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| House managers continue to build devastating impeachment case against Trump: Live coverage #5 Donald Trump has been impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress—and in case there was any doubt he’s guilty, he’s bragging about obstruction. But that’s not enough for Senate Republicans determined to protect him at all cost. On day one... |
Laura Clawson | 01/23/2020 | 109 |
| Lucy Flores (D. NV), "I was with Bernie, now I’m with Elizabeth" Received this e-mail today from former Nevada Assemblywoman and 2016 Bernie Sanders surrogate, Lucy Flores (D. NV), on behalf of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, in support of U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D. MA) presidential campaign: In... |
poopdogcomedy | 01/23/2020 | 156 |
| Susan Collins finds a principle to stand behind: Tattling on 'both sides' in the name of civility Just when you thought Maine Sen. Susan Collins couldn't get any worse, you find out she's a tattle-tale. Yes, the one thing that woke Chief Justice John Roberts out of his stupor during the ongoing impeachment trial was a note from Collins tattling on... |
Joan McCarter | 01/23/2020 | 70 |
| “I’ll probably vote for Bernie.” -Joe Rogan Let me guess. There are some folks around these Orange parts who do not call themselves big fans of Joe Rogan. I certainly don’t. Rogan denies being a conservative, calls himself more of an independent libertarian. Whatever. He’s a big NRA guy, which... |
Dopeman | 01/23/2020 | 149 |
| Anti-trans bill that hurts both patients and doctors passes committee vote in South Dakota In the latest blow to transgender people’s rights, a proposal to ban physicians from performing gender-affirming surgeries or prescribing puberty-blocking hormones for transgender youth has cleared the South Dakota House State Affairs Committee by an... |
Marissa Higgins | 01/23/2020 | 18 |
| Ocasio-Cortez dismisses calls for civility: ‘I feel a need for all of us to breathe fire' Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spoke on stage with writer Ta-Nehisi Coates at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event at the Riverside Church in Harlem. The two discussed King’s legacy and the oversimplification of his message. Coates pointed out that while... |
Walter Einenkel | 01/23/2020 | 429 |
| House managers continue to build devastating impeachment case against Trump: Live coverage #4 Donald Trump has been impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress—and in case there was any doubt he’s guilty, he’s bragging about obstruction. But that’s not enough for Senate Republicans determined to protect him at all cost. On day one... |
Laura Clawson | 01/23/2020 | 127 |
| McConnell's second impeachment cover-up is hiding how Republicans are blowing off their jobs As you watch the impeachment trial, with its unrelenting single camera angle, remember that this is Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s other cover-up. McConnell has most famously rigged the rules of the trial so that it’s extremely unlikely to... |
Laura Clawson | 01/23/2020 | 57 |
| Lindsey Graham goes into hiding just before Jerry Nadler calls him out—with receipts Rep. Jerry Nadler spoke today during the Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump. At one point during his statement, Nadler wanted to make it clear to everyone that the top Republicans in the room were full of shit, especially by their very own... |
Walter Einenkel | 01/23/2020 | 139 |
| Swatting: Trolls betting on police being racist call 911 to inflict harm on people of color Writer and activist Ijeoma Oluo reasonably panicked when she got a call from a 911 dispatcher in Washington reporting a double murder at her home, she told NBC News. Her 17-year-old son was home alone. “I was terrified they were going to come in guns... |
Lauren Floyd | 01/23/2020 | 28 |
| IA-Sen: Greenfield (D) Goes After Ernst (R) For Signing Letter Asking SCOTUS To Overturn Roe V. Wade Apologies, yesterday was a very busy day for me so I am playing catch up here. Received this e-mail from Theresa Greenfield’s (D. IA) U.S. Senate campaign: Forty-seven years ago, the historic ruling Roe v. Wade affirmed the right of all people to make... |
poopdogcomedy | 01/23/2020 | 2 |
| House managers continue to build devastating impeachment case against Trump: Live coverage #3 Donald Trump has been impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress—and in case there was any doubt he’s guilty, he’s bragging about obstruction. But that’s not enough for Senate Republicans determined to protect him at all cost. On day one... |
Laura Clawson | 01/23/2020 | 137 |
| Red-Boxing: how candidates evade campaign finance law without *quite* breaking it As lax as America’s campaign finance laws are, there’s at least one bright red line that no political operative can cross without fear of legal consequences: candidates and the PACs that support them are forbidden to coordinate their efforts. Among... |
DocDawg | 01/23/2020 | 8 |
| PA Dems Waste No Time Flipping Outgoing GOP House Speaker's Seat & These Special Elections Received this e-mail today from the Pennsylvania Democratic Party: x YouTube Video Speaker Mike Turzai, the ... |
poopdogcomedy | 01/23/2020 | 6 |
| Trump regime finalizes move allowing pollution and destruction of wetlands protected by Obama rule Just two days after again praising himself for what he has ridiculously called his very good environmental record—this time in Davos, Switzerland, at the elite World Economic Forum—Donald Trump has finalized a rule that will remove half of America’s... |
Meteor Blades | 01/23/2020 | 61 |
| Update: Navajos, Apaches Working to Deny Trump Arizona’s 11 Electoral Votes Navajo and Apache Tribal members are using new technology to systematically canvass their Reservations -- which are the size of West Virginia and Connecticut – to turn out the voters needed to defeat Trump and elect Mark Kelly to the U.S. Senate.... |
EricAZ | 01/23/2020 | 161 |
| 'A year of horrors': Human costs of Trump admin's Remain in Mexico policy continue to climb The human costs of the Trump administration’s anti-asylum policy continue to escalate. Human Rights First has now tracked nearly 820 public reports of murder, torture, rape, kidnapping, and other violence against asylum-seekers returned to Mexico under... |
Gabe Ortiz | 01/23/2020 | 5 |
| Bank calls police on black man trying to deposit checks from racial discrimination settlement Sauntore Thomas sued Enterprise Leasing Company of Detroit, his former employer, due to workplace racial discrimination and reached a confidential settlement. Thomas then brought the three settlement checks to the Livonia, Michigan, branch of TCF Bank... |
Marissa Higgins | 01/23/2020 | 318 |
| Trump defender Matt Gaetz publicly sulking after he didn't get picked for Dear Leader's B-team One of the problems with being a professional political suck-up is that there is always someone willing to be more of a suck-up than you. Grovel all you like: Lindsey Graham will have you beat. Praise Dear Leader day and night: Nikki Haley will write a... |
Hunter | 01/23/2020 | 83 |
| House managers continue to build devastating impeachment case against Trump: Live coverage #2 Donald Trump has been impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress—and in case there was any doubt he’s guilty, he’s bragging about obstruction. But that’s not enough for Senate Republicans determined to protect him at all cost. On day one... |
Laura Clawson | 01/23/2020 | 128 |
| Trump is abusing his power and obstructing Congress right now while impeachment trial continues In the middle of an impeachment trial in which Donald Trump is accused of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, the Trump administration is brazenly abusing its power, flouting a court order, and ignoring Congress. Just this week, the... |
Joan McCarter | 01/23/2020 | 36 |
| House managers continue to build devastating impeachment case against Trump: Live coverage #1 Donald Trump has been impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress—and in case there was any doubt he’s guilty, he’s bragging about obstruction. But that’s not enough for Senate Republicans determined to protect him at all cost. On day one... |
Laura Clawson | 01/23/2020 | 146 |
| Wuhan virus shows the absolute necessity, and difficulty, of controlling emerging diseases The coronavirus that is spreading in and from China, known as the Wuhan virus after the city in which it was first detected, demonstrates how impossible it is to constrain the outbreak of a new disease vector—and how important it is to try anyway. This... |
Mark Sumner | 01/23/2020 | 88 |
| Los Angeles City Council unanimously passes temporary ban on private detention facilities The Los Angeles City Council has unanimously passed a temporary measure blocking new private detention facilities within the city, CBS Los Angeles reports. It’s a victory for residents, who had protested a possible children’s detention facility opening... |
Gabe Ortiz | 01/23/2020 | 2 |
| GA-Sen A: Jason Carter (D) Endorses Teresa Tomlinson (D) In The Democratic Primary Received this e-mail today from former State Senator, Gubernatorial candidate and grandson of former President Jimmy Carter, Jason Carter (D. GA), in support of former Columbus Mayor, Teresa ... |
poopdogcomedy | 01/23/2020 | 2 |
| Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) Endorses Dr. Eliz Markowitz (D. TX) To Flip The Texas State House Blue Something big happened in Texas yesterday: Elizabeth Warren is the latest Democratic presidential candidate to endorse Eliz Markowitz in the nationally targeted race for Texas House District 28. "I'm joining Democrats across Texas and the country who... |
poopdogcomedy | 01/23/2020 | 2 |
| 57-year-old Mnuchin tells 'joke' about 17-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg: 'Who is she?' On Thursday, Jan. 23, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin brazenly dismissed climate activist Greta Thunberg by asking, “Who is she?” and questioning whether she is actually qualified to talk about potential economic challenges and fossil fuel divestment... |
Marissa Higgins | 01/23/2020 | 130 |
| Trump celebrates impeachment for abuse of power by bilking the taxpayers even more Smack dab in the middle of his impeachment trial for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, Donald Trump is shamelessly grifting off the taxpayer, spiking room rates at his Doral Resort just ahead of a Republican National Committee meeting there,... |
Joan McCarter | 01/23/2020 | 22 |
| Bernie opens 12 point lead in New Hampshire: MassINC Polling Group Bernie Sanders has opened a 12-point lead over Pete Buttigieg, and a 15-point lead over Joe Biden, in the latest poll to come out of NH (Jan. 17-21): the [solidly-A/B-rated] MassINC Polling Group. These results also represent an incredible 14% increase... |
emerly | 01/23/2020 | 272 |
| Trump spews lies and distortions in Davos about his impeachment trial The disinformation campaign continues as Trump tries to game public opinion, this time while in Davos. He taunted Congress saying “We have all the documents. The Dems have nothing.” and in a more telling comment, offered to testify to the Senate,... |
annieli | 01/22/2020 | 4 |
| Having said that… Lest anyone doubt that I am a defender of legal counsel, for even the most heinous of criminals, that is not the case. I believe everyone deserves the best defense they can buy or are afforded if not our legal system is a sham. Quoting a setup line... |
ReasonaBill | 01/22/2020 | 9 |
| High Impact Stories: January 21, 2020 2020-01-21 00:39:36 - 2020-01-21 23:50:11 UTC; DailyKos stories = 177; 177 per day; 7.4 per hour
Yesterday 139 Kogs posted 177 stories of which 175 were recommended at least once by a cadre of ... |
jotter | 01/22/2020 | 3 |
| Trump pitches fossil fuels in Davos, as report puts climate crisis as world's No. 1 risk The World Economic Forum’s annual conference in Davos, Switzerland, opened this week with the 15th edition of its Global Risks Report. The top 2 risks on the list are the climate crisis and biodiversity loss, two matters inextricably bound up with each... |
Meteor Blades | 01/22/2020 | 79 |
| Two more Mississippi inmates are dead. That’s at least 7 in January, and people want answers Mississippi prison officials are fielding a new round of scrutiny after two inmates died due to “blunt force” beating in their facilities Monday night. According to NBC, prison officials also said a third inmate died by suicide in his cell on Sunday.... |
Walter Einenkel | 01/22/2020 | 7 |
| Wednesday Woozles ~ stories ***Help Wanted*** PWB Peeps needs someone to do the Woozle diaries on a permanent basis. Marti can’t do a peeps diary twice a week, plus, she doesn’t even have woozles. I can’t do it for a couple of reasons, one being that I work on Wednesdays. Please,... |
ZenTrainer | 01/22/2020 | 218 |
| Kellyanne Conway's husband on Senate Republicans: 'What are they afraid of?' Conservative lawyer and husband of truly awful person Kellyanne Conway continues to work to the left of his wife in the public sphere. Known for attacking the current administration, the one his wife works vociferously for, Conway was on CNN earlier... |
Walter Einenkel | 01/22/2020 | 124 |
| NC-Sen: End Citizens United Poll Has Cal Cunningham (D) Beating Thom Tillis (R) 44-42 Some big news today out of North Carolina: Here’s some more info: Click here for the full results. By the way, Cunningham has a new ad from VoteVets that’s currently hitting the airwaves: In his first campaign television ad, Democratic U.S. Senate... |
poopdogcomedy | 01/22/2020 | 10 |
| Houston Chronicle front page article: “Officials denounce setting of target for roadway fatalities” On the front page of today’s Houston Chronicle is an article written by Chronicle staff writer Dug Begley with the above headline. Below it is a subhead of “Federal assessment gives appearance of ‘acceptable deaths,’ transit leaders say”. This is... |
dewtx | 01/22/2020 | 14 |
| Pilgrimage In many religious traditions there are rituals of pilgrimage in which people may travel to distant places to establish and reinforce ties to the sacred; to obtain physical, emotional, and spiritual healing; and to gain new spiritual knowledge. The... |
Ojibwa | 01/22/2020 | 9 |
| West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays 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 ... |
justiceputnam | 01/22/2020 | 1 |
| New Day Cafe: It's Easy Being Green! Good morning!
Being brought up by older parents gave me more than a few advantages over some of my friends. We were taught the mantra:
Use it up,
wear it out.
Make it do,
or do without.
... |
The Marti | 01/22/2020 | 114 |
| Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 1/22 Welcome to the Daily Kos Elections Live Digest, your liveblog of all of today's campaign news. Please note: The Live Digest is a 2016 and 2020 Democratic presidential primary-free space. It’s also a place to discuss elections, not policy. Sign up here... |
Daily Kos Elections | 01/22/2020 | 96 |
| Morning Digest: House candidate drops out after Dems took over her county for first time in 36 years The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel ... |
Daily Kos Elections | 01/22/2020 | 11 |
| Cheers and Jeers: Wednesday From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE As the Impeachment Trial Rolls Into Day 2 ...a reminder from The Daily Show that the defendant—mercifully starting his fourth and last year in office this week—should’ve been 25th Amendmented a long time ago and then... |
Bill in Portland Maine | 01/22/2020 | 75 |
| Trump still committed crimes for his own personal benefit Clear and present danger continues. President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team is set to argue that his impeachment does not involve any criminal conduct. Nothing could be further from the truth: Trump repeatedly broke the law in his efforts to... |
annieli | 01/21/2020 | 26 |
| Science And Spirituality - With A Parable Science does not give us a version of reality. This is not a personal call out or a cat fight. So I have included what might pass for a parable. There is a fanastic cartoon on a diary titled Science and Spirituality:... |
Torilahure | 01/21/2020 | 24 |
| Trump Is Probably Screaming For 'Gym' Jordan To Take Over His Defense -Sekulow, Cippolone Underwhelm Even if you know nothing about baseball chances are you know the concept of relief pitching. A quick primer: If a pitcher seems to be losing his effectiveness the team’s Manager will bring ... |
dsnottselliott | 01/21/2020 | 5 |
| MT-Gov: Sen. Jon Tester (D) Helps Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney (D) Defeat GOPer Who Assaulted A Journalist Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D. MT) in support of Lt. Governor Mike Cooney’s (D. MT) gubernatorial campaign: I’m thrilled to announce I’m endorsing Mike Cooney to be the next Democratic Governor of Montana! Will you join me... |
poopdogcomedy | 01/21/2020 | 3 |
| Trump lies updated from 45 to 65, national support for impeachment at new 53% high
#GOPCoverup The first day of the Senate trial has baked into partisan lines and featured little movement with multiple party-line votes at 53-47. This was designed by Democrats to stave off the possibility of a quick acquittal vote without witnesses or documents... |
annieli | 01/21/2020 | 74 |
| #KremlinAnnex week 80 protest Tuesday "Hasta la victoria, siempre!" |
annieli | 01/21/2020 | 2 |
| Senate Republicans are robbing America of a fair trial. We should all be outraged Donald Trump is on trial for trying to cheat Americans out of a fair election, and now Senate Republicans are cheating Americans out of a fair trial. Although tiny rumblings in the GOP caucus resulted in small rule changes, Senate Republicans now... |
Kerry Eleveld | 01/21/2020 | 176 |
| Dr. Eliz Markowitz (D. TX) Helps Kick Off Early Voting Efforts To Flip The Texas State House Received this e-mail from Dr. Eliz Markowitz’s (D. TX-HD28) campaign: Election Day is exactly ONE WEEK from today. Here’s what you need to know: Election Day isn't until January 28th, but early voting is ALREADY here! If you’d like to avoid long lines... |
poopdogcomedy | 01/21/2020 | 5 |
| Trump fails to deliver economic growth promise, but takes credit anyway. While the media is appropriately focussed on impeachment today, the economy is always a key issue. The current occupant of the White House is in Davos, where he is boasting of his great achievement in making the US economy grow. I just wanted to make a... |
oc hope | 01/21/2020 | 2 |
| Cracks emerge in Senate GOP on impeachment trial rules, but 'real test' yet to come Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, supposed master tactician with an iron grip on his caucus, was reduced to making last-minute handwritten changes in the margins of his carefully crafted impeachment resolution following a caucus lunch Tuesday that... |
Kerry Eleveld | 01/21/2020 | 54 |
| READ Senator Schumer's opening remarks on the Impeachment of Donald Trump Schumer Floor Remarks On The Senate Impeachment Trial Of President Donald J. Trump For Abuse Of Power And Obstruction Of Congress January 21, 2020 Washington D.C. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: Before I begin: there... |
Lefty Coaster | 01/21/2020 | 1 |
| "You don’t get credit for transparency when you get caught.” Trump lies again at Davos Essentially repeating his campaign rally speeches complete with falsehoods, Trump spoke at Davos and continued to make claims counter to scientific and economic evidence. Donald Trump told the world’s business leaders to stop listening to “prophets of... |
annieli | 01/21/2020 | 12 |
| Art in the aquarium Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour cleverly hidden at the intersection of religion and politics. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments about the day. The Oregon ... |
Ojibwa | 01/21/2020 | 9 |
| Lindsey Graham's 2020 opponent releases impeachment statement using Lindsey Graham's own exact quote Jaime Harrison is running for Senate as a Democratic candidate hoping to unseat incumbent Lindsey Graham. Sen. Graham, like Sen. Mitch McConnell and the rest of the Republican Party stoolie squad, have fallen into line under the single-most... |
Walter Einenkel | 01/21/2020 | 151 |
| CO-Sen: Colorado Democrats Go After Cory Gardner (R) Demanding A Fair Impeachment Trial Received two e-mails today from the top Colorado Democrats running for Senate. The first one is from former Governor John Hickenlooper (D. CO): Folks -- An impeachment trial without witnesses or evidence presented is not a trial at all, it’s a sham.... |
poopdogcomedy | 01/21/2020 | 7 |