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Hello, I briefly visited the “We are the 53%” website, ...

Hi everyone. First, let me say that this is my first diary. I love to come on this site and read diaries and comments, but I must admit, I was a bit afraid to step out there and actually post ...

Pull up a chair Glenn, and have a seat. Make yourself comfortable. I would like to show you something...

As most of you know, I don't write many diaries, and when I do, they usually concern issues that touch my life as an HIV+ gay man. But this one will be different. The circus in Washington over the (

When we met, he smiled, complimented my looks, took me to fine restaurants, took me dancing. He showed me off, flashing me on his arm like expensive cufflinks. He swept me off my feet, showered me with attention, overwhelmed me with the intensity of...

In case you missed it, the big celeb/entertainment news yesterday was that princess Kate Middleton was pregnant and, given her royal lot in life, had gone to the hospital to get treated for morning ...

A colleague of mine recently shook his head as we discussed the election. “Hillary,” he said in a resigned tone, head slowly swishing back and forth. “She just doesn’t connect. I don’t ...

This is a true story about something that happened to me one morning while going to work at Planned Parenthood, here in the Bay Area, many years ago. I wrote it after Rush Limbaugh's attack on ...

It's crazy, but it's true: I could not afford to go to work today. I have a 45-minute commute to and from work, which costs me about ten dollars in gas each day. I'm down to six whole dollars, ...

At one time or another, we’ve all endured the jaw-grinding, hair-pulling frustration of listening to some know-nothing right-winger accuse Democrats of being “the real racists” because they were the party of slavery and Jim Crow. They’re right about...

I didn't really plan on writing a diary today. I am supposed to be working. The first notice I got that the buffer zone legislation had been overturned was from Planned Parenthood Action Fund. I ...

The current storm surrounding the battle for women's reproduction rights has led me to an epiphany of sorts. The entire notion that someone else can control any aspect of my life without my consent ...

President Obama mentioned last night that we need to fix the voting system. Yes, definitely. Fortunately, making our voting system work better isn't hard, we just need to look to people who've ...

I'm much more of a commenter than a blogger on Kos, but the issues surrounding women's health, birth control and abortion have been on my mind a lot lately. I've refrained from writing a diary ...

The right wing's Up-Is-Down World is a strange place where war is peace and freedom is slavery. Their current favorite theme is even more amazing: the poor are oppressing the rich. Consider how a ...

I grew up in the 1950s in the heart of the bright leaf tobacco belt in the Carolinas. As a boy (8 to 12 years old) I spent my summers working on my grandmother's small tobacco farm near Mullins SC. ...

“(T)o live humanly means to feel the warmth of someone who says to us, in spite of our spiritual and moral misery : ‘It is good that you exist, Brother. You are welcome. The sun is ...

I wish I'd written it, but I didn't. Here's the link: http://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/12/08/you_can_go_strangle_yourself_with_that_yellow_ribbon?wpisrc=obinsite The writer, a Marine in ...

This is a Diary with a personal story about wealth and taxes. My great-grandfather and grandfather (single male chidlren, like my dad) were very successful men. My great-grandfather built things, ...

(Update) Wow. I have been refreshing this and responding to this on my phone for a while and didn’t even realize that it had hit the REC List. First time and definitely a little intimidated by it. A sincere thank you for the Recs and comments. Even though

There's been plenty posted here and around the Internetz on "vagina." Cheers for that. But only in passing, and mostly in comments, have I seen this "tantrum" idea touched on. This is the other part ...

The past week I have seen a welcome development on progressive blogs: attacks on the rich for their unremitting war to shape public opinion in favor of austerity. On DailyKos, jamess directly ...

No one would sit with her on the school bus, and she looked frightened. I think she was a beautiful girl, but I don’t notice these things much. I did notice that she was new, and that there were plenty of seats open around her, so I sat down next to...

I live in what’s considered an affluent neighborhood.   Last week, I was headed to the airport, and I called for an Uber to take me there. Within minutes, a spotless, shiny Honda Accord pulled up.   I walked over to the car, where I was greeted by a...

As uplifting as "We lost the battle, but we are winning (WINNING!) the war" sounds, the grim truth is that Walker and his band of lackeys are not afraid of us. Not even a teensy weensy little bit, ...

This is XLIV of MY STUPID STATE where I document what happens when a state full of Democrats elect a veto-proof, right-wing legislature along with a teabag, CRIMINAL governor to lead us. (Once again,

The word “pip” will not be understood by many of a certain younger age here. And to be honest, this was a word from my parent’s vocabulary, that I have only recently begun to use. A “pip” is someone who just gets up, again and again, and doesn’t...

Wednesday morning, November 7, 2012, I awoke to a beautiful sunrise coming up over the trees that outline the field behind my home. I could already hear the hustle of workers making their way to ...

And then sends you a perky email asking you to tell him how you feel about it, I think it only courteous to respond. So I did.  Below is the text of my email of this morning to Congressman Randy Hultgren, IL-14 If you persist in your attempts to...

Several years ago, I received a crash course in privilege. I took a taxi to the airport. It was 3:30 in the morning on a Thursday in November. It was my first real job, and I was wearing a brand-...

The leaks we’re hearing about in the news are not normal. This is highly classified, un-redacted raw intelligence. It exposes sources (specific conversations recorded) and methods (wiretaps). Circulation of this information is limited and it has not...

On January 20, 2009 Republicans gathered with Frank Lutz and agreed to do their utmost to wreck all efforts to foster an economic recovery under President Obama. Republicans put Party over Country ...

Long before their notable public sparring during the "Massacre in Baltimore" when Pres. Obama laid to waste the entire House Republican caucus at their Jan 29, 2010 retreat until now, Paul Ryan ...

Before I start, let me say that I could just as easily write a long essay on the successes of liberalism. And there are many. But I have come to believe that, at this time in history, it is ...

Remember how things were in high school? If a truth was unpopular, you'd be ridiculed for saying it, no matter how obvious it was. Even people who knew you were right wouldn't defend you, because ...

There are Civil War monuments across this country dedicated to those who fought and defeated the forces of rebellion and slavery.  Here in Syracuse, there is one such equestrian statue dedicated to General Gustavus Sniper who, over the course of two...

The heavily Democratic House of Representatives in Massachusetts pulled a cowardly, treacherous act late last night,

I recently received a Customer Satisfaction Survey from my new bank. They asked me to fill in lots of bubbles and they provided a few lines for my comments. Instead, I wrote them with this letter, ...

Kodiak 54 wrote about an incident we stumbled into while attending Netroots Nation. Perhaps you've heard:

The back story is a tragic one. My brother apparently succumbed to depression, sought solace in a bottle, was disowned by his family, divorced by his wife, and died in a homeless camp. He and I had not been in contact since my mother died seventeen...

My trip to Fry's Food Market in Phoenix, Arizona turned political this morning. First of all there was a table outside with two older Navy men dressed in their dress white uniforms. There was a ...

At 80 years old, I look back and wonder what the hell happened?

I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. Mark ...

It now looks almost certain that the execution of Troy Davis, despite all of the lingering doubts about his guilt, will go forward.

Just in time for Easter, the movie version of "Atlas Shrugged" is poised to be shown ...

The GOP is a party of nihilists, members of the government, actively working to dismantle that very government. The Trump Administration has doubled-down on this strategy, inadequately staffing critical departments including the State Department, and...

Hi there. I'm new here, but have read DK for several years, and this is - ta da! - my first diary. In order to properly introduce myself, I have to explain why I'm a Ben Tre Republican. First, ...

A trial should be a crucible for the truth. While the legal outcome remains much in doubt, George Zimmerman’s murder trial is a reminder of the semi-permanence of race and the reality of the color ...

About a year ago, the Maddow Blog posted a chart made by one of its readers. Having seen a chart ...

I am traveling on business and was enjoying my breakfast until I became aware of one of the restaurant employees ranting about Hurricane Issac and Katrina and the people of New Orleans. Normally I ...