasion Day 1,386: The White House has become Russia House annex again Russian forces conducted a series of drone strikes against Ukraine overnight on December 4 to 5. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched 137 Shahed-type, Gerbera-type, and other strike drones, of which about 90 were Shaheds, from... |
annieli | 12/06/2025 | 37 |
| Top Comments: Open Thread
Here at Top Comments we welcome longtime as well as brand new Daily Kos readers to join us at 10pm Eastern. We strive to nourish community by rounding up some of the site's best, funniest, most ... |
Chitown Kev | 12/05/2025 | 6 |
| FUN FACT: Donald Trump is the First Rapist to Win the FIFA Peace Prize! So, now that we’ve entered the Daily Televised Nap phase of the Thousand Year Reich, I was thinking it’s probably time for that difficult talk about taking the keys to the death cult away from grandpa. No? Well, then, I suppose we may as well launch... |
ShowerCap | 12/05/2025 | 71 |
| Why the GOP’s ‘affordability’ message flops Republicans are in disarray as they begin to realize that they may lose the House in ... |
Emily Singer | 12/05/2025 | 95 |
| The World Cup sucks up to Trump, and it sucks Remember when we learned in 2018 that the United States would host the 2026 World Cup along with Mexico and Canada? Back then, it seemed like an amazing opportunity to be part of an inherently ... |
Lisa Needham | 12/05/2025 | 156 |
| Trump’s revenge plot unravels as another grand jury shuts him down President Donald Trump’s plans for revenge against his political enemies were disrupted yet again on Thursday after a grand jury declined to pursue charges against New York Attorney General ... |
Oliver Willis | 12/05/2025 | 46 |
| FBI agents now reportedly acting as Kash Patel’s personal Uber FBI Director Kash Patel is once again under scrutiny for allegedly bending the bureau’s resources to support his personal life, this time involving his girlfriend’s social outings.
According ... |
Alex Samuels | 12/05/2025 | 50 |
| 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 |
| Trump finally gets his ‘peace prize’ President Donald Trump received a made-up peace prize from the International Federation of Association Football ahead of the 2026 World Cup, ... |
Walter Einenkel | 12/05/2025 | 126 |
| Trump releases racist blueprint for the world The Trump administration released its “ National Security Strategy ”� on Thursday night, but the document reads more like a manifesto advocating for white supremacy than a supposed national ... |
Oliver Willis | 12/05/2025 | 145 |
| Watch 'wartime' House speaker drop some baffling bullsh-t Mike Johnson branded himself a “wartime” speaker of the House during a Friday appearance on Fox Business. He also claimed he and President Donald Trump work nearly every hour in the day�doing ... |
Walter Einenkel | 12/05/2025 | 97 |
| Russian stuff blowing up: Drone strike damages Chechnya's iconic skyscraper Ukraine struck a prominent skyscraper in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya. There are Chechen security offices in that building, which is pictured on the 50 ruble banknote, but the target might have been a nearby FSB office or Ramzan Kadyrov’s nearby... |
quaoar | 12/05/2025 | 118 |
| Nurses Must Strike – A Misogynist Government Aims to Take Away Their Professional Status One feature of the Republican administration in Washington and Project 2025 is their apparent wish to demote people in “women’s professions”. They are stripping them of their professional status at work. New government student loan caps will increase... |
pouncecafe | 12/05/2025 | 12 |
| Ukraine Invasion Day 1,385: Putin’s original war aims continue, despite the Alaska misadventure Russian forces conducted a series of missile and drone strikes against Ukraine on the night of December 3 to 4. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched two Iskander-M ballistic missiles from Rostov Oblast and occupied Crimea and... |
annieli | 12/04/2025 | 26 |
| 🕎✡️Dmytro Klebanov-1st Symphony In Memoriam To The Martyrs of Babi Yar, Ukraine-US Premiere Happy Holidays to all, Happy Chanukah! We’ll return to our regular schedule with Bernstein in January. This month we are honoring a great Jewish-Ukrainian composer whose music was suppressed during his lifetime, in particular his 1st Symphony in... |
Tippy and Dad | 12/04/2025 | 35 |
| 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 |
| Moral clarity, or the company you seek Mystery drones attempt Zelensky intercept Live BBC feed final reports Salisbury nerve agent poisoning by Putin’s FSB. In today’s news the BBC reports on the “extremely reckless” Russian nerve agent poisoning attempt on Skripal father and daughter,... |
willywagtail | 12/04/2025 | 2 |
| 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 |
| The team & the fans When you sit in the bleachers, you can praise or�criticize all the players on the team, even the greatest stars. You can tell everyone within earshot what you would do if you were the coach. What ... |
Frank L Palmer | 12/03/2025 | 1 |
| Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine targets a refinery in Tambov Ukraine struck the oil refinery in the Tambov region, which is about 420 km southeast of Moscow. A section of the Druzhba pipeline was destroyed by Ukraine. Russia hit this church in Kostiantynivka. All those fiber-optic cables laying around came in... |
quaoar | 12/03/2025 | 45 |
| ADAPTIVE INDOMITABLE UKRAINE: "Meat Assaults" Not Working So Russian "Special Forces" to Pokrovsk News came yesterday that after throwing a legion of barely-trained Mobiki at the Ukrainian defenses on the Pokrovsky line, the Russian command has decided that is not working(fast enough?). They have to try something new because they’re : 'Crawling... |
Decimus | 12/02/2025 | 70 |
| Ukraine Invasion Day 1,383: Trump's 'plan' sells out Ukraine, Europe, and American leadership. 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... |
annieli | 12/02/2025 | 57 |
| Overnight News Digest December 2, 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 �... |
Chitown Kev | 12/02/2025 | 14 |
| Russian stuff blowing up: Another Russian tanker attacked in Black Sea A third oil tanker came under attack near the coast of Turkey. Two others were crippled in an earlier strike. Also, a fourth tanker has been slowly sinking off the coast of Senegal in West Africa. An update from the tanker off the coast of Senegal: 2/... |
quaoar | 12/02/2025 | 168 |
| Ukraine Invasion Day 1,382: darn 'moral clarity' - citizen Kushner involved in Moscow 'peace' talks? Witkoff, Kushner and Rubio shaking down Ukraine for Trump money is not new. Trump has been trying to mess with Ukraine since Manafort was pitching the same "Peace Deal" in 2016. "3 times Trump has tried to bounce Ukraine into conceding to Russian... |
annieli | 12/01/2025 | 47 |
| Europe Might Leave America Hanging By Dumping $2.34 Trillion In U.S. Debt If Trump Sells Out Ukraine This doesn’t sound good... Daily Express European nations are reportedly weighing the "nuclear option" of destabilizing the American economy should Donald Trump abandon Ukraine and compromise continental security. Discussions between American and... |
PvtJarHead | 12/01/2025 | 311 |
| Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine strikes a Russian naval weapons facility Ukraine sent drones to Dagestan to bomb the Dagdiesel torpedo factory on the Caspian Sea. A plethora of drones hitting Russian soldiers. Ukraine strikes a Russian bridge-laying vehicle. There is video of the evacuation of the shadow fleet tanker Kairos... |
quaoar | 12/01/2025 | 95 |
| Ukraine Invasion Day 1,381: everywhere and not a drop to drink 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:... |
annieli | 12/01/2025 | 32 |
| Republican Support For Ukraine Collapses Republican pollster Frank Luntz on ABC ‘This Week With George Stephanopolus’ roundtable says republicans have caved on Ukraine. Republicans support for strong aggressive action in Ukraine has melted from 75 percent to 30 percent. Chris Christy says... |
OakCA | 11/30/2025 | 17 |
| Trump Is Selling Out Ukraine — And Congress Is Letting Him There are moments in American history when the actions of a few reveal the moral stakes for the entire nation. We are in one of those moments now. The story that Heather Cox Richardson has outlined over the past two days is not simply another troubling... |
Shawn510 | 11/30/2025 | 15 |
| Russian stuff blowing up: Will selling gold reserves save Russia's economy? Russia has been selling off some of its gold reserves to finance the war, but even that desperate move won’t work forever. Russia’s central bank has about 2,330 tons of gold in its reserves (worth about $300 billion) and the National Wealth Fund held... |
quaoar | 11/30/2025 | 133 |
| Sleazy Slenderman and the post-war looting of Ukraine is more about oligarchic crony capitalism How do oligarchies and their crony capitalists manage to dominate our lives: Five points on the current treachery First, the WSJ story highlights all of the downsides to Trump’s brand of start-up diplomacy. Both Witkoff and the Russians had little... |
annieli | 11/30/2025 | 5 |
| Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine This is an important story published by the WSJ of the story behind the Ukraine/Russia “peace deal” and how it is driven by the self-dealing grifters in the White House and its extended group of megadonors working to maximize their spoils of war.... |
AKALib | 11/30/2025 | 15 |
| Ukraine Invasion Day 1,380: a new Kushner-Witkoff grift resembles a 2018 "Marshall Plan" grift It’s always about the money, unfortunately US/Russian money. The war will end when Russia leaves. And crony capitalism will be all the more wealthier. Trump, Kushner, and Witkoff tried to sell out Ukraine, the U.S., and Europe for money. It's so bad... |
annieli | 11/29/2025 | 42 |
| ADAPTIVE INDOMITABLE UKRAINE Clears Dobropilya. Pokrovsk Becomes New 'Chasiv Yar' Against Russia GOOD NEWS from the Pokrovsky-Dobropilya direction. Remember the alarm back in August 2025 when Russia surprised and made a bee line towards Dobropilya in the hopes of creating a northern pincer against Pokrovsk as well as drive a wedge between Pokrovsk... |
Decimus | 11/29/2025 | 54 |
| This Week in the War on Women, 11/23-29/25: Thanksgiving Week Open Thread Many Native women promote�the true story of Thanksgiving:� Ramona Peters : The Real Story of the First Thanksgiving: After Squanto’s aid with corn and other planting, the pilgrims had a ... |
elenacarlena | 11/29/2025 | 58 |
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