Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson: Jesus is my health care
Let’s just take a step back and marvel at what we’ve become. A guy in a Methuselah beard and camo headband who claims he didn’t have health insurance for 50 … Read More
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Steve Mnuchin wins prize for dumbest post-SOTU response … maybe ever
Josef Stalin, Mao Tse-tung, Ho Chi Minh, Dwight David Eisenhower. One of these kids is doing his own thing. Or maybe not, if you’re Treasury Secretary Steve Mental Munchkin. After Donald … Read More
Before his fake 'call for unity,' Trump viciously trashed Dems at lunch with media
I figured I’d skip tonight’s State of the Union address, for the same reason I’m not driving to the local tavern to watch drunk idiots order hardboiled eggs floating in … Read More
Hoo-boy! Lots of people are really unhappy with their tax refunds this year
They’re just waking up, I know just what they’ll do. Their mouths will hang open a minute or two, then the boobs down in Trumpville will all cry boo-hoo. Below … Read More
White House insiders are freaking out over leak of Trump's schedules
Hey, we all pretty much knew Donald Trump spends his days watching the teevee, tweeting gauche non sequiturs, and endlessly funneling beef and carbs into his tender baby-robin maw. But to … Read More
Time: U.S. intelligence officials scared sh*tless over Trump's 'willful ignorance'
It’s Sunday, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy your espresso, croissant, and crossword puzzle in the fetal position, clinging to your very last soupçon of vanishing hope. Oh, Time … Read More
Why does Trump look so … orange? White House official claims it's 'good genes'
I swear to you I’m not making this up. The New York Times has the scoop: The official line from the White House, as with other matters surrounding the president’s … Read More
Four critics of U.S. immigration policy denied entry to Mexico, passports flagged
If you didn’t think Donald Trump’s dyspeptic pettiness and despotic daydreams could seep into the real world, well, you haven’t paid attention to history. Or to Donald Trump. Two immigration … Read More
Howard Schultz's favorability rating? 4 percent (that's not a typo)
So Howard Schultz’s quixotic non-campaign has so far proved to be about as necessary and welcome as a Starbucks inside a Starbucks restroom. And if a recent poll is any … Read More
Kellyanne Conway takes early lead for dumbest attack on Cory Booker
I don’t really have a horse in this race yet. I’m leaning Team Kamala, but it’s so early I’m naturally curious to see what other candidates have to offer. Cory Booker … Read More
Trump reportedly lashing out at Mulvaney over bad press from shutdown
Is there a worse job in the world than Donald Trump’s chief of staff? Maybe Trump’s personal bathtub attendant. Or the guy who artificially inseminates zoo gorillas? I don’t know. … Read More
Anti-war candidate Tulsi Gabbard took $111,500 from arms dealers
Hey, how about another diary detailing why Tulsi Gabbard should not be our 2020 presidential nominee? So glad you asked! She may be dead in the water already, but then … Read More
Kim Davis may be forced to pay $225,000 for denying marriage licenses to gay couples
Schaden-fantastic! From the Lexington Herald-Leader: Citing “conduct that violates civil rights,” lawyers for Gov. Matt Bevin say former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis should be held responsible for nearly $225,000 in … Read More
Howard Schultz wants us to have the same opportunities he had … when the top marginal rate was 70%
x People need real opportunities to help themselves, not unrealistic policies and promises. Genuine opportunities, like the ones I had, which helped me leave the housing projects of Brooklyn and … Read More
Cohen to spill the borscht on Russia at congressional intel hearings
Michael Cohen is ready to talk. About Russia. Da. While he’s tried to put off his testimony to the House Oversight Committee because he’s afraid of the Trump mafia, he … Read More
Politico: Tulsi Gabbard's presidential campaign is 'melting down'
A little more than a week after she both-sidesed the government shutdown, Tulsi Gabbard appears to be circling the drain like leftover Spam and poi. According to Politico, her campaign manager, … Read More
NOAA tweets out children's cartoon to rebut Trump on climate science
Well, he’s not going to read peer-reviewed scientific journals, that’s for sure. So … x Winter storms don't prove that global warming isn't happening. https://t.co/LDqfq4JH9n pic.twitter.com/ndmLD637Cb — NOAA Climate.gov (@NOAAClimate) … Read More
Eric Trump's winery looking to hire more foreign laborers
While Donald Trump’s Westchester, New York, golf club was quietly sacking undocumented workers during the government shutdown, his son Eric’s winery was looking to staff up — with 23 foreign … Read More
Howard Schultz would be Trump 2.0 — just ask a Seattle SuperSonics fan
We need a serious Howard Schultz presidential run like we need another government shutdown. Of course, we could get both. Let’s hope we get neither. Schultz must know his controversial tenure … Read More
Wow, these new Trump poll numbers are in the sewer
Donald Trump shut down the government for 35 days for a pouch of magic beans and a participation trophy, and Americans appear to have noticed. On several measures, respondents to … Read More
Former Trump campaign official: 'Democrats have Trump by the b*lls'
Can you write “balls” in a headline if it refers to, you know, theoretical POTUS gonads? Is there official DKos guidance on this? I think this is a gray area. … Read More
The really vile nugget you may have missed in the Kushner security clearance story
Trump scandals are like Russian nesting dolls — though instead of exquisitely painted balsa wood figurines, they’re basically sharting Furbies all the way down. You may have read about the … Read More
There goes Coulter, there go low-information voters, there goes a chunk of his base. What's left?
I could post the entire transcript of Donald Trump’s Rose Garden address, but what’s the point? It all boils down to this: “We’re ending the government shutdown, blah blah blah, … Read More
CNN: Trump is preparing emergency proclamation draft to potentially end shutdown and build wall
From CNN: The White House is preparing a draft proclamation for President Donald Trump to declare a national emergency along the southern border and has identified more than $7 billion … Read More
Mike Pompeo's wishy-washy answer on NATO is beyond frightening
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sat down for an interview with blond Fox News female No. 1524c-114 yesterday, and his mealy-mouthed answer on NATO’s defense obligations should have everyone in … Read More
Air traffic controllers: 'We cannot even calculate the level of risk currently at play'
This is not … er … comforting. What is it about Republicans and screwing with our air traffic control system? In a joint statement, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, Air … Read More
Nate Silver tweets results of Daily Kos presidential straw poll
Election maven Nate Silver has taken note of our humble l’il community’s presidential preferences, which means we’re on the vanguard of … something. A Kamala Harris surge, maybe? x Pretty big … Read More
1 in 5 Americans report being personally affected by shutdown
A new CBS News poll has a lot of bad news for Trump and the Republicans: Americans overwhelmingly believe, by a margin of 71 percent to 28 percent, that funding … Read More
Poll: Every potential Democratic candidate would defeat Trump
It’s very, very, very early, but so far it’s hard to find a Democrat running for president (or considering a run) who wouldn’t defeat Donald Trump were the election held today. … Read More
Stock market dips on some worrying economic data, Trumpian unforced errors
So this happened today: Given the volatility in the stock market of late, today’s 300-point pratfall isn’t all that noteworthy. But what’s a bit more concerning is the likely reason. While … Read More
Trump tells Sarah Sanders not to worry about doing her job
Not sure how useful a daily torrent of lies and distortions is anyway, but the Mouth of Sauron, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, has been doing fewer press briefings lately. Maybe that’s … Read More
More bonkers-crazy from ex-WH staffer's new Trump book, 'Team of Vipers'
Earlier today I wrote a diary about former White House staffer Cliff Sims’ new book, Team of Vipers, and the revelation that Donald Trump is obsessed with his TV image and, … Read More
Trump spends two minutes at Dr. King memorial, doesn't mention the man
Donald Trump spent approximately as much time tweeting about Curt Schilling’s Hall of Fame snub last night as he did honoring Martin Luther King Jr. today. Well, of course. One is … Read More
Former White House staffer says Trump is completely obsessed with chyrons
You can take the reality show host out of the reality show, but you can’t take the reality show out of his putrescent dung hill of a brain. We’ve long … Read More
Tulsi Gabbard claims Dems partially to blame for shutdown
Thanks for playing, Tulsi. You were already dangling by the most gossamer of threads. And now your failure is complete. From Politico: Hawaii congresswoman and Democratic candidate for president Tulsi … Read More
Judge convicts women who entered wildlife refuge to bring water to immigrants
What the hell is wrong with us? On Friday, a federal judge found four women guilty of illegally entering a national wildlife refuge. Why were they there? To place food and … Read More
Trump's mealy half-measure on DACA pleases exactly no one
Well, well, well. You mean Jared Kushner — who singlehandedly brought peace to the Middle East and got Israelis and Palestinians to gather on verdant hilltops, hand in hand, warbling “I’d … Read More
Pelosi is magic: Trump prepared to offer DACA protections for his idiotic wall
Axios is reporting that Donald Trump will make significant concessions in his 3 p.m. speech today that will signal a major departure from his current negotiating tactic of flopping around on dry … Read More
Trump just previewed a 'major announcement' on shutdown; national emergency, or something dumber?
Not sure what else a “major announcement” could entail, unless he’s about to tell us he finally got a soul and is now a real boy: x I will be … Read More
Consumer sentiment plunges in January, thanks to Trump
If you take a few blocks away from a Jenga tower it might stay up for a while, but if you keep pulling pieces away, it’s going to fall eventually. … Read More
AOC's 70 percent tax rate for millionaires more popular than GOP tax scam
Why did it take this long to have a substantive discussion about our country’s (notoriously poorly understood) marginal tax rates? And why did it take a 29-year-old political neophyte to … Read More
CBN News dunce says Trump is 'playing chess,' gets brutally slapped down
This may very well be the swiftest, most efficient garroting in the history of Twitter: x He’s unable to spell the word hamburger — Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) January 16, 2019 … Read More
Trump aides worry shutdown gives Dems a big early edge in 2020
So far Donald Trump has made two huge unforced errors with regard to the economy: his ruinous trade war with much of the rest of the world and the partial government … Read More
Michael Strahan invites Clemson football team for lobster
He may not be a “billionaire,” but Michael Strahan does pretty well for himself. The former New York Giants great and NFL Hall of Famer seamlessly transitioned from a standout … Read More
Christie slams Kushner in new book, says Trump thinks his tie makes him look thinner
The red meat in Chris Christie’s new book, Let Me Finish, is obviously the confirmation of the long-suspected allegation that Jared Kushner had Christie 86’d from Trump’s transition team because … Read More
Russia expert: All signs point to Trump being compromised by Putin
Tom Nichols is a national security professor at the Naval War College and a Russia expert, and he just said out loud what, well, I and everyone at DKos say out … Read More
Cartel members testifying in El Chapo trial say exactly zero drugs come through open border areas
This is beyond obvious, but … CNN: Most drugs are smuggled into the United States onboard fishing boats, trains, tractor-trailers and ordinary cars that come into the country at legal … Read More
Trump says he hasn't left White House 'in months,' two days after his televised trip to Texas
This fact check is going to be really, really quick. Josh Dawsey is a White House correspondent for The Washington Post, and he said … ah, fuck it, just check the … Read More
WaPo: Trump concealed details of his conversations with Putin from senior officials
Ask yourself how a Russian agent would act, and then look at Donald Trump’s actual behavior. I mean, when it comes to Putin, Trump is basically Blofeld’s cat. From The … Read More
Border patrol union deleted webpage opposing wall
One pernicious result of Donald Trump’s pr*sidency is that he’s made a lot of people dumber just through his terrible, omnipresent example. Once one kid starts peeing in the pool, they … Read More
