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What if every state did the Transparent Election Initiative to negate the pernicious effects of Citizens United and its political action committee grifting down by the dental floss bush. Every state, whether via legislators or ballot initiatives, has...

If you needed any indication of how concerned� Hope Springs from Field PAC volunteers have been about redistricting this year in Ohio, here it is. �Even though the weather is not bad, they still ...

On November 24, 2025, the Trump Administration did something both dangerous and stunningly dishonest: it announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nearly 3,000 Burmese refugees living safely in the United States. DHS Secretary...

ProPublica has� More evidence that bird flu spreads by air �from farm to farm, but the government stubbornly adheres to the tracked-in hypothesis, despite the utter failure of such biosecurity ...

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This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Donald Trump’s America was absent in every way imaginable. I’m thinking of this year’s crucial U.N. Climate Change Conference in...

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy � is � Now Open! � 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our � especially special Daily Special; Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe,� Bondi ran ...

The Traitor and his band of noxious quislings are acquiring a stench worse than sour milk these days. And well deserved, too! This story on the fake social media influencers presents a nice opportunity for Democrats and those of us fighting the good...

Good morning, Cafe!� The week is off to a good start, I hope.� It’s going to be a balancing act for many of us-- This is how our week will go:

Mexico obtained independence from Spain in 1821 which meant that Arizona and New Mexico became Mexican provinces. Briefly described below are some of the American Indian events in these Mexican ...

In a world afire in climate crisis and simultaneously hungry for food and energy, agrivoltaics—the pairing of solar panels with farming and ranching — has been hailed as a miracle solution. But this encouraging technological fix is also a political...

On a cold foggy morning, my bird club toured the�California Raptor Center (CRC) at the University of California,�Davis. �This unique facility�only works with raptors: �eagles, hawks, falcons, owls ...

This piece is also appearing this coming weekend in newspapers in the very red Virginia congressional district (VA-06) in which I was the Democratic nominee for Congress in 2012. ************************** The American people need to understand that...

Turn on your light Turn on your light, let your heart be seen Come on don’t be shy, the world is in need Hate’s spreading fast, the dark comes too fast Turn on your light, let’s bring back love Turn on your light, spread kindness all around Come on...

from NPR this morning: “U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'” Pentagon Pete doesn’t seems to think Scouting teaches “masculine values” any more, and lost its way when it became coed a few years ago, and...

“Loyalty to the Constitution"” —�these are words either foreign to the trump regime or they want to intimidate the nation into submission that loyalty to trump trumps Loyalty to the ...

www.statnews.com/… First, bit of history: In 2018, Congress passed language that legalized hemp products up to a specific and low concentration of marijuana’s naturally occurring, high-inducing compound: delta-9 THC. But the cannabis industry pounced...

Hey Mitch McConnell, John Thune, John Roberts, or any Republican Governors with more than two brain cells to rub together and half a functioning testicle—you do realize, I hope, that the Deranged Oompa Loompa is pure evil? No? In the next few days,...

I recently read the article about France Perkins who was in FDR`s cabinet, the first woman in such a role.� Reading about all that one determined woman did during her service to our country makes my ...

I posted this essay on my site yesterday, and the response/comments have been amazingly moving to me. I’m not sure if it works as a DK diary, but I’m going to repost it and see what you think. Here goes! ~ I read this troubling, illuminating, and...