I Live in Fear
I am a black man living in an urban city. Being in this skin, one must think about chance encounters with police going horribly wrong and street crime. To my … Read More
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Radicals or Game Changers?
The country needs to take a second look at the meaning of radical and change. Since January of 2019, the Republican party has drawn from their quiver, poisoned conservative-tipped arrows, … Read More
Lindsey Graham scolds Democrats over sexual harassment allegations: 'Follow the Republican model'
Is Lindsey Graham for real? No, that’s a serious question. Because he looks like a Rankin-Bass Claymation character to me. Lindsey, the misfit Christmas elf who never liked to make toys and … Read More
Kitchen Table Kibitzing Friday – happy lunar new year with your instant pot and your go bag
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
Krugman: stagflation as ambitious macroeconomic policies and conservative ideas was wrong?
Let real wages (of $15+/hour) grow faster than labor productivity for some years, undoing the wage repression of the last decades. We have been misled by neoliberal economics for now … Read More
Think about this when you are deciding whether or not to vote in Ga
I have had a very hard week this past week. I heard two weeks ago about my classmate Willard was being hospitalized in my hometown with Covid. I have lost … Read More
AZ-Sen: New Poll Has Mark Kelly (D) Leading Martha McSally (R) 50-40, Biden Beating Trump 49-46
I’m going to close out the day with some more good polling out of Arizona courtesy of The Justice Collaborative Institute: x ARIZONABiden 49% (+6)Trump 43%.#AZsen:Kelly (D) 50% (+10)McSally (R-inc) … Read More
Pete Buttigieg slaps back at Amy Coney Barrett's not-so-subtle homophobic slur
We all pretty much know who Amy Coney Barrett is. I see such super-Catholics on my social media feeds pretty regularly because, well, I went to Catholic grade school and … Read More
Something I URGE you to take the time to read
and to digest. Let me get into why I wound up reading it in a publication to which I would normally not go, National Review. I follow The Atlantic writer … Read More
Jared Kushner is crowdsourcing U.S. coronavirus response on Facebook with help of brother's in-law
And you were worried Donald Trump didn’t have a handle on this. Jared Kushner, having already ended the opioid epidemic and brokered Middle East peace, is now working on the … Read More
How about Vaping the Guns?
I am not a smoker, nor have I ever tried the newest fad of hipster cool, vaping. The President of the United States has done something I approve. He took … Read More
Time to sh*t or get off the pot.
I hope I find it as easy to wear off of Robert Mueller as I did with beer. It shouldn’t be hard, I’ve had more than my fill, and it’s … Read More
Facebook is refusing to take down altered Pelosi video
I lost a few Facebook “friends” in 2016 after challenging them on their false and misleading posts. I never unfriended anyone, mind you. They were simply allergic to facts and … Read More
Elie Mystal of Above The Law Sounds Off on Ralph Northam. He is Exactly Right. Update.
Elie Mystal, editor of Above The Law and clear thinker has something to say on Twitter about the Virginia Governor Ralph Northam sh*t storm that Northam’s few remaining apologists aren’t gonna … Read More
Want to know who's trying to end the shutdown? Look at who's negotiating.
Here’s how it ultimately breaks down, in pure and simple human terms. This Friday morning, over 800,000 federal employees will wake up, hit the “brew” button, and log into their … Read More
The cat is out of the bag.
What happens at Georgetown Prep stays at Georgetown Prep Brett Kavanaugh What a total crock of shit that statement is. It’s also an illuminating glimpse into the mindset of … Read More
Sen. Flake: If FBI finds Kavanaugh lied to committee, nomination is over
Hint: He did. From CNN: Sens. Jeff Flake and Chris Coons said in an interview that aired Sunday that if the FBI investigation into sexual assault and misconduct allegations against … Read More
Don McGahn, Who Championed Kavanaugh, Will Ride Herd on “Limited” FBI Investigation.
NBC News White House counsel Don McGahn, who has shepherded Kavanaugh's nomination since president Trump chose him for the high court on July 9, is taking the lead for the … Read More
One of the 64 women who backed Kavanaugh in open letter now appears to be backing off
Brett Kavanaugh is having quite a week. The latest? One of the 64 women who signed onto the (in)famous letter of support for Kavanaugh that appeared almost instantly after Christine Blasey Ford made her … Read More
Everybody knows we live in a democracy…and the information age, right?
What is the purpose of Dr. Ford giving testimony before the Senate Judiciary committee? Basically to get her story out to the American public. She is not going to change … Read More
