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It’s been a month or a bit longer since Kos has posted an article. Is everything OK?
by VictorLHKOS
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on Wed Feb 14, 2024 at 11:49 AM PST
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How did he manage to pop that one out in S.C. with a straight face??? As justification for violating Article 5 of the NATO pact, DJerkT told one of his unending fake-ass “But Sir” stories about the head of a “big country” asking him if they hadn’t paid...
by redvine
79 comments
on Tue Feb 13, 2024 at 07:55 AM PST
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Apparently on a non-mobile browser DailyKos has taken to forcing videos in the form of story “trailers” to pop up and play on the right-hand side of the window. It’s got an X to close it with; if you click on it the window will reappear in a few...
by Long Lines
19 comments
on Sun Jan 07, 2024 at 07:55 AM PST
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Trump henchman Steve Bannon spent months successfully recruiting conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. into the Democratic primary, hoping to sow chaos in the process and undermine President Joe Biden. Instead, Democratic voters saw through the...
by kos
86 comments
on Mon Oct 09, 2023 at 02:13 PM PDT
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I haven’t seen any articles by Pakalolo in some time? Did he leave? Why is there a stop watch on his avatar? I tried to figure out what that means — I don’t have the time to. If anyone knows — please post in the comments.
by Dooey
130 comments
on Tue Sep 26, 2023 at 08:50 AM PDT
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Daily Kos has been a moderate platform for Climate Crisis news and opinion. It has attempted to have climate focused writers in the past. It provides some climate news from the paid staff such as some articles by Mark Sumner. It provides a platform for...
by Peter Olandt
268 comments
on Tue Sep 19, 2023 at 01:35 PM PDT
with 467 Recommends
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Daily Kos is a political website. It’s a smallish operation compared to some news organizations so I don’t expect it to have comprehensive news on every last subject. But I do expect it to be good at covering politics as it is supposed to be about...
by Peter Olandt
197 comments
on Sun Sep 17, 2023 at 10:24 PM PDT
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From ABC News, on Friday at 4:02pm the Arkansas Department of Education removed the College Board’s AP African American Studies course from its schools the day before classes started Monday in a move the Arkansas Education Association called a “last...
by redvine
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on Tue Aug 15, 2023 at 11:25 AM PDT
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The recent Ohio special election that blew up a GOP attempt to head off voter initiatives lest voters enshrine the right to an abortion in the state constitution should have sent a message to Republicans. The GOP obsession with abortion is turning off...
by xaxnar
34 comments
on Tue Aug 15, 2023 at 05:14 PM PDT
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I’m not sure if this is a big faux pas or not, and if so, please tell me quickly and I’ll remove this post. I live in SW Georgia, and would like to make contact with some fellow Kos folks, in the flesh, as they say. I’ve been writing more lately, and...
by brother brown
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on Sun Jul 30, 2023 at 08:06 AM PDT
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Well. I don’t know what to say. I found last night that some very kind person has anonymously paid for my subscription here. I am surprised and flattered and even embarrassed. I feel unworthy. I know I cannot write the kinds of stories that give...
by McCrowlerr
14 comments
on Fri Jul 28, 2023 at 08:25 AM PDT
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In the dog days of summer 2022 I attended the Netroots Nation conference in Pittsburgh. I remember being surprised, and pleased when political blogger Markos Moulitsas "Kos" made an optimistic forecast for Democrats in the midterm elections. In brief,...
by howardpark
14 comments
on Fri Jul 14, 2023 at 08:42 PM PDT
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The DailyKos early days are long gone.�I first read�kos�when he was posting to his personal blog. Fast Forward�all those years to early 2023 and�DailyKos is announcing layoffs, and�Management ...
by ebb
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on Wed May 31, 2023 at 07:45 AM PDT
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Tim Martin reporting from Belfast April 21 for Breaking Defense �covers�the start of the 50+ military working groups�meeting at Ramstein Air Base in Germany over continuing aid to Ukraine and other ...
by xaxnar
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on Mon Apr 24, 2023 at 09:06 AM PDT
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Inspired by this article from mikeymikey, I wanted to try again with personally writing about the climate. I’ve tried once or twice before to no great effect. Frankly, it’s difficult. And I don’t mean the science side of it. For that you keep up on the...
by Peter Olandt
338 comments
on Thu Mar 30, 2023 at 09:18 AM PDT
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Today I came by a diary written by a long time member of this community, whose witty comments and helpful directives for new members I long have admired. The fact that she is also an employee of kos does not make her opinion any less interesting to me....
by Beak
209 comments
on Fri Mar 17, 2023 at 03:36 PM PDT
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I did not expect to be writing this post today. We decided to give the entire company a mental health day to regroup after the difficult week everyone has had. But the Daily Kos Guild account has posted something so wildly inaccurate and defamatory...
by Madisonian
82 comments
on Sat Mar 04, 2023 at 11:23 PM PST
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This is just truth as I see it. I greatly respect Marcos and he deserves and has earned it. Marcos and Daily Kos have done a lot of good in the world. . Marcos led Daily Kos to become the leading political website for democrats and progressives Nearly...
by Dem
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on Sat Mar 04, 2023 at 03:05 AM PST
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We learned this week from Kos that�the business has lost a significant source of income. �This has resulted in a significant shortfall and the announced layoffs to cover the shortfall. �Reducing ...
by Peter Olandt
8 comments
on Fri Jan 27, 2023 at 06:11 AM PST
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Kos recently had a�post about tankies and their opposition to aiding Ukraine. For those who don’t know what a “tankie” is, here’s the quick version from Kos:
Ah yes, time for another ...
by xaxnar
111 comments
on Wed Jan 25, 2023 at 09:06 AM PST
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