Kitchen Table Kibitzing Friday – comparing Butte Montana and Chuqui Chile
Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a virtual kitchen table with other readers of Daily Kos who...
short-pants Himmler, Chad 'cryin' Wolf huffs and puffs, but blows it for Trump's plan
How does a president get us into a 1918 pandemic, 1930s depression, and 1968 race riot all in 6 months? Answer: with no plans and no...
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Trump reportedly asked Fauci, 'Why don't we let [coronavirus] wash over the country?'
Yesterday, The Washington Post published another story recounting how the federal government’s official COVID-19 response has slowly devolved into a drunken mosh pit at a...
Trump ignored the smoke detector and waited until the (white) house was on fire
Aside from sinophobia rather than russophobia, The NY Times has documented more of the details for the 70-days of denial/delay/dysfunction in the Trump White House. ...
COVIDIOTs everywhere
There’s moron-in chief and then there are morans(sic) on the ground. xTrump dismissing both #ClimateChange AND #Coronavirus as hoaxes. Juxtaposed for your consideration (courtesy of...
Well Stocked Grocery Stores You Lying Orange Ape?
I shop at my local Kroger’s store here in Louisville, KY. I knew that my store would be out of hand sanitizer because of the coronavirus,...
Like the “Muslim ban”, Trump's COVID-19 travel ban exempts countries where his resorts are located
Self-serving as ever, no Trump policy ever negatively affects a Trump property. President Donald Trump’s new European travel restrictions have a convenient side effect: They exempt nations...
Mark Meadows in, Mick 'get over it' Mulvaney out as WH Chief of Staff
This anticipated move of Meadows to replace Mulvaney could distract from the current Trump messaging. Mulvaney gets to work on his golf game for the remainder...
The week in Disinformation: $6 billion dollar wall versus $5 ladder
xSmugglers are now using camouflaged ladders to get over Trump's multi-billion-dollar wall. How much do they cost? $5.https://t.co/2AKj7tGow0 pic.twitter.com/Ovm7j0kETV — Mark Elliott (@markmobility) February 16,...
Mad King Trump golfs today, the bill is $133 million = 334 years worth of his presidential salary
Trump quotes Peter Baker quoting Emerson, as Trump golf trips are 250% of PBO’s at the same moment in their presidencies. x.....biggest test of his presidency...
Trump Don't Know Much About Geography
On the eve of Trump’s State of the Union paean to himself, it may help to be reminded of all the ways in which the...
George Conway unspools *long* thread trashing Trump's geographical gormlessness
When Mike Pompeo instructed NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly to point Ukraine out on a blank map, we all had some version of the same...
Brazilian Colorist Marina Amaral Shows What Truly Made America Great – “Ellis Island 1907”.
Marina Amaral is an artist from Brazil who adds color to historic photographs. To my mind the above is one of her best works, along...
This weekend could be far too Trumpian, because he's citing Nickelback
Mark Hamill performs as the Joker's voice reading Donald Trump's tweet about Meryl Streep's comments during the Golden Globes. These are days of Trumpian violence...
NY Times Publisher Says drumpf Would Not Get His Reporter Out of Egypt so He Turned to Ireland
NY Times Publisher Arthur Sulzberger wrote a piece in his own newspaper yesterday stating the government of drumpf’s favorite dictator, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, was...
Another Reason Not To Like Tulsi Gabbard: Impeachment Would Only Tear U.S. Apart.
I never cared for Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard. I didn’t like her buddying up to Bashar-al-Assad. And her early work against the LGBTQ community doesn’t give...
Doonbeg residents give Mike Pence a rousing Irish hello
What? Crypto-fascist wannabe theocrats aren’t as popular in Europe as the U.S.? xMike Pence expected to arrive in Doonbeg shortly. Hopefully gardai can manage the...
Trump appears to be guilty of yet another (financial) crime
Yes, I do realize that pointing out one more Donald Trump crime-’n’-lie is like posting a notification on Twitter every time you have to go to the...
White GOP congressman: 'I'm a person of color'
Where to start? I guess at the mouth-frothing crazy part. In a story about Republicans’ non-response to the fact that their president is a raging...
Like father, like sons: Eric and Don Jr. reportedly skipped out on Irish pub bill
During their recent trip overseas, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. actually managed to find a small patch of land where they were welcome. According to...
Major bookmaker changes odds of Trump impeachment from 8-to-1 to 2-to-1
It’s amazing what a verbal recap of the major conclusions of a report that’s been out for nearly six weeks can do. Seriously, did anyone...
Economists in Support of a Medicare for All Health Care System
Progressive Democrats of America An Open Letter to the Congress and People of the United States As economists, we understand that a single-payer “Medicare for...
And That's That: The $35k Tesla Model 3 Goes On Sale
Well, it's finally happened: Tesla has released the $35k Model 3. While the whole Model 3 programme had been previously moved forward two years, the failure...
Irish Times exit poll projects huge victory for reproductive rights in the Republic of Ireland
The Eight Amendment to the Irish Constitution, which is one of the strictest bans on abortion anywhere in the world, is projected to be repealed,...
It’s time for the nat'l media to show solidarity with the WashPo & other outlets banned by Trump
Originally posted at Eclectablog. On Monday of this week, Donald Trump revoked the media credentials of journalists working for the Washington Post covering his events....
