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I have great respect for American democracy. Its endurance and underlying ideals have been a beacon for the world including younger and rawer democracies like India's. But this election cycle and the past few years have been frustrating to watch. ...

What is it that keeps some people on the white left in denial? This election was the siren’s song of hate, and white supremacy  Hating that a black man and his family dared soil the lily white White House.  Hating that a woman dared to follow in his...

Hillary Clinton leads by seven points on the Election Day update of the NBC/SurveyMonkeynational tracking poll. She comes out ahead by seven points, 51-44, in a head-to-head match among likely voters nationwide. With third-party...

Final numbers on this fine, glorious election day: 2016 BATTLEGROUND PRESIDENTIAL MATCHUPS 11/8 11/7 11/2 10/19 10/14 US C+5.2 C+5.2 C+5.2 C+8.2 C+8.4 AZ (11) T+1.3 T+3.2 T+1.0...

I know this has been Diaried once tonight already, but….My God. The line in Philadelphia to see Hillary’s final rally tonight has stretched for (per my wife, who is there and measured it; she’s like, “You gotta post this!”) nearly four miles,...

Some very good news from early voting in North Carolina. The New York Times’ Upshot has been running a real-time estimate of early voting results, and they look very encouraging for the blue team. As I write this, just over two million people have...

I know some folks are worrying, so this will be welcome news. Folks in Florida are slowly, but surely, getting out to vote. We still have work to do, but this is great news from Steve Schale for Hillary and Team D! Keep working. Keep making...

There is only one explanation for why FBI Director James Comey violated Department of Justice policies in releasing a letter to the Congress regarding Secretary Clinton ten days before the ...

With James Comey’s blatantly partisan attempts to influence the election on behalf of the Republican nominee, one has to wonder: What the fuck is a Republican doing heading up the FBI? Let’s go ...

For extensive context on the backstory, see teacherken’s diary on the Rec List: www.dailykos.com/... Update. Now begins the MSM attention, let’s hope. Update 2. Rec list???? OK. now I am a little scared. But thanks to our fellow Kossaks for...