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I post a weekly diary of historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I often feature in "Cheers & Jeers". OK, you've been warned - here is this week's...

Vladimir Putin, aided and abetted by his venal and uncurious minion, Krasnov are at it again .. shoving ransom notes disguised as “Peace Proposals” at Ukraine under the threat of American abandonment(as if there has been any substantive American aid...

The link between affordability and healthcare coverage is one that Democrats have thought important enough to stake a good portion of their 2026 midterm platform. The affordability issue was broadly tested in the 2025 elections across the country, with...

To those who don’t know who Clay Jones is: Clay Jones is a great political cartoonist whose work appears regularly here at Daily Kos. He is recovering from a stroke; and so far, has managed to ...

We began posting Good News Roundups (GNRs) in 2017. Our writers collect upbeat news about the nation and world, news that we do not get from down-beating corporate media. Choosing not to flee or freeze, with the help of Good News Roundups we engage...

We begin today with� G. Elliott Morris �of the “Strength in Numbers” Substack looking at polling data showing that a plurality of American voters are not ideological at all. In this excerpt from ...

Just heard the perfect answer to how Dems are different from the GQP. Majorie Taylor Green has been hated by the left for more than 5 years; she has been hated by the right for three days. She has now had to hire security for death threats from the...

Republicans across the country, spurred by President Donald Trump and encouraged by House Speaker Mike Johnson, are pushing hard to redraw as many congressional districts as possible in order to ...

Explaining the Right � is a weekly series that looks at what the right wing is currently obsessing over, how it influences politics—and why you need to know. Following losses in this year’s ...

A cartoon by David Horsey.