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Bob's Picture of the Day for December 10th, 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 12/10/2025 1
Bob's Picture of the Day for December 9th, 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 12/09/2025 1
Museum of Work: Axes and other sharp things (photo diary)
The Montana Museum of Work History in Wye, Montana is located in a store with exhibits high on the walls and hanging from the ceiling. The museum, located in the Axmen store, has exhibits featuring ...
Ojibwa 12/09/2025 1
Hall of World War II: Pearl Harbor (museum exhibit)
The Hall of World War II in the Tillamook Air Museum in Tillamook, Oregon is a huge exhibit showing World War II in models. One exhibit shows the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Ojibwa 12/09/2025 1
Veterans Car Show: Plymouths and Dodges (photo diary)
Shown below are some of the Plymouths and Dodges in the 2025 40et8 Annual Labor Day Car Show in Vancouver, Washington.
Ojibwa 12/09/2025 1
📚 The Inoculation Project 12/7/2025: Science in Texas and Montana
This week, we’re helping two classrooms get materials they need for a variety of science investigations: a Texas first grade, and a Montana sixth grade in the Blackfeet Nation. �We hope that ...
belinda ridgewood 12/09/2025 1
Museums 401: Washing Machines (photo diary)
We don’t know for sure how long humans have been� wearing clothes. But we can be certain that sometime after clothing was “invented” the need to wash or clean clothes to rid them of dirt, ...
Ojibwa 12/09/2025 1
Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention.
Nayra Guzmán was arrested 15 days after her daughter’s difficult birth. Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE. By� Mel Leonor Barclay �and � Shefali Luthra �...
The19th 12/09/2025 0
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
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
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
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
Sean Duffy once defended Congress’s power of the purse. Now he defies it.
As a congressman, Duffy made an impassioned legal case against executive overreach. A decade later, judges have used those same arguments to rebuke him for withholding billions in transportation ...
ProPublica 12/09/2025 0
10 Gems of Bluesky Today - Day 184
Hello, my sanity-starved friends!
belinda ridgewood 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
Oregon struggles to land federal counterterrorism money as Trump orders troops to stop 'terrorists'
A quiet battle has played out in court over money that “sanctuary” states say is needed to fight true extremist threats from both ends of the political spectrum. by � Tony Schick ,� Oregon ...
ProPublica 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
US government removes critical report addressing trafficking epidemic of Indigenous peoples
The disappearance of a federally mandated report to address high numbers of Indigenous deaths, disappearances, and trafficking has exposed a deeper setback. The administration has reduced a national ...
FreedomUnited 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
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: Pete's boats
A cartoon by Tim Campbell. Related |� Hegseth blames scapegoat for apparent war crimes he bragged ...
Tim Campbell 12/09/2025 1
New Day Cafe: Things That Appeal, But Are Not Bananas
Good morning, Newdists!� Aren’t you lot cold, going around all Newd and such?� Get yer clothes on, grab a cuppa and warm up with us for a bit!
The Marti 12/09/2025 1
12/08 Open Thread - Diego Rivera's Birthday
Diego Rivera was born on December 8, 1886. He is probably best known for his murals and or being Frida Kahlo's husband. An assortment of his works, mostly parts of various murals can be found on ...
enhydra lutris 12/09/2025 1
Bob's Picture of the Day for December 8th, 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 12/09/2025 1
Bob's Picture of the Day for December 7th, 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 12/09/2025 1
10 Gems of Bluesky Today - Day 185
ZenTrainer 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
Kitchen Table Kibitzing 12/6/25
it’s been a�busy couple weeks here at casa del plumber...TLO married...grandma getting a new knee. very well could be at the hospital when this is posted...but will be checking in regardless “...
Glen The Plumber 12/06/2025 58
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
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
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
While scientists race to study spread of measles in US, Kennedy unravels hard-won gains
By � Amy Maxmen �for KFF The United States is poised to lose its measles-free status next year. If that happens, the country will enter an era in which outbreaks are common ...
KFF 12/06/2025 52
Sudan The Forgotten War(s).
The history of conflict in Sudan ...
rebel ga 12/06/2025 6
Black poetry written in the shadows of the Scottsboro trials: Street Prophets Coffee Hour
Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour, where politics meets up with religion, art, science, and life. Come in, have a cuppa, and join us.
Aashirs nani 12/06/2025 14
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
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
4 Republican states will help Homeland Security obtain driver’s license records
Florida, Indiana, Iowa and Ohio agreed to aid the Trump administration as part of a legal settlement. By Jonathan Shorman for Stateline Four Republican states have agreed to help the Trump ...
Stateline 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
New Day Cafe - Saturday: Birds, Fishes, Flowers & Waters. Oh My!
Good morning, beloved Newdists. I’ve spent the whole week guzzling soup and sleeping, and occasionally reading abject trash as a palate cleanser. It’s mostly worked. In fact, has helped prodigiously. I’m even feeling human, instead of feeling like wet...
Crimson Quillfeather 12/06/2025 138
Dahlias (photo diary 9)
Swan Island Dahlias in Canby, Oregon, hosts an Annual Dahlia Festival. The Festival features 50 acres of Dahlias. Dahlias were originally native to Mesoamerica where they were domesticated by ...
Ojibwa 12/06/2025 9
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
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
ArtKos: Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.1059
Hello again painting fans. This week I will be starting a new painting. It is a Grand Canyon scene. The photo that I'm using (My own from a recent visit.) is seen directly below. I'll be ...
boran2 12/06/2025 2
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
Bob's Picture of the Day for December 6th, 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 12/06/2025 7
10 Gems of Bluesky Today - Day 183
ZenTrainer 12/06/2025 26
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
Friday Night Beer Blog
Happy Friday beer fans!� Big thanks to 3CM for writing last week! -— This week in my countdown of Barstool Mountain’s Top 100 Drinking Songs : #83 — � Good Old Mountain Dew - Grandpa ...
esquimaux 12/05/2025 17
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
Street Prophets Friday: Castle Malbork, Poland, Part II (open thread/photo diary)
Greetings and welcome to another wee bit of open-threaded fluff. This week I'll be continuing my series of diaries featuring photos from my Summer trip to Poland with part two of my tour of Castle ...
Marko the Werelynx 12/05/2025 30
West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays Podcast (Audio)
Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, � Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!
justiceputnam 12/05/2025 1
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
West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays 8am PT/11am ET
West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy � is � No w Open! � 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our � especially special Daily Specials; Blue Moon Spirits Fridays! Starting off in the Bistro ...
justiceputnam 12/05/2025 1
Stonehenge Air Museum: C-47 and F-5 (photo diary)
Outside of the Stonehenge Air Museum in Ferndale, Montana, is a C-47 Skytrain and an F-5. The museum takes its name from the full-size replica of Stonehenge on the nearby private golf course. All of ...
Ojibwa 12/05/2025 5
Kagro in the Morning is LIVE at 9 AM ET!
Listen to our archived episodes: �
David Waldman 12/05/2025 1
Trump to Raise Tariffs On Venezuela to Fund War On Venezuela.
The title was meant to be satirical, but as we know, satire is dead under his nibs. Then I remembered this from March: Imposing Tariffs on Countries Importing Venezuelan Oil- Whitehouse.gov Section 1. Findings. (a) The Tren de Aragua gang, a...
LaFeminista 12/05/2025 8
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
10 Gems of Bluesky Today - Day 182
Hello again, “gem” lovers! Here is today’s collection.
belinda ridgewood 12/05/2025 35
Kitchen Table Kibitzing: Feeding America
boatsie 12/04/2025 36
The village of Mammoth Hot Springs
Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour cleverly hidden at the intersection of religion, art, science, food, and politics. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments ...
Ojibwa 12/04/2025 16
West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thurs Podcast (Audio)
Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, after calling Trump out at a stop in New York, California...
justiceputnam 12/04/2025 1
West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Daily Special Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays 8am PT/11am ET
West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy � is � Now Open! � 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our � especially special Daily Specials, Me tro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays! Starting off in the Bistro C ...
justiceputnam 12/04/2025 1