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Transgender activists have flooded a Utah tip line created to alert state officials to possible violations of a new � bathroom law � with thousands of hoax reports in an effort to shield trans ...
by Associated Press
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on Wed May 08, 2024 at 09:30 AM PDT
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Through this journey of fighting for Celeste and her healing from her violent and repeated sexual assaults (For more information, go to www.8forCeleste.org), I've been thrown into defining some concrete new normals. I don’t know how to say this than to...
by shespeakspolitics
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on Mon May 06, 2024 at 09:14 AM PDT
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Ha! No such thing as Daily Kos Members Guild, right?! No, we members are not organized, we have no official or unofficial ‘guild,’ no representation, no legal counsel. We are just members. We just produce and consume content. We may be financial...
by BeninSC
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on Sat Mar 04, 2023 at 06:55 PM PST
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I’m going to ask something of you. I am not asking for myself, but for a group of drama students in a state where creativity is feared and frowned upon, where thinking is frowned upon, where ...
by BeninSC
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on Sun Feb 26, 2023 at 07:00 PM PST
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President Joe Biden’s recent effort to cancel $20,000 in student loan debt—which has since been stifled by lawsuits by Republicans in various states—is now moving to the Supreme Court, with a ...
by christinelarusso
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on Fri Jan 27, 2023 at 05:30 AM PST
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Before Roe v. Wade was overturned in June of last year with the Supreme Courts decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , medication abortion—abortion with pills—accounted for ...
by christinelarusso
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on Tue Jan 24, 2023 at 05:59 AM PST
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The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol wrapped up its work in a�historic hearing on Dec. 19, 2022. Over the past few months, the committee has made it ...
by Sarah Hogg
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on Wed Dec 21, 2022 at 08:59 AM PST
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Dr. Sami Schalk is a national treasure you might not have heard of if you’re not in certain academic circles. But no worries, because Schalk is an expert at making complex high-level theory feel accessible and engaging. Schalk, who was generous to sit...
by Marissa Higgins
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on Mon Jan 02, 2023 at 12:00 PM PST
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As we approach the end of the year, I’m reflecting on some pretty incredible wins we had in 2022— wins that you, our Daily Kos readers and community, helped us achieve .
In the last twelve ...
by Sarah Hogg
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on Mon Dec 19, 2022 at 08:59 AM PST
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For the past two years, the makeup of U.S. Senate committees has been divided evenly between Democrats and Republicans, in order to reflect the 50-50 split in the full chamber. However, with an incoming 51-49 majority (when including three independent...
by Sarah Hogg
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on Wed Dec 14, 2022 at 11:55 AM PST
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Without basic net neutrality protections, large phone and cable companies—Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T, for example—are able to block, throttle, and slow access to websites and services at will, charge new fees for users and companies to reach audiences...
by TealBomb
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on Fri Dec 09, 2022 at 04:55 PM PST
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From ballot measures to extreme anti-abortion candidates, voters in the 2022 midterm elections issued a clear directive on reproductive rights.� In all five states with ballot measures, abortion won ...
by Sarah Hogg
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on Sat Dec 10, 2022 at 07:00 AM PST
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Each term, the Supreme Court rules on cases that have the potential to completely change the trajectory of millions of lives, like the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision that ...
by Sarah Hogg
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on Fri Dec 09, 2022 at 06:00 AM PST
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' wife, Ginni Thomas, advocated to overthrow the 2020 election. Meanwhile, Thomas continues to rule on SCOTUS cases that directly impact the insurrection aftermath despite this glaring conflict of interest. This is...
by msouza
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on Fri Dec 02, 2022 at 06:42 AM PST
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Dozens of President Joe Biden’s federal judicial nominees have been waiting to be confirmed for months. Some have even waited over a year for full Senate action, stuck between a favorable report out of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a confirmation...
by Sarah Hogg
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on Thu Dec 01, 2022 at 10:36 AM PST
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On the heels of the Jan. 6 insurrection, corporate PACs appeared to register the dangerous moment democracy faced and pledged to suspend donations to the 147 GOP members of Congress who objected to the certification of the 2020 presidential...
by msouza
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on Sat Nov 19, 2022 at 06:00 AM PST
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I was thinking about how I best can use this platform, and what kind of stories I would like to be able to share. While pondering what direction to take not only my Daily Kos account but the entire narrative of my campaign, I have decided I want to...
by zachc2124
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on Fri Aug 19, 2022 at 01:31 PM PDT
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President Biden’s compassion was on full display at the signing of the PACT act. It was beautiful to watch. As I was reading the comments, I kept expecting attacks from the ugly authoritarian white supremacist white grievance bigot party members and I...
by Dem
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on Sun Aug 14, 2022 at 11:16 AM PDT
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It’s not new to see the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) being criticized for neglecting the issues some veterans are facing. For years advocates have been taking note of the lack of care, and raising awareness and aid for those millions of veterans...
by Aysha Qamar
150 comments
on Thu Jul 28, 2022 at 10:59 AM PDT
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While there have been virtually no convictions for perpetrators of anti-Asian American hate, more arrests have been made and charges continue to be filed against those who target the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. The hope that those...
by Aysha Qamar
47 comments
on Fri Jul 22, 2022 at 11:21 AM PDT
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