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| 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.
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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 |
| 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 |
| Birthright citizenship - a logical conundrum The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a case that may redefine who is a citizen. The Trump executive order that is being challenged stated that children born on US soil to non-citizens are not US citizens, even though the 14th Amendment says they are.... |
liberaldad2 | 12/05/2025 | 23 |
| Whiteness is a Myth There is no such thing as “the white race.” (This is not to say white privilege isn’t real. White privilege is 100% real. White privilege is the purpose for which whiteness was invented in the 1600s in Virginia.) Right now you may be thinking: “What?”... |
cai | 12/05/2025 | 37 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Here's how Virginia Democrats will combat Texas' map-rigging Virginia Democrats on Thursday night vowed to axe four Republicans from the state's U.S. House delegation, a direct response to the Supreme Court ruling that same evening that Texas' extreme ... |
Emily Singer | 12/05/2025 | 47 |
| Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Trump losing both independents and his own voters POLITICO :
Poll: Trump's own voters begin blaming him for affordability crisis
Americans continue to say affordability is out of control, and they place the responsibility on Trump, The ... |
Greg Dworkin | 12/05/2025 | 404 |
| 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 |
| Whiteness Wednesdays - The Enduring Myth of a Post-Racial America Welcome to Whiteness Wednesdays. One of the constant lies White people tell ourselves is that racism is a dying legacy of the past, and that we’re just about to move past it altogether. This ... |
Toro Blanco | 12/03/2025 | 21 |
| Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: A weak Mike Johnson attacked by his own leadership team TN-07 comes in strong for Democrats. No upset, not strong enough to overcome a 22 point Trump district with the Republicans winning by single digits, but an excellent showing for Aftyn Behn (D) and an embarrassing one for Matt Van Epps (R). Good news... |
Greg Dworkin | 12/03/2025 | 276 |
| DVD review: The Accountant 2 Did you know that there’s a whole wiki devoted to cataloguing firearms seen in movies and TV shows? I found it because I was looking to verify my assertion that there are multiple rifles reloaded in The Accountant 2. It’s one of those questions you... |
Alonso del Arte | 12/02/2025 | 9 |
| 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 |
| Tired of being suckered by the latest email request, I created a political donation budget. I’ve always dipped into my retirement income to donate to political campaigns. I give of my time as well, but haven’t attempted to quantify that. In past years, however, I found myself committing some of the cardinal sins of so many donors: giving on... |
Blue Boomer | 12/02/2025 | 9 |
| 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 |
| Truth about killing survivors of alleged drug boat could be obtained with answers to two questions Since The Washington Post’s Nov. 28 report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a second missile strike to kill survivors of an alleged drug-smuggling boat coming out of Venezuela, there’s been plenty of coverage throughout the legacy media and... |
Meteor Blades | 12/02/2025 | 199 |
| 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 |
| No One Should Be Shocked:
Pete Hegseth Told Us Who He Was Shocked? I’m as Shocked as Casablanca’s Captain Renault Why are we pretending to be shocked that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is now accused of issuing a spoken order to “leave no one alive” after a maritime strike in the Caribbean? He has been... |
bison | 12/01/2025 | 29 |
| World AIDS Day 2025 (With a Late Evening Addendum) The first story I ever posted on Daily Kos was written for World AIDS Day 2006. I’ve posted another one almost every year since then. This year the Trump regime has decided there should be no federal observance of World AIDS Day, saying... ...the... |
sfbob | 12/01/2025 | 17 |
| For those grieving the death of a loved one when the world seems to be on fire. “Is it my imagination, or is dying, and grieving, harder in the age of Trump with his endless flak field of chaos, cruelty, corruption, and lies?” The question hangs in the air as my buddy, a hospice Bereavement Counselor, takes a sip of his high... |
Scott Janssen | 12/01/2025 | 9 |
| 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 |
| The Second Warning When Tyson Foods announced it would close its beef processing plant in Lexington, Nebraska in early 2026, most Americans didn’t notice. But they should have. Not because Lexington is unique — but because it isn’t. What’s happening there is a warning, a... |
sbanks | 12/01/2025 | 247 |
| Blue26.org November 2025 Fundraising update: $17.4K for the month, $541K for the cycle We're now past the halfway mark of the 2025-2026 election cycle. So far I've raised 4.3x as much for Democrats as I had at the same point 4 years ago...and 2.5x as much as I had at this point 2 years ago! In November 2025 specifically, I raised nearly... |
Brainwrap | 12/01/2025 | 2 |
| Time to Stop Worshipping the Constitution � � �The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified in 1868 to reverse the Supreme Court’s infamous decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford , which held that African Americans, ... |
Matthew D Jones | 12/01/2025 | 24 |
| Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: The high seas murders are not being overlooked New York Times :
Lawmakers Suggest Follow-Up Boat Strike Could Be a War Crime
Top Republicans have joined Democrats in demanding answers about the escalating military campaign the Trump ... |
Greg Dworkin | 12/01/2025 | 352 |
| Scouting and the Military - Another Perspective The story broke several days ago and NPR “U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces” wrote this in part: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning for the military to sever all ties with Scouting... |
josterberg | 11/30/2025 | 22 |
| Opting to be on the leading edge: Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris's missed opportunity Yes, some will label a Democrat “radical” if they’re on the leading edge of an issue. And? Will a Democrat be immune from criticism from the right or from the chattering class if they take a more middle-of-the-road position? Not likely! But they’ll get... |
Rob in Vermont | 11/30/2025 | 64 |
| 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 | 11/30/2025 | 3 |
| 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 |
| The crudeness and cruelty are reminiscent of another time, another place... conditioning As this administration violates norms nearly every day, what matters most is its consistency. Each new transgression adds to a body of anti-democratic moves that condition us to accept aberrance and become inured to it. What was once... |
vjr7121 | 11/30/2025 | 12 |
| Holiday shopping with my son. It’s a unique experience. Update: done! UPDATE: Sunday, Nov 30, 2025 · 3:50:32 PM Eastern Standard Time · RandomNeuron Mission accomplished. No toes run over. Gifts found, cards purchased . Curious kid s seen. last gift purchased today. A coffee cup for a staff person who help care for him.... |
RandomNeuron | 11/30/2025 | 11 |
| 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 |
| Dr. Richard Wolff Exposes Trump’s Tariffs and the Rise of Nationalist Capitalism Richard Wolff explains why Trump embraced tariffs and how nationalist capitalism signals U.S. economic decline. A powerful breakdown of globalization, China, and worker power. Dr. Richard Wolff Exposes Trump Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here.... |
Egberto Willies | 11/29/2025 | 3 |
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