Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: How driving a bus epitomizes 2021
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The number of U.S. workers quitting their jobs in September was the highest on record.
Employers are still struggling to fill millions of open jobs—and to hold onto the workers they already have.
More than 4.4 million workers qui
News Roundup: Bannon indicated; Biden's victory leaves media quiet; GOP in disarray
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It is Friday.The biggest news of the day is the indictment of Trump stooge Steve Bannon.The Biden administration has logged a victory in passing at least the first half of an infrastructure bill. You would be hard-pressed to realize this if you only read the
News Roundup: Biden's victory leaves media quiet; Supreme Court needs a-fixing; GOP in disarray
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It is Friday. The Biden administration has logged a victory in passing at least the first half of an infrastructure bill. You would be hard-pressed to realize this if you only read the “liberal” media. As vaccines for the younger ones in our society roll
Black high schooler attacked by students in KKK costumes on Halloween, says lawyer
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In an absolutely disturbing nightmare scenario, a Black teenager in Woodsboro, Texas, says he was attacked by three fellow teens wearing costumes resembling Ku Klux Klan (KKK) robes. The high schooler, whose identity has not been revealed as he is a mino
43% of Republicans say they want no teaching on the history of racism whatsoever
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Henry Ford famously said, “History is more or less bunk.” Of course, he was a horrible, virulent racist who Hitler praised as an “inspiration” in Mein Kampf, so his sentiment makes a certain amount of sense. To racists, that is. Af
School board member files criminal report with sheriff's office over book by queer, Black writer
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Eager as ever to jump backward in time, conservatives have used their time amid a global pandemic to push anti-queer legislation and try to ban books. As Daily Kos has covered, we’ve seen librarians face potential obscenity charges over stocking books with
Outrage over SNL's 'mean' impression of Boebert. The problem? It was no impression—just her talking
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Donald Trump, who still believes he’s never lost an election and that windmills are still trying to kill him, loves to tell people he’s a “stable genius.” Yet if he wants to see what an actual genius can do, he should watch Jimmy Kimmel.&nbs
Teenage girl rescued from kidnapper after viral ‘Symbol for Help’ gets attention of motorist
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Turns out TikTok isn’t just for funny dance videos and political content. The platform is helping to spread awareness of important social issues—viral content on TikTok is even saving lives. A teenager who was kidnapped was found after using a distre
Settlement approved for Flint residents exposed to lead in water highlights need for remediation
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U.S. District Judge Judith Levy approved on Wednesday a $626 million settlement to the residents of Flint, Michigan in a settlement Levy wrote was “a remarkable achievement.”
“It sets forth a comprehensive compensation program and timeline that is con
Democrats are about to flip a Republican seat in a statewide race for a key court in Pennsylvania
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Democrats are on the verge of flipping a Republican-held seat on Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court, one of the state's two intermediate appellate courts with members elected statewide. Democrat Lori Dumas, a judge in Philadelphia, currently leads Re
Republican governor kicks back trans rights with an executive order about birth certificates
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When it comes to basic rights and protections, we know that trans folks suffer when compared to cisgender people. Whether it’s about bathroom access, the chance to play sports, or accessing safe, gender-affirming medical care, trans people have fewer protec
Manchin betrays colleagues who helped him with his latest Build Back Better demands
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We’re now in the make nice to Sen. Joe Manchin phase of legislating President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better (BBB) plan. At least, that’s the message House Democrats have been sent. The House is gearing up to return next week to try to pass BBB, th
Not everybody is caving to Trump, and it's gnawing at him
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It hasn't been a great couple of weeks for Donald Trump. First, Republicans scored a splashy win in the Virginia gubernatorial contest with a candidate who mostly stiff-armed Trump publicly.
Next, President Joe Biden accomplished in nine months wh
Steve Bannon has been indicted for contempt of Congress, arrest warrant reportedly issued
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Jessica Schneider at CNN is reporting that a federal grand jury has handed down an indictment for Steve Bannon. Prosecutors reportedly presented the indictment along with an arrest warrant to a federal judge on Friday afternoon.
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Anti-vaxx Chronicles: Every so often, one of these comes along with extra punch
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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
Even being an Olympic gold medalist doesn’t prevent you from being a target of America’s racism
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Although anti-Asian hate crimes are no longer a topic of interest in the media, that doesn’t mean they have come to an end. Since the pandemic started, crimes against the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) have been reported daily. Between 2019 to 2020
The pandemic isn't over for much of America, and neither is the need for economic help to Americans
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This week, the White House informed states that President Joe Biden has approved an extension of Federal Emergency Management Agency COVID-19 relief until April 1, 2022. That means all state, local, and tribal governments will continue to get 100% reimbu
Jan. 6 defendant pleads guilty for hauling guns, Molotovs to D.C.
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Lonnie Coffman toted guns and hauled a cache of weapons and Molotov cocktails to Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6 and on Friday, at a court in the nation’s capital, he pleaded guilty to two criminal charges that prosecutors, if they wished to hit him with th
Rage over masks and CRT bleed together in hundreds of Facebook groups targeting public schools
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It’s not news that Facebook is a key organizing tool for angry conservatives, but the scope of it is still dizzying. Media Matters has identified “at least 860 right-wing parents and school-related groups that are active, with at least 717,000 combined me
None of the Nazis in the 'Unite the Right' trial are ready for what comes next
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Over the past few days, there have been genuinely baffling moments of idiocy on display by the Nazis on trial in Charlottesville in the case of Sines vs. Kessler. Chris “Crying Nazi” Cantwell screamed passages from a Slate article at Rev. Seth W
McConnell warns Biden, Democrats not to do exactly what he did to the Supreme Court for Trump
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On the one hand, an op-ed in The Washington Post from Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on the dangers of packing the Supreme Court is encouraging because it means the issue is gaining enough traction to worry him. On the other hand, fuck Mitch McCon
Ted Cruz conveniently forgets history of conservatives like Elvis Presley promoting vaccines
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Recently, beloved Sesame Street character Big Bird went on television and social media to promote COVID-19 vaccines. For anyone who has been conscious for at least a few years, celebrities—especially ones with larger fanbases amongst the youth of the c
McConnell trolls Biden, warning him not to pack the Supreme Court like McConnell did for Trump
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On the one hand, an op-ed in The Washington Post from Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on the dangers of packing the Supreme Court is encouraging because it means the issue is gaining enough traction to worry him. On the other hand, fuck Mitch McCon
Conservatives like Elvis Presley used to do their part to promote vaccinations
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Recently, beloved Sesame Street character Big Bird went on television and social media to promote COVID-19 vaccines. For anyone who has been conscious for at least a few years, celebrities—especially ones with larger fanbases amongst the youth of the c
New audio of Trump demonstrates how little concern he had for Pence during Jan. 6 siege
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In a recorded interview made newly public Friday, former President Donald Trump defended his supporters who laid siege to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and in particular, those devotees who clamored to hang his second-in-command, former Vice President Mike Pence
18-year-old arrested for Austin synagogue arson after weeks of antisemitic harassment in Texas
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In recent weeks, communities in central Texas have been dealing with a spreading plague of neo-Nazi organizing and vandalism, culminating in an arson attack on an Austin synagogue. But thanks to some sleuthing work by Austin Fire Department’s arson squad, i
Far-right favorite Madison Cawthorn announces bid for new congressional seat he barely represents
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Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn announced Thursday evening that he would run for North Carolina’s new 13th District, which includes part of the Charlotte area and counties to the west, instead of the 14th District, which occupies the state's western reache
Trump defended irate mob that wanted to hang his second-in-command
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In a recorded interview made newly public Friday, former President Donald Trump defended his supporters who laid siege to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and in particular, those devotees who clamored to hang his second-in-command, former Vice President Mike Pence
Defense attorney sees Al Sharpton in court and allows racism to slip out
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You would think someone working to convince a jury his client didn’t help form a white supremacist mob and murder a Black man would avoid trying to outright ban Black people from the trial. You would think the last person that attorney would try t
House Select Committee runs out of patience, demands that Mark Meadows appear on Friday morning
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After what appear to be a series of fruitless and time-consuming negotiations, the attorney for former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows made it clear on Thursday that his client was not going to appear, or product documents for, the House Select Committee on
Republicans aren't just in disarray—they're at war with each other
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has made it his job to throw his caucus members under the bus whenever Donald Trump demands, so it's perhaps not surprising that he is actively fomenting rage against the 13 House Republicans who voted to pass the bipartis
Morning Digest: Daily Kos Elections presents our calendar of 2022 primaries and filing deadlines
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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar.
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Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Justice gets a temporary stay
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Appeals court temporarily bars release of Trump White House records to House Jan. 6 committee
Capping days of legal drama, the appeals court rocketed consideration of the case through federal courts in Washington. While granting an injunction pendi
News Roundup: A Republican war on books; GOP silence on Gosar's disgusting 'attack' video
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In the news today: Book burning and celebrations of violence against political enemies, both brought into the news by a Republican Party that is ticking down the checklist of fascism's defining markers without bothering to put up much of a smokescreen while d
It’s getting brisk out there.
Temperatures are dropping (don’t get it twisted, the earth is still warming at a terrifying rate), and autumn is in full swing.
And even though the Virginia elections are still on folks’ minds (… or maybe just mine
Hospitalized for a month with COVID-19, man returns to apologize to ICU staff for being unvaccinated
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One of the hardest things to do in life is to admit you’ve made a mistake. Admitting mistakes strikes directly at our notions of identity and self-worth; it’s why people double down when faced with irrefutable evidence that they’re wrong, and it’s wh
'We killed Herman Cain': ABC reporter's book sheds new light on Trump's Tulsa rally disaster
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In a new excerpt from his upcoming book Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show, ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl notes that Donald Trump’s Spinal Tap-esque Tulsa rally marked “the worst day of his entire campaign.” Which is weird
These local agreements between ICE and sheriffs continue to terrorize immigrant communities
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Maira Oviedo-Granados, an asylum-seeker living in Knoxville, Tennessee, dialed 911 for help when a jealous and previously violent boyfriend tried to attack her on Nov. 7, 2020. She managed to lock herself and her three children in a bedroom as she told t
