'No words can express what we put these people through': 18 wrongful convictions and counting
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A Black carpenter wrongfully convicted in six murders is suing the city of Philadelphia after being acquitted of two murders and exonerated of four. «Chris Williams is the only person in the US to be exonerated of 6 murder convictions aft
Professor at public university rants about feminism, suggests women shouldn't go to medical school
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A political science professor at Boise State University recently went viral in the worst possible way: He made comments about women in the workforce that feel straight out of a 1950s conservative handbook, as covered by The Daily Beast. The professor in
When will Congress protect all members? Ilhan Omar shares chilling death threat left via voicemail
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In the face of increasing hate and Islamophobia, Democratic U.S. Reps. Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Andre Carson condemned anti-Muslim remarks made by their colleague, Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert, during a Tuesday press conference. According to ABC
Justice Sotomayor makes the case for expanding the Supreme Court
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Perhaps the most riveting moment in Wednesday’s Supreme Court hearing on Mississippi’s challenge to abortion rights came from Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Six conservative justices showed their willingness to find any reason at all to erase dec
Anti-vaxx Chronicles: Televangelist who put his faith in Robert Kennedy Jr. and ivermectin is dead
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Facebook is a menace. COVID-19 is a menace. Conservatism is a cesspool. Together, those three ingredients have created a toxic stew of malevolent death and devastation. We can talk about all those things in the abstract, look at the numbers and statistics, an
Stacey Abrams announces campaign for Georgia governorship
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Stacey Abrams has made it official, announcing this afternoon that she will be running for governor of Georgia in the upcoming 2022 election.
xI’m running for Governor because opportunity in our state shouldn’t be determined by zip code, background or ac
First case of omicron identified in the U.S. as impact of the new COVID variant remains unclear
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The U.S. has officially identified the first case of COVID-19’s omicron variant, which comes at a surprise to no one. Neither should it be surprising that the case was located in California. Not only does that state have the largest population and
Ghislaine Maxwell survivor testifies that her abuse by Jeffrey Epstein began when she was only 14
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The first of four accusers in the sex-trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell took the witness stand in Manhattan federal court Tuesday, claiming she’d been sexually abused by Maxwell and her former partner, Jeffrey Epstein, beginning when she was
Kevin McCarthy appeases House GOP radicals right into burning him at the stake
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GOP Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's dreams of one day becoming speaker of the House are going up in flames as the Republican caucus devolves into a raging inferno of internecine guerrilla warfare.
Specifically, House GOP radicals have turned cauc
McCarthy's spinelessness plunges House Republicans into bitter race to the bottom
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GOP Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's dreams of one day becoming speaker of the House are going up in flames as the Republican caucus devolves into a raging inferno of internecine guerrilla warfare.
Specifically, House GOP radicals have turned cauc
McConnell and his maniacs are flirting with another government shutdown, because of course they are
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It’s December and it’s three days before funding for the government runs out, so of course there’s a mad scramble by congressional Democrats to figure out how to avert that and of course there’s a group of Freedom Caucus maniacs, egged on by their Rep
Another criminal contempt of Congress complaint is shaping up Wednesday as members of the Jan. 6 Committee meet and vote on a report finding that former Trump Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark has—for weeks—refused to fully cooperate with investig
Migrants already jailed for months under Texas' border scheme may see even lengthier detention
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Is it really possible that Texas’ Greg Abbott’s legally dubious border scheme locking up hundreds of migrants for weeks and months at a time without any charges could get even worse? Unfortunately, yes. Horrifically, despicably, reprehensibly, yes.
Watch Sen. Chris Murphy expertly sum up Republican hypocrisy on abortion and gun violence
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Republicans talking about the preciousness of life when it comes to an unborn child, but then turning around and making life nearly impossible for single parents, parents with disabilities, and families living in poverty is nothing new. Hypocrisy is, aft
Sonia Sotomayor calls out the ‘stench’ of politics in Mississippi abortion law SCOTUS case
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The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in the Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case, which challenges the constitutionality of the 2018 Mississippi law known as the “Gestational Age Act.” The legislation bans abortions a
Mark Meadows cooperating with Jan. 6 committee is not a signal that Trump's team is turning on him
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On Sep. 24, the House Select Committee on Jan. 6 issued the first of what would eventually become more than a dozen subpoenas—so far. That first cluster went out to four men: former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, former Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Sc
Red flags fly as Supreme Court hears arguments on Mississippi abortion ban
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The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Wednesday on Mississippi’s law explicitly attempting to get Roe v. Wade overturned, and, as expected, the red flags are flying.
The Mississippi law bans abortion after 15 weeks gestation, well before th
Democratic senator slams Republican 'sanctity of life' preaching in light of latest mass shooting
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Republicans talking about the preciousness of life when it comes to an unborn child, but then turning around and making life nearly impossible for single parents, parents with disabilities, and families living in poverty is nothing new. Hypocrisy is, aft
'How will we survive?' Sonia Sotomayor calls out threat to SCOTUS in Mississippi abortion law case
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The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in the Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case, which challenges the constitutionality of the 2018 Mississippi law known as the “Gestational Age Act.” The legislation bans abortions a
Tennessee moms' group tears the veil off the whole 'critical race theory' panic
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Thanks are due to the Williamson County, Tennessee, chapter of Moms for Liberty for once again clarifying what the “critical race theory” (CRT) uproar is really about. We can say until we’re blue in the face that critical race theor
Trump pandemic killed a lot of Santas last year, Fox News desperate to blame Biden
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year! When ding-dongs (ding-dong!) over in the right-wing-o-sphere tell you how the war on Christmas is going. Spoiler alert: It has been going terribly for white baby Jesus-loving conservative Christians f
Dr. Oz inexplicably fails to mention Pennsylvania or state issues in Senate run announcement
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Where to begin with Dr. Mehmet Oz, who’s been sued by olive oil companies for libel, sued and scolded by lawmakers over alleged “miracle” weight loss supplements (take your pick), violated American Medical Association guidance by assessing the heal
Trump tested positive for COVID-19 before the first debate with Biden, then lied about it
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A new memoir from former chief of staff Mark Meadows admits what many suspected all along—Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19 before his first debate with Joe Biden in 2020. Then Trump lied about that result, got on a stage with Biden, and continued t
Lauren Boebert’s Islamophobia and incompetence on display in yet another video
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Since being sworn into Congress, Rep. Ilhan Omar has consistently faced criticism and hate, solely because of her identity as a Muslim. Not only have individuals across the country targeted Omar—calling her a terrorist and other slurs—but her own colleagu
Morning Digest: Illinois Republicans will face a matchup between two incumbents—but which ones?
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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar.
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Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Focus on the immediate future of Republican anti-democratic policy
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How Democrats Learned to Expect the Worst
I’ve written several times about how Republicans interpreted their 1994 midterm-election landslide as a consequence of their obstruction strategy in Congress during 1993-1994. That l
Capitol rioter enters Texas GOP primary, because this is what Republicans are now
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I was warned ages ago that violence is not a solution to any problem, and that if I wanted Carrot Top to stop doing prop comedy I should just bide my time. Did it work? I’m scared to look. Can someone at least let me know if Jeff Dunham is still at large?
Peter Jackson's new eight-hour opus on the Beatles is revelation, but not for the faint of heart
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The reviews are in: “[S]o aimless it threatens your sanity” declares The Guardian. “A mesmerizing feast for the eyes,” reports Salon. ”Isn’t something we needed;” pronounces NBC news. “An addictive look at who the Beatles were,”&nb
Dozens more NYC convictions tossed because of three dirty former ‘top’ cops
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Law enforcement agencies across the country have spent the last year lying about being defunded while enjoying a cooked up false narrative—with the complicity of traditional news outlets and pundits—that crime is scary out of control now that the police h
Rep. Debbie Dingell's Michigan office was heavily vandalized, late husband's memorabilia destroyed
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While not much information is available at this time, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell reported her office in Dearborn, Michigan, was broken into and vandalized on Monday, Nov. 29. A spokeswoman from her office, Mackenzie Smith, released a statement regarding the inc
As Texas faces another winter, organizers focus on keeping people safe in case of another blackout
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by Delilah Alvarado
This story was originally published at Prism.
In February, severe winter storms sweeping across the U.S. caused an extreme power crisis in Texas. People across the state went without power for an average of two days, and some lo
If not for his supporters, a wrongfully convicted man would get nothing after 43 years in prison
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Kevin Strickland, a Black man convicted of triple homicide in 1978, was exonerated this month after spending 43 years in prison. But the state of Missouri does not have to pay him one cent for forever changing the course of his life, thanks to state law. That
Actual journo turned FOX News conspiracist, Lara Logan, smacked after comparing Fauci to a Nazi doc
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Former hailed 60 Minutes journalist and CBS News war correspondent, turned Fox News ratings-chaser, Lara Logan, is stepping up her COVID-19 conspiracy theories and comparing top infectious-disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci to Nazi sociopath Jose
It was always clear family separation policy would result in trauma. This new study confirms that
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While it had always been clear that the previous administration’s family separation policy at the southern border would result in enduring trauma, the first-ever qualitative analysis of the mental health effects of the “zero tolerance” policy
Red state lawmakers already denouncing universal pre-K in Biden's Build Back Better
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One of the cornerstones of President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan for families and children is universal pre-K—the opportunity for young children in every household to attend public preschool. “We’re going to make sure that every three- and four
Far-right radicalization interwoven with COVID conspiracist organizing as it spreads globally
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One of the peculiar realities of conspiracism is that people who believe in conspiracy theories rarely ever believe just one; most conspiracy theories are interconnected by the nature of their afactual grounding, and often this forms a web of theories that le
Anti-vaxx Chronicles: A wedding and a funeral, just weeks apart
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Facebook is a menace. COVID-19 is a menace. Conservatism is a cesspool. Together, those three ingredients have created a toxic stew of malevolent death and devastation. We can talk about all those things in the abstract, look at the numbers and statistics, an
If the Supreme Court won’t act to protect abortion, we can
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In yet another week without a Supreme Court decision on Texas’ six-week abortion ban, SB 8, abortion justice advocates aren’t taking our eyes off the ball just yet.
Tomorrow, Dec. 1, the court will hear arguments regarding a Mississippi 15-week abo
Talking to the guy who has been tracking COVID for Daily Kos from the very start: Mark Sumner
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Mark Sumner
We at Daily Kos were prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic from the very start thanks to comprehensive and relentless coverage by Mark Sumner. He wrote his first story on the emerging pandemic on Jan. 23, 2020, and has since written 382 additi
Arkansas Republican introduces hideously transphobic bill that could put youth in legitimate danger
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If you’re following the ongoing Republican battle against trans people having even a shred of dignity and protection in the United States, you’ve noticed the phrase “parental rights” being tossed around lately. We’ve covered conservative effort
