A mother was asked why she'll never move back to America. She made some great points.
My ancestors—Hans Gruber, Wilhelm Belsnickel, John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, et al.—immigrated to the U.S. in the 1870s. They were part of a major wave of...
PA-Gov: Trump's Political Godfather Is Back & This Time He's Running For Governor
Here’s the latest news today out of Pennsylvania: Lou Barletta, the Republican Party’s Donald Trump-endorsed nominee for U.S. Senate in 2018, is running for governor...
VA-Gov: Trump's Candidate For Governor Kind Of, Sort Of Admits That Biden Legitimately Won
From The Washington Post: Before securing the GOP nomination for Virginia governor, Glenn Youngkin sidestepped questions about whether President Biden had legitimately won the White...
MD-Sen: Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D) Keeps Up The Pressure On The Senate To Pass The For The People Act
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen’s (D. MD) re-election campaign: Even as we work to pass historic legislation in the U.S....
if you're a GOP member not condemning a coup, does that mean you favor them
The measure passed by 398 to 14, with one voting "present." All of the "no" and "present" votes came from Republicans. https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1372961377304899586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/KenRoth/status/1372938573738041348?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw On February...
killing spree in Georgia: Eight dead, six of whom are Asian women
Eight people are now dead. Six of those victims are Asian women. “Subject was arrested after a high speed chase and brought into custody unharmed”...
Andrew, you are not that guy anymore…
It is patently clear that Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) has lost the fealty, loyalty, or any semblance of respect from his underlings and enemies. As Mr....
ex-POTUS* makes the same old speech and the Big Lie at CPAC today, around 3:40 pm ET
Likely there will be Daniel Dale or Aaron Rupar to tweet about the Trump blather. As for the insurrection, it was as if it had...
meanwhile in Bizarro World, Alabama GOP Passes Resolution to Remove the USA from the UN
State level GOP parties are doing all kinds of stupidity, censuring its US senators, and following on the usual RW craziness, resorting to the pre-GQP...
VA-Gov: Terry McAuliffe (D) Unveils Bold Plan To Build Upon Virginia's Criminal Justice Reforms
Here’s the latest news out of Virginia: Former governor Terry McAuliffe has released his plan for reforming the state’s criminal justice system, focusing on parole,...
“There is always light, if only we're brave enough to be it.”
"Being American is more than a pride we inherit. It's the past we step into." “A nation that isn’t broken but simplify unfinished” xWATCH: Amanda...
Trump more concerned with the optics of being convicted by the Senate, as he cuts bait on pardons
No doubt there are Trump pardons, but the cluster falls close to the _____. Apparently Trump has been advised that the optics of guilt are...
On Dec 19, Trump tweeted, “Wait until January 6! It's going to be wild!”
It’s not the Bastille. Trump did incite a riotous mob to disrupt the legislative branch. People died. Trump got excited about the chaos he’d caused....
GA-Sen A & B: Want To Help Boost Election Day Turnout? Here Are Some More GOTV Opportunities
The big day is here! Grassroots groups are pushing to help boost Democratic Election Day turnout in Georgia and here are a few ways you...
GA-Sen A & B: NYT, “Native Americans Helped Flip Arizona. Can They Mobilize in Georgia?”
I know this New York Times article is a month old but I wanted to reference it for the purposes of this diary: More than...
GA-Sen A & B: Jordan Peele & Bradley Whitford Launch “Get Out” The Vote Event
Received this e-mail today from actor Bradley Whitford on behalf of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee: Rev. Raphael Warnock (D. GA) & Jon Ossoff (D....
Side Effects
With the ever-climbing coronavirus death rate, families reliant on technology to say goodbye to loved ones, and most of America shopping in disguise, yesterday was...
Kitchen Table Kibitzing Friday… everyone needs a teacup holster at Zoom Thanksgiving
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...
GA-Sen A & B: Joe Biden Is Coming Back To Georgia To Get His Senate Majority
I’m all in for this: President-elect Joe Biden will join the lineup of influential Democrats involved in Georgia's ongoing senatorial campaigns, according to his recently-named...
Trump endorses FB post claiming all Biden voters are 'ignorant, anti-American and anti-Christian'
So it was off-the-charts divisive when Hillary Clinton called some of Trump’s supporters a “basket of deplorables,” but I guess this is okay: xProgress! https://t.co/K0NrpChXuI—...
POTUS* does a drive-by waving for the teeming thousand(s) because Joe Biden flipped 5 Trump states
Lemmings, with the Secret Service locked and loaded. Was this also a protest of DC gyms’ occupancy limits? xThis loser parade must’ve left their self...
Greg Palast on how voter rolls activist saved Biden, The New Trump Con, and more
Joe Biden should thank Greg Palast and other voter roll activists the victory. Trump has a new con and it’s working over his cult. Greg...
Sleeping with the Enemy
Look, I get it—that half the Republican electorate is either unbalanced, selfish or so ill-informed that Trump looked like a reasonable pick; but why do...
Trump lacks a key element that helped his 2016 victory: undecided voters who broke late to him
Count every vote. #CountEveryVote xRemember that America is a democracy. Every vote deserves to be counted, no matter what Trump and Republicans say https://t.co/HcHI6D5t0N— Barbara Malmet...
IMPOTUS* may still have a 5% chance of winning, yet the war on Xmas despair continues
The war on Xmas continues as Santas aren’t essential workers, but VP Pence is, ignoring the guidelines to quarantine after being exposed to not an...
GA-Sen B: HuffPost, “Matt Lieberman (D) Hosted Fundraiser For Lindsey Graham (R. SC) In 2013”
Since today is a heavy Lindsey Graham (R. SC) news day on Daily Kos, I figured it was important to highlight this from The Huffington...
ID-Sen: Harry Reid Is Back & He's Here To Help Paulette Jordan (D) Kick Jim Risch's (R) Ass
Received this e-mail today from one of my personal political heroes, former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D. NV), in support of Paulette Jordan’s...
Kitchen Table Kibitzing Friday 25 September – Tube steak and Brasshouse in the middle
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...
Never Ceases to Amaze Me…
It took credible evidence and the words of the self-identified victims of underage sexual advances, to allow Doug Jones to defeat Roy Moore for the...
distracting from Trump's pandemic: he's patriotic enough to use human trafficking for his 3rd wife
Trumpian reactionary claptrap, scapegoating the 1619 project so your attention is diverted to strength through joy. xSays the man who abducted toddlers from their parents...
Trump in ABC town hall, touts 'herd mentality' (or herd immunity) in ignoring pandemic threat
"Let's understand what this is: Donald Trump has confessed, on tape, to the greatest and most deadly lie in all the long history of the...
it may be too late to stop election interference
We’re now past the point in 2016 where PBO got derailed by McConnell on election interference from Russia. We can see why Trump has undermined...
TX-Sen: New Poll Has A Single Digit Race Between Cornyn (R) & Hegar (D), Biden Beats Trump 48-45
Some big news out of Texas today: x🚨TEXAS POLL🚨 w/ @JoltInitiative, @MOVE_texas, @texrisingBiden: 48% (+3)Trump: 45%Hegar: 40%Cornyn: 46% (+6)Majority of voters (66%) more likely to...
Is it About Who Demands the Justice?
It strikes me as curious as to why the Black Lives Matter slogan is such an irritant to a large number of conservatives. It seems...
Do polls undercount Trump support like COVID deaths
The strangest thing is the GOP attempt to con the nation into forgetting about a massive and avoidable death toll. xIf this makes you feel...
Trump is only 62% fascist or 29 Benitos short of a dictatorship
WaPo published an update to the estimation of whether Trump was more than a rhetorical trope as a fascist, or more of an actual, historical fascist....
Trump is losing it, Activating the young vote, DNC review.
It sure looks like Trump is losing it. Delilah Agho-Otoghile discusses the young vote and more. We talk about the DNC and its aftermath. Delilah...
All Votes Matter..Now More than ever
This title is not meant to take away from Black Lives Matter. In fact, it is meant to do just the opposite. John Lewis was...
Come on Down
Two of the most iconic voices on tv were a part of two of the most famous programs in television history, The Price is Right...
Joe Biden Has The Momentum To Expand His Electoral Map As More States Sour On Trump
The New York Times has a great piece out about how Democrats are eager to not only help Joe Biden take out Trump but also...
“Ulyssesius S Grant” meets his Shiloh at Mount Rushmore as Trump's son's girlfriend gets COVID-19
Apparently Trump thinks there’s something called "new far-left fascism", whatever that is. Strange how the official excerpts didn’t include the really provocative elements of Trump’s...
Kellyanne Conway's daughter is now attacking Trump, too
Kellyanne Conway appears to be facing a rising rebellion in her own home. Of course, Barbie Riefenstahl’s husband, George, is one of the country’s foremost NeverTrumpers,...
disinfo 101: Statues will be safer than you are from COVID19 because Trump needs to be re-elected
Because sociopaths are letting their freak-flag fly, here are some disinformation examples, each with problematic media frames. xGiven the circumstances, if mom, in her duty to...
US still leads in COVID deaths, as Trump slows testing, visits Arizona today
Trump’s going to visit the three miles of new fence (197 miles are replacement fencing), and do undoubtedly another youth rally, remembering that the last one featured...
drumpfJugend: Superspreader-Trump at mega-church in AZ on Tuesday 23 June
Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA is doing a convention for Trump Youth and IMPOTUS* is a featured speaker on Tuesday. xSomehow I missed that Trump's...
Joe Biden's Los Angeles Times Op-Ed, “No one can stay silent. No one can ignore injustice.”
Former Vice President and Democratic Presidential nominee, Joe Biden, has a great op-ed in the Los Angeles Times that’s worth a full read but here’s...
Trump only needs to turn enough voters against authorities in enough swing states to get re-elected
How strange will it be that Trump will do things to attract reactionaries regardless of age grouping especially white ones at least until he can...
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D. CA) Endorses Joe Biden For President
Some big news today: California Gov. Gavin Newsom formally endorsed Joe Biden for president on Friday, praising the former vice president for his "deep compassion...
LIVE BLOG – daily COVID Taskforce briefing – Trump took no questions today!
LIVE BLOG below 5:30* PM EDT *(rarely starts on time) Members of the Coronavirus Task Force Hold a Press Briefing The White House Trump may...
Bernie endorsed Biden, get over it, regardless of which side you were on
David Atkins attacks a “marxist” strawman in a Washington Monthly article, because moderates need to rationalize their reactionary acts. The after-action reports for 2020 should instead address the...
