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AntiCapitalist MeetUp: Are carbon markets like papal indulgences

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Like Martin Luther objecting to Pope Leo X selling indulgences to raise money for a variety of excesses, the environmental costs of carbon markets far exceed the benefits. Austerity would have … Read More

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Minerva @ Midnight: “it works” a pragmatics of lived experience

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We remain weary about the callow stupidity of the GOP/GQP but we must not patronize or condescend about how superfluous their grievances have been and continue to be. Now that … Read More

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Pundit Wrong: Americans will not solely focus on a filibuster fight at the expense of progress.

Egberto Willies

Pundit A.B. Stoddard believes that if Democrats decide to abolish the filibuster it will hurt Joe Biden’s policy narratives. Filibuster must go See full episodes here. A. B. Stoddard started her … Read More

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Jen Psaki takes on GOP's pearl-clutching over deficits, reminds them their concern is years late

Aldous Pennyfarthing

After Sean Spicer, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Stephanie Grisham, and Kayleigh McEnany, anyone or anything would have been an upgrade as press secretary. A wheel of Gorgonzola with a Furby chip jammed … Read More

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Kitchen Table Kibitzing Friday: Beef & Broccoli, Asian Blackness, and a Trappist Monk Gap

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“The universe has been to them.” (Resident Alien) Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a virtual kitchen table with other readers of Daily … Read More

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ex-POTUS* RICO Suave wants you to listen to his call to the Georgia Secretary of State Investigator

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Because “something bad happened”, the Wall Street Journal has the criminal solicitation tapes: The anti-Slenderman wants you to overturn an election because who would believe that he’d suborn racketeering, or election fraud, … Read More

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Beto O'Rourke Isn't Slowing Down With His Texas Voter Registration Initiative

Sam Sero

Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D. TX), on behalf of his organization, Powered By People: An update on our recent work: – For the … Read More

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OH-Sen: “Stop talking about Dr. Seuss and start working with us on behalf of the American workers!”

Sam Sero

In case you missed this: Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) erupted Tuesday on the House floor, imploring his Republican colleagues to stop their obsession with stoking culture wars and shift focus … Read More

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MO-Sen: Another One Bites The Dust! Sen. Roy Blunt (R) Announces That He Won't Seek Re-Election

Sam Sero

Big news today out of Missouri: Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO): "After 14 general election victories, three to county office, 7 to the US House of Representatives, and four statewide elections, … Read More

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The anniversary of Trump keeping victims on cruise ships, whining about COVID numbers

annieli

Acknowledging Trumpian failures. Recall when Trump bragged that because of his “natural ability”, he could make medical pronouncements. This occurred as he ignored epidemiological advice, as well as beginning the … Read More

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Mail-in Ballots Didn't Win the Election for Biden

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In the 2020 election, we witnessed Yuge ™ Republican angst over mail-in ballots. They were an invitation to fraud, they said. There’s no way to know if the votes were … Read More

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Anti-Capitalist Meet-Up: the Climate Crisis has weak carbon markets and lagging technology

annieli

The sparse number of actual carbon capture and sequestration projects plus weak carbon markets amplify the problems of the climate crisis yet to be revisited, post-Trump. Two heartland examples in North Dakota and Texas show … Read More

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Rahm Emanuel slams Christie on Republican racism: You will not lecture me on anti-Semitism

Egberto Willies

Rahm Emanuel did not allow Chris Christie to avoid sugarcoating Republican racism, anti-Semitism, and lack of principles. Rahm Emanuel calls out current Republican orthodoxy See full episodes here. Rahm Emanuel … Read More

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A 'second gilded age'? Maybe, but only because recycling ideas is an academic genre

annieli

Darn those class commitments, aligning us to our political choices in a democracy, made worse by all those folks who knew they were in that Gilded Age. “If the future … Read More

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WI-Gov: The West Wing's Bradley Whitford Helps Gov. Tony Evers (D) Get Ready To Win Re-Election

Sam Sero

Received this e-mail today from actor and  activist, Bradley Whitford, in support of Governor Tony Evers’ (D. WI) re-election campaign: Gov. Tony Evers (D. WI) & Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes … Read More

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The FBI has swept up the phone records of lawmakers in DC and is treating some of them as suspects.

Pakalolo

According to reporting from The Intercept, the FBI secured the records of lawmakers and their staff just hours after the violent attempted coup by Trump supporters against the United States of America in the … Read More

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The FBI has swept up the phone records of lawmakers in DC and treats some of them as suspects.

Pakalolo

According to reporting from The Intercept, the FBI secured the records of lawmakers and their staff just hours after the violent attempted coup by Trump and his supporters against the United States … Read More

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In a preview to his CPAC Speech, deary me what a whine.

LaFeminista

Oh, dear – February 22, 2021 – Statement on the Continuing Political Persecution of President Donald J. Trump This investigation is a continuation of the greatest political Witch Hunt in … Read More

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Eric Trump blames Biden for policies that are 'causing Texas to freeze'

Aldous Pennyfarthing

Eric Trump appeared on Fox & Friends this morning with Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt, and Brian Kilmeade. It wasn’t exactly the Algonquin Roundtable. During the conversation, they passed the lone … Read More

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“too many chins and not enough smarts” McConnell and Trump go for each other's jugular

annieli

More contradictions: Ted Cruz flees Texas for Cancun and without Twitter, Trump is having trouble telegraphing personal insults like claiming Mitch McConnell has “more chins than smarts”. Mitch McConnell penned a Sunday … Read More

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Betsy DeVos Backed Candidate For WI Superintendent Busted For Black Racial Slur Twitter Blunder

Sam Sero

Here’s the first big campaign of 2021: A white candidate to be Wisconsin's top education official deleted her Twitter account and apologized after posting a message that she had been … Read More

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WI-Sen: RoJo The Traitor Throws Moscow Mitch Under The Bus In The GOP Civil War

Sam Sero

U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R. WI) has been making headlines today for saying stupid bull shit like this: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) in a new interview said he didn’t think the Jan. … Read More

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Kitchen Table Kibitzing Friday – happy lunar new year with your instant pot and your go bag

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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

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Trump's poisonous snowball of nonsense will roll again today in the Senate chamber

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Apparently Trump may have had nothing to do with the insurrection, according to one of his defense attorneys. Some guy named Grassy Knoll may have done it. x David Schoen … Read More

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Matthew Dowd dissects the real ills of today’s Republican Party and the insurrection's cause

Egberto Willies

Matthew Dowd gets to the core of the reason many participated in the Capitol insurrection. Many fear raising this issue in detail. Matthew Dowd gets it See full episodes here. … Read More

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PA-Sen: He's In! Let's Give John Fetterman's (D) U.S. Senate Campaign Momentum A Huge Boost!

Sam Sero

Big news today out of Pennsylvania: x YouTube Video Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman formally announced Monday what has been evident since his unsuccessful first campaign for U.S. Senate: He’s … Read More

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Liz Cheney: 'We should not be embracing the former president.' No duh

Aldous Pennyfarthing

Of all the depredations Donald Trump has exposed my tender, guileless soul to, making me feel warm fuzzies for a Cheney — however fleeting those feelings may have been — is … Read More

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Was Trump allowed to believe things that weren't true or is there an insanity (or inanity) defense

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Reminder: Donald Trump and his allies lost 64 cases in the post-election. They won one. “…if the official had a defense.” x Mental health expert explains why Donald Trump must … Read More

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Trump's 'election fraud' claims now prove themselves to be quantitatively fraudulent

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Researchers at Stanford and U. of Chicago, Eggers, Garro, and Grimmer, today demonstrated quantitatively how the election was never “stolen”, but rather framed by false media frames in order to … Read More

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House Dems Want Greene (Q-GA) Kicked Off Committees; GOP Put to the Reality Test

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Marjorie Taylor Greene, the one-woman wrecking ball of the GOP (OK, she’s not the only one, but one of her is enough), has managed to wrangle a spot on the  … Read More

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Dispatches From Behind Enemy Lines (Biden Edition)

RETIII

These past Dispatches were obviously a Trump-era commentary.  Maybe I need to to come up with a new name. But since the Biden presidency is only weeks old, I thought I … Read More

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Trump runs out of lawyers, or vice-versa, as he can't quit his election-fraud grift of the Big Lie

annieli

Perhaps Trump will defend himself rather than have the Federalist Society fire up the bullpen for some strange version of a constitutional law expert. Butch Bowers, Deborah Barbier, Josh Howard, Greg … Read More

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REWRITE: ALL Trump's Lawyers Have Quit. UPDATE: Trump as His Own Lawyer?

dankoh

BIG Hat tip to kittylou: This story just got more interesting: First on CNN: Five of Trump's impeachment defense attorneys leave team less than two weeks before trial Five of … Read More

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AZ & GA-Sen: Sen. Jon Ossoff (D) Helps Kelly (D) & Warnock (D) Win Full Terms In 2022

Sam Sero

Received two e-mails from U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff (D. GA). The first one is support of his colleague, Rev. Raphael Warnock’s (D. GA) re-election campaign: U.S. Senators Raphael Warnock (D. … Read More

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Speaker Pelosi meets with Retired General Honore and the security of Congress.

Vetwife

I have wondered where General Honore is with his investigation on security.  I believe there is going to be a clean up because I believe Honore takes this job seriously.  … Read More

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Former Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D. MA) Follows Stacey Abrams Lead By Launching Groundwork Project

Sam Sero

Received this e-mail today from former Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D. MA): We’re ready. We’ve put so much time, energy, and thought into this project over the past several months, … Read More

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Psaki: Biden “has not spent a moment thinking about the color scheme of Air Force One”

annieli

Back to softball questions, even though Trump’s proposed color scheme simply repeats his private jet’s colors and is dreadfully boring, in fact an imitation of one of American and Delta’s schemes … Read More

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Trump Organization is in financial freefall as the Bigly One returns to the helm

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The losing continues with a 35% decline in revenues for 47 entities as Ahab returns to his white whale. Banks are bailing out on Trump as loans will be coming … Read More

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I'd like to personally thank Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for saving this country, and my sanity

Aldous Pennyfarthing

This post-election period has been like no other, for reasons I don’t need to restate. While every outgoing president and presidential challenger in my lifetime—even Nixon, FFS!—left the White House … Read More

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I can scarcely believe the dreck The Washington Post just published

Aldous Pennyfarthing

The Washington Post is my go-to online news source — unless you count Daily Kos, of course, at which I loiter like a teenager contemplating his 11th Mountain Dew Baja Blast refill on a … Read More

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Ted Cruz is no longer champion for throwing family under the bus. Meet Greg Pence.

SemDem

Trump’s mob literally hunted Mike Pence, who was hiding with his family in the Capitol during the siege. Trump had called him out, and the mob was furious. The mob … Read More

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They beat a policeman by using an American flag. Trump enjoyed watching the assault on the Capitol.

annieli

Trump’s passive assent to events like the kidnapping/assassination plot against Michigan Governor Whitmer signaled the path to the current DC crisis. He enjoyed watching the unfolding attack on the Capitol rather … Read More

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Melania's ex-best friend: 'She is an abuser too, of the worst kind'

Aldous Pennyfarthing

So this morning, Melania Trump helpfully pointed out to all us plebs who the real victim of the assault on the Capitol is: Melania Trump. That’s no surprise. Trumps are … Read More

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We don't engage in “healing” with terrorists, do we? Are you with us, or against us?

RETIII

In his “Don’t Impeach Me” video, Trump said “This moment calls for healing[.]”  Other Republicans have joined this rhetorical bandwagon. House Republican Leader McCarthy issued a statement opposing impeachment, arguing … Read More

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Beto O'Rourke Takes A Page From Stacey Abrams Book, Launches 2021 TX Voter Registration Initiative

Sam Sero

Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D. TX) and his organization, Powered By People: Texas is at the center of the constitutional crisis that will … Read More

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Conservative National Review: 'Blame Everything, but Especially Trump'

Aldous Pennyfarthing

So did anything newsworthy happen last night? I was screaming at absinthe fairies until 4 a.m. Wasn’t there some election in one of those deep-red states or something? Oh, I … Read More

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Was the SecDefs' Op-Ed Written to Head Off a Military Coup?

dankoh

I originally posted this as a comment to the diary Dick “@$#^&%” Cheney is Saving Us from a Martial Law Coup D'état??? Now I've Seen Everything and decided it could … Read More

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Sedition is serious. If I'm Pelosi, I do this one simple thing…

SemDem

So there are supposedly 100 Republicans in the House that will vote to overthrow the election, which would disenfranchise 81 million Americans. However, as of the New Year, only 35 … Read More

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Some GOP Senators Will REJECT the Latest Subversion of our Constitution [Update*3 Et tu, Lindsey?]

dankoh

The focus here this weekend has been on the seditious actions being taken by at least a dozen Republican senators in spite of Moscow Mitch’s begging them not to challenge … Read More

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Multiple GOP Senators Planning Coordinated Objection to EC Count

dankoh

Moscow Mitch is losing control of his caucus, GOP Senators have long ago lost all respect for democracy, and the country is losing its mind watching all of it. Multiple … Read More

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