After day of character attacks on Ahmaud Arbery, jury now finally in deliberation
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Following an ugly day of closing arguments where defense attorneys painted Ahmaud Arbery, a young Black man chased and killed by a trio of white men last year as an unstable criminal, the prosecution wrapped up proceedings with a rebuttal staunchly
FBI to pay nearly $130M to families of victims slaughtered in 2018 Parkland school shooting
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The families of the victims gunned down in the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, have tentatively reached a $127.5 million settlement with the federal government. The families sued the FBI over a failur
Following an ugly day of closing arguments where defense attorneys painted Ahmaud Arbery, a young Black man chased and killed by a trio of white men last year as an unstable criminal, the prosecution wrapped up proceedings with a rebuttal staunchly
DOJ to pay nearly $130M to families of victims murdered in 2018 Parkland school shooting
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The families of the victims gunned down in the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, have tentatively reached a $127.5 million settlement with the federal government. The families sued the FBI over a failur
Biden, Democrats want to start fixing the care crisis in Build Back Better
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There are about 800,000 people, elderly and disabled, who qualify for subsidized home care on waiting lists to get that care. Some will end up in nursing homes, where they don’t need to be and where the threat of COVID-19 lingers indefinitely
Alex Jones, Roger Stone among the newly subpoenaed by Jan. 6 investigators
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Roger Stone and Alex Jones, two peddlers of right-wing conspiracy theory and smut, have now been ensnared by the January 6th Committee after the panel on Monday issued a bevy of new subpoenas to individuals they say have information key to unpacking the attac
Morning Digest: Georgia GOP's new gerrymander pits two Democratic incumbents against one another
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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: The impact of Rittenhouse’s acquittal, the GOP's McCarthyism, and more
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We begin today’s roundup with Paul Waldman’s analysis in The Washington Post of the Kyle Rittenhouse acquittal and how it will embolden the extreme right:
Kyle Rittenhouse’s acquittal on charges related to the incident in which he killed two men an
News Roundup: U.S. democracy now seen as threatened; counties sue to keep detention profits
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In the news today: The United States drops in status to that of a «backsliding» democracy, say experts—and it's entirely because hoax-promoting Republicanism is now challenging the legitimacy of elections. The nation continues the interminable w
CNN's 'feel-good' stories are seriously starting to piss me off
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CNN has a segment called “The Good Stuff.”
A newsletter for the good in life.
Every Saturday, we'll bring you the big headlines that make you smile, plus stories of fascinating discoveries, everyday heroes, inspiring movements and great things happ
13-year-old boy uses his Make-A-Wish to feed homeless because Mississippi officials don’t
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Last year, 13-year-old Adeola “Abraham” Olagbegi was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder, aplastic anemia, that required him to undergo surgery for a bone marrow transplant. The good news is that Olagbegi’s transplant was a success. Olagbegi had a
Anti-vaxxers start coughing on Kansas legislators they disagree with, because of course
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Kansas House and Senate Republicans today introduced legislation that demands that the state reject any vaccine mandate, saying that individuals cannot be fired, and if they are fired they are allowed to receive back pay, as well as potential fines that
Illinois counties that made millions from ICE contracts sue over law banning detention in state
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Illinois earlier this year passed a law that effectively ends immigration detention in the state, roughly two years after banning private immigration detention facilities. It’s a blueprint that states all over the nation should copy to u
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
Supreme Court leaves unconstitutional Texas abortion ban in place for at least another week
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The Supreme Court issued one ruling Monday, a unanimous decision in an interstate groundwater dispute, and nothing else. That means one more week will pass in which pregnant Texans are denied their constitutional right to a safe, legal medical proce
Ted Cruz is really mad the Library of Congress will stop using certain anti-immigrant terminology
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The Library of Congress has begun the process of striking the dehumanizing terms “aliens” and “illegal aliens” as cataloging subject headings, to be replaced with “noncitizens.” It’s been a change years in the making: The Library of Congres
United States is now a 'backsliding' democracy, says global watchdog
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The Republican Party can add a new accomplishment to their expanding list: For the first time, the United States has been demoted to the status of «backsliding» democracy by a major global watchdog of such things. The International IDEA think tank
The Facebook algorithm loves spreading right-wing anti-trans hysteria, apparently
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At this point, describing Facebook as a cesspool of right-wing hysteria is nothing new. It wouldn’t be hard for many of us to think of a distant relative who posts anti-vaccine conspiracy theories, for example, or is still reposting memes with lies abo
Manchin, Sinema chase after Republican mega-donors and betray their impoverished states
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While President Joe Biden is attempting to undo four years of Trumpish and decades of inequality, Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema are being rewarded by Republican mega-donors for the precise purpose of blocking that, blatantly and un
Rittenhouse verdict in line with nation’s diminishing gun laws—a future that frightens activists
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Any way you slice it, America has a unique and terrifying relationship with guns, and the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse last week proves this. The verdict equally shows a peek into a future with more guns, more armed vigilantes, and more lame self-defense exc
In latest xenophobic stunt, Ron DeSantis tries to gin up controversy over routine flights
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The federal government has routinely flown asylum-seeking children on domestic flights for many years now. Some to be transferred to a different Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) contracted facility, others t
Rittenhouse verdict sets the stage for more guns, vigilantes, racist 'stand your ground' laws
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Any way you slice it, America has a unique and terrifying relationship with guns, and the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse last week proves this. The verdict equally shows a peek into a future with more guns, more armed vigilantes, and more lame self-defense exc
DeSantis pretends asylum-seeking kids' flights are controversial. They've been happening for years
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The federal government has routinely flown asylum-seeking children on domestic flights for many years now. Some to be transferred to a different Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) contracted facility, others t
Closing arguments start in the trial of three white men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery
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On Monday, the trial of the three white men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a young Black man, comes to its finish as prosecutors are slated to make their closing arguments before jurors commence deliberations on a verdict.
Travis and Gregory McMi
Morning Digest: When the disarray is real—meet the Republican Senate primary in Pennsylvania
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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: Aftermath of the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict
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Jennifer Rodgers/CNN:
After Rittenhouse verdict, it's time to question the law
The trial came down to two dueling narratives. To the prosecutors, Rittenhouse was a vigilante with an AR-15-style weapon who went looking for trouble. To the defense,
Rittenhouse makes mockery of justice system. Then, Proud Boys make mockery of NYPD
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Following the not guilty verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse case, video has began to circulate online of several white supremacists celebrating the acquittal. And well, that’s sadly expected following a presidency that championed such hate. But if th
News Roundup: Some justice for Lamb; Republicans stewing over Youngkin
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In the news today: Criminal justice, or the lack thereof. Meanwhile, Glenn Youngkin is already in hot water with Trump Republicans for not moving swiftly to attack mask mandates, and the gas price panic that Republicans desperately tried to stoke appears alre
Untraceable 3D-printed guns are now an epidemic, and the GOP is making it worse
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Bryan Muehlburger is considered an expert on ghost guns—but never asked to be one. On a Thursday morning in 2019, his 15-year-old daughter was waiting for friends at Saugus High School in California. Children’s backpacks were scattered across the quad whe
Sweden brings criminal indictments against two fossil fuel executives for 'grave war crimes'
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On Thursday, Nov. 11, prosecutors in Sweden indicted two Lundin Oil executives for complicity in war crimes perpetrated in Sudan, between the years of 1999 and 2003. Chairman Ian Lundin and former CEO Alex Schneiter reportedly called upon the Sudane
Nuts & Bolts—Inside a Democratic campaign: Calling out a campaign for hitting below the belt
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Welcome back to the weekly Nuts & Bolts Guide to small campaigns. We have had an unusual period in the last few weeks, including a U.S. Representative openly publishing a cartoon threatening the life of another elected official. These issues ar
Whether thousands of Americans will live or die may be decided Tuesday—by random drawing
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You wouldn’t know it from very many corporate-owned media sources, but the fate of literally thousands—if not millions—of Americans is being decided Tuesday—in a random drawing, much like a lottery.
That’s because our federal judiciary has become s
A drunk mechanic, shackled immigrants, a crash landing: The dangers of ICE flights
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Detained immigrants are at risk on ICE Air’s charters, which face minimal regulation by aviation watchdog agencies.
By Angelika Albaladejo for Capital & Main
This article was produced in partnership with USA Today.
As a private jet hired by Immi
NASA astronaut poised to be the first Black woman to join International Space Station crew
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Starting in April 2022, Jessica Watkins will make history in her new home on the International Space Station (ISS). Watkins will be the first Black woman to live and work on ISS.
When Watkins joins the SpaceX Crew-4, the fourth rota
Anti-vaxx Chronicles: He still believed in his immune system
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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
Psst, gas prices are falling, partly thanks to President Biden. Someone alert the GOP
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Gas prices are falling now? Fine, but this doesn’t come close to making up for the gelding of Mr. Potato Head or the fiendish plot to make children’s books marginally less racist.
Heading into the holiday season, Republicans are clearly rooting for bad n
Cameron Lamb's family gets imperfect, but historic justice when white cop convicted
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A white cop still employed by the Kansas City Police Department in Missouri was convicted on Friday of involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action after he shot and killed a Black man and planted evidence to justify his actions, prosecutors said. Detec
Will California get its shot at single-payer health care?
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Democratic Assemblymember Ash Kalra is proposing a bill to jump-start the process, but Big Medicine will fight to kill it.
By Mark Kreidler for Capital & Main
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought all sorts of uncomfortable truths to the surface in Cal
Be careful during holiday travel: COVID-19 is surging and hospitals are filling up again
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As many of us begin to make plans for the fall and winter holiday season, it can be all too tempting to try and forget that there’s a global pandemic that’s still very much an issue. While it’s absolutely fantastic that the COVID-19 vaccine is more avai
