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| Sunday Morning Open Thread with Snowy Music Good morning, folks. I don’t know if you have seen snow yet this season—or even if you typically�do—but I just came in from traipsing through about eight inches of�white stuff�when it’s ... |
Ice Blue | 12/09/2025 | 1 |
| Black Music Sunday: Lead Belly, the virtuoso who told us to 'stay woke' � Black Music Sunday is a weekly series highlighting all things Black music, with over 290 stories covering performers, genres, history, and more, each featuring its own vibrant soundtrack. I hope ... |
Denise Oliver Velez | 12/09/2025 | 0 |
| 📚 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 |
| 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 |
| A simple exchange 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... |
dot farmer | 12/06/2025 | 2 |
| This caller to our radio show has the recipe to defeat Trump. It's not protest only. Tom CZarnik, a member of the PDR Posse, called into our Politics Done Right morning show recently to detail what we need to do to defeat Trump and Trumpism.
Caller with a recipe to defeat Trump.
... |
Egberto Willies | 12/06/2025 | 19 |
| Rattner Destroys Trump’s False Claims About Inflation, Tariffs, and Drug Prices Steve Rattner dismantles Trump’s lies about inflation, tariffs, and healthcare, exposing the economic fiction behind his political messaging. Rattner Destroys Trump Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. Podcasts (Video — Audio) Summary Rattner... |
Egberto Willies | 12/06/2025 | 6 |
| 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 |
| Saturday Morning Garden Blogging Vol. 21.49: The Final Straw
Good morning, Saturday Morning Garden Blog-Friends old and new! �This cheerful long-running tradition appears every Saturday morning at 9am Eastern, and lasts well into the week as conversations ... |
AnnieJo | 12/06/2025 | 114 |
| Four Reasons I Am Not Sweating the Supreme Court Texas Decision GNR Before I get to this week’s good news (and there was a lot!) I want to talk about why I am not sweating SCOTUS’s awful decision to let Texas Gerrymandering stand. First, this SCOTUS is terrible and I only expect terrible from it. I keep my mental... |
GoodNewsRoundup | 12/06/2025 | 174 |
| Morning Open Thread, Saturday, December 6, theme: 'run' or 'running' songs Welcome to Morning Open Thread , a daily post with a MOTley crew of hosts, who choose the topic for the daily posting. We support our community, invite and share ideas, and encourage thoughtful, ... |
Ozarkblue | 12/06/2025 | 74 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Ex-MAGA Activist Reveals the Fear Machine That Radicalized Millions—and How He Escaped He escaped MAGA after years inside. His apology reveals how fear, conspiracy, and isolation fuel the movement.
Ex-MAGA Activist Apologizes
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Egberto Willies | 12/05/2025 | 20 |
| Newsom Echoes Progressives: Mamdani, AOC, and Sanders Shape the Future Democrats Need Newsom unexpectedly validates Mamdani, AOC, and Sanders as the voices defining America’s future—and exposes the failures of neoliberal politics in the process.
Newsom Echoes Progressives
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Egberto Willies | 12/05/2025 | 11 |
| Why Universal Prosperity Is Impossible Under Capitalism’s Exploitative Design This analysis uncovers the uncomfortable truth: capitalism cannot produce universal prosperity without exploiting workers worldwide. Universal Prosperity Is Impossible Under Capitalism Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. Podcasts (Video — Audio)... |
Egberto Willies | 12/05/2025 | 6 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Morning Open Thread: Witch Burning - Mozart Dies - Joan Didion - AFL-CIO - Global Carbon Emissions ______________________________________________________ “The planet is sending warnings in the form of storms, heat, and extreme weather events. Our choice is to act or to be acted upon.” ― Victor Manan Nyambala Kenyan Supply Chain Expert... |
officebss | 12/05/2025 | 41 |
| Write On! Seasons Writings, or, the Advent of Winter Good evening, writers! I hope you’re doing well. We had snow here and our first real cold weather. I am curled up under a cozy blanket. I’m not really sure what to write about, but it has put me in mind of both the season, meaning the holidays, and the... |
dconrad | 12/04/2025 | 56 |
| Write-On Weekly Fiction Works in Progress (WIP) diary: A Busyness of Ferrets (DaKoWriMo) Welcome to the Weekly Fiction WIP Thread! � This is a weekly community diary for writers here on Daily Kos to showcase microfiction, ongoing serialized stories, and pieces of larger works in ... |
sagesource | 12/04/2025 | 26 |
| Cartoon: Sleepy Dump! Check out all the Pinocchio trump cartoons : www.youtube.com/... |
PresidentOso | 12/04/2025 | 1 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Morning Open Thread Thursday December 4, theme: Naughty songs Welcome to Morning Open Thread , a daily post with MOT hosts, who choose the topic for the daily posting. We support our community, invite and share ideas, and encourage thoughtful, respectful ... |
Ozarkblue | 12/04/2025 | 63 |
| Overnight News Digest: December 3, 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 FarWestGirl. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)... |
FarWestGirl | 12/03/2025 | 15 |
| 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 |
| From Bigotry to Billion-Dollar “Trump Accounts”: Exposing Power and Defending Democracy A president fuels hate, billionaires seed “Trump Accounts,” Congress moves to block a Venezuela war, and Van Hollen calls for Medicare for All. A sweeping look at power, justice, and democratic resistance. From Bigotry to Billion-Dollar “Trump... |
Egberto Willies | 12/03/2025 | 1 |
| 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 |
| Morning Open Thread: New Wave Music Some gems of the New Wave. Please include your own favorites in the comments. Brian Eno & David Byrne, “America Is Waiting” x ... |
Youffraita | 12/03/2025 | 62 |
| 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 |
| Contemporary Fiction Views: A newly translated Olga Tokarczuk work to savor This week's big fiction release is the latest translated into English from Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk. House of Day, House of Night is a collection of loosely connected portraits of people ... |
bookgirl | 12/02/2025 | 10 |
| Calls for Trump to Send in the Troops to Storm a Colorado State Prison Tina Peters is the one-time Mesa County (CO) clerk who was convicted in August 2024 on three counts of attempting to influence a public official; conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation; official misconduct; violation of duty; and failure to comply... |
Dan K | 12/02/2025 | 75 |
| 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 |
| Time for the main event: The Midterms. Donate *directly* to Democrats today! Note: I plan on reposting my diary daily/near-daily until next November. If you have a problem with that, you could simply, y’know, ignore the diaries. As many of you may know, for the past several election cycles I’ve been running a Democratic... |
Brainwrap | 12/02/2025 | 9 |
| 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 |
| Morning Open thread Tuesday December 2, songs with a female's name in the title Welcome to � Morning Open Thread , a daily post with MOT hosts, who choose the topic for the daily posting. We support our community, invite and share ideas, and encourage thoughtful, respectful ... |
Ozarkblue | 12/02/2025 | 142 |
| Cartoon: Obey my odors! The turkey hates turkey! Check out all the Pinocchio Trump cartoons: www.youtube.com/... |
PresidentOso | 12/01/2025 | 7 |
| Abortion, Venezuela, and NHS Profiteering: The Crisis Uniting Democracy and Gender Justice 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... |
Egberto Willies | 12/01/2025 | 1 |
| 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 |
| Morning Open Thread: There Will Be Dancing At My Funeral ________________________________________________________ “The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life... |
officebss | 12/01/2025 | 67 |
| 📚LGBTQIA+ Literature: The Intermediaries, by Brandy Schillace (Pt. 1)🏳️🌈; We like our stories to have beginnings, middles, ends. History gives us none of these. It provides instead repetition, variations on a theme, and something we might�call entanglement. --Brandy ... |
Clio2 | 11/30/2025 | 11 |
| KosAbility: What do I write when I have nothing planned? The diary�for today’s meeting didn’t manifest, so I’m throwing this together and asking you a�basic question to give us a place to hang comments. It’s�one of the top five basic questions for ... |
Besame | 11/30/2025 | 27 |
| The best time to transition was years ago, the second best time is now I came out as bisexual in 2009. It was hard, having been raised to believe that being queer was the worst thing you could be, worse than a murderer, a rapist or a pedophile, as gay people were automatically all 3. It was, I thought, the hardest thing I... |
A Bleeding God | 11/30/2025 | 27 |
| 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 |
| Black Music Sunday: Jimmy Cliff crossed his final river at age 81 Black Music Sunday is a weekly series highlighting all things Black music, with over 290 stories covering performers, genres, history, and more, each featuring its own vibrant soundtrack. I hope you� |
Denise Oliver Velez | 11/30/2025 | 135 |
| Sunday Morning Open Thread with Music by Franz Schubert Good morning, everyone. This morning’s artist is the Austrian composer Franz Schubert. Though he was only 31 when he died, he left a vast body of work. This diary only gives you three examples, ... |
Ice Blue | 11/30/2025 | 41 |
| The Medicare Advantage Scam: Wendell Potter Reveals How Insurers Drain Public Funds Whistleblower Wendell Potter reveals how Medicare Advantage denies care, inflates costs, and enriches Wall Street while draining the Medicare trust fund.
Wendell Potter: The Medicare Advantage ... |
Egberto Willies | 11/30/2025 | 8 |
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