‘We made history’: Aftab Pureval elected as Cincinnati’s first Asian mayor
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The trend of firsts from the last election continues: People of color are making historic wins nationwide, and by a significant margin. Securing more than 66% of the vote, Aftab Pureval was elected as Cincinnati’s mayor Tuesday. His win makes history as th
Supply chain problems likely to persist into 2022. The best solution? 'Put the pandemic behind us'
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The Biden administration and the state of California are working on a medium- to long-term solution to the supply chain problems affecting the nation, but in the short term—extending well into 2022—problems will persist.
President Joe Biden an
Pennsylvania county that approved new ICE contract facing lawsuit after failing to follow state law
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Pennsylvania is pursuing legal action over the proposed reopening of the closed Moshannon Valley Correctional Center as a private Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility. Th
Trump's election saboteurs were paid for by his campaign. The 'privilege' debate is over
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We've known for some time now that the «official» attempt by Donald Trump's inner circle to find a strategy for nullifying a United States presidential election was deadly serious, was plotted for many weeks, and featured some of the top Republica
Woman waits seven hours at ER. Despite never seeing a doctor, she’s charged $700
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Nothing paints a more stark picture of our nation’s dysfunctional health care system than the stories of everyday Americans and the bills they receive following medical treatment.
In a recent case in Atlanta, Georgia, a woman named Taylor Davis went t
Federal judge Trump once praised at length delivers blow to LGBTQ protections in Texas
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As progressives process a number of disappointing losses from the Nov. 2 election results, it’s important we don’t glaze over a concerning ruling that came from a federal judge in Texas on Sunday. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor—the guy who Trump on
Smartmatic becomes second voting tech company to sue OAN over election fraud claims
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On Wednesday, Reuters reported that Smartmatic, a voting technology company, has followed in the footsteps of Dominion Voting Systems and filed a lawsuit against One America News (OAN). The details of the lawsuit have not yet been pos
Woman charged $700 for ER visit and wasn't even seen by a doctor—why we need a single-payer system
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Nothing paints a more stark picture of our nation’s dysfunctional health care system than the stories of everyday Americans and the bills they receive following medical treatment.
In a recent case in Atlanta, Georgia, a woman named Taylor Davis went t
Trump's sedition team still has no basis for executive privilege claims, but the clock is ticking
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We've known for some time now that the «official» attempt by Donald Trump's inner circle to find a strategy for nullifying a United States presidential election was deadly serious, was plotted for many weeks, and featured some of the top Republica
Senate Republicans spit on the memory of civil rights hero John Lewis Wednesday afternoon when all but one of them blocked the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act from proceeding to the floor for debate, 50-49. Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski
Six oil and gas entities subpoenaed over failure to provide climate change documents
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On Tuesday, House Oversight Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney subpoenaed six fossil fuel entities in hopes of continuing the committee’s investigation into whether these organizations hid the dangers of climate change and their role in the climate crisi
Youngkin won by keeping Trump at bay. Congressional Republicans can't possibly replicate that
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Virginia GOP Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin cracked the code. The consensus of multiple election analysis pieces is that Youngkin entertained the fringe views of Trump voters just enough while also managing to stay palatable to more mainstream voters in the su
Big oil companies face subpoenas as House Oversight Committee continues climate change investigation
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On Tuesday, House Oversight Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney subpoenaed six fossil fuel entities in hopes of continuing the committee’s investigation into whether these organizations hid the dangers of climate change and their role in the climate crisi
Private prison profiteer GEO Group has another bad day in court, and that's a good thing
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Private prison profiteer GEO Group has had yet another bad day in court. U.S. District Judge Robert Bryan ruled it must pay the state of Washington nearly $6 million “in unjust enrichment gained” through the company’s use of forced immigrant labor,
Democrats’ strategy for Manchin: Plow ahead without him and dare him to kill Biden’s agenda
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is moving full steam ahead on getting the budget reconciliation bill that comprises President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan to the floor, despite the demands from Sen. Joe Manchin to delay, delay, delay. What’s more
'Constitutional sheriff' is just the latest rebranding for America's pro-insurrection right
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The Washington Post here uses questions fielded by Bucks County, Pennsylvania, candidate for sheriff Mark Lomax as a jumping-off point to remind readers of the (ahem) bizarre right-wing beliefs that have coalesced under the codeword «constitutional sher
Map shows where American industries pump the most cancer-causing chemicals in the air
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Over the years, environmental racism has been the subject of hundreds of articles at Daily Kos. Here’s much-missed Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse taking about “eco white privilege” back in 2010, Walter Einenkel reporting on a refinery that pours
Biden admin rescinds previous admin's 'metering' policy limiting asylum-seekers at ports of entry
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The Biden administration on Wednesday rescinded a policy more widely used by the previous administration that limited the number of asylum-seekers who could ask for protections at a port of entry daily. While “metering” had at times be
Ohio GOP introduces most egregious near-total abortion bounty law, goes further than Texas
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Ohio is on a fast track to becoming the real-life Gilead of The Handmaid’s Tale, with a new abortion bounty law more restrictive than the oppressive ban recently passed in Texas.
House Bill 480, also known as the 2363 Act, named by it
Ohio is on a fast track to becoming the next Gilead thanks to a new draconian abortion bounty law
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Ohio is on a fast track to becoming the real-life Gilead of The Handmaid’s Tale, with a new abortion bounty law more restrictive than the oppressive ban recently passed in Texas.
House Bill 480, also known as the 2363 Act, named by it
Even Third Way isn’t buying the conservative Democrats' take on the Virginia loss
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There’s probably nothing more predictable in an election loss than this—conservative Democrats with a Politico reporter on speed-dial rushing to kneecap their progressive colleagues:
xDem members are already texting me blaming progressives for “debacle
Right-wing vehicle ramming attacks on protesters spread, thanks to green light by authorities
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American police forces, while claiming to be neutral protectors of public safety and civil rights, have been green-lighting right-wing attacks on leftist protesters for a long time now, most notably during the anti-police brutality protests of 2020. One of th
Green-lighted by civil authorities, vehicle ramming attacks spread as a right-wing protest tactic
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American police forces, while claiming to be neutral protectors of public safety and civil rights, have been green-lighting right-wing attacks on leftist protesters for a long time now, most notably during the anti-police brutality protests of 2020. One of th
'It's better to be born rich and white than smart and poor in America,' new report finds
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A new report makes a convincing argument for why we need free higher education in this country. It compares the cost of college—which has skyrocketed—with the average wage for graduates since 1980, which has completely flatlined. The most stunning th
No matter how you read Virginia, across the U.S. diverse candidates scored a series of 'firsts'
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Should Glenn Youngkin’s margin hold up in Virginia, which at this time on Wednesday morning appears to be a near certainty, it’s completely unclear what he will do as governor other than exercise his fear of children’s books. The shallowness of Youngkin
'There was a definite undercount of immigrant cities': Advocates say Trump influenced 2020 census
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Last year, minority advocates representing multiple backgrounds called for people to partake in the 2020 census. Many of them feared that if undercounted, minorities would lose or miss out on funding. Lack of representation and participation in the census lea
Breitbart tops list of publishers pushing climate change denial on Facebook
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The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) released a new report on Tuesday detailing how little Facebook has done to mitigate the spread of climate change disinformation. The report, which you can read here, lists 10 outlets that account for 69
The Virginia House of Delegates is tied 50-50. Now what?
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A wild night in the commonwealth: After holding a 55-45 majority for just two years, Virginia Democrats appear to have lost five seats in the House of Delegates, tying the 100-seat chamber 50-50.
With a likely legal challenges yet to come, the fin
Morning Digest: GOP takes Virginia governor's race for first statewide win in more than a decade
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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar.
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Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: in case you didn't hear, there was an election in Virginia
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It’s too soon to post all the good takes. And Lord knows we have had plenty of bad ones. Glenn Youngkin (R) will be the next governor of Virginia. And a lot of people voted, so it wasn’t a turnout issue. It was democracy in action.
Phil Murphy (D) is in
News Roundup: 'Mandates' are working; Republicans growing embrace of violence
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In the news today: While anti-vaccination shouters are getting all the press attention, vaccination requirements continue to be wildly successful. Yet more polling emphasizes the willingness of the pro-Trump Republican base to engage even in violence, rather
QAnon Trumpists flock to Dallas in order to see the resurrection of … JFK Jr.
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The QAnon conspiracy cult, whose venn diagram with the MAGA crowd is almost in eclipse, is as wide-ranging a conspiracy theory as exists in the modern era. The more simple conspiracies concerning a Jewish cabal of secret bankers who drink children’s bl
Right-wing hack running for Pennsylvania Supreme Court forced to change ad after State Bar warning
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Kevin Brobson is the Republican candidate on the ballot for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The race has garnered an unusually high degree of right-wing “dark money” involvement since Democrats currently enjoy a 5-2 majority on that court and the race is
There are no more 'dog whistles.' There's just blatant racism from the GOP vs. the rest of Americans
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In a way, it’s good to have this finally stated. Over the past 30-odd years, we’ve been treated again and again to more than obvious attempts by the Republican Party to channel racism from their base of support. In the past these efforts were characterize
Dan Price's hilarious take on Zillow not being able to use its own data to flip houses is spot on
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Zillow, during an incredible competitive seller’s market, snapped up about 8,000 homes in the third quarter. Now, the company is hoping to bring in $2.8 billion by selling 7,000 of those homes. Unfortunately, the average homebuyer still may not b
Beth Robinson confirmed as first openly LGBTQ woman to serve on federal circuit court
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In an exciting move on Monday, Nov. 1, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Beth Robinson to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. This includes Vermont, Connecticut, and New York. Robinson, who is a lesbian, is the first openly LGBTQ+ woman to serve on any fede
Biden finally takes care of FCC nominations, now the Senate has to act, and fast
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It’s been 10 months since President Joe Biden made a commitment to resurrect net neutrality—the simple idea that the internet should be treated as a utility, and internet service providers should have to treat all data they send fairly—by naming Fe
It’s election night 2021! Numerous important races are on the ballot across the country, and we’re liveblogging the top contests below.
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Tom Cotton wrongfully rambles on Fox News, claims people who aren't parents shouldn't be teachers
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You know, a lot of us don’t have kids, and yet somehow we instinctively know that Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton needs a timeout … and perhaps a binky.
Cotton—who represents such a reliably red state that he could be caught masturbating on the Acela&nbs
