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In the wave of wordwash and nervous spew contained in his “freewheeling” interview with the right wing sludge generator known as the Daily Caller, Donald Trump reminds us that if he keeps talking, eventually he’ll say something that reveals what he’s...

Democrats are coming off their biggest House victory since Watergate, having been led by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee raised $250 million , ...

A former Alabama State Trooper has shot the district attorney for Alabama’s 17th Judicial Circuit, Greg Griggers, directly in the face, in what is being described as an ambush attack. Griggers is expected to survive. The shooter, Steven Smith, Jr., was...

Oh! The Irony! Assange’s Lawyer outraged that today’s ‘confidential’ information about his client has been made public (emphasis mine): Barry J. Pollack, one of Assange’s attorneys, said, “The only thing more irresponsible than charging a...

The existence of sealed indictments in the Trump Russia probe has been discussed for some time and one exists with respect to Julian Assange. Prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia made a boo boo and mentioned Julian Assange’s name in an...

The Trump administration is not just refusing to hold Saudi Arabia’s feet to the fire over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. It’s actively looking for ways to help Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman evade pressure and scrutiny, up...

How do you like your schadenfreude? Cold, hot, or piping fucking hot?  Well, here you go then. From The Daily Beast: Donald Trump’s close relationship— on air   and �

While the position of secretary of state is directly elected in most states, in New Hampshire it’s chosen by the members of the state legislature. And with Democrats winning back both the state Senate and House in the Granite State last week, lawmakers...

On Friday, a little more than a week after she launched the briefest of campaigns to head the NRCC, California GOP Rep. Mimi Walters conceded defeat to Democrat Katie Porter in the election for the state’s 45th Congressional District. Walters’ abortive...

Julia Conley at Common Dreams writes— As 'Green New Deal' Demand Grows, Democrats Have Choice: Confront and Defeat Fossil Fuel Industry or Take Credit for 'Doomed' Planet : Weeks after the UN ...

Fresh off of “joking” about public hangings while running against a black man in Mississippi, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith is now saying she was also joking when she suggested it should be harder for liberal people to vote—something that’s still relevant for...

Today, Daily Kos congratulated newly elected Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs. Daily Kos was pleased to endorse her and other Democrats for key posts in August, and the Daily Kos community contributed over $360,000 to Democrats in those races....

The announcements usually happen on Friday afternoons, so today might have a bit more attention because of the preliminary messages from those thinking that they will be indicted, including Roger Stone and his contacts. But today may be filled...

Happee Friedai!

The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James ...

After completing his whirlwind transition from John McCain bestie to Donald Trump acolyte, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is set to assume one of the most important positions related to Trump's survival: Chair of the Senate Judiciary...

Friday was supposed to be the deadline for officials in Georgia to certify the state’s election results, but who knows when that will actually happen. This week, a series of legal decisions have required counties to delay certifying their totals until...

Sure, American’s teachers often have to work two or even three jobs just to make ends meet while education budgets nationwide are under attack from Republican legislatures. But when it comes to security for Betsy DeVos, no expense is spared, even as...

To absolutely nobody’s surprise, Donald Trump announced Friday that he is nominating the acting chief of the Environmental Protection Agency to become its administrator. Three things can be expected from this replacement of the disgraced grifter...

Kevin McCarthy, the current House majority leader who’s about to be the minority leader, tried on Thursday to put lipstick on the pig that is Republican diversity. It was a challenge for him: “It was the year of the woman,” McCarthy said,...

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HI, I have to talk to someone. I need to get this out there.     My husband just left for a short 2 day trip away. We have been together  for 16 years. We have been apart only three times.    As some of you know, three years ago, we watched my...

Even without indictments, at least Laura Ingraham is now gone from broadcast radio, as if podcasts are a step up.  Stuff is churning however systematically for Mueller, but will Trump pardon turkeys. The next indictment should be “Assange, who...

It is time to bring in the harvest.

Long story but at 11 am I was taken via EMS to the ER. They ruled out a heart attack but am in tremendous pain in the chest and also at my wound site. You know I had hoped to be talking about ...

Yesterday the White House announced majority vote loser Donald J. Trump would be going to California to harass the victims of the California wildfires. In preparation the White House has requested ...

Well, that didn’t take long. Just one week after the midterm elections, Kristin Olsen — the vice chairperson of the California Republican Party — announced the party’s death. The California Republican Party isn’t salvageable at this time. The...

Everyone please remember what would happen if the shoe were on the other foot.  If, for example, a democratic president was elected, but only after colluding with an enemy foreign power via direct payments via an outfit like — say — Planned parenthood...

I will let you in on a little secret. I don’t really care who gets to be speaker of the new Democratic House. The horse race is way too easy to get caught up in. Those of us on the left want to take the energy that won so many seats to cut Trump off at...

America's politics aren't the only thing that's polarized, so are America's economies. The growing divide between the country's more economically vibrant and diverse areas and it's less dynamic monolithic regions is another factor in what's driving...

Amazon’s HQ2 dog and pony show is over and the winner was never in doubt. Congratulations to Jeff Bezos and his money vault. Follow me on   Twitter ,  Facebook,   or   ...

The Centers for Disease Control confirm that the Affordable Care Act is still a big fucking deal. Since 2010, 20.1 million people have gained health insurance. That number will increase soon into the new year when Idaho, Nebraska, and Utah expand...

I was happy to see the support CNN got from other news outlets and relieved to see that the judge ruled that the White House had to restore Jim Acosta’s White House press credentials. But you remember what they did when they ostracized Helen Thomas for...

An Early Thanksgiving Diary (Because Thanksgiving is never  on a Friday... ever ) A couple of weeks ago, I highlighted compassion fatigue and how it adversely effects those working in ...

Remember that Assange is also being reported now again in conjunction with the anticipated indictments of Roger Stone, among others, even as much of the public information is about numerous attempts at disinformation related to the 2016 election and...

I’d heard rumors about steelhead gutting it out, and making it way upstream in Rock Creek.  I’d hiked it for years and seen eagles nesting in its big trees, and scores of ducks in the lakes ...

I don’t know about you, but I’m exhausted. After writing loads of VoteForward letters, doing in-person canvassing, and phone banking for the midterms — I’m spent, and I’m sure we all feel the same way.  We did so much for this election, and look at the...

If lazy Republicans are to be believed, all of us liberals drive Volvos. We use them to get to our jobs as college professors and to load up groceries from Whole Foods. For the not-so-politically minded, Volvos are an icon of Swedishness, alongside...

The title of this diary comes from the title of an essay in the NYTimes Sunday Book Review in 2006. It struck me as a particularly sweet and melancholy experience. The essay refers to a book that ...

TJ Cox is only 1983 votes behind incumbent Republican Congressman David Valado in California’s 21st Congressional District as the mail ballots continue to be counted. Rob Pyers‏ @ #CA21 update: Democrat TJ Cox overperforms in...

  Seventeen lives were lost in the Washita Flood of 1934, that brought about the flood prevention system for the surrounding area. Little known is this flood with its impact and death toll. Less known than that, is the Cheyenne and Arapaho band that...

Donald Trump looooves to talk about “my military” and “my generals,” like the authoritarian leader he longs to be. And he likes military pageantry, at least when it’s convenient and the cheers are for him. But he doesn’t care enough to risk getting his...

I think that one of the takeaways from last week’s election was that Trump’s victories in Pennsylvania and Michigan were as much an aberration as Obama’s unexpected win in Indiana in ‘08; those two states will revert to form in 2020, just as Indiana...

There have been a few diaries since the election touting Nancy Pelosi for Speaker of the House.  The running theme in these diaries is that Nancy is good at garnering votes for the caucus and she is someone who terrifies Republicans.  I wholeheartedly...

Karl Marx began his Communist Manifesto with the words "A Spector is haunting Europe" as, indeed, was the case. Well, I believe that these words could equally apply to ourselves, albeit for a different reason. The Spector haunting us at present is the...

The ever-increasing blue wave from last Tuesday’s midterms is a remarkable rebuke to Trumpism and a necessary victory for Democrats and the country. Because of the enormity of that victory, however, it is easy to overlook just how brutal some of the...

— You know how people say the president is just “projecting” again?  What if it is happening WAY more often than anyone realizes … What it was happening ALL.THE.TIME!!?   ZOMG! Psychological projection is a defense mechanism people...

 Let’s all join hands and hope the friggen idiot BREATHES DEEP. I can’t wait to see what he brings to the victims of this inferno….probably trump fans. ASS. I live 2 hours away and you can’t even go outside, just smoke. Can’t imagine what it is like...

With the probable victories of Katie Porter and Gil Cisneros, it seems that formerly ruby red Orange County is about to field a congressional contingent which is all Democrat.  The county which former County Supervisor Tom Riley called “the great...