Countdown
This is a friendly reminder that we’re now one week away from the switchover to the NEW Daily Kos platform: “Hello, friend! We’re one away from the switchover to the new Daily Kos platform. Have a great day!”
And this is an unfriendly reminder that we’re now one week away from the switchover to the NEW Daily Kos platform: “Hey! We’re one week away from the switchover to the new Daily Kos platform. Now get off my lawn!”
Yesterday I dipped my toe into our new orange waters to create a Pulitzer-worthy post, and came away inspired, hopeful, and with something weird on my shoe that still hasn’t stopped moving. A good start! Here are a few things I learned during the process:
1) You need to create a new “beta account,” meaning your email plus a new screen name. My name is the ever-so-cute “betabilly.” This beta name, and the account you create, will vanish once the actual site goes live. It’s temporary. After that, your current account will be heaved over to the new site like a sack ‘o potatoes.
I’m also testing this beta, and holy cow...awesome!
2) I was under the impression that a lot of the layout bells and whistles (bold, strike-through, italics, etc.) would be gone from both the comments and the diaries themselves. While it’s true for the comments, I’m at least happy to report that those bells and whistles are still available for diaries.
3) I’m also happy to report (you can trust me, I’m a reporter) that the new layout is similar to this one. I’ll need to rewire my brain a little bit in terms of knowing where the knobs and buttons and clicky things are. But I have no doubt that with a little time and practice it’ll feel as natural as this place.
That’s all for now. As I continue to tinker (I am also a licensed tinker) and futz around (I am not yet a licensed futzer, but I do have my learner’s permit), I’ll let you know what wonders and/or horrors I discover. In the meantime, here’s the link to the Daily Kos beta site and also the link to posts about the migration you can read at this site.
Happy migrating. Yee-haw.
And now, our feature presentation...
Cheers and Jeers for Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Note: We politely ask that you respect our C&J “No Teleportation in the Kiddie Pool” policy, as we’ve been having too many time-space collisions and our liability insurance premium is through the roof. Obviously, if you’re currently in another dimension, you may return without penalty. But that’s it. No more. Thank you.
—Mgt.
-
By the Numbers:
2 days!!!
Days 'til the midterm elections: 209
Days 'til the 90th Atlanta Dogwood Festival: 2
Average increase in tax refunds so far this year: $350
Current percent of likely Virginia voters who say they plan to vote in favor of the re-districting amendment that redraws their congressional map favorable to Democrats, per Braun Research polling: 52%
Percent of all jobs created in January that were created in California: 58%
California's new rank among the world's largest economies, supplanting Japan: #4
Miles from Earth the Artemis II crew reached Monday, a new record: 252,760
-
Mid-week Rapture Index: 181 (including 3 date settings and 1 Savior on a string). Soul Protection Factor 12 lotion is recommended if you’ll be walking amongst the heathen today.
-
Puppy Pic of the Day: Nice stripes…
-
CHEERS to rising and shining. If you haven’t opened your curtains yet as you prepare to start your day, we have a little news for you. Thanks to modern catapult technology, this is your new view out your kitchen window for the foreseeable future:
“The best part of waking up is Folgers in your HOLY SHIT WHAT THE HELL?????”
Ha ha ha. Just kidding. It’s Earth from the Artemis II mission. But I had ya goin’ there for a minute, didn’t I? You should try this prank on all your friends and neighbors. Great party trick!
JEERS to your mid-week pre-apocalypse checklist. In the interest of maintaining an informed and engaged citizenry, the following are the upcoming edicts from our glorious leader for the rest of the week:
Today "Hell fires will rain down on Iran, Nancy Pelosi, AOC and Jimmy Kimmel if they don’t deliver the FUCKIN' GOLD from Fort Knox to my office by 8pm!!!"
Thursday "I will split the world in two and use the exposed hot gooey stuff in the middle to cover my enemies—including Cryin' Adam Schiff, Greenland, NATO, and any judge who has FUCKIN'RULED AGAINST ME WRONGLY—in hot gooey middle of the planet stuff that will burn them very badly and totally and completely, by 8pm!!!"
Friday "If every non-white human on FUCKIN' PLANET EARTH doesn’t self-deport to the dark side of the moon—a place we now know is quite big and beautiful—I will make the entire world watch THAT FUCKIN' MELANIA MOVIE at 8pm!!!"
Saturday "BLARGEN ARGLLE BRGL FUCKIN' FLORGEN!!! MOMMY I HATS TO GO POOP POOP by 8pm!!!"
Sunday "Praise ALLAH BY 8PM or I will activate ORDER 666 unleashing all the FUCKIN' FARMERS to mow down the entire PLANET AND all it’s INHABITANTS with DEADLYN COMBINES!!!"
On the bright side, he'll still manage to fit in a few hours to win a few more golf tournaments. God Bless America by 8am or else.
CHEERS to a fine FLOTUS. Happy Birthday to the late Betty Ford on what would be her 108th birthday. She gained fame in an era that many Americans can vaguely remember—namely, a time when the GOP had a smattering of class. But even then, she was a persistent thorn in her party's side:
Throughout her husband's term in office, she maintained high approval ratings, though some on the far-right of her own Republican Party strongly opposed her on more liberal social issues.
Happy Birthday, Betty. Regards to Gerald.
Betty Ford was noted for raising breast cancer awareness with her 1974 mastectomy and was a passionate supporter for the Equal Rights Amendment.
Pro-choice on abortion and a leader in the Women's Movement, she gained fame as one of the most candid first ladies in history, commenting on every hot button issue of the time from sex to drugs.
Her most enduring legacy, of course, is the Betty Ford Center. Sadly, the center doesn't have a wing for candy corn addicts like me. But I'm happy to say my self-administered M&Ms replacement therapy seems to be holding. One day at a time.
-
BRIEF SANITY BREAK
-
-
END BRIEF SANITY BREAK
-
JEERS to the topple seen 'round the world. Remember all the hullabaloo when that Baghdad statue of Saddam Hussein was pulled down shortly after we shocked 'n awed Iraq? Believe it or not, that was 23 years ago this week. I remember wincing when a U.S. soldier, unfamiliar with the concept of "How Things Look from the Liberated Folks' Perspective," tried to tie an American flag around Saddam's head. I also remember drumming my fingers on my desk as the Iraqis took for freakin' ever to try and yank the statue down by hand. They finally decided to let our troops attach a rope from Saddam's finger to a tank, which pulled it down in mere seconds as the crowd made crude fart noises (proving that, no matter what country you're from, that gag never gets old). Then they beat it with shoes as it was dragged around the square like a cat toy.
But, as with so many aspects of that war (like the reason for starting it), things weren't exactly as they seemed. The press made it look like the entire city was there celebrating. In reality, it looked more like the size of House Freedom Caucus representation at a MENSA meeting:
No sweets, no flowers, and hardly no peoples.
If you're hyperventilating from the shock of being misled by the media, breathe into a paper sack for a few minutes. It'll pass.
CHEERS to the election night scorecard. First the good news: a big sigh of relief. Wisconsin solidified its liberal state Supreme Court majority when Judge Chris Taylor trounced Maria Lazar in the latest election for a spot on the state's highest court. The liberals now have 5 justices on the bench, versus 2 for the conservatives. Last night on social media I suggested celebrating by drinking melted cheddar cheese from a champagne flute and my feed exploded. Needless to say, I got no love from the National Atherosclerosis Awareness Association account.
-
Fifteen years ago in C&J: April 8, 2011
JEERS to number crunching…and squishing and squashing and making up altogether. The Republicans unveiled their 2012 budget yesterday. The cocktail-napkin formula: destruction of social safety net + extraction of America's soul + screw the least among us + bestow gold and jewels on the richest among us – regulation x barely-concealed sadism = a rainbow in every back yard and a unicorn in every garage. But only if you squint hard enough and chew enough peyote.
-
And just one more…
CHEERS to lip reading truth to power. A trip in the wayback machine concludes today’s C&J, courtesy of the elves at Bad Lip Reading, who sadly seem to have been disappeared (probably by I.C.E.). And none other than Ted Cruz is the one to warn us all that electing King Psychopath would be an unwise thing even the first time...
-
“If we elect this cartoon of a human, we will have made a mistake—a straight-up mess.” When a fellow human cartoon speaks the truth, it’s time to take Grandpa to the home.
Have a happy humpday. Floor's open...What are you cheering and jeering about today?
-
Today's Shameless C&J Testimonial
“When I read a great blog post like Cheers and Jeers, I don’t have an itch I need to scratch. It satisfies me so completely, it actually arrests my desire to someday write a really, really snarky blog post.”
—Steven Spielberg
-
