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Sekrit Armee Sundai — Kownt on Da Mureenz!
A gentle reminder of how we do things:   🐱🐶🐦 Do not troll the diary. If you hate pootie diaries, leave now. No harm, no foul. Please do share pics of your fur kids!  If you have ...
FosterMomInCA 12/09/2025 1
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 ‘Golden Age’ is tarnishing fast
Republicans were forced on the defensive this week after a slew of new economic data confirmed what regular Americans already know: President Donald Trump’s economy is a mismanaged disaster.� ...
Max Burns 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: 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
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: 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: Tick, tick, tick ...
A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related |� 'Time is out’: Democrat rips GOP’s health care ...
Clay Bennett 12/09/2025 1
PWB Peeps Caturday Open Thread: Oh, Those Cats!
fully charged, ready for ...
strawbale 12/06/2025 4
📚 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
WYFP: Open Thread
Another fun week in my building, Wednesday night I went to bed about 9pm and immediately I hear my neighbors out in the hall talking about “how to get in”. Those weren’t the words they used but, on past experience, that’s what the gist was. This has...
blueoregon 12/06/2025 5
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
Has Trump Already Pardoned the DC Pipe Bomber?
It has been nearly five years since Donald Trump incited a violent insurrection against the United States, exhorting his MAGA cult followers to storm the Capitol in order to undermine democracy and retain his authoritarian grip on power. On that day...
News Corpse 12/06/2025 19
HHS and its brain-wormed boss 'deadnamed' former Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine
Lacking imagination, bigots and transphobe trolls ‘deadname’ trans people on social media by misgendering them or using their pre-transition name. They think they’re being clever, much like the close of drag shows or in older media when the wig is torn...
annieli 12/06/2025 4
Facts on the "War on Drugs'
It's awfully hard to get facts now days so I thought I'd do some of the FACT thing. FACTS on the "War" on drugs: WHAT: There is an scandalously enormous amount of dangerous, deadly and illegal drugs pouring into the USA. WHY: The American people want...
Player 12/06/2025 4
Mad Marjorie says that Trump was "furious" with her over the Epstein files during a phone call
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-trump-052955263.html "He was extremely angry at me," the Georgia Republican told '60 Minutes' in a preview of her first national interview since announcing plans to resign. In a preview...
djbigf 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
Smoke on the Water: Fire in His Lies
So wrathful, so mighty is our First Felon, he’s blown a chunk of our regressively culled taxes to immolate a skiff that looked to be lugging a ‘cargo’ of 11 souls toward Suriname. (That is, DIRECTLY AWAY FROM US.) Which vessel he, Trump, paints...
Inspector Clueso 12/06/2025 1
The quiet part out loud before Red States become Confederate States of America, Part Deux
You don’t need to know the difference between Eros and Thanatos to perceive Trumpism as a death cult beyond its current rendition as a personality cult. One doesn’t even need to watch the still unreleased Hegseth kill shot of the two persons waving at...
annieli 12/06/2025 21
Caturday Pootie Diary: HELPING
I sat on the floor, surrounded by unwrapped gifts. I took stock. Wrapping paper? Check. Scissors? Check. Tape? I picked up the tape and held it in the air. “Check,” I said. “Check what?” ...
Flowergirl77 12/06/2025 93
Great APR Today by Greg Dworkin. However, Trump's Approval Numbers Are WORSE than Reported.
NOTE: I thought about putting this into the comments of today APR, but it was too lengthy. Therefore, I decided to write a diary entry instead. Thanks for this morning’s APR. I would just add one thing. I understand that statisticians prefer to take in...
Merlin196360 12/06/2025 51
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
Make your head spin
Each new day brings new dread.
JohnnyPiano 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
Blowing Up Precedent, American citizen risk very real
I frequent Yahoo comments pages a little too much, can’t help but throw shots at the idiot MAGAs and their commitment to tRUmp’s surreality. My most recent “fuck you MAGA” line has been in relation to the war crimes/murder in the Caribbean spree our...
humbud 12/06/2025 4
The “Art-of-the-Deal” Foreign Policy: Trump's Extraction-First Strategy
A Strategy for the Bosses The newly released 2025 National Security Strategy (NS), far from being a sober blueprint for safeguarding American interests, reads like a corporate memo: “What can the world deliver us, and how much can we take?” Under the...
Shawn510 12/06/2025 14
Caribbean Matters: The heinous boat bombings continue
Caribbean Matters is a weekly series from Daily Kos. Hope you’ll join us here every Saturday. If you are unfamiliar with the region, check out Caribbean Matters: Getting to know the countries of ...
Denise Oliver Velez 12/06/2025 118
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
Cartoon: A MAGA dilemma
A cartoon by David Horsey. Related |� Why the GOP’s ‘affordability’ message ...
David Horsey 12/06/2025 20
Tacky assisted living... when will Vance get TF off the couch and seek 25th Amendment solutions?
Kaitlan Collins' December 5, 2025, post showcased new permanent "Oval Office" signs in the West Wing, part of President Trump's gold-themed renovations that echo his preference for opulent decor in official spaces like Mar-a-Lago. The reply targets a...
annieli 12/06/2025 41
Exporting Trump's ignorance to allies who aren't buying
In late November, Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent instructions to US diplomats directing them to sell Trump’s ...
sabrina haake 12/06/2025 3
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
Thomas Paine & Trmp
… the Treasury Department will give $1,000 to the accounts for children born between Jan. 1, 2025, and Dec. 31, 2028. Those accounts become the property of a child's guardian and "will track a stock index and allow for additional private contributions...
gmoke 12/05/2025 1
Not My Daddy, Just an Airbnb Guest
Trump isn’t anyone’s daddy — he’s just a temporary tenant with borrowed keys. The presidency isn’t a family title, and the White House isn’t his forever home. He’s basically a short-term Airbnb guest with delusions of royalty, mistaking a...
bison 12/05/2025 10
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
PWB Peeps Open Thread: Poetry of Van Doren
The Rivals Mark Van Doren (1894-1972) On a night of whirling snow When every twig and star is dead There is a house where I can go � And ...
strawbale 12/05/2025 15
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
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
Cheers and Jeers: Rum and Coke FRIDAY!
Late Night Snark: Welcome to Our Banana Republic Edition "In the new Gallup poll, [Trump’s] approval rating is down to 36 percent with 60 percent disapproval. Trump's underwater in every category. According to a new YouGov poll, he's very unpopular...
Bill in Portland Maine 12/05/2025 163
PWB Peeps: Krampusnacht!
Hi, Peeps! I can’t believe we’re already at Krampusnacht. Back when Christmas was separate from SantyKlaus (St. Nick — feast day 12/6), this was the guy who punished the naughty children. Our ...
CathyM 12/05/2025 55
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
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
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
PWB Peeps Open Thread: Parrots Are Great
shower ...
strawbale 12/04/2025 40
Top Comments: A Walk in the Woods edition
A user-friendly hike with old chums, after-the-jump ... But first : Top Comments appears nightly, as a round-up of the best comments on Daily Kos. Surely ... you come across comments daily that are ...
Ed Tracey 12/04/2025 7
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
Cheers and Jeers: Thursday
Must-Seethe TV Stephen Colbert, who still has six months to tear into these idiots—and whose show has a good chance of outlasting Captain Cankles and his bloated carcass that short-circuits MRI machines—previews the reboot of a beloved 1960’s comedy......
Bill in Portland Maine 12/04/2025 99
Top Comments: Open Thread
I’m having some arm pain from bad ergonomic choices, so open thread tonight. Rumors that�I developed tendonitis from stripping gold off the White House and replacing it with painted tinfoil, are ...
Tara the Antisocial Social Worker 12/03/2025 7
PWB Kitties Love Shopping
Kitties are ready to do some shopping… But first, the rules… You are all welcome to join us! Here are few not-too-onerous PWB rules Do not troll the diary. If you hate pootie diaries,
mamajo2k 12/03/2025 32
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
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
Wednesday Woozles: A Few Humpday Chuckles
Good day, Peeps. How’s December treating you? Are your pets doing okay? A gentle reminder of how we do things: � Do not troll the diary. If you hate pootie diaries,
Ice Blue 12/03/2025 105
Cheers and Jeers: Wednesday
Just a quick note above the fold: Holy smokes, Batman. Behn’s MAGA opponent only won by a handful of points. In Tennessee. In a Trump +22 district. My, my, my, look at all those shiny blue arrows... No “conservative tears” in our mug this morning....
Bill in Portland Maine 12/03/2025 148
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
PWB Peeps Open Thread: Wonderful Animals
strawbale 12/02/2025 24
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
PWB Toosdai Critters: Cult of Chew n'On
A gentle reminder of how we do things:   🐱🐶🐦 Do not troll the diary. If you hate pootie diaries, leave now. No harm, no foul. Please do share pics of your fur kids!  If you have ...
samanthab 12/02/2025 88
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
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
Top Comments: Seasonal 2025 Part I (Marking Time Til The Holiday) Edition
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! OK, maybe not THE most, but it IS time for my annual seasonally-themed diaries. It’s been a tradition �since 2010, with topics ranging from music to ...
brillig 12/01/2025 10
PWB Peeps Open Thread: Woozle Fun
dig for buried ...
strawbale 12/01/2025 18
PWB Peeps: Moonday Wiff Da Furbutts
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! ...
The Marti 12/01/2025 84
Cheers and Jeers: Monday
"The true father of our national literature." That's how H.L. Mencken described the force of nature that was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, aka Mark Twain. If ever there was a person whose bullshit detector went to 11, it was him. Also in his corner:...
Bill in Portland Maine 12/01/2025 130
Top Comments: The Universe Is NOT a Computer Simulation
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,...
gizmo59 11/30/2025 58
PWB Peeps Open Thread: It's The Little Things That Count
strawbale 11/30/2025 57
WAYWO: SPECULUM
Recreating obsolete technology.� A nerd journey.� � Vanity mirrors have a curve to them.� It allows you to see yourself bigger than you are.� Ideal for grooming.� Three thousand years ago everyone ...
ynohtnA 11/30/2025 12
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
Sekrit Armee Sundai — Pozt Hawlidai Napz
A gentle reminder of how we do things: 🐱🐶🐦 Do not troll the diary. If you hate pootie diaries, leave now. No harm, no foul. Please do share pics of your ...
FosterMomInCA 11/30/2025 85
📚 The Inoculation Project 11/30/2025: Texas Border and Blackfeet Nation
This week, we’re helping a kindergarten in a Texas border town get some computer-based learning games, and a 6th grade on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana get supplies for science projects. We hope that readers who support quality public school...
belinda ridgewood 11/30/2025 12
PWB Peeps Caturday Open Thread: Kitty Thoughts
strawbale 11/29/2025 18

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