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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
Received this e-mail today from Theresa Greenfield’s (D. IA) U.S. Senate campaign: Theresa Greenfield (D. IA) Joni Ernst has voted against bipartisan efforts to expand background checks, and now she's … Read More
So you’d think after stirring up a hornet’s nest of anti-immigrant hate and resentment that likely led to a brutal massacre in the city you’re visiting, you might hold off … Read More
Since it’s still cost-prohibitive to print ads on every Chicken McNugget box or porn star’s bum in the nation, Julián Castro did the next best thing. He took out an ad … Read More
Like Michael Cohen and Omarosa before him, Anthony “The Mooch” Scaramucci is now the voice of reason. Or, you know, more reason than Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham can muster. … Read More
This morning the acting U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Ken Cuccinelli announced the White House plan for further mistreatment of those most in need. Setting aside all the … Read More
According to Donald Trump, Donald Trump has had a change of heart on background checks. Unfortunately, you can’t believe a damn thing Donald Trump says, especially if Donald Trump insists … Read More
Obstructionist Republicans have been blocking common-sense gun laws for years, even as the laundry list of gun massacres continues to grow. The radical maneuver comes against overwhelming public support for … Read More
The shooting began while Trump was at his golf club, and after what his own staff admitted was a disastrous debacle visiting the victims, Trump is now slinking back to his club to … Read More
What!? You mean that thumbs-up photo with the orphaned baby didn’t play well with the all-important non-reptile demo? You don’t say. Apparently (though Donald Trump will tell you differently), the pr*sident’s visits … Read More
< p style=”text-align:justify”>The first two lines of the opening stanza of my favorite poem read, “If you can keep your head when all about you, Are losing theirs and blaming it … Read More
I mean, come on. This one is idiotic, even for conservatives. Yeah, you don’t want to get between me and a bowl of blueberry granola when I’m high, as I … Read More
Our pr*sident is a menace. Full stop. Yesterday it was reported that a man slammed a 13-year-old boy to the ground so forcefully at a fairgrounds in Montana that he … Read More
Complete with spirited, inspirational music no less. This guy. I mean, come on. My time spent in Dayton and El Paso with some of the greatest people on earth. Thank … Read More
Somehow a key fact about Trump’s trip to El Paso yesterday has been lost in the noise over the President’s twitter screeds and related. It is embedded in this Washington … Read More
Received this e-mail today from the Pennsylvania Democratic Party: Pat Toomey has made a career voting against his constituents' interests and assailing beloved programs like Medicare, Social Security, and the ACA. But … Read More
I am a Black man, over sixty years old, who grew up in Washington, D.C without my biological parents. When I was 11 years old, I was in the 5th … Read More
From the network that once pissed its pants in abject fear and outrage over Ebola, immigrant caravans, and Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ inability to get a meal at a restaurant that … Read More
Sen. Pat Toomey sang the usual Republican hosannas to assault weapons during an appearance on Fox News today. The gist: They’re “extremely popular,” so we can’t ban them. Here’s the nuttery in … Read More
The Fake President Fake Condolence Tour is scheduled to make a stop in El Paso tomorrow, but the city’s residents aren’t having it. They’ve been signing onto an online letter to … Read More
Kudos to ShareBlue for highlighting this: When it comes to doing something — anything — to address the gun violence crisis in America, Sens. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), two … Read More
Received this e-mail from VoteVets: Four powerful incumbent Senators. And not one of them can offer a meaningful solution to our gun violence crisis. Mitch McConnell: prayers – no action. … Read More
Speaking from the White House on Monday, Donald Trump prayed for the wrong Ohio city in the wake of a weekend gun rampage. Reading prepared comments (that somebody else obviously … Read More
We had two more highly publicized incidents of terror this past weekend, both of which warranted nationwide and worldwide attention. Of course, Trump’s janitors of word cleanup, took to the … Read More
President Obama just responded on Facebook to the weekend tragedies in El Paso and Dayton. This speaks for itself: Michelle and I grieve with all the families in El Paso … Read More
So this video hasn’t aged well, huh? During a Florida hate rally in May, Trump yukked it up with his supporters after one of them suggested shooting immigrants who try … Read More
Campaign Action In order for America to forcefully fight the unfolding terror wave hitting this country, it's time for the press to talk about radicalized, homegrown right-wing sleeper cells in the … Read More
This is just lazy. You’d think he’d try harder to find a scapegoat. Maybe comic books, or reefer madness, or fluoride in the water. But, no, he goes to the … Read More
We definitely need more of this from Democrats when they’re at loggerheads with their morally challenged brethren across the aisle — because we’re well the fuck past being cordial. In the wake … Read More
Looks like his head got cropped out in the first photo (lucky you), but if you really want to see it, you can click on the tweet and see how … Read More
Not sure why I’m dredging up this story from April, but here goes. Way back in spring, several news outlets reported that the Department of Homeland Security had disbanded a group … Read More
