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Shocking as this moment is, none of us should pretend we weren’t warned. When Donald Trump installed Pete Hegseth — a television provocateur whose public record is soaked in belligerence, booze, and culture-war performance — as America’s Defense...
thomhartmann 11/28/2025
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Musk and MAGA are suffering a self-inflicted injury... The Daily Beast Elon Musk’s social media site X has rolled out a new feature in an effort to increase transparency—and unwittingly revealed that many of the site’s top MAGA influencers are actually...
PvtJarHead 11/23/2025
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I thought I was way past being shocked by anything Trump does, but this story that broke yesterday will go down in history — and not in a good way. First, we have a bipartisan group of senators saying that they were told by Marco Rubio that the plan...
quaoar 11/23/2025
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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...
tjlord 11/23/2025
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All that work Steve Witkoff did to appease Putin and it’s all getting carved up. Poor Steve. Trump isn’t a details guy — unless it involves putting gold-plated crap all over the Oval Office. Trump was in a damn hurry to force Ukraine to accept by...
quaoar 11/24/2025
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The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) governs the conduct of every person in the United States military, ...
sabrina haake 11/25/2025
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Pete Hegseth, Secretary of War, has made it to the big time. The hottest satirical show in town, South Park, has featured the beef-brained, self-branded, paleolithic Homo stultus (aka Homo ignoramus) in its latest commentary on Trump and his fellow...
TheCriticalMind 11/27/2025
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Punchbowl had a scathing newsletter Monday: Why MTG's missive rang true for House GOP MTG’s four-page note � was stinging for House Republicans. Why? Because the message rang true to so many in ...
Greg Dworkin 11/26/2025
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Today it was revealed that American military forces conducted a "double tap" strike on an alleged drug running boat on September 2d. They hit the boat once, killing some and disabling the boat. However, there were survivors. They hit the boat again to...
KeithDB 11/28/2025
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Washington Post: Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations ...
Greg Dworkin 11/29/2025
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ramped up his tirade against Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly on Tuesday, disparaging Kelly's military title and said the Democrat’s video urging troops not to follow illegal orders amounted to "sedition." "So 'Captain' Kelly, not...
Emily Singer 11/25/2025
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Nebraska has been on a roll. After voting big for President Donald Trump in 2024 and Republicans since forever, the state is now reaping what it so eagerly sowed. Its economy is collapsing . ...
kos 11/29/2025
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When court-assigned prosecutor Peter J. Skandalakis dismissed Georgia’s election-interference case and justified his decision by claiming that “reasonable minds could differ” about Donald Trump’s conduct — and that therefore Trump was “entitled to the...
All4Truth 11/26/2025
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Ukraine says it agrees with much of the provisions of the revised peace plan that Europeans have developed. Russia says Ни за что. It seems to me that Ukraine agreeing to limit the size of the armed forces to 800k is not much of a concession since...
quaoar 11/25/2025
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Democrats appear to be inching toward one of the biggest changes to their presidential nominating process since the advent of primaries.� Party leaders are beginning to explore whether ranked ...
kos 11/24/2025
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UPDATE TACO MONDAY: White House postpones Monday’s expected unveiling of new health care cost proposal Trump Embraces Democrats' ACA Extension after causing a shutdown to end it. Trump is expected to propose Two-Year ACA Subsidy Extension as people are...
Sam Carpathian 11/24/2025
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MTG seems to just be the first of many.… More resignations are coming.. Though Johnson keeps the gavel even if Republicans become a minority, unless 9 Republicans band together and vote for a new speaker. This is a quote from a Senior Republican House...
justin423 11/24/2025
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Mark Kelly: The Officer They Can Never Be The other night on The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle, legal analyst Charles F. Coleman Jr. said that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth were jealous of Senator Mark Kelly because he is everything they are not. That...
bison 11/26/2025
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been eviscerated over her refusal to help after ICE detained her nephew’s mom. The White House official has gone radio silent since Bruna Ferreira—who is the mother of Leavitt’s nephew—was swept up by...
djbigf 11/26/2025
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Idrees Kahloon/ The Atlantic: The GOP Is Realizing That Trump Won’t Be Around Forever The intra-party fight over the Epstein files was only the prelude. The reality that Donald Trump’s ...
Greg Dworkin 11/24/2025
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Ukraine went after bases in Chechnya belonging to the Akhmat unit that has been fighting alongside the Russians. A Russian soldier shows why this area of Novotoretsk is called the Valley of Death. He videos a meat assault past the bodies of numerous...
quaoar 11/27/2025
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POLITICO : Why voters may not buy Trump's messaging on food prices The president says Thanksgiving food prices are down. But Americans are still feeling stretched thin by their grocery costs. ...
Greg Dworkin 11/28/2025
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Democrats have been wandering in the political wilderness for years— unsure how to counter President Donald Trump, divided over leadership, and plagued by doubts ...
Alex Samuels 11/27/2025
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A Russian missile test didn’t exactly go as planned -- but it made a pretty cloud. I have to agree. Probable missile types involved: • UR-100NUTTKh (SS-19 Stiletto) • R-36M2 / RS-20 (SS-18) Both rely on UDMH fuel and nitrogen tetroxide oxidizer, which...
quaoar 11/28/2025
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The breaking news comes via PBS NewsHour correspondent Nick Schifrin who tweeted it on X.com. According to Schifrin, Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) told him that Rubio called him and other lawmakers to make it very clear that the recently leaked 28-point...
Mark Lippman 11/22/2025
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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...
marking time 11/25/2025
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It is probably a safe bet that a gallon of ketchup hit the wall when Trump heard that his billionaire real estate buddy Steve Witkoff was dissing him in his leaked conversation with the Russians (see below). How many scaramuccis before Trump claims he...
quaoar 11/26/2025
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President Donald Trump is losing America, as his inability to focus on affordability is fueling his continued downward slide in the polls.� As Americans clamor for relief from high prices, Trump ...
kos 11/25/2025
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The Atlantic published this story earlier today. www.theatlantic.com/... Volodymyr Zelensky, in the next phase of talks to end the war in Ukraine, intends to draw a red line at the most contentious issue on the table: the Russian demand for Ukraine’s...
Dartagnan 11/27/2025
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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 ...
Perlinator 11/23/2025
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It was funny, in hindsight, seeing how excited Republicans were before the meeting between President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.� “Mamdani is acting like he is the ...
kos 11/28/2025
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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...
annieli 11/25/2025
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Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District special election shouldn't be remotely competitive, with President Donald Trump having won it by more than 22% in 2024. But Republicans have ...
Emily Singer 11/26/2025
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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 ...
kos 11/23/2025
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The Four Reasons Why Kelly Is Fine 1. Kelly is Not in the Military Anymore Kelly’s a civilian. The Uniform Code of Military Justice doesn’t touch him here. Once you’re out, you get your full First Amendment rights back. Simple as that. (See notes at...
Dalbert 11/25/2025
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Published by official Russian news sources. (Isveztia) This is how economies collapse. Bank runs get out of control from people pulling their deposits because they worry if their money is safe. People wonder if their bank deposits can be seized by the...
justin423 11/24/2025
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Randall Munroe, creator of the XKCD comic strip, published this comic yesterday titled “Fifteen Years.” This comic is the fourth one in a series since 2012 - 2012: Two Years, 2017: Seven Years 2020: Ten Years 2020: Fifteen Years Parts of the previous...
AKALib 11/25/2025
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We begin today with� Jake Traylor and Michael Schnell �of MS Now reporting that Congressional Republicans are poo-poohing the Trump regime’s reported plan for a health care plan that includes the ...
Chitown Kev 11/25/2025
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Yes, your intrepid reporter braved the anarchist/ socialist enclave of San Francisco, widely known as ‘Baghdad by the Bay’. Known as a ‘wasteland’, ‘worse than the third world’ and ‘not America anymore’, the city I once lived in is now a ‘slum’, ‘trash...
CorpFlunky 11/28/2025
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� On Tuesday, President Donald Trump turned the traditional pre-Thanksgiving turkey pardon at the White House into a platform to rant about murder and to air his grievances about Democrats. ...
Oliver Willis 11/25/2025
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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 ...
Chitown Kev 11/23/2025
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Air National Guard airmen work clearing leaves and debris from McPherson Square Park in Washington, D.C., Aug. 28, 2025. (Andrew Leyden/Getty Images)
sabrina haake 11/29/2025
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The Pentagon announced Monday that it has launched an investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona after he and several other Democratic lawmakers said that military troops should not obey “illegal orders.” In a statement on X, the so-called...
Oliver Willis 11/24/2025
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Back in June, the grifty Trump family launched its Trump-branded cell service and super-luxe Trump T1 smartphone with maximum hype and minimal details. Now, five months later, neither is anywhere ...
Lisa Needham 11/25/2025
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I don’t have much as this is breaking news. The suspicion that other Republican lawmakers might follow MAGA firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene out of Congress appears to have some foundation. U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) announced on Saturday that...
jhecht 11/29/2025
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No end to tacky with Mango Mussolini US president Donald Trump fired the six remaining members of independent federal agency the Commission of Fine Arts, a group of architects and urban planners meant to review projects such as the planned triumphal...
annieli 11/27/2025
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As always, if � you find value in this work I do, please consider helping me keep it sustainable by joining my weekly newsletter, � Sparky’s List! � You can get it in your inbox or read it on ...
Tom Tomorrow 11/24/2025
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We begin this Turkey Day with� Shaun Walker �of The Guardian speculating about the leaked audio to Bloomberg News�that U.S. special envoy Steven Witkoff gave “suggestions” � coached the former ...
Chitown Kev 11/27/2025
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UPDATE: Saturday, Nov 29, 2025 · 3:16:39 PM +00:00 · xaxnar I should mention I am going ahead with the model train order despite the Trump tariff price hike. That being said, I was just looking at some new Lionel product announcements in a series I had...
xaxnar 11/28/2025
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The Wall Street Journal says the Trump/Putin peace plan is all about money. I’m shocked — SHOCKED! — that they would sell out Ukraine for 40 pieces of silver. 2/ According to the WSJ, talks between Trump's golfing friend Steve Witkoff, his son-in-law...
quaoar 11/29/2025
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I haven’t seen a word in the USA media about this story so I am putting it out here. This is a major disaster. Sri Lanka is an island about the size of West Virginia and sits off the southeast coast of India. It is home to about 22 million people....
bgblcklab1 11/28/2025
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What a difference a year makes In 2024, Trump won because young men cut themselves a slice of the MAGA hype. But like many decisions that seem sensible through a late-night tequila lens, dawn's light illuminated the folly of an ill-considered choice....
TheCriticalMind 11/23/2025
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It was recently revealed that Larry Summers joked about women having lower IQs in an email to Jeffrey Epstein. I find Summers' narrow fixation on biological determinism fascinating because it's ...
Jen Sorensen 11/26/2025
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Maybe he’s going to replace it with mirrors... The New Republic It seems that bulldozing the White House wasn’t enough for Donald Trump. The builder in chief declared his intention Wednesday to “fix” the 100-year-old Reflecting Pool on the National...
PvtJarHead 11/26/2025
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The recession of 2008 hit some states earlier than others, and the state we'd moved to seven years before was one of them. Oregon fell on hard times, my husband was laid off and he & I were struggling to juggle part-time jobs with caring for two young...
A Pagan in Arizona 11/27/2025
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www.patreon.com/keefknight www.keithknightart.com Keef headed to San Francisco Dec. 7 & 8!! Related |� Donald Trump's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad ...
keefknight 11/25/2025
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Missouri AG has gone all in with fascist feds. They have referred a citizen petition effort to challenge the voting gerrymandering maps that the state is suppressing votes....
healejd 11/26/2025
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It started out as a puff piece interview for a friendly podcast. The host was Katie Miller, who is the wife of shadow President Stephen Miller. They talked about a lot of hobbies and foods and other ...
bilboteach 11/27/2025
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A cartoon by David Horsey.
David Horsey 11/23/2025
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Anyone who has been observing the behavior of Donald Trump in recent months cannot help but notice his rapidly declining ability to focus on critical issues, or comprehend simple subjects, or even to remain awake during White House meetings. His...
News Corpse 11/26/2025
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Greetings one and all. I hope you all are safe and well. I’m sorry to say that I’ve got a bit of a personal medical issue that our awesome public health system is addressing promptly, but it may ...
OzPerspective 11/25/2025
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A federal judge on Monday dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at President Donald Trump’s urging was illegally...
Associated Press 11/24/2025
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A cartoon by Mike Luckovich. Related |� Trump might sell major weapons to Ukraine—but has questions ...
Mike Luckovich 11/24/2025
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This is just...beneath pathetic. As reported by Chris Cameron and Maxine Joselow, writing for the New York Times: The Trump administration will raise prices and add new fees next year for international tourists visiting national parks, the latest...
Dartagnan 11/25/2025
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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...
Examined 11/25/2025
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Greetings everyone and welcome to another instalment of mayhem, madness, fun, and insightfulness from the good place. We start with a not so bright mascot..
OzPerspective 11/24/2025
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This arrogant wannabe Nazi imagines a police state... Where he controls who does and doesn’t vote... Media Matters Asked what he’d do as president, Nick Fuentes says: “I would just take away the right to vote for tons of people. Women for sure.”...
PvtJarHead 11/26/2025
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Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett has given herself a deadline: By Thanksgiving, she’ll decide whether to seek another term representing Dallas in the 30th Congressional District—or jump into the ...
Alex Samuels 11/24/2025
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Two-Week Black-Friday Sale on signed Tom the Dancing Bug books! �Get your loved ones a Holiday Six-Pak or a Super Fun Two-Pak! Info here . Please join the team that makes it possible for your ...
RubenBolling 11/27/2025
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ZenTrainer 11/23/2025
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Elon Musk has finally done something good with X, even if it wasn’t necessarily the goal. Over the weekend, his social media company rolled out a new policy that allows users to see not only when an X account was created, but also where the account is...
Emily Singer 11/24/2025
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reportedly plans to upend decades of military support for the Scouting America in retaliation for the iconic organization’s support for gender and racial equality.
Oliver Willis 11/25/2025
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ZenTrainer 11/22/2025
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A small but unusually forceful bloc of left-wing senators has begun openly challenging Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s strategy for the 2026 midterms—and his entire posture toward President Donald Trump. It’s an early, unmistakable sign of internal...
Alex Samuels 11/25/2025
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A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related |� Marjorie Taylor Greene, former Trump loyalist, says she's resigning from ...
Clay Bennett 11/23/2025
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FBI Director Kash Patel and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem have been excelling at using taxpayer dollars to fund their elaborate travel plans. The two were spotted over the weekend ...
Alix Breeden 11/25/2025
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Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's shocking Friday night resignation announcement could have a domino effect in Congress, with multiple GOP lawmakers telling Punchbowl News that they, too, may leave their seats before their terms expire....
Emily Singer 11/24/2025
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Black Out the System calls for a nationwide Boycott Thanksgiving/ BlackFriday week. Act! 'We're Shutting It Down': Economic Blackout Set For Nov. 25 - Dec. 2 and www.themassblackout.com (another site provided by a reader) ~~~ If you’re worried and want...
mikeymikey 11/24/2025
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ZenTrainer 11/27/2025
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Two West Virginia National Guard members who deployed to the nation’s capital were shot Wednesday just blocks from the White House in a brazen act of violence that the mayor described as a targeted attack. FBI Director Kash Patel and Washington Mayor...
Associated Press 11/26/2025
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The so-called Department of Government Efficiency has reportedly died a quiet death after months of generating havoc throughout the federal government, costing taxpayers millions of dollars, and ...
Oliver Willis 11/24/2025
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In recent weeks, Washington has witnessed one of the clearest displays of congressional passivity in the face of an unchecked expansion of executive power. During his second term, President Donald Trump has not only pushed the boundaries of his...
BrianHudson 11/23/2025
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A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related |� Trump signs bill to release Jeffrey Epstein case files after fighting it for ...
Clay Bennett 11/25/2025
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The Trump administration has been working hard to gin up some sort of criminal charges against Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California, settling on the now-familiar approach of declaring that he ...
Lisa Needham 11/26/2025
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Tis the season to be jolly. Fa la la la, etc. That is, unless you are among the majority of Americans who suffering under the burden of Donald Trump's disastrous economic agenda that places the interests of regular people below those of Trump's wealthy...
News Corpse 11/24/2025
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Lindsey Halligan is not having a great day. But you know who is probably having a worse day? President Donald Trump.� Halligan’s indictments against both former FBI Director James Comey and New ...
Lisa Needham 11/24/2025
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When a presidential administration abruptly stops releasing the most important economic indicators — GDP, inflation, jobs, consumer spending — Americans must ask a blunt question: What are they trying to hide? Over the last two months, the Trump...
Shawn510 11/27/2025
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These days, news rushes at us like water from a firehose. At least�the�news includes bad stuff for the felon and the GOP (except for all the money they are stealing, and I hope we can get some of ...
chloris creator 11/26/2025
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From Raw Story, Nov. 29, by Carl Gibson: Trump wrote in a Friday post to his Truth Social platform that he was endorsing Nasry "Tito" Asfura in Sunday's presidential election in Honduras, and that his administration would be "very supportive" of...
arhpdx 11/29/2025
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Apparently, confabulating Trump thinks Somalis are Afghans, as Trump moves to suggest that Somalis in the US are a threat to national security. Money laundering threats might be a little closer to home, considering Epstein’s money laundering. Why did...
annieli 11/28/2025
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Russian forces conducted a series of drone strikes against Ukraine on the night of November 23 to 24. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched 162 Shahed-type, Gerbera-type, and other drones – of which roughly 80 were Shahed-type...
annieli 11/24/2025
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ZenTrainer 11/29/2025
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Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland was asked by CNN host Pamela Brown on Monday whether Democrats were losing the “moral high ground on the Epstein issue” by voting against the GOP’s ...
Walter Einenkel 11/24/2025
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Enjoy these cartoons from Thanksgivings past. And feel free to share more of your favorites in the comments. The Turkey, by Nick Anderson Originally published Nov. 28, 2024.
Daily Kos Staff 11/27/2025
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A cartoon by Mike Luckovich. Related |� Worst masterminds of Trump's attempted coup get ...
Mike Luckovich 11/23/2025
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The Hayli Gubbi shield volcano in Ethiopia’s desolate Afar region near Eritrea unexpectedly erupted with a thunderous explosion yesterday (Nov 23) for the first time in at least 10,000 years — sending a column of ash more than 45,000 feet into the...
Irontortoise 11/24/2025
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ZenTrainer 11/26/2025
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Social Media's version of stochastic counterterrorism in X is Rentier Capitalism amok Translation of Mister Orange ‘accordion hands’ Krasnov killing the Department of Education (or putting it on life-support) demoting ‘professional’ college degrees:...
annieli 11/24/2025
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Happy Thanksgiving to All My DK Family. Please enjoy this classic Arlo tune with me. I have posted the full lyrics below the video in case you feel like singing along. Lyrics — This song is called Alice's Restaurant, and it's about Alice, and the...
Doctor Who 11/27/2025
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Crossposted from The Journal of Uncharted Blue Places You can also catch me at meteorblades.bsky.social In a devastating new report —Trump, Crypto, and a New Age of Corruption — the House Judiciary Committee staff paints a portrait of a presidency...
Meteor Blades 11/27/2025
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