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An Oregon developer of a proposed gas station next to a creek and wetlands has withdrawn his application. In short: Victory! Withdrawn App, how sweet the sound, Saving trees … … Read More
Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a virtual kitchen table with other readers of Daily Kos who aren’t throwing pies at one another. … Read More
The Republican National Convention alternate state of reality continued with over increasing lies, misinformation, and dangerous indoctrinating narratives. Republican National Convention, the art of lying continues x x YouTube Video … Read More
It was difficult watching the Republican National Convention as it presented an alternate state of reality to its viewers. Republican National Convention, the art of lying x x YouTube Video … Read More
Stop by and comment if you’re watching. There’s a diary on the DK front page. x YouTube Video x August 20: Last wk we got several national polls that suggested … Read More
Both Chuck Todd and George Stephanopoulos grilled Trump's spokesmen, Peter Navarro and Larry Kudlow, as they continued spilling lies and misinformation. Todd & Stephanopoulos were journalists today x x YouTube Video Watch the full … Read More
Joe Biden has some tough words about Trump today: Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden called Trump's actions “half-baked.” “This is no art of the deal,” Biden said in a … Read More
Legendary NY newspaperman and writer Pete Hamill passed away today, at the age of 85. He had health issues in recent years, and had complications from recent medical treatment. Pete … Read More
Presser started at 536pm ET. It ended at 613pm. Trump needed another faux-campaign speech opportunity today — he should be trying to clarify his criticism of Birx — perhaps there’ll be some … Read More
There will be legacies. x I appreciate the retweets, over 21,000.. Mrs Thomas was apparently a true patriot.. I believe all of the 100,000 likes will be thinking of her! … Read More
Trump claims a Joe Biden presidency would cause stock gains to ‘disintegrate and disappear‘. We’re already there, no thanks to an incompetent pandemic policy, or lack of one. #TrumpHasNoPlan Where’s that health … Read More
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Considering the penchant for bored federal tactical teams to practice their snatch and grab techniques with their rental vehicles, it’s a good thing to take down that statue. Chicago will … Read More
The GOP wants you to be afraid, be very afraid. Trump wants you to pay attention anything other than the activity the Kremlin is doing for him and the GOP. … Read More
Room Rater is now being used as a throwaway line for happy-talk television, so this Twitter site that rates the backgrounds we use for our Skype/Zoom conversations now draws our attention. … Read More
Just when you think we’re not going to go all degenerate art versus official art, Trump goes more Roman with triumphal graven images. Perhaps there’s a merchandising tie-in with replicas. … Read More
The placing of 90 op-eds in a range of 40+ media outlets signals some real disinformation problems at work. One guess is that one of many (Saudi/UAE/Russia?) intelligence services have … Read More
Mary Trump’s book while not a hagiography, helps explain Trump’s quashing any release of high school or college transcripts if Trump did hire someone to take his SATs. It may be the case … Read More
These Karens should have stayed in the armoire. Then again, can you trust the St Louis cops to protect your van Dyck or act like one. It’s only eight miles from … Read More
Nothing about right-wing extremists and their boogaloos. The Albert Pike Confederate Statue protection order now begins. “Many of the rioters, arsonists, and left-wing extremists…have explicitly identified themselves with ideologies — … Read More
Fox News, aside from photoshopping images from video and claiming that they are authentic stills, is simply run by idiots. Being devoid of journalistic ethics seems to be a feature in … Read More
She’s a Trump, after all. A new book by Washington Post reporter Mary Jordan — titled For the Last Time, Keep That Tang-Hued Monstrosity Out of Me … er, The Art of … Read More
If they had taken over the city, Boeing and Amazon would have already been nationalized/syndicalized, so Trump is spewing more disinformation. x Seattle Mayor says, about the anarchists takeover of her … Read More
Trump claims that domestic terrorists run by “radical left Democrats” have taken over Seattle. #CHAZ is not exactly Paris 1968 or even 1871. Imagine Occupy as a street fair. Trump is relying … Read More
So much performance art, so little time left to the November election. Much like Trump’s refusal to consider changing the names of military bases named for traitors, Trump’s brain trust … Read More
Trump continued to tweet today, stuck in the White House. He aligned himself with “law and order” and the military. He whined about how his schemes have gotten thwarted. x … Read More
Like an 8-year-old boy whose parents allowed him to watch Dirty Harry movies before he was ready to fully process them, Donald Trump thinks quashing protests — peaceful or otherwise … Read More
LIVE BLOG below 5:30* PM EDT *(rarely starts on time) Members of the Coronavirus Task Force Hold a Press Briefing The White House Trump may try to double down today, … Read More
Live Blog below 5:00* PM EDT (*rarely starts on time) Members of the Coronavirus Task Force Hold a Press Briefing The White House Fauci says U.S. will have coronavirus in … Read More
Live Blog below 5:00* PM EDT (*rarely starts on time) Members of the Coronavirus Task Force Hold a Press Briefing The White House Will there be incisive questions today? We … Read More
Here’s the latest news out of Colorado: A central benefit of Obamacare, say its backers, is the national health care law’s requirement that insurance companies cannot deny coverage to people … Read More
Live Blog below — Who knew the flu ended World War I and had it on their bingo card? 5:00* PM EDT (*now announced for 530pm) Members of the Coronavirus Task Force … Read More
I shoudn’t let it surprise, shock, or bother me, but the fact that Kentucky Republicans are politicizing the coronavirus pandemic makes me very angry. We have already lost 23,000 people … Read More
Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a virtual kitchen table with other readers of Daily Kos who aren’t throwing pies at one another. … Read More
President Donald Trump is preparing to announce a second coronavirus task force solely focused on reopening the nation's economy, multiple sources told CNN. This now seems to be a trial balloon at present. … Read More
Despite the stories of New Yorkers applauding medical professionals from their windows each evening, there will always be reactionaries desperate for attention. You can’t just drink a kamikaze. Roger Stone’s … Read More
Only 12% of medical groups say they have received anything from the Feds (CNN). x Governors failing to praise Trump sufficiently are having emergency supplies held back. Exactly what Trump … Read More
For years I have heard academia and the “culture class” say that sports are a waste of time and resources in America. Instead of building schools, we build billion-dollar stadiums, so … Read More
Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a virtual kitchen table with other readers of Daily Kos who aren’t throwing pies at one another. … Read More
Looks like Trump learned the fine art of the hand-swat from Melania. x How embarrassing pic.twitter.com/xlMgdBjvJg— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) February 29, 2020 x pic.twitter.com/IZOR0smIf5 — ᑕᕼᑌᑎK (@chunkled) February 29, 2020 … Read More
I am a Democrat, not a moderate, a liberal, a progressive or even a Democratic Socialist, but a Democrat. The Democratic candidates must learn to communicate the art of nuance … Read More
Chest thumpers and embarrassing belligerents are how the followers of Bernie Sanders are being described. The Michael Bloomberg crowd who I suppose are Bloomers, who find themselves in the unenviable position … Read More
Back in 2015 and 2016, before a giant art installation made of Saran Wrap, cotton candy, and toenail fungus somehow became president, Donald Trump pretended that his personal fortune made … Read More
Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a virtual kitchen table with other readers of Daily Kos who aren’t throwing pies at one another. … Read More
Got caught, evaded justice, and could get impeached again. x BREAKING: Remember America? We do.#ImpeachmentDay pic.twitter.com/tzGPwX7zBG — Eleven Films (@Eleven_Films) February 5, 2020 “[The Founders] gave you a remedy and they … Read More
Winston Churchill once said, “history will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.” Now, Churchill was a pretty good (amateur) historian, and he did write a lot … Read More
Usually, when the word ‘just’ is used it is often seen as a reductive descriptor of one’s character, in this case, the word just made Kobe Bryant closer to us. … Read More
Pompeo, Esper, Milley, and Haspel did the classified briefing to the House and are now making the same presentation to the Senate. Responses broke along party lines. Rep Gerry Connolly, … Read More
Republicans don’t do pop culture very well. Remember Mike “My Reproductive Organs Should be Declared an EPA Superfund Site” Huckabee doing a parody of Adele’s “Hello” during his 2016 presidential run/cringeworthy performance … Read More
One guesses that omitting Obstruction of Justice leaves it to be pursued later, in the criminal indictments elsewhere and after the 2020 election. The facts are overwhelming, regardless. This is a … Read More
