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- Join us this coming Friday, April 17, at 4:00 PM Pacific/7:00 PM Eastern LIVE for a virtual Daily Kos community event via Zoom! Bill in Portland Maine, author of our long-running Cheers & Jeers series, will connect with Daily Kos staff and...93 comments 78 Recs
- After three months of writing about COVID-19, I made a video to discuss some of the issues around the virus, the misinformation that’s coming from too many sources, and the reasons behind the huge differences in how the virus is being handled in...270 comments 196 Recs
- Their districts voted for Trump. These freshmen still voted to impeach. We need to have their backs.They did it. They really did it. This was the toughest vote they may ever have to take, the solemn vote to impeach a president and place him on the path to potential removal from office. And it was an especially tough vote for those freshman Dems in...93 comments 247 Recs
- Like most pregnant people, knowing what’s going on with my developing baby helps me better connect to them. So I spend a lot of time googling fetal development online. When do the limbs move? When can the fetus hear? What’s happening inside the baby’s...26 comments 41 Recs
- Daughter of a Ford autoworker, Rep. Tlaib is true to her roots in standing with striking autoworkersAbout 50,000 autoworkers are striking against General Motors across the country, including in Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s Michigan district. Striking workers have set up picket lines at warehouses and plants as they rally for livable wages and...34 comments 106 Recs
- On Wednesday, Aug. 7, ICE agents stormed numerous food processing plants in Mississippi and detained close to 680 people. This is believed to be the largest single-state immigration enforcement operation in our country's history. The raid happened on...18 comments 109 Recs
- Bad news about infrastructure is as ubiquitous as potholes. Failures in a 108-year-old railroad bridge and tunnel cost New York commuters thousands of hours in delays. Illinois doesn’t regularly inspect, let alone fix, decaying bridges. Flooding in...13 comments 24 Recs
- Last week we learned that children who were separated from their parents at the border are going without basic needs, including soap, toothbrushes, blankets and even adequate nutrition. Many are sick and not receiving appropriate care. At the same...5 comments 43 Recs
- As executive director of the New Georgia Project, Nse Ufot is making remarkable strides in reshaping the political landscape in Georgia. She oversees NGP's efforts to expand the voting power and political influence of black, Asian, and Latinx people by...10 comments 81 Recs
- Campaign Action Right now in this country we are seeing major attacks on the reproductive freedom of women, non-binary, and trans people. The news of missing and murdered Indigenous women continue to not be given headlines or any public spotlight....5 comments 23 Recs