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EPA chief clashes with MAGA over weather conspiracies

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin might be stripping away billions of dollars in grants, but at least he’s delivering hard-hitting information on beloved MAGA conspiracies.  After posting a video on X Thursday in which Zeldin an

The Recap: Pete Hegseth gets shredded, and transportation secretary pulls double duty

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. Watch Trump being creepy—and dumb—again There are many things you can call Trump—”appropriate” or a “feminist” is not one of them. T

Army faces heat from families of those killed in Potomac collision

The U.S. Army is facing increasing backlash from families of the 67 people killed in January’s catastrophic midair collision over the Potomac River, with relatives accusing military officials of evasion, stonewalling, and refusing to take responsibility. I

Cartoon: Fanning the flames

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Federal judge outwits Supreme Court on birthright citizenship—for now

Cue Jeff Goldblum in “Jurassic Park”: The lower courts … find a way. U.S. Federal District Judge Joseph Laplante just did what the Supreme Court conservatives told him to do—and they’re likely furious.  In Barbara v. Trump, one of the cases c

Look just how much red counties depend on the government they hate

One of the most enduring conservative myths is that of the self-reliant, salt-of-the-earth, rural-dwelling American who pulls himself up by his bootstraps, wrestles a steer before breakfast, and builds his own house out of patriotism and chewing tobacco becau

Cartoon: MAGAvision

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You won't believe how badly Kristi Noem bungled Texas flood response

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's cost-cutting measures at the Federal Emergency Management Agency slowed search and rescue efforts in Texas by 72 hours, possibly costing some of the at least 120 lives lost in the devastating natural dis

Outgoing GOP senator finally finds his spine and shreds Pete Hegseth

Sen. Thom Tillis may be heading for the exits, but he’s not leaving quietly. The retiring Republican from North Carolina—who stunned the political world in June, when he announced he wouldn’t seek reelection—suggested to CNN’s Jake Tapper on Wednes

Transportation secretary takes his lack of expertise to NASA

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is adding another role to his current gig, for which he has no qualifications, as interim NASA chief—a position in which he is similarly unqualified. We are all being forced to see Duffy cosplay as an astronaut because

Trump Media outsourced jobs to Mexico even as Trump pushes 'America First'

On the campaign trail, Donald Trump threatened businesses that send jobs south of the border, while his own company that runs the Truth Social platform outsourced coding jobs to workers in Mexico, outraging some staff members. by Robert Faturechi, Justin Ell

'She stood tall': Harris winds down campaign with moving tribute to her mom

Vice President Kamala Harris gets personal in what is likely the final ad for her 2024 campaign. xMy mother, Dr. Shyamala Gopalan Harris, came to the United States from India at 19. She taught me and my sister, Maya, about courage and det

The Trump campaign is already playing the blame game

Tim Alberta’s weekend story in The Atlantic about the finger-pointing and blame-casting inside Donald Trump’s campaign is must-read.  Let’s take a deeper look into it.  

Cartoon: My country, 'tis of thee

A cartoon by Tim Campbell. Campaign Action

The Recap: Trump's running out of steam, while Harris is full speed ahead with hope

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. 'We believe in each other': Harris closes campaign with message of hope When he goes low, we go high. Harris leads in the one Iowa poll that matte

No noise, just policy: Where Trump and Harris stand on guns

This four-part series examines the candidates' positions and policy proposals in an effort to cut through the noise and highlight where Kamala Harris and Donald Trump stand on critical issues facing Americans in this election. Information

Cartoon: Setting back the clock

A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Campaign Action

How Trump's hate speech won back the far right and boosted his poll numbers

The former president’s attempts to shift toward the political center this summer angered extremist supporters. To win them back, Trump renewed his attacks on immigrants. It worked. By Eric Pape, for Capital & Main When Kamala Harris&nbs

State of the Race: Leave everything on the field

The polls show the race neck and neck. And congrats to those of you who are more motivated by being behind: If the final election results were to mirror current polling, Vice President Kamala Harris would lose the election to Donald Trump. But what if the po

Harris leads in the one Iowa poll that matters—with major national implications

Ann Selzer’s Iowa Poll for the Des Moines Register came out Saturday, and it’s a political thermonuclear bomb: Kamala Harris: 47 Donald Trump: 44 The previous poll had Trump up 47-43 in September, and leading President Joe Biden 50-32 in June. An

Here's a reminder of how bad Trump is at handling disasters

Donald Trump and his allies have been misinforming the public about the federal response to Hurricane Helene, be it with lies or conspiracy theories.  Trump’s first administration was a disaster for our environment—but he and his friends are far fro

Sally Field reveals chilling story of her own illegal abortion at 17

Sally Field, the Academy Award-winning actress, told her harrowing story of procuring an illegal abortion in Mexico when she was 17, in an Instagram video posted on Sunday.  “I’ve been so hesitant to do this, to tell my horrific story,” the famed

House speaker bashes Biden’s hurricane response while doing nothing

It’s textbook hypocrisy: House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Sunday that he won’t commit to reconvening his chamber to pass additional disaster-relief funding, yet he criticizes the federal government’s response as lacking.  “We’ll be back in s

Cartoon: Tipping the seesaw

A cartoon by Pedro Molina. Campaign Action

The Recap: Harris’ big media week, plus why the right keeps mispronouncing her name

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. Harris is doing tons of media this week, but critics still complain The goalpost-moving continues.  There’s a reason Trump and his minion

Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: People of New York v. Trump begins

Abbreviated Pundit Roundup is a long-running series published every morning that collects essential political discussion and analysis around the internet. We begin today with María Antonia Sánchez-Vallejo of El País in English describing the fir

Cartoon: Trump on Trial

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Morning Digest: Trump targets one of last two pro-impeachment House Republicans

The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team. Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcast x Embedded Content Leading Off ● WA-04: Donald Trump on Friday

Trump wants tax cuts for the rich. Biden's making sure voters know it

Talking about tax policy is one of the best ways for President Joe Biden to create a contrast with Donald Trump on who will fight for average Americans. As Trump told a group of wealthy campaign donors earlier this month, one of his signature issues if electe

Live coverage: Donald Trump's first criminal trial, Day Two

Donald Trump has arrived at the Manhattan courtroom of Judge Juan Merchan for the second day of his criminal trial over falsifying business records connected to hush money payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. On Monday, Merchan ruled on s

Right-wing fraudsters fined $1.25M for racist election robocall scheme

Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, the right-wing fraudsters who orchestrated a robocall campaign targeting Black voters in seven states during the 2020 election, have agreed to pay $1.25 million in a settlement with New York Attorney General Letitia James. 

‘A disaster’: Vulnerable Arizona Republicans panic over abortion ruling

Arizona Republicans got just what they wanted Tuesday when the state’s Supreme Court upheld a 160-year-old abortion ban—enacted before the state was even a state—that criminalizes abortions and mandates prison sentences for providers. That ruling cement

Cartoon: How to make a plane

Cartoon by Pedro Molina. Campaign Action

House GOP is so over Marjorie Taylor Greene's antics

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene welcomed Republicans back to work Tuesday with a five-page broadside attack on Speaker Mike Johnson, making sure everyone knows that she’s serious about her threat to try to oust him. Greene’s trying to foment more anger and di

Abandoned GOP minority outreach center gets a sexy makeover

A GOP minority outreach center in suburban Atlanta that was once devoted to artificially creating buzz, giving people the shaft, and taking an unusually keen interest in what happens in other people’s bedrooms is now a sex shop. In other words, th

Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Battlegrounds

Abbreviated Pundit Roundup is a long-running series published every morning that collects essential political discussion and analysis around the internet. We begin today with Rex Huppke of USA Today asserting that the shoe salesman cares

Cartoon: Tom the Dancing Bug presents Law & Order: Victimless Crime Unit!

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Morning Digest: Rich ex-ambassador hopes to derail GOP's preferred Nevada Senate candidate

The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team. Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcast x Embedded Content Leading Off ● NV-Sen: Republican Jeff Gunter

Trump and his allies find a new way to be extra racist

As his legal woes have mounted, Donald Trump has taken to casting himself on the campaign trail as a victim of discrimination at the hands of “racist” Black prosecutors engaged in “massive election interference.” Trump has called N

'Serious blow': Florida's abortion ballot measure has the GOP on the run

As recently as two weeks ago, Donald Trump told the conservative radio show “Sid & Friends in the Morning« that he was warming up to the idea of backing a national abortion ban. “The number of weeks, now, people are agreeing on 15, and I’m th
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