Oklahoma set to execute man this week, expert links states with racist past to capital punishment
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Just a few days following the horrifying last moments of John Marion Grant’s execution in late October, in a 3-1 vote, the Oklahoma State Pardon and Parole Board granted clemency to another death row inmate: Julius Jones, who
Republican senator's allegiance to Trump is unshaken despite latest show of support for Jan. 6 mob
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Donald Trump continues to rule the Republican Party. The publication of a recorded interview in which Trump defended the people chanting “Hang Mike Pence” on Jan. 6 isn’t changing Sen. John Barrasso’s embrace of Trump.
In the interview
New memo shows pressure on Mike Pence to subvert 2020 election results was unrelenting
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A Trump administration memo made newly public this week reportedly offering an outline for how to overturn the 2020 election results demonstrates, yet again, the persistence of the pressure campaign foisted on former Vice President Mike Pence to go along wit
Barrasso: Never mind his latest Jan. 6 comments, Trump 'brings lots of energy to the party'
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Donald Trump continues to rule the Republican Party. The publication of a recorded interview in which Trump defended the people chanting “Hang Mike Pence” on Jan. 6 isn’t changing Sen. John Barrasso’s embrace of Trump.
In the interview
Attorney calls for DOJ probe after Oklahoma cops use Taser more than 50 times to murder man
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An attorney representing the family of a man murdered when police used their Tasers on him more than 50 times in 2019 is making an important call of federal investigators investigating police brutality, and that is not to overlook rural America. Former O
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: The Repercussions of the Bannon Indictment Are Still Being Felt
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David Frum/Atlantic:
Steve Bannon Knows Exactly What He’s Doing
The fight over January 6 is about much more than the law.
Does anyone still remember the Chicago Seven?
They were a disparate group of radicals—some who knew each other, some who didn
Morning Digest: A big battle looms for Montana's first brand-new congressional district in decades
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News Roundup: Virginia redistricting; Florida undermines education (again)
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In the news today: It's redistricting time, when politicians attempt to sabotage elections by crafting districts meant to ensure the people in power stay that way. As «critical race theory» becomes the new rallying cry for conservative racists wh
Let's get at the root cause of Astroworld tragedy. It's bigger than Travis Scott
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Nine days after at least eight people were killed during rapper Travis Scott's set at the Astroworld festival at NRG Park, journalists are asking all the right questions. What could have been done to prevent the tragedy? Who should the onus fall on to ensure
Kerry Eleveld on the Michelangelo Signorile Show: The Big Lie whips up 'the perfect storm'
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As the bipartisan panel to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues gathering evidence, many in the GOP are starting to feel increasingly nervous—but there is no time to waste in getting to the bottom of what happened that day, as Daily K
Building a workforce equity agenda starts with dismantling white supremacy
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by Marie Kurose and Bob Giloth
This story was originally published at Prism.
A recent government report showed that job openings and hires are falling, which is not surprising given the delta variant’s rise. What is significant is
Nuts & Bolts—Inside a Democratic campaign: what exactly is deep canvassing?
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Welcome back to the weekly Nuts & Bolts Guide to small campaigns. Recently, there has been a lot of discussion regarding deep canvassing, with political scientists introducing studies and commenting on this “newly discovered” technique
Chris Christie hits back at Trump, reminds him he's a colossal loser
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Well, well, well. Looks like someone has wandered away from the Branch Covidian compound, and Dear Leader is none too pleased. Somewhere between running against Donald Trump in the 2016 Republican presidential primary and using the jaws of life to nestle insi
Suburban moms of color in Virginia are left out of the critical race theory discussion
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by Ray Levy-Uyeda
This story was originally published at Prism.
Last week, voters in Virginia offered a sharp rebuke to the state’s Democratic administration by electing Republican Greg Youngkin for governor, a position held by Democrats since 2013. P
Sen. Ron Johnson is very mad at YouTube (again) after latest suspension for vaccine disinformation
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RoJo the Clown is at it again. Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson, who surfed into office on the derp wave of 2010, has been temporarily bounced from YouTube because he can’t distinguish reality from nonsense.
Make no mistake. He is a stupid, stupid man. If
Indigenous Black American chef brings Native cuisine to the table with a new restaurant in Oakland
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This month (Nov. 13 to be exact) Chef Crystal Wahpepah will finally see her dream come to fruition when Wahpepah’s Kitchen has its grand opening in East Oakland, California. Born and raised in Oakland, but a registered member of the Kickapoo Trib
Anti-vaxx Chronicles: Friends don't let friends die of COVID, unless you're anti-vaxx
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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
Trump's ridiculous Thanksgiving fundraising letter is just ... mwah ... *chef's kiss*
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I woke up in a cold sweat this morning, fitful with worry that the Donald Trump Thanksgiving card I signed this year might be a crude forgery ... instead of the OFFICIAL TRUMP THANKSGIVING CARD!
Not since the WKRP turkey drop have we seen a Thanksg
In six minutes, Florida's board of education destroyed opportunities for disabled students
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Just when you think the state of Florida can’t possibly do more harm to their own residents, we find that new rules instituted for this school year—rules that took all of six minutes to pass—are wrecking the lives and opportunities of students with seve
After Astroworld tragedy, how do we avoid race-based crowd control?
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Nine days after at least eight people were killed during rapper Travis Scott's set at the Astroworld festival at NRG Park, journalists are asking all the right questions. What could have been done to prevent the tragedy? Who should the onus fall on to ensure
The restaurant industry won’t survive if its workers can’t
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by Frances Nguyen
This story was originally published at Prism.
While restaurant owners, pro-business lobbyists, and the New York Post were convinced that taking away restaurant workers’ option to “rake in cash from unemployment checks
Virginia Supreme Court rejects GOP's slate of redistricting experts, citing conflicts of interest
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The Virginia Supreme Court, which recently took over the redistricting process after the state's new redistricting commission failed to produce any maps, has ordered Republicans to submit a new slate of proposed experts to assist the court in drawing new dist
Celebrate fall with the magical sounds of 'Autumn Leaves'
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It’s autumn. I love watching the glorious display of colors that deck the hills that surround my home in the Hudson Valley of New York. While not everyone lives in regions where autumn is marked by an explosion of vivid new colors on the leaves of tree
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: The indictment of Steve Bannon, and what it means
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Let’s dig right in!
Maeve Reston of CNN writes about Friday’s indictment of former Trump staffer Steve Bannon and the possible implications for others who refuse to comply with the Jan. 6 committee’s subpoenas.
It remained unlikely that Friday'
Community Spotlight: Has your perspective changed in the nine months since the inauguration?
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It’s time to check the Community’s zeitgeist again now that we are nine months into the Biden-Harris administration with a signature infrastructure bill to be signed on Monday. A year ago, we were seesawing through election results, hoping nothing (else)
105-year-old Julia Hawkins breaks 100-meter dash record, and my back hurts from sleeping wrong
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Back in the summer of 2017, 101-year-old Julia “Hurricane” Hawkins set a couple of world records when she competed in the USA Track and Field Outdoors Masters Championships. The sprinter became the oldest female athlete to ever compete in the events
Back-of-house restaurant workers are struggling to survive this pandemic
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by Frances Nguyen
This story was originally published at Prism.
Throughout the pandemic, news outlets have covered the restaurant industry’s struggle with labor shortages and rising costs. But reports of restaurant workers quitting in droves, custo
Below you’ll find Daily Kos Elections’ calendar of major-party filing deadlines, primaries, and runoffs for the 2022 elections. For a chronological version of this calendar, click here. Beneath the table, you’ll find detailed notes on requirements
What the school bus driver shortage tells us about the economy, this week in the war on workers
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You may have heard about school bus driver shortages this year. Maggie Koerth’s fabulous in-depth look at the job shows why that would be. The headline might give you all you need to know: «Would you manage 70 children and a 15-ton vehicle for $1
Connect! Unite! Act! Writing from the heart, and supporting those who do every day
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Connect! Unite! Act! is a weekly series that seeks to create face-to-face networks in each congressional district. Groups meet regularly to socialize, get out the vote, support candidates, and engage in other local political actions that help our progressive
As Ethiopia’s civil war becomes an ethnic cleansing event, Facebook again enables genocide
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We already know, just from the company’s behavior in the United States, that Facebook seems content to continue to permit the spread of extremist disinformation and organizing on its social media platform, while paying lip service to its responsibiliti
Trump-backed Pennsylvania Senate candidate Parnell may have just buried himself in his own misogyny
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You can say this at least about Donald Trump: He sure knows how to pick ‘em. Republican Sean Parnell is the Trump-backed candidate for the 2022 U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania. Parnell, already dogged by accusations that he allegedly attempted t
Parler Watch: Gene Simmons betrays conservatism, and other vignettes from their fringe
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Anti-vaxx Chronicles aren’t going anywhere, but it gets to be a grind sometimes. So I will occasionally mix it up with Parler Chronicles, exploring other conservative media outlets. Reddit’s r/ParlerWatch subreddit tracks the ridiculousness and is th
Virginia's education debate moves from GOP victory to book burning in 6 short days
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It took just under a week for Virginia to go from a Republican gubernatorial victory supposedly fueled by conservative backlash to school curricula to wild-eyed calls for book burning.
On Monday, the Spotsylvania County School Board ordered sc
Fox News caught (again!) deceptively editing video of Joe Biden's Veterans Day speech
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This is the very definition of “fake news.”
Satchel Paige was a baseball player who pitched in what were, at the time, referred to as “the Negro Leagues” In the early 1900s, separate professional baseball leagues existed for African Americans an
New documents show how Trump silenced scientists, gutted guidelines, and hid facts from the public
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The House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack has been in the news so much lately that it seems like it would be easier to just refer to it as simply the Select Committee. But it’s not the only one. There is also the Select Subcommittee
Roughly 1,300 children evacuated to U.S. from Afghanistan are waiting to be reunited with parents
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CBS News reported in August that at least 34 Afghan children were classified as “unaccompanied minors” after being evacuated to the U.S. without parents. In the months since the Biden administration evacuated tens of thousands of refugees as part of
As judge puts thumb on scales of justice, Rittenhouse’s likely acquittal creates recipe for violence
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We may have an answer for the right-wing “civil war” devotee who asked Charlie Kirk the other week: “When do we get to start using the guns?” Judging from the way the trial in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is proceeding—and from the way right-wing pundits an
Democrats and moderate Republicans thwart South Dakota conservatives on new redistricting plan
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In a fascinating development, a group of Republicans in the South Dakota House banded together with Democrats on Wednesday to pass a new legislative redistricting plan over the objections of a sizable bloc of conservative GOP dissenters. All seven Democrats p
Rittenhouse’s inevitable acquittal will be green light for far-right extremists itching for violence
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We may have an answer for the right-wing “civil war” devotee who asked Charlie Kirk the other week: “When do we get to start using the guns?” Judging from the way the trial in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is proceeding—and from the way right-wing pundits an
