Why is the GOP freezing Biden's nominee for Small Business Administration? Hint: Islamophobia
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It seems you can always count on one thing with the Republicans: racism.
For the fifth time, Senate Republicans have essentially frozen the nomination of Dilawar Syed for the role of deputy administrator of the Small Business A
GOP rallying cry for 2022: We're going to make Democrats pay for governing
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House Republicans have been previewing their midterm platform and, instead of hailing issues, it's nothing but a sea of threats aimed at their Democratic colleagues over perceived grievances.
No governing, no solutions. Just promises of retribution for
QAnon Congresswoman at odds with Republican Party chair over... rainbows?
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Being lucky enough to live in a progressive city and work with (and for) fellow progressives, I sometimes trick myself into forgetting just how deeply I, as an openly queer person, am hated by some folks. Here in the United States, these people are largely (t
'Big milestone': First U.S. base to shelter Afghans closes after families move to new communities
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In late July, Fort Lee in Virginia became the first U.S. military base to shelter refugees evacuated from Afghanistan as part of Operation Allies Rescue. In a statement, President Biden called this first group’s arrival “an important milestone.
Third time's the charm for John Deere workers: Strike ends after they say yes to a contract
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The month-long John Deere strike is over, with the 10,000 workers going back on the job after voting to ratify a new six-year contract on Wednesday.
The workers had rejected two prior proposed contracts before accepting the third offer their u
House poised to pass Build Back Better, force Manchin to decide if he will stand alone against it
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Build Back Better is on the House floor Thursday, and might even get a final vote before the day is done. This was supposed to be the day the House recessed for the Thanksgiving week off, with a 3 PM departure pencilled in. That deadline won’t be
Judge in Rittenhouse trial bans 'MSNBC News' from courtroom
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In a case filled with reactive, caustic moments, Thursday’s decision by Judge Bruce Schroeder to ban “MSNBC News” from the courthouse during the rest of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial came as an almost predictable move given his clear sympathies for mo
House on track to pass Build Back Better before the weekend
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Build Back Better is on the House floor Thursday, and might even get a final vote before the day is done. This was supposed to be the day the House recessed for the Thanksgiving week off, with a 3:00 p.m. departure pencilled in. That deadline won
Travis McMichael admits during cross-examination that Ahmaud Arbery had not even threatened him
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The trial of three white men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery began on Thursday with the cross-examination of defendant Travis McMichael, who testified a day earlier that he shot Arbery. Travis; his father, Gregory McMichael; and their neighbor,
John Deere strike ends, but workers across the country continue the struggle for workplace fairness
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The month-long John Deere strike is over, with the 10,000 workers going back on the job after voting to ratify a new six-year contract on Wednesday.
The workers had rejected two prior proposed contracts before accepting the third offer their u
Celebs, family, supporters worldwide imploring Gov. Stitt to stop Julius Jones’ execution today
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Emotions are running high today, as Julius Jones is scheduled to be executed at 4 PM CT unless Republican Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt grants him final clemency.
Robert Dunham, executive director of the nonpartisan organization Death Penalty Information Ce
Travis McMichael admits during cross-examination that the man he shot had not even threatened him
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The trial of three white men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery began on Thursday with the cross-examination of defendant Travis McMichael, who testified a day earlier that he shot Arbery. Travis; his father, Gregory McMichael; and their neighbor,
Gosar (briefly) retweets the same murder-fantasy video that got him censured by the House
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When the House voted to censure Rep. Paul Gosar and remove him from committees for posting an edited video showing himself killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and attacking President Joe Biden, more Republicans physically stood with Gosar than voted to cens
Execution of Julius Jones looms large despite clemency—family, supporters pressing Oklahoma governor
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Emotions are running high today, as Julius Jones is scheduled to be executed at 4 PM CT unless Republican Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt grants him final clemency.
Robert Dunham, executive director of the nonpartisan organization Death Penalty Information Ce
Morning Digest: Self-described 'Trump in heels' launches bid for Virginia swing seat
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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 Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar.
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Pissy over Biden's infrastructure win, Trump injects himself into West Virginia GOP primary battle
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Donald Trump's first order of business after escaping his second impeachment conviction (with the blessing of Senate Republicans) was to get revenge on the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach him for inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. His message was c
During Gosar censure vote, more Republicans physically stood with him than voted against him
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When the House voted to censure Rep. Paul Gosar and remove him from committees for posting an edited video showing himself killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and attacking President Joe Biden, more Republicans physically stood with Gosar than voted to cens
Trump widens scope of revenge tour to include GOP infrastructure supporters who handed Biden a win
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Donald Trump's first order of business after escaping his second impeachment conviction (with the blessing of Senate Republicans) was to get revenge on the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach him for inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. His message was c
Morning Digest: Self-described 'Trump in heels' launches bid for Virginia swing seat"
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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 Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar.
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Cartoon: Some light book burning in Chagrin Falls, USA
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Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Get your COVID booster shot if you can
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John Cassidy of The New Yorker writes that even though the interrelated issues with inflation and supply-chains are not President Joe Biden’s fault, Republicans will blame him anyway...just because.
With some economists predicting that the infla
News Roundup: Gosar censured; FBI raids home of conspiracy-promoting Republican election official
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In the news today: Many months after Rep. Paul Gosar spoke at an event featuring white nationalists and Holocaust deniers, the Arizona Republican was censured and removed from his House committees today after his office released an animated video edited to de
Super-genius Donald Trump believed his press secretary when she told him he'd win 'because' of COVID
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In a way, it might have been fun to be a double-agent Trump adviser, but it would have been practically impossible to undermine him more than his own loyalists did. I mean, the guy retained Rudy Giuliani as his lawyer. Seriously, at this point in Ru
'Cruel double punishment': ACLU sues Sacramento sheriff for violating law limiting ICE collaboration
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The northern California chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has sued the Sacramento sheriff’s department for colluding with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials in violation of state law. The lawsuit states Sheriff
Epik’s hosting services provide connection for Jones’ Infowars and Fuentes’ white nationalists
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Alex Jones has always tried to frame his far-right conspiracist Infowars site as a nonracist operation that eschews overt antisemitism and bigotry, even though his conspiracy theories are common grist for the mills of explicit white nationalists like “Groyp
'Torture': Whistleblower group urges Biden admin to put a stop to ICE's use of solitary confinement
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A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) watchdog report last month said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was abusing detained immigrants through the use of solitary confinement, but we already knew that.
This same watchdog last year found that
Georgia's Brad Raffensperger refuses to rule out supporting Trump, even after death threats
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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger remains in a precarious spot in Republican Party politics. He has been singled out by Donald Trump and, indeed, the entire fascist wing of the party for his failure to comply with Trump's post-election demands tha
ICE continues flights to Haiti as U.S. warns it's too dangerous for Americans to travel there
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The State Department has issued an alert urging U.S. citizens in Haiti to leave the small nation as soon as possible, warning that the U.S. embassy there “is unlikely to be able to assist U.S. citizens in Haiti with departure if commercial option
Trump gave $100M for COVID-19 supply chains, $99M was left unspent as the pandemic raged
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The Trump administration was a swampy con job. The Trump organization is a swampy con. The only saving grace of the Trump administration and Trump as a person and brand is that he and it is and are incompetent. The fruit is so low-hanging, the participants ar
Michigan ammo store sells ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ bullets—CEO went on a misguided ‘Karens’ rant
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When I first saw the story reported by the Detroit Metro Times that an ammunition store was selling bullets emblazoned with the latest cutesy “Let’s Go Brandon!” phrase, a shorthand for “F**k Joe Biden,” I must admit I was disturbed.
Manchin slapped back by the experts again on inflation and Build Back Better
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Sen. Joe Manchin, Democrat of West Virginia, is still being willfully obtuse on the economy, on inflation, and on President Joe Biden’s economic stimulus, jobs, and climate change bill, known as Build Back Better (BBB). Manchin would also have you believe h
Anti-vaxx Chronicles: This 'pure blood' is objectively awful
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Facebook is a menace. COVID-19 is a menace. Conservatism is a cesspool. Together, those three ingredients have created a toxic stew of malevolent death and devastation. We can talk about all those things in the abstract, look at the numbers and statistics, an
Biden's dropping economic approval ratings came as monthly reports massively understated job growth
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Um, whoops? It turns out that the Department of Labor underestimated job creation by record amounts over the summer. In total, from June through September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics missed 626,000 jobs.
It is standard for job growth numbers to be revise
Rep. Paul Gosar is censured by U.S. House; removed from committees
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One week after Representative Paul Gosar posted a video depicting the murder of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and attacking President Joe Biden, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 223-207, to censure the Arizona Republican and strip h
'A gold mine for us': Republicans root for economic calamity for the American people
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As American families confront higher prices for everyday needs, Republicans celebrate their economic calamity and root for more to come.
With eyes aglow, Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, Senate Republicans’ campaign chief, allowed himself to imagine just how ba
DHS secretary questioned on possible Remain in Mexico return, border abuses during Senate hearing
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Sen. Alex Padilla during a Senate hearing Tuesday addressed some of the most pressing issues raised by immigrant and human rights advocates in recent weeks, including the possible court-ordered return of the previous administration’
Senate GOP campaign chief, giddy over inflation, hails it as a political 'gold mine'
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As American families confront higher prices for everyday needs, Republicans celebrate their economic calamity and root for more to come.
With eyes aglow, Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, Senate Republicans’ campaign chief, allowed himself to imagine just how ba
Judge slaps ‘QAnon Shaman’ with 41-month sentence, a sign of tough times ahead for Jan. 6 indictees
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When the first sentences were handed down in the earliest Jan. 6 insurrection cases—many of them involving less violent defendants accused of minor crimes—in late summer, many observers expressed concern that their relative lightness signaled similar trea
FBI raids homes of Colorado election clerk and former Boebert campaign manager
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At the beginning of August, reports came out that Colorado’s Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters was being investigated for a “serious breach” of security regarding election equipment and software. Soon thereafter Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswol
We're headed to overtime in the battle for Virginia, and Democrats need your help
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Amazingly enough, control of Virginia’s House of Delegates is still up in the air as a pair of extremely tight races are headed for recounts. Here's everything you need to know:
There are 100 seats in the House.
Republicans won 50 of them in the N
