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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 144 comments 620 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 27 comments 190 Recs
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 53 comments 264 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 755 comments 1306 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 42 comments 212 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 14 comments 25 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 23 comments 90 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 104 comments 303 Recs
Wild biology — I did not see this coming
I've followed the general outlines of artificial abiogenesis experiments for decades now, but I did not see this coming. (And my apologies to any actual biologists who knew about this line of reseach ages ago and find this old news.) First some...
by JMcDonald 33 comments 160 Recs
Russian stuff blowing up: 'You're beating the wind'
Ukraine keeps up the pressure on Russian oil supplies. If you freeze the video at 0:03, I think you can see in the flames the appearance of Oil Terminal Jesus. Speaking of attacks inside Russia. Since when is it a crime in Russia to take bribes? If...
by quaoar 145 comments 367 Recs
Prosecutors Say Trump is a Co-Conspirator in Michigan False Electors Plot
From The Detroit News: Lansing — Michigan prosecutors consider former President Donald Trump and some of his top aides co-conspirators in the plot to submit a certificate falsely claiming he won Michigan's 2020 election, an investigator for Attorney...
by ericlewis0 87 comments 387 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 23 comments 37 Recs

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Morning Digest: The Arizona GOP wants to retroactively erase an election
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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 4 comments 8 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 2 comments 10 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 3 comments 3 Recs
Cartoon: Bedtime For Trumpzo, and the Stable Genius MTG
by PresidentOso 1 comments 0 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 14 comments 25 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 32 comments 10 Recs
Trump' lawyer Blanche got fired by Boris Epshteyn, 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...
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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 23 comments 37 Recs
Two More Cases Why Americans Deserve Massive Police Reform at the Local Level
The vast majority of police officers in the US are decent, hard-working people who may never fire their weapons once in the line of duty. Law-enforcement personnel are members of the DailyKos community. We have relatives who are cops. But too many...
by C0RI0LANUS 4 comments 10 Recs
White House Picture of the Day for April 25th 2024
Welcome to White House Picture of the Day Showcasing a photo from the White House Photography staff, led by Adam Schultz. Feel free to join us anytime and share with us what is happening in ...
by bsegel 4 comments 10 Recs
Cartoon: Tennessee teachers
Of all the damn fool stupid ideas …
by JohnnyPiano 4 comments 8 Recs
It's the climate, stupid
If you're willing to lie about the climate, what are you not willing to lie about? There are few things as cut and dried as hundred year old physics. There are few things as obvious as the fact that if you extract massive amounts of hydrocarbons from...
by ScottPLA 3 comments 4 Recs
Countdown With Keith Olbermann, S2E164: Trump Has Already Won “Presidential Immunity” Case
Episode 164 has been uploaded. iHeartRadio this podcast all podcasts Omny.FM this podcast all podcasts ivoox this podcast all podcasts Apple this podcast all podcasts Preview: YouTube, later A-Block SPECIAL COMMENT: The “Presidential Immunity” case...
by Proginoskes 9 comments 10 Recs
Daily Kos - Your Silence Is Deafening
More than 34,000 people have been killed in Gaza. Half of those were children. The number could easily be twice that. Given the number of people missing in the rubble. Students and faculty have been protesting at universities across the U.S. Columbia,...
by johnnygunn 38 comments 19 Recs
IAN:Thursday 4/25/2024 Next Stop-The Wedding
On Saturday, I will perform a wedding ceremony in San Clemente, Ca.� It is a beautiful city on the coast.� I am speaking as a Deputy Commissioner of Civil Marriage for the first time since the ...
by art ah zen 13 comments 12 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 23 comments 90 Recs
Late Night Insomniacs Vent Hole
SPOILER WARNING: A late night gathering for non serious palaver that does not speak of that night’s show. Posting a spoiler will get you brollywhacked. You don’t want that to happen to you. ...
by sallym 21 comments 6 Recs
Overnight News Digest for Weds April 24 (Earth Week edition)
Sydney Morning Herald —�Biggest climate revolt rocks Woodside as investors turn up heat on emissions Australian oil and gas giant Woodside has been rocked by the biggest investor uprising ever ...
by jeremybloom 18 comments 24 Recs
New York Trump Trial Mid-Week Ketchup: 'BradCast' 4/24/2024
Guests: Heather Digby Parton of Salon, Keith “KeithDB” Barber of Daily Kos Also: PA primary results Biden signs Ukraine aid bill; SCOTUS revisits abortion rights AZ House Dems repeal 1864 near-total abortion ban... The court takes Wednesdays off in...
by TheBradBlog 1 comments 4 Recs

	Luiz Felipe Scolari, forced out as manager of Brazil’s World Cup team after they lost their last two matches … by a combined 10-1 score
2%	1 votes
	Rep. Renée Ellmers (R-NC), urging GOP members (especially men) to bring policy discussion 'down to a woman's level'
13%	6 votes
	US Senate candidate John Walsh (D-MT), as it was reported that he had plagiarized large portions of a research paper he wrote while a student at the U.S. Army War College
4%	2 votes
	Mark Shurtleff and John Swallow, successive state Attorneys General (R-UT), simultaneously arrested on charges of accepting bribes, tampering with evidence, misuse of public funds and obstructing justice
8%	4 votes
	William Rapfogel, head of the nonprofit Metropolitan New York Council on Jewish Poverty, sentenced to 3-10 years in prison for stealing more than $3 million from his own organization 'to fund a lavish lifestyle'
0%	0 votes
	Duane Youngblood, an 'ex-gay' pastor in Pittsburgh, arrested after a (now 21-year-old) man says he was sexually abused by him, beginning five years ago
2%	1 votes
	Shannon Guess Richardson, a Texas actress, sentenced to 18 years in prison for sending threatening letters (laced with deadly ricin) to both President Obama and former NYC mayor Bloomberg
6%	3 votes
	State Rep. Adam Kwasman (R-AZ), mistaking a bus of YMCA kids going on a camping trip (for Central American migrant children in custody) in an errant Tweet
15%	7 votes
	State Rep. Mike Hope (R-WA), already known as ‘Rep. Beefcake’ for photos from his b-movie career, forced to resign after it was revealed that he was registered to vote in both Washington … and Ohio
2%	1 votes
	Veteran congressman Jack Kingston (R-GA), losing his US Senate primary to a Tea Party candidate … who has never held elected office
0%	0 votes
	NFL player Ray Rice, suspended after an altercation that left his then-fiancee (now wife) unconscious in an Atlantic City elevator … and ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith, forced to apologize for suggesting that women not 'provoke' these actions
6%	3 votes
	Arizona’s Department of Corrections, scolded by no less than John McCain after a botched legal injection execution … the third in the US this year
6%	3 votes
	Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY), creating an anti-corruption commission last year … which he and his staff repeatedly interfered with (when it looked at administration behavior) before it disbanded this spring
8%	4 votes
	Rep. Curt Clawson (R-FL), repeatedly addressing two U.S. government officials (Nisha Biswal and Arun Kumar) at a congressional hearing … as if they were representatives of the Indian government
19%	9 votes
	Multiple names listed above .... names not listed (either way, please elaborate in a comment)
4%	2 votes

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