Today’s comic by Tom Tomorrow is Trapped in the stupidverse:
- What you missed on Sunday Kos …
- A Trump dynasty? Only in sales to suckers, by Sher Watts Spooner
- Ending the Trump administration may be the best thing this nation has ever done, by Frank Vyan Walton
- When the debates end, Democrats will unite on expanding health care and defending it from Trump, by Ian Reifowitz
- Just run the numbers: Medicare for All is the best option, by Egberto Willies
- The 'Everyone could have predicted' president: Trade war fiasco edition, by Jon Perr
- Donald Trump is a deeply stupid man who routinely gets his ass kicked on the world stage, by Laurence Lewis
- Letting Trump constantly lie about 9/11 means the press will let him lie about anything, by Eric Boehlert
- 'If we must die,' by Denise Oliver Velez
- Sugar: The addiction we don't discuss, by Susan Grigsby
- The day the America I grew up in died, by Mark E Andersen
The ad, which infuriated President Donald Trump, pays homage to those who “dream crazy,” in an extension of the brand’s admonition to “just do it.” It also features tennis ace Serena Williams, hoop star LeBron James and many other athletes who have overcome serious challenges.
Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Ric Ocasek, lead singer of the rock band The Cars, died Sunday in New York at age 75. [...]
Ocasek and his band were inducted into the Rock Hall in 2018. The institution described the band as "hook-savvy with the perfect combo of new wave and classic rock."
In a room filled with reporters, Quayle called 12-year-old William Figueroa to the board, prompting him to “spell potato.” Figueroa stepped up, correctly spelled potato, erased the word, and went to sit down — until the vice president stopped him, saying, “Hold on now, add a little to the end there.” [...]
Figueroa, who now lives in Florida, where he’s a manager at a big box store, said he still gets a kick out of telling friends and family that, yes, he was the infamous potato kid. [...]
After the gaffe, he received a dictionary from Merriam-Webster, was featured in an exhibit in the official potato museum, and was given a free trip to Puerto Rico, but he said that appearing on David Letterman’s show was the true highlight.
Purdue Pharma, the drug manufacturer accused of triggering the nation’s epidemic of opioid addiction through its sale of the profitable but highly addictive painkiller OxyContin, filed for bankruptcy Sunday.
- Ask Me Anything with Aimee Allison: Join us on Tuesday, September 17, on the Daily Kos front page for a live discussion with She the People founder and Prism Senior Fellow Aimee Allison. From 2 PM to 4 PM ET, Aimee will be taking your questions about her work, her thoughts on the political landscape, how women of color can drive change in the 2020 election, and more.
On today’s Kagro in the Morning show: Hey, how about that weekend? Greg Dworkin helps round up the many intertwined threads on the latest Kavanaugh story, plus hot, new theories on who votes how & why. What will impact 2020 more: voter model smashing, or improved Russian interference?
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