For chasing and fatally shooting Ahmaud Arbery, a young Black man who was jogging through a suburban Georgia neighborhood last year, a trio of white men, including a father and son, were found guilty of murder on Wednesday.
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Latino museum must be built on National Mall, House and Senate lawmakers tell Smithsonian secretary
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In a truly historic win late last year, a measure establishing a Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino (along with a second measure establishing the American Women's History Museum), was passed into law. It was an effort years in t
Biden names ‘two history-making women of color’ to lead OMB
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President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he’s chosen Shalanda Young to direct the Office of Management, and Nani Coloretti as Deputy Director. Young has been serving as Acting Director since March. “Both Young and Coloretti have been confirm
Biden taps OMB director, deputy nominees: 'Two history-making women of color'
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President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he’s chosen Shalanda Young to direct the Office of Management, and Nani Coloretti as Deputy Director. Young has been serving as Acting Director since March. “Both Young and Coloretti have been confirm
House and Senate lawmakers stress the need to build Latino and women's museums on National Mall
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In a truly historic win late last year, a measure establishing a Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino (along with a second measure establishing the American Women's History Museum), was passed into law. It was an effort years in t
This year, schools across the country are reconciling with the real story of Thanksgiving
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by Ray Levy Uyeda
This story was originally published at Prism.
This year’s Thanksgiving holiday marks the 400th year of a meal shared between early settlers and Wampanoag Native peoples that laid the foundation for American mythos of collaboration an
Waiting for JFK Jr.: QAnon cult’s followers create a deeply unsettling spectacle at Dealey Plaza
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The wing of the QAnon conspiracy cult that believes John F. Kennedy Jr. faked his death and will return to the American political scene as Donald Trump’s running mate showed up earlier this month in Dallas after being told that both JFK Jr. and his assassin
Keeping the promise of citizenship for millions is entirely up to the political will of Democrats
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Senate Democratic aides met informally with Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonaugh on Tuesday to gauge the prospects of the immigration compromise they had reached for President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better bill. While she didn’t endorse the pr
Bizarre QAnon group’s monthlong JFK Jr. watch in Dallas shows how conspiracism breeds cults
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The wing of the QAnon conspiracy cult that believes John F. Kennedy Jr. faked his death and will return to the American political scene as Donald Trump’s running mate showed up earlier this month in Dallas after being told that both JFK Jr. and his assassin
'#Notinvited': CPAC says famous fictional Muppets are not invited to their conference next year
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Republicans have expanded their list of people to hate on to include muppets. Last Thursday, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) posted not one but two tweets that barred Elmo, Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie from attending their conference. Th
The New York Times and CNN are spreading misinformation designed to scare people about the economy
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Prices are up. That’s absolutely true. Inflation has increased since the beginning of 2021 at a rate unmatched since 2009. But that’s what happens every time a Democratic president drags the economy back out of the ditch where a Republican administration
Happy Thanksgiving, Senate Democrats. Rest up, you've got a lot of work to do in the next few weeks
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When the Senate left last week for the Thanksgiving recess, the end-of-year workload was building up. The House added to it the day after senators’ departure by passing the Build Back Better plan, President Joe Biden’s climate change and economic securit
These stores will be closed on Thanksgiving—and one is making it permanent
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Some top retail chains are raising pay or offering other incentives to recruit workers as they struggle to staff the holiday shopping season, and one outcome may be a second year in a row of fewer stores opening up on Thanksgiving for pre-Black Friday sh
These stores will be closed on Thanksgiving—including some surprises
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Some top retail chains are raising pay or offering other incentives to recruit workers as they struggle to staff the holiday shopping season, and one outcome may be a second year in a row of fewer stores opening up on Thanksgiving for pre-Black Friday sh
Morning Digest: John Boehner called him 'insane.' He's hoping Texans will call him attorney general
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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Daniel Donner, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar.
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Build Back Better, now with higher taxes on the wealthy!
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The nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation tweeted out this low-key correction to its previous analysis on the House’s Build Back Better bill and the tax provisions included in it. “The staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation has discovered a
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: The Politics of Despair
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The Problem of Political Despair
It’s predictable that, with Donald Trump out of the White House, Democrats would pull back from constant, frenetic political engagement. But there’s a withdrawal happening right now — fro
News Roundup: Charlottesville racists must pay damages; new subpoenas for Proud Boys, Oath Keepers
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In the news today: A jury slammed organizers of a violent 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville over $25 million in damages. The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection has released a new set of subpoenas, this time against far-
Trump-backed PA Senate candidate Parnell drops out after losing custody suit amid abuse allegations
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Donald Trump may think otherwise, but if a man can’t be trusted with his own children, one has to wonder why Pennsylvania voters would trust him with their vote. As reported by Kate Riga for TalkingPointsMemo:
A judge granted sole legal custody to Laurie
Consequences: Two Colorado lawyers will pay steep fines for filing false election claims
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You know the old saying: The wheels of justice turn exceedingly slow, and the only certain outcome is that when it's all over you're going to owe people a lot of money. That's the saying, right?
Two Colorado lawyers are now learning that lesson after
Just days after two men were exonerated in her father's murder, Malcolm X's daughter is found dead
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The daughter of famed Black civil rights activist Malcolm X, Malikah Shabazz, was found dead at her Brooklyn home Monday. One of six children, and a twin, Shabazz was born seven months after the assassination of her father.
Shabazz, 56, was f
A Republican celebrated after a library canceled its inclusive event for kids, but hate didn't win
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As Daily Kos has covered many times, there are few things mobilizing conservatives during the pandemic like children’s events at libraries. Yes, it’s true—we’re still surviving a global pandemic, and all the while, folks are more than happy to ma
Extremist groups slapped with subpoenas from Jan. 6 Committee
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Seeking insight into how the violence that erupted at the U.S. Capitol this January was plotted, the committee tasked with probing the insurrection subpoenaed various extremist right-wing organizations and their figureheads on Tuesday.
It is the second time
Advocates say ICE continues to deny Haitians detained at New Mexico facility access to legal help
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Because of a letter sent to federal immigration officials earlier this month, an attorney was able to provide an in-person legal presentation to a group of Haitian asylum-seekers who have been detained at a New Mexico detention facility without any
Proud Boys march again by attaching themselves to New York, Los Angeles anti-vaccine rallies
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The Proud Boys continued to deploy their post-Jan. 6 strategy—that is, focusing their organizing around local right-wing protests and attaching their neofascist presence by providing “security”—this week by showing up to anti-vaccination marches in Ne
Parents sue Wisconsin school district over trans-inclusive pronoun and name policy
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Here at Daily Kos, we’ve covered Republican attacks on trans youth—and particularly, trans youth in schools—amid the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic. Again and again, we’ve talked about how deeply vulnerable trans and queer youth are, both at home
Anti-vaxx Chronicles: 'You are a fool if you think [this] deadly shot is not about the money'
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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
Joint Committee on Taxation issues important correction: BBB raises taxes on very wealthy
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The nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation tweeted out this low-key correction to its previous analysis on the House’s Build Back Better bill and the tax provisions included in it. “The staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation has discovered a
'Unite the Right' Nazis must pay up for their violence in Charlottesville as jury reaches verdict
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Integrity First for America successfully made the Nazis involved in the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville pay for their violence. The jury in the trial against a group of two dozen, which included the likes of Richard Spencer and Chris “Crying N
Ringleader of extremist group must stay in jail, judge rules
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There will be no early release from prison for Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, a leader of the far-right wing extremist group known as the Proud Boys, after a judge dismissed his pleas that conditions in the facility were inhumane.
The ruling was issued late las
Human rights organization calls on DOJ to 'act swiftly' and halt Greg Abbott's border scheme
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Human Rights Watch says that more than 1,500 migrants have been arrested and detained under Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s “discriminatory and abusive” Operation Lone Star scheme. As previously noted, many have been asylum-seekers locked up for week
Oil company cancels plans to build terminal over historic cemetery in Black Louisiana community
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The community of Ironton, Louisiana, scored a key victory in the fight against oil and gas companies last week. Tallgrass Energy Partners canceled its planned $2.5 billion oil export terminal and pipeline project on Friday and will instead focus on preservin
There will be no early release from prison for Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, a leader of the far-right wing extremist group known as the Proud Boys, after a judge dismissed his pleas that conditions in the facility were inhumane.
The ruling was issued late las
Community action thwarts plans for oil terminal and pipeline in historically Black Louisiana town
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The community of Ironton, Louisiana, scored a key victory in the fight against oil and gas companies last week. Tallgrass Energy Partners canceled its planned $2.5 billion oil export terminal and pipeline project on Friday and will instead focus on preservin
Shelves aren't empty, oil prices are heading down, but Republicans are locked into a disaster story
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On Tuesday morning, President Joe Biden announced that he would be making available 50 million barrels of oil from the national Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The release is designed to ease a perceived tightness in supply and lower gas prices that have be
Gas prices are declining, but Republicans won't let that get in the way of their disaster narrative
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On Tuesday morning, President Joe Biden announced that he would be making available 50 million barrels of oil from the national Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The release is designed to ease a perceived tightness in supply and lower gas prices that have be
House Democrats urge Senate to ignore parliamentarian on immigration in Build Back Better
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When the House passed their Build Back Better bill last week, they included a compromise immigration proposal to establish legal protections for millions of immigrants. What’s missing from that provision is a path to citizenship, and 91 House Democrat
RNC paying Trump's personal legal fees on alleged crimes he committed before becoming a candidate
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Donors to the Republican National Committee (RNC) might believe that their dollars are going to support congressional campaigns in 2022 or creating a war chest for the next GOP presidential candidate in 2024. But a lot of those dollars are being spent ri
RNC paying Trump's bills as New York looks into how Trump inflated, and deflated, property values
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Donors to the Republican National Committee (RNC) might believe that their dollars are going to support congressional campaigns in 2022 or creating a war chest for the next GOP presidential candidate in 2024. But a lot of those dollars are being spent ri
