Who Lost the Week?!?!

One underappreciated effect of the fake elector cases
One predictable effect of the various states charging the fake electors is that because these people were State Party officials, any lawyers hired by the defendants will very likely have their fees paid by the state party. e.g. In GA, the State...
by justin423 69 comments 324 Recs
Thank you from Ukraine!
I just want to say thank you from Ukraine to every US citizen and every friend of Ukraine all over the world who took action and made this critically needed military assistance package possible. Thank you for every call and email to your congressman,...
by KyivGuy 165 comments 664 Recs
"He Wrote All of it Down" - Prosecution has Weisselberg's Handwritten Notes, Spelling Out the Scheme
Michael Cohen’s testimony in the election interference trial of Donald Trump shall be corroborated by a simple bank statement, on which CFO Allan Weisselberg broke down the reimbursement scheme. The prosecution has that bank statement, as they told the...
by AlyoshaKaramazov 11 comments 40 Recs
Cheers and Jeers: Thursday
“Waaahhh...” Via The Lincoln Project, who would’ve ever guessed that the strongest, smartest, bravest, most patriotic American president in the history of our country (with the most perfect memory, no less) would turn out to be such a… Well, wait for...
by Bill in Portland Maine 55 comments 71 Recs
Gateway Pundit Declares Bankruptcy
Multiple news outlets are reporting that infamous right-wing election conspiracy-slinging website, The Gateway Pundit, has declared bankruptcy in order to “consolidate” risk associated with multiple pending lawsuits. These defamation lawsuits are the...
by Weeping Willow 38 comments 227 Recs
4/25 Good News Roundup: Do YOU Know What's in the IRA?
Huge numbers of prospective voters don’t. This lack is one of the major messaging issues in this campaign. Now, in reality, Biden’s people are on this, and are just getting started with tens of ...
by Mokurai 22 comments 58 Recs
Once again, I apologize for my Dyslexia.
The type of dyslexia that I have is referred to as visual dyslexia, I have tinted glasses, and use colored overlays. The reason that I am writing this short diary? I learned to read late, and as a result, I was mocked until it was both diagnosed and...
by LaFeminista 51 comments 68 Recs
Farewell, dear friends... TrueBlueMajority, Hunter, Jay Cuasay, elfling, are gone.
I just found out that some of our oldest (longest term) and dearest Kossacks have recently been laid off or resigned. Apparently It came up in the comments in the diary about the Second DK Site Maintenance with the recent update. I had no idea. I...
by rflctammt 768 comments 1315 Recs
Ukraine Invasion Day 792: expect arrival of long-range ATACMS in sufficient quantities
Ukrainian strikes against Russian logistics or Russian aviation assets in deep rear areas will likely be operationally significant, however, only if Ukrainian forces successfully coordinate them with ground operations to exploit the degraded Russian...
by annieli 25 comments 115 Recs
Finally ...An evangelical preacher thinks Trump's bible is disgusting and blasphemy
Well, this guy, and I don’t know who he is calls out Trump’s bible and mixing politics and religion. I was reading and came across this on another site and felt it was sure worth sharing. I have been saying this for years. Separation of Church and...
by Vetwife 142 comments 291 Recs
The Republicans Make a Shocking Discovery. The Car is Radioactive.
Latest news out of Arizona: Arizona state House passes a bill to repeal 1864 abortion ban The issue now moves to the state Senate, which is also expected to vote to repeal the near-total ban the Arizona Supreme Court upheld earlier this month. After...
by commander ogg 62 comments 227 Recs
Trump Thinks He is Not Just Above the Law, But Above Reality. This is an Existential Threat to All
It’s long been obvious that Trump thinks he is above the law, that the law does not apply to him. This is clear in his ludicrous attempts to claim that being (or having been) president means he gets absolute immunity from prosecution, but that rests on...
by Dan K 105 comments 312 Recs

Recent Diaries

Live coverage: Trump trial resumes with payoff to Stormy Daniels front and center
The third day of testimony in Donald Trump’s criminal trial for 34 felony counts of falsifying business records begins Thursday morning. Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker is expected ...
by Mark Sumner 2 comments 3 Recs
I Ask the Gazan People For Forgiveness! Our Tax Dollars Are Supporting a Terribly Cruel War!
According to Statista Research , as of April 16th: Through retaliation attacks by the Israeli armed forces against Hamas in Gaza, 33,797 Palestinians were killed, and 76,465 were injured. As of ...
by ThinkOutsideTheBox 1 comments 2 Recs
In many red states, a dog can get better healthcare than a woman with pregnancy complications
Since Roe vs. Wade was overturned, there have been numerous stories of women whose lives were endangered due to abortion bans. Yet in those same states, a dog who needs an abortion due to a pregnancy complication can have one done, no questions asked,...
by tonyahky 2 comments 7 Recs
Give Us Something to Vote For
At the very moment when state and national Democratic leadership should be harnessing youthful energy for a more just world, they appear clueless. If Democrats want to win the next election as the guardians and saviors of democracy, they have a lot of...
by acamins 5 comments 1 Recs
Songs as Mental Health Break: God Only Knows, The Beach Boys (1966)
If you are like me, you will need mental health breaks to maintain your sanity this year. For my part, I am starting my day with a great song, working alphabetically by song title (note: this does ...
by libertarianheretic 4 comments 0 Recs
Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 4/25
Welcome to the Daily Kos Elections Live Digest, your liveblog of all of today's campaign news. You can find our collection of public data at dailykosdata.com . Please note: The Live Digest is a ...
by Daily Kos Elections 1 comments 1 Recs
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by David Waldman 1 comments 1 Recs
THE PERSONHOOD BATTLE: Why It Matters to You
THE PERSONHOOD BATTLE: Why It Matters to You By Don C. Reed Think of a little plastic dish full of salt water, a Petri dish. And floating in the water are a dozen tiny dots, almost invisible: fertilized human eggs, or blastocysts. According to a recent...
by diverdonreed 2 comments 6 Recs
"He Wrote All of it Down" - Prosecution has Weisselberg's Handwritten Notes, Spelling Out the Scheme
Michael Cohen’s testimony in the election interference trial of Donald Trump shall be corroborated by a simple bank statement, on which CFO Allan Weisselberg broke down the reimbursement scheme. The prosecution has that bank statement, as they told the...
by AlyoshaKaramazov 11 comments 40 Recs
Yesterday's AZ indictment news is a reminder of how important ATTYS GENERAL & SEC. OF STATES are
Democratic Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes only won her election by 280 votes out of over 2.5 million cast, or 0.01%. Over the past 3 election cycles, I’ve raised over $7.6 MILLION for HUNDREDS of Democratic candidates at the federal, statewide and...
by Brainwrap 1 comments 2 Recs
Perhaps We Can Trade?
The headlines coming out of Arizona now are concentrating on the fake elector fraud from the 2020 election. Rightly so. Those political terrorists did attempt to overthrow the legitimate and verified Arizona election for President of the US of A. But...
by UsualAir 4 comments 0 Recs
Caribbean Matters: Building hurricane resilience in Antigua and Barbuda
When looking at the impact of climate change on the Caribbean, it is important to pay attention to�and support local efforts to mitigate it. Our news agencies tend to cover climate disasters only as ...
by Denise Oliver Velez 40 comments 15 Recs
Cheers and Jeers: Thursday
“Waaahhh...” Via The Lincoln Project, who would’ve ever guessed that the strongest, smartest, bravest, most patriotic American president in the history of our country (with the most perfect memory, no less) would turn out to be such a… Well, wait for...
by Bill in Portland Maine 55 comments 71 Recs
President Biden sponsored the very first climate change bill ever: Boosting Biden Day 78
Biden sponsored the very first climate change bill ever. In 1986, Biden introduced the � Global Climate Protection Act , the � first climate ...
by GoodNewsRoundup 7 comments 33 Recs
LAPD fires riot munitions, makes mass arrests at USC pro-Palestine protest
As Israel’s genocide against Palestine continues to escalate, students from universities across the United States are leading campus protests en masse. Students and faculty alike from the University of Southern California joined this call to action on...
by VPSReports 4 comments 7 Recs
Cartoon: Bedtime For Trumpzo, and the Stable Genius MTG
by PresidentOso 1 comments 1 Recs
4/25 Good News Roundup: Do YOU Know What's in the IRA?
Huge numbers of prospective voters don’t. This lack is one of the major messaging issues in this campaign. Now, in reality, Biden’s people are on this, and are just getting started with tens of ...
by Mokurai 22 comments 58 Recs
Morning Open Thread - April Singers at Sardis Lake
Morning Open Thread is a daily, copyrighted post from a host of editors and guest writers. �We support our community, invite and share ideas, encourage thoughtful and respectful ...
by CaptBLI 51 comments 13 Recs
Trump lawyer Blanche drops Epshteyn as client, he also failed at a gag order hearing - Arizona?
www.rawstory.com/… "Unclear when the representation ended," he said. "Blanche told Epshteyn tonight that he needs to find an Arizona lawyer ASAP." news.yahoo.com/… “Trump’s lawyer got creamed": Experts say flailing Todd Blanche "blew it" at gag order...
by ccoaler1 5 comments 18 Recs
Once again, I apologize for my Dyslexia.
The type of dyslexia that I have is referred to as visual dyslexia, I have tinted glasses, and use colored overlays. The reason that I am writing this short diary? I learned to read late, and as a result, I was mocked until it was both diagnosed and...
by LaFeminista 51 comments 68 Recs

	Ryan Loskarn, chief of staff for Sen. Lamar! Alexander (R-TN), arrested on charges of possession and distribution of child pornography
6%	2 votes
	Jang Song Thaek, the uncle of the North Korea leader Kim Jong Un, first deposed from his post (and forcibly removed from a party meeting on TV), now executed in a purge by his nephew for (amongst numerous charges) being a 'counter-revolutionary'
16%	5 votes
	Eddie Lampert, the Ayn Rand-loving CEO of Sears-Roebuck, now forced to spin-off Lands’ End after Sears’s stock price dropped 27% drop in just two weeks
3%	1 votes
	The supreme court of India, upholding an 1860 British law that criminalizes gay sex, unexpectedly reversing a ruling (in 2009) by a lower court in Delhi that had overturned the law
13%	4 votes
	Russian president Vladimir Putin, dissolving two (relatively) objective state-owned news organizations in favor of Russia Today, to be fronted by … an anti-Western (and homophobic) presenter
0%	0 votes
	Sean Sargent, chief of an Indiana small-town volunteer fire department, forced to resign after being confronted about postings (on his Facebook page) declaring that he was a racist and had joined the Ku Klux Klan
3%	1 votes
	Chip Wilson, the CEO of high-end yogawear firm Lululemon, resigning after his suggestion that problems with (overly sheer) leggings might be because ‘some women’s bodies just actually don’t work” in Lululemon’s snug clothing
0%	0 votes
	Former mayor Bob Filner (D-San Diego), sentenced to 90 days in home confinement, 3 years probation and $1,500 in fines for assaulting three women while in office
0%	0 votes
	Long-time Republican Study Committee executive director Paul Teller, fired for allegedly sharing sensitive conversations with outside advocacy groups (some of whom hold policy positions counter to the RSC)
0%	0 votes
	Minnesota National Guard member Keith Novak, arrested by the FBI for stealing Social Security numbers, security clearance levels (and other personal information) from fellow soldiers … to make ID’s for members of his own private militia
10%	3 votes
	Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ), after several top aides resigned over whether his administration partly closed lanes (to the busiest bridge in the U.S.) in a political retribution scheme … against a Democratic mayor who didn’t support Christie’s re-election
33%	10 votes
	Fordham University, apologizing for sending 2,000 financial aid emails implying (to early admission applicants) they had been accepted … when in fact some had been rejected, and most deferred to the (normal) acceptance process timeframe
0%	0 votes
	Jean-Claude Mas, head of a French firm whose faulty breast implants sparked a global health scare (due to using sub-standard materials to boost profits), sentenced to four years in jail after being convicted of fraud
3%	1 votes
	Angela Spaccia, former assistant city manager of the Los Angeles suburb of Bell, convicted on 13 felony corruption counts — including misappropriation of public funds — involving millions of dollars in a poor community
3%	1 votes
	Multiple names above - names nor mentioned (please specify whom in a comment)
6%	2 votes

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