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| OSHA finally releases emergency COVID-19 safety standard, this week in the war on workers After� more than a month of footdragging —and before that, nearly a year of outright refusal under Donald Trump—the Labor Department finally released an� emergency workplace safety ... |
Laura Clawson | 05/01/2021 | 7 |
| Community Spotlight: Is your username a mask that hides ... or a hint that reveals? Are you satisfied with your Daily Kos username? Why did you choose it? Does it influence how you are perceived by other members or affect how you present yourself? For most of us, the username we ... |
Besame | 05/01/2021 | 670 |
| U.S. intelligence report warns us about right-wing white nationalism. Biden knows how to combat it Want to know what the world is going to look like in two decades? We can get a pretty solid prediction by reading Global Trends 2040 (GT 2040), published last month by the National Intelligence ... |
Ian Reifowitz | 05/01/2021 | 45 |
| Is a Democratic resurgence in 2022 possible? Hell yes! Many, if not most political analysts are painting a daunting picture for Democrats�retaining their House or Senate majorities in 2022. Even those who acknowledge that the U.S. economy will be in a ... |
Dartagnan | 05/01/2021 | 75 |
| Original reporting is growing at Daily Kos, and bringing forward some fantastic journalism It’s sometimes easy to think of Daily Kos as a place that reacts to the news, digesting and analyzing reporting done elsewhere rather than generating original content. That’s never been true. The site got its start with Markos presenting his opposition... |
Mark Sumner | 05/01/2021 | 50 |
| Biden is within reach of historic greatness—a prospect barely even imaginable 100 days ago One hundred days into Joe Biden's presidency, everyone living in a reality-based world is getting the sense that the 46th president of the United States might be on the way to making history. The potential for Biden to enact historic change has been... |
Kerry Eleveld | 05/01/2021 | 93 |
| Right-wing pundits are feigning outrage over one line in Biden's speech In his speech to a joint session of Congress earlier this week, President Joe Biden called for a series of programs to rescue the economy, rebuild the nation’s infrastructure, and help workers and families reach new levels of success. But a large... |
Mark Sumner | 05/01/2021 | 172 |
| 30-second video of Donald Trump is simultaneously the saddest, and funniest, thing you'll see today The instinct to simply never worry about what Donald Trump is up to a good one. It should be nurtured. As a nation, as human beings, the more days that can pass without even using the word “Trump,” the better. Players of bridge should seriously... |
Mark Sumner | 05/01/2021 | 214 |
| Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: More of the Biden address aftermath Graham Vyse interviewing David A Hopkins /The Signal:
Right Place, Right Time
What makes sense of Joe Biden's popularity? David A. Hopkins on the challenge of holding majority support in a ... |
Greg Dworkin | 05/01/2021 | 241 |
| WOW! Chuck Todd dings lying Republican Rep: While GOP controlled all of government ‘Debt Skyrocketed Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) did not expect the pushback he got from Chuck Todd so he died and then changed the subject. The damage was already done. Chuck Todd challenges the lying Rep. Kevin Brady See full episodes here. Chuck Todd surprised many once... |
Egberto Willies | 05/01/2021 | 46 |
| News Roundup: More charges for Chauvin; GOP can't defend anti-trans bill; Gaetz's pimp talks It’s�Friday! Another long week filled with news of our country’s march towards normalcy and beyond!�The Republican Party continues its attempts to thwart legislation that might actually improve ... |
Walter Einenkel | 04/30/2021 | 58 |
| Voting Rights Roundup: Manchin rejects D.C. statehood and casts doubt on anti-gerrymandering bill Programming Note : The Voting Rights Roundup will be taking a break the week of May 8 but will return the following week.
Leading Off
● Congress : In an interview on Friday, Democratic Sen. Joe ... |
Stephen Wolf | 04/30/2021 | 230 |
| Right-wing mouthpiece Newsmax forced to apologize for lies about election fraud, Dominion employee Amazing how quickly a defamation suit can work wonders against Donald Trump’s army of professional liars. As reported by the Orlando Sentinel, via the Associated Press: Newsmax apologized on Friday for airing false allegations that an employee for... |
Dartagnan | 04/30/2021 | 87 |
| Cheers and Jeers: Rum and Social Distancing FRIDAY! Late Night Snark: First 100 Days Edition "Last night was President Biden's first address to Congress. And get this: 85 percent of people who watched Biden's speech approved of it. That's amazing. The only other things Americans like that much are Dolly... |
Bill in Portland Maine | 04/30/2021 | 166 |
| Biden cancels what's left of Trump's military-funded border wall projects President Joe Biden is cancelling billions in funding for construction of a wall at the southern border that had been authorized by his predecessor, according to The Hill. Donald Trump had used emergency powers in 2019 to raid Defense Department... |
Kerry Eleveld | 04/30/2021 | 57 |
| Cartoon: Updated C.D.C. guidance I’m still a week away from my second shot, so I’ll be acting like there’s still a pandemic on, ‘cause it is. |
BrianMcFadden | 04/30/2021 | 40 |
| Biden’s DOJ eyes new federal code to tackle white nationalist terrorism, but it may be a bad idea We’ve known for a while that U.S. federal antiterrorism law has a large gap: While it has a panoply of penalties attached to the international form of terrorism, domestic terrorism is not a federal crime. Now the Biden administration is considering... |
David Neiwert | 04/30/2021 | 13 |
| Years after getting away with molesting his sisters, eldest Duggar child is indicted for child porn Josh Duggar, former reality TV star from TLC's "19 Kids and Counting," has been indicted on charges of receiving and possessing child pornography, USA Today reported. Dugger was indicted by a federal grand jury in the Western District of Arkansas and... |
Aysha Qamar | 04/30/2021 | 157 |
| 26-year-old father dies after California police held him facedown for 5 minutes On April 19, 26-year-old Mario Gonzalez, a father living in Oakland, California, died after what Alameda police originally called a “medical emergency.” Gonzalez, according to police, had suffered this emergency after a “scuffle” with police, who were... |
Walter Einenkel | 04/30/2021 | 80 |
| Sen. Ron Johnson ignored FBI warnings, kept spewing debunked conspiracy theories about Hunter Biden Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Moscow) has often been the butt of jokes about his desire to please Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and his disregard for Russian interference in U.S. elections or threats to U.S. troops. Johnson may be only one of the four... |
Mark Sumner | 04/30/2021 | 80 |
| Black Kos, Week In Review~ Ma'Khia was shot 4 times by a trained marksman. Let's get the story right Commentary by BlackKos editor JoanMar Ma’Khia Bryant is already yesterday’s news. Her name has all but disappeared from storylines, except when media types need to heap more praise on killer ... |
Black Kos | 04/30/2021 | 166 |
| Americans on Biden's $2.3 trillion jobs plan: If it's what you say, I love it New polling suggests the White House has both a challenge and an opportunity when it comes to pitching the public on the American Jobs Plan—a lot of people still don't know much about it but when they find out more, they like it. That's the takeaway... |
Kerry Eleveld | 04/30/2021 | 28 |
| TrustWomen founder speaks, Chuck Todd dings GOP Rep, WH COS shades Tim Scott, FL voter suppression Florida is about sign voter suppression into law. TrustWomen founder spends some time with us discussing choice. Chuck Todd embarrasses Texas Congressman. Tim Scott shaded. Welcome Julie Burkhart, founder of TrustWomen Politics Done Right Live weekdays... |
Egberto Willies | 04/30/2021 | 1 |
| Democratic Rep. Cheri Bustos announces retirement from Illinois seat Trump won twice Democratic Rep. Cheri Bustos, who chaired the DCCC last cycle, surprised the political world Friday when she announced that she would not seek a sixth term representing northwestern Illinois in the House. The current version of Bustos’ 17th District... |
Jeff Singer | 04/30/2021 | 45 |
| Another Kansas Republican legislator arrested, this time for misdemeanor battery The Kansas GOP continues to find the back seat of a police car a comfortable location for their elected officials. Yesterday, Rep. Mark Samsel was arrested on school grounds for misdemeanor battery. The Sunflower State Journal reported the details... |
Christopher Reeves | 04/30/2021 | 18 |
| Rudy and Andrew Giuliani respond to FBI search warrant by whinning, crying and lying Yesterday Rudy Giuliani’s home and offices were raided by the FBI looking for his electronic devices for documentation related to his violation of FARA (The Foreign Agent Registration Act). After months of being stymied by Trump-appointed leadership at... |
Frank Vyan Walton | 04/30/2021 | 11 |
| Idaho lawmaker resigns after a 'terrified' 19-year-old aide detailed rape allegations Hours after a legislative ethics committee voted that he should be suspended or permanently expelled for misconduct, an Idaho lawmaker accused of rape resigned Thursday, the Idaho Statesman reported. The former representative, identified as Aaron von... |
Aysha Qamar | 04/30/2021 | 171 |
| Florida Republicans took a typical voter suppression bill and juiced it up with extra partisanship Florida Republicans have submitted their entry in the voter suppression sweepstakes apparently being carried out nationwide, with a bill passed by the state legislature that Gov. Ron DeSantis will “of course” sign. (That’s what has to be going on,... |
Laura Clawson | 04/30/2021 | 30 |
| West Virginia governor stunned on live TV as MSNBC host grills him on anti-trans bill Joining a handful of other states who have prioritized legislating trans girls and trans out of girls’ sports, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, a Republican, recently signed an exclusionary bill into law. This law, like a growing number of legislation... |
Marissa Higgins | 04/30/2021 | 107 |
| The era of Americans wanting small government is over In his address to Congress on Wednesday, President Joe Biden emphasized the necessity of making historic investments in America's future lest the nation be outpaced by other international superpowers such as China. "We can't be so busy competing with... |
Kerry Eleveld | 04/30/2021 | 50 |
| 100M adults now vaccinated in U.S., Republican governors share blame for COVID deaths, and … India On Friday, the White House announced that 100 million U.S. adults have now been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. That number—over a third of the adult population—means that at the end of his first 100 days in office, President Joe Biden has exceeded... |
Mark Sumner | 04/30/2021 | 54 |
| Employers are outraged that workers won't come crawling to work for peanuts in a pandemic The big push is on to blame the American Rescue Plan for businesses not being able to find enough workers to fill their jobs. Business owners—restaurant owners in particular—are lining up to tell reporters how those darn lazy workers would rather stay... |
Laura Clawson | 04/30/2021 | 346 |
| Parent opposing anti-trans bill in Arkansas arrested for going 30 seconds over speaking time Chris Attig, a parent who uses they/them pronouns, was arrested while testifying against an exclusionary, discriminatory anti-trans bill at the Arkansas statehouse on March 9. The bill, as previously covered at Daily Kos, would bar physicians from... |
Marissa Higgins | 04/30/2021 | 100 |
| Oops! White House Chief of Staff threw shade at Sen Tim Scott’s presidential address response. Deep! White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain threw shade at Sen. Tim Scott's attempt to minimize President Biden's early successes at presidential address. Epic! Tim Scott's dis of presidential address 'shaded' See full episodes here. The Republican Party... |
Egberto Willies | 04/30/2021 | 156 |
| Tim Scott falsely denies that "America is Racist" Tim Scott is a tool. He’s a token of the Republican Party to try and sell the idea that their party, and wide swath’s of the GOP are not openly, blatantly racist. He admits to “experiencing” racism, to being followed around in a store, to being called... |
Frank Vyan Walton | 04/29/2021 | 24 |
| This statement punishes Republicans, Progressive response, TrustWomen founder on attack on choice We give a more progressive response to Biden's speech. TrustWomen founder Julie Burkhart discusses choice. Biden made an important statement that punishes the GOP. Welcome Julie Burkhart, founder of TrustWomen Politics Done Right Live weekdays @ 3:00... |
Egberto Willies | 04/29/2021 | 4 |
| Yeah, I admit it: I was wrong about Biden. So, so wrong. And I couldn't be happier about it You could go back to the primary days and read headlines I wrote about then-candidate Joe Biden. They weren’t flattering. You see, he was a dinosaur, he had a history of moderation, he wanted to chase the “bipartisan” pony, he supported George W.... |
kos | 04/29/2021 | 568 |
| Punish Republicans with this part of the Biden speech every time they object to his agenda. I have heard Democrats touch trickle-down economics on the edges. But they always seem to fear hitting it not only head-on but for decimation.
Biden takes trickle-down economics to the cleaners
... |
Egberto Willies | 04/29/2021 | 143 |
| Open Forum: CALL/Message us. Man who seemed to blame the killed-by-cop, responds. Manchin fails. Today is an open forum. Give us a call or message us about your thoughts. We hear from Brian Dunn, the lawyer that seems to blame those humans killed-by-cop. Manchin fears insurrectionists. Joe Manchin has bad logic. Brian Dunn, a Managing Partner at... |
Egberto Willies | 04/28/2021 | 1 |
| Don’t buy the mainstream media noise Here’s why census data likely better for Democrats Matthew Dowd analyzes the Census and concludes with something I agree with. While the noise on the mainstream media is that it is a net loss for Democrats, I believe the converse is true.
Matthew ... |
Egberto Willies | 04/28/2021 | 81 |
| Man who seemed to blame Daunte Wright on MSNBC for his death responds after taking a beating online. Brian Dunn, Managing Partner at the Cochran Firm California, appeared on MSNBC, seeming to blame Daunte Wright for his death. Tiffany Cross, among many of us in the blogosphere, were not kind. He sent in this response. Brian Dunn clarifies his comments... |
Egberto Willies | 04/28/2021 | 2 |
| Santorum has always been a soulless supremacist, just like the rest of the GOP So, I have a hypothesis about Santorum and the Right-wing Christian Evangelicals he represents. His recent screed where he proudly declared that America was “built on Judeo-Christian values” is exactly the distorted sense of entitlement and supremacy... |
Frank Vyan Walton | 04/27/2021 | 8 |
| What does the Chauvin verdict mean for America? We all breathed a sigh of relief when a Minnesota jury quickly rendered the right call in the murder trial of former policeman Derek Chauvin, a verdict that should never have been in doubt. But, you know: America. Yet that one victory just underscored... |
kos | 04/27/2021 | 15 |
| Zakaria ponders US genocide, Nicolle Wallace slams GOP, Matthew Dowd: Census good for Dems, more Fareed Zakaria ponders US genocide as we pinned it on Turkey. Nicolle Wallace says GOP is Trump. Matthew Dowd agrees Census is good for Dems. Nicolle Wallace shines again. Politics Done Right Live weekdays @ 3:00 PM Central Video Zoom: LINK — Live... |
Egberto Willies | 04/27/2021 | 2 |
| Nicolle Wallace on Republicans: Fear of Trump was the excuse. We were wrong. They are Trump. It's been clear for some time that Donald Trump gave the Republican Party permission to be who they are. Nicolle Wallace got it. Nicolle Wallace gets it. ... |
Egberto Willies | 04/27/2021 | 199 |
| Christie slammed on tax lie, Rye schools cognitive dissonant panel on rotten policing, USA genocide Sen. @HeidiHeitkamp slammed Gov. @ChrisChristie tax lie. @Angela_Rye had to school a cognitive dissonant panel on rotten police. @FareedZakaria posits Turkey v. America genocide. Gov. Christie tax lie called out by Sen. Heitkamp Politics Done Right... |
Egberto Willies | 04/26/2021 | 2 |
| Heitkamp destroys Gov. Christie’s double taxation lie: Biggest scam in the history of forever! Gov. Chris Christies thought he would get away with the socialism and double taxation trope. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp would have none of it.
Christie did not expect this from Heitkamp
... |
Egberto Willies | 04/26/2021 | 165 |
| Remembering pianist and jazz composer extraordinaire Geri Allen for Jazz Appreciation Month For Jazz Appreciation Month here on #BlackMusicSunday , we’ve been highlighting the musical careers of women in jazz who were Howard University graduates; first,� |
Denise Oliver Velez | 04/25/2021 | 104 |
| In a missive from Mordor,FL Trump calls Lebron James a "Racist" Via the Independent UK. Donald Trump has called LeBron James “racist” and “divisive” after he tweeted a response to the police killing of Ohio teenager Ma’Khia Bryant. The Los Angeles Lakers star shared a photo of Nicholas Reardon, the Columbus police... |
Frank Vyan Walton | 04/24/2021 | 10 |
| Captain America and the Winter Soldier: Race, Trauma and the rights of the disenfranchised Captain America is now a black man. With the sixth and final episode of Falcon and the Winter Soldier on Disney+ a sea change has occurred, a new day has dawned and the consequences are already reverberating around the world. Here Sam has a very deep... |
Frank Vyan Walton | 04/24/2021 | 26 |
| Took a village to watch&listen to the rank stupidity & incompetence that took so many lives. It is hard to believe that our American village could elect a man that does not even know how uneducated and uninformed he is. Yes, it took a village to keep this in office for 4 years See full episodes here. It was a year ago today when the world got... |
Egberto Willies | 04/23/2021 | 8 |
| Blaming Daunte Wright? Really? Saving $450 Billion on Drug costs, BLM under attack. Is this guy blaming Daunte Wright for his death? BLM has been under attack, bit the real numbers are out. It’s time to force a reduction in drug prices. Daunte Wright is not to blame Politics Done Right Live weekdays @ 3:00 PM Central Video Zoom: LINK... |
Egberto Willies | 04/23/2021 | 2 |
| Man blames Daunte Wright for his death: Tiffany Cross: oppressed adopting oppressor's talking points A black man, Brian Dunn, appeared on MSNBC, blaming Daunte Wright's death on the kid. Tiffany Cross dispatched the Stockholm Syndrome sufferer.
Tiffany Cross did not let it slide
... |
Egberto Willies | 04/22/2021 | 7 |
| GOP Rep. grilled on infrastructure, Lies about BLM exposed, Whistleblower Bruce Boise speaks, more Lies about BLM are refuted. Whistleblower Bruce Boise blew the opioid whistle on Big Pharma. This Republican congressman wants continued corporate welfare. Bruce Boise, Big Pharma whistleblower Politics Done Right Live weekdays @ 3:00 PM Central Video... |
Egberto Willies | 04/22/2021 | 5 |
| Stephanie Ruhle grills GOP Rep. objecting to taxing corporations for infrastructure. BIG FAIL! I refute Rep. Kevin Brady's defense of GOP's objections to taxing corporations with a myriad of lies and misinformation in his Stephanie Ruhle interview. Stephanie Ruhle grills Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) See full episodes here. Republican Texas... |
Egberto Willies | 04/22/2021 | 12 |
| Parents more worried about sending kids to white suburban high schools than to Black Lives Matter pr Former Republican Congressman David Jolly dispelled the GOP stereotype applied to Black Lives Matter with one simple statement.
Black Lives Matter truth.
... |
Egberto Willies | 04/22/2021 | 2 |
| Black man’s message before the verdict about the National Guard is more telling than most realize. Upon listening to @AliVelshi's interview with this young black man's take on the National Guard protecting Minneapolis pre-verdict is more telling than most think.
The use of the National Guard ... |
Egberto Willies | 04/21/2021 | 4 |
| Bruce Boise, Big Pharma opioid whistleblower, this white guy’s message spot on. National Guard? Whistleblower Bruce Boise blew the opioid whistle on Big Pharma. This white guy is one many should listen to. This black man has a message on national guard in communities. Bruce Boise, Big Pharma whistleblower Politics Done Right Live weekdays @ 3:00... |
Egberto Willies | 04/21/2021 | 1 |
| This white guy’s comment after the Chauvin verdict should give all hope. He got the wake-up call I was very impressed with the humility and humanity of this guy's statement after the Chauvin verdict. If only most got it as he did.
We can thank Chauvin for awakening this white guy. Empowering. |
Egberto Willies | 04/20/2021 | 118 |
| Chauvin is convicted but the system is still guilty of killing us—by any means they choose As responses to the three guilty verdicts for Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd roll in, it is imperative that we remember that this conviction is only one small step on the long road to dismantling the systemic racism of our white... |
Denise Oliver Velez | 04/20/2021 | 112 |
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