| These are the most recent diaries filed under this tag: |
|---|
|
The Tory government will be out of power at the next election. However, until then, they still have a clear majority in Parliament and they are passing right-wing and divisive legislation while they still can. This legislation will be around long after...
by NY brit expat
 36 comments
on Sun Apr 21, 2024 at 03:06 PM PDT
with 20 Recommends
|
|
Donald Trump attacked late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel in an early morning all-over-the-map social media post Wednesday. That night, Kimmel told his audience that he learned about Trump’s latest attack on him from all the text messages waiting...
by Walter Einenkel
35 comments
on Thu Apr 18, 2024 at 03:45 PM PDT
with 208 Recommends
|
|
On Tuesday night’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” the comedian zeroed in on Donald Trump and the MAGA-world’s Easter weekend meltdowns, as well as Trump’s Truth Social stock collapse.� ...
by Walter Einenkel
53 comments
on Wed Apr 03, 2024 at 04:15 PM PDT
with 297 Recommends
|
|
I do not listen to BBC news anymore. It is almost impossible to listen Sky News as well, but periodically they let a tiny amount of criticism of this government and its policies to sneak in. So, when the government passes something which is in...
by NY brit expat
48 comments
on Sun Mar 24, 2024 at 03:00 PM PDT
with 16 Recommends
|
|
— — Funny, it was only a mere 6 months, since this disturbing News broke. Yet somehow it seems like a half-life-time away. So much other disturbing news has long since, washed away — under the Donald-Delay news-culvert-bridge. Trump allegedly discussed...
by jamess
49 comments
on Sat Mar 23, 2024 at 02:26 PM PDT
with 210 Recommends
|
|
— The more Trump tries to make himself relevant again — by calling-in to Business News shows — the more he shows how much he is NOT really up to the job. Trump floats 'cutting' retirement spending, drawing quick pushback from Biden www.nbcnews.com —...
by jamess
14 comments
on Mon Mar 11, 2024 at 05:49 PM PDT
with 23 Recommends
|
|
The violence and bloodshed did not begin on October 7th, not even close. Hamas and the current Israeli/Settler government have the same raison d’etre, to drive the other out of Israel/Palestine, both have stated this clearly. Both are talking about...
by LaFeminista
383 comments
on Fri Mar 08, 2024 at 08:40 PM PST
with 220 Recommends
|
|
— — The “reviews” of the State of the Union address are in, from the Corporate Media and the Punditry class, and not one word about “being too old”. The best they got to slam the man, is that he turned the supposedly ‘solemn SOTU event’ into — {OMG!} —...
by jamess
76 comments
on Fri Mar 08, 2024 at 06:33 AM PST
with 121 Recommends
|
|
Now that SCOTUS has ruled as we figured they would, why are so many people surprised? Worse, why are so many people pouring gasoline everywhere with their hair not just on fire, but engulfed in an absolute blazing inferno? Why are they trying to spread...
by ASmartFish
11 comments
on Tue Mar 05, 2024 at 05:51 AM PST
with 12 Recommends
|
|
The title of this diary includes: Those who cheer for the disenfranchisment and following enslavement of millions of People of Color. Those who cheer for allowing for the legal rape of People of Color, especially women and those assigned female at...
by ASmartFish
2 comments
on Sat Mar 02, 2024 at 09:56 AM PST
with 3 Recommends
|
|
— — Many are furious about the Supreme Court obvious foot-dragging in their biased handling of Trump’s Presidential Immunity claims — myself included. The concerns stem from SCOTUS kicking the accountability can well past April, and likely into the...
by jamess
20 comments
on Thu Feb 29, 2024 at 04:58 PM PST
with 29 Recommends
|
|
Monday was Presidents Day and Donald Trump spent a good part of his morning freaking out about the state of Donald Trump . The wannabe dictator peppered his Truth Social site with his latest angry ...
by Walter Einenkel
348 comments
on Tue Feb 20, 2024 at 07:30 AM PST
with 463 Recommends
|
|
One of the biggest non-surprises is that the British economy fell into recession. It is not a surprise because all government and Bank of England policies worked very hard to get us there. In point of fact, it has been obvious for some time that they...
by NY brit expat
40 comments
on Sun Feb 18, 2024 at 03:00 PM PST
with 31 Recommends
|
|
— The Immunity to lie constantly without being questioned. The Immunity to profit from your Office with no accounting worries. The Immunity to break any law without legal consequences. The Immunity from results of state-certified elections. The...
by jamess
10 comments
on Sat Feb 17, 2024 at 01:33 PM PST
with 26 Recommends
|
|
Please give me a moment while I climb up on this soap box. A minor rant. Murdered. Assassinated. Killed. These are the terms we should be using when talking about the death of Alexei Navalny. He didn’t just die, it wasn’t a passive act, it didn’t just...
by ontheleftcoast
70 comments
on Fri Feb 16, 2024 at 10:37 AM PST
with 348 Recommends
|
|
Where to begin. First, you all may see a spike in gas prices in the coming days. Second, now I know how much the district administration cares for its staff and students. Let me take a couple of ...
by zenbassoon
22 comments
on Sat Feb 03, 2024 at 07:00 PM PST
with 39 Recommends
|
|
— — Damn! Now that’s how you “correct the Congressional Record” — courtesy of Texas Representative Jasmine Crockett. I only heard about the “Because y'all lie” sound-bite, when this happened. Which was in defense of Hunter Biden not wanting to meet...
by jamess
226 comments
on Mon Jan 22, 2024 at 07:19 PM PST
with 1085 Recommends
|
|
— — Played for the dupe … the chump … the stooge. Played as an enabling, sycophantic, uncritical, fawning tool. How in the world is the voter to make an informed choice, when you do the absolute minimum to inform them: • Let Trump opt out of the...
by jamess
247 comments
on Mon Jan 15, 2024 at 12:27 PM PST
with 654 Recommends
|
|
Before I begin, I know. Twitter (called some other name I can’t seem to recall for whatever reason) is now being run by someone with a keen interest on spreading misinformation and rightwing rhetoric. Yadda yadda yadda. This is not the point of the...
by ASmartFish
8 comments
on Wed Jan 10, 2024 at 12:38 PM PST
with 14 Recommends
|
|
Tonight I’m supposed to sing Messiah in a glorious venue. It’s THE feel good event of my year. And where am I? In my house. Because I’m sick. Rant to follow. Here at Top Comments we welcome longtime as well as brand new Daily Kos readers to join us at...
by zenbassoon
14 comments
on Sat Dec 09, 2023 at 07:00 PM PST
with 28 Recommends
|
Recommended
- 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...437 comments 992 Recs
- It doesn’t matter that the Republicans are having their convention in Milwaukee come July 15 — 18. Or that Mr. Walking Dead owns their nomination based on delegate count and winning primaries. Plain fact, here, is that Trump has been dead since April...107 comments 128 Recs
- In a move designed to thwart the efforts of anti-choice extremists in states who have banned abortion from accessing medical records of patients who travel out of state for reproductive healthcare, the Biden Administration has updated HIPAA rules to...54 comments 184 Recs
- Well, another primary date has come and passed. This time, it was Pennsylvania deciding who to vote for in the primary election. The outcomes were of course foreordained, with Trump and Biden having already wrapped up the nominations for President....50 comments 188 Recs
- That’s right, today is (without the punctuation) 42424. Or backwards, 42424. These days don’t happen often — the next will be along in one month, one day and one year! Usually palindromes are forgiven any differences in punctuation or spacing, so we...86 comments 81 Recs
- Hello, Peeps. Todayâs topic is a situation a few of us may have experience withâgetting a new woozle when one family member says no. But first, A gentle reminder of how we do things: 🐱🐶🐦22 comments 20 Recs
- 13 comments 90 Recs
- The 2024 presidential election has been fraught with concern about the age of the candidates and whether that would impact their ability to endure the unique burdens of the job. President Biden has demonstrated his competence by presiding over one of...215 comments 275 Recs
- Donald Payne has died, aged 65. He was known as one of the nicest Members of Congress. He represented the same district as his father, the first AA Congressman in NJ’s history, centered on Newark, with a part extending to Jersey City. The Governor can...5 comments 19 Recs
- Russian forces conducted a limited series of missile and drone strikes against Ukraine on the night of April 22 to 23.48 comments 157 Recs
- An article in the April 4 Süddeutsche Zeitung (byline Michaela Haas) talks about how the American press has reported on Donald Trump. It is truly damning. Here are a few choice excerpts. When Trump said he would pull out of NATO if elected president,...242 comments 785 Recs
- “The Best Idea We Ever Had...” Happy National Park Week. Yellowstone was #1 in 1872 (Thank you, U.S. Grant), and we've been adding 'em ever since. And you know what else we've added? Our first Native American Secretary of the Interior, who’s logging...111 comments 162 Recs
Hot Tags
- Recommended (94)
- DonaldTrump (92)
- Ukraine (36)
- JoeBiden (31)
- Community (30)
- Israel (22)
- Russia (21)
- Elections (21)
- Media (19)
- OpenThread (18)
- Trumptrial (16)
- StormyDaniels (16)
- Election2024 (15)
- Abortion (15)
- DavidPecker (14)
- MikeJohnson (13)
- Cartoon (13)
- Republicans (11)
- DailyKosElections (11)
- Gaza (11)
Recent Diaries
- The large Mineral Gallery of the Cashmere Museum in Cashmere, Washington includes several mineral exhibits. Shown below is an exhibit of petrified wood.1 comments 0 Recs
- Over the past 3 election cycles, I’ve raised over $7.6 MILLION for HUNDREDS of Democratic candidates at the federal, statewide and state legislative levels. For statewide races, I list every GOP state, no matter how deep red, because I trust people to...1 comments 1 Recs
- There’s something missing from the proposed $1000 fines for whats his name’s violations of court orders. It’s a matter of degree. According to CNBC the average American aged 77 has a net worth of about a million dollars. The median is a quarter million...1 comments 1 Recs
- Reeling from their self-inflicted election defeats, Republican forced-birth extremists plan to cloak their ballot initiatives in misleading pro-choice camouflage. American voters have steadfastly rejected right-wing candidates’ anti-abortion proposals...1 comments 0 Recs
- The other day I wrote a story where I was asking if the judge in Tr*mp's election interference could avail himself of the holding cell contained in the courthouse. Well, today I saw online where ABC news spoke to someone at the Secret Service who...1 comments 2 Recs
- After getting so roundly drubbed for suggesting that Marjorie Taylor Greene could be replaced, I’m not ready to get beaten up for proposing that Josh Hawley could be tanked. I can dream, can’t I? I did get some lovely, warm positive responses, and I...2 comments 2 Recs
- 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...4 comments 4 Recs
- Hello, Peeps. Todayâs topic is a situation a few of us may have experience withâgetting a new woozle when one family member says no. But first, A gentle reminder of how we do things: 🐱🐶🐦22 comments 20 Recs
- By David Glenn Cox It’s the story about a Pecker and a dick. About a little dick who wanted to be a big dick and wanted Pecker’s help. It sounds like something Aesop once wrote, doesn’t it? The Pecker owned “The Moron Times” aka, “The National...1 comments 0 Recs
- We give tax dollars to the IDF/Israel, they give these same dollars back to our MIC: Student ProtestThis is the problem that the students are facing, it’s not about anti-semitism it is messing around with the money flow. AOAV’s report ‘Who is arming Israel?‘ is an in-depth analysis of the arms sold or provided to Israel by the UK, US, and other...3 comments 8 Recs
- Received an e-mail from Solar Rights Alliance this morning. I am passing on this message for all to Act by calling Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, who will decide to pass AB 1999 that puts a Cap on the Annual Tax on Solar users to be connected to our...3 comments 5 Recs
- Donald Payne has died, aged 65. He was known as one of the nicest Members of Congress. He represented the same district as his father, the first AA Congressman in NJ’s history, centered on Newark, with a part extending to Jersey City. The Governor can...5 comments 19 Recs
- John just sent me some pics from Anabel’s birthday party on Sunday and I thought y’all might like to see. Anabel is a little girl in Ghana. Her mother abandoned her when she was three years old. Some homeless kids found her and brought her to John, who...3 comments 7 Recs
- For the full story, visit Generation180’s blog post here. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched the Renew America’s Schools Program in 2022, a grant program created in the Bipartisan Infrastructure law that will distribute $500 million over five...2 comments 8 Recs
- Some people actually have escaped the Trump MAGA bubble. �Not many. �But some. Here’s one example: x ...21 comments 44 Recs
- First of all, congratulations to Summer Lee for her victory last night. We had volunteers from Hope Springs from Field PAC [website] on both sides of that primary, and while i certainly do not agree with some of her positions, i DO BELIEVE in...4 comments 12 Recs
- Exercise can bring on hypoglycemia in T1D patients. I guess that means I should do more of it—not to the point of hypoglycemia, but whenever my blood glucose drifts upward, but not by enough to ...2 comments 2 Recs
- Trains, at one time in this country, were the premier way to travel. But, unfortunately, that is no longer the case. The name and number trains of yesteryear have been somewhat supplanted by automobiles that go by model name and number. That’s really...12 comments 10 Recs
- New York City School Chancellor David Banks has agreed to testify on May 8 before the House of Representative’s Committee on Education and the Workforce on the school system’s response to incidents of antisemitism and attacks on the Islamic community....3 comments 10 Recs
- West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump attorney Todd Blanche had a disastrous show cause hearing with Judge...1 comments 1 Recs
