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Daily Kos contributing editor since December 2006. Full-time staff since 2011, currently assistant managing editor.. Laura at Daily Kos
Real Name: Laura Clawson
Location: Washington, DC
Groups: Top Comments, Daily Kos Elections, Daily Kos, Saturday Evening Geek Out, In Support of Labor and Unions, Take New Hampshire Forward!, Educator Voices, Comics, Kossack Air Force, A Fighting Chance, Daily Kos Labor, Occupy Wall Street, Transcripts and Documents, Daily Kos Economics, DKE Ticker, Five Questions
Twitter: lauraclawson
Diaries published: 13037 (1 day since last diary on Sat May 01, 2021 at 04:00 PM PDT)
Comments posted: 31063 (2 days since last comment on Fri Apr 30, 2021 at 11:43 AM PDT)
Diary frequency: frequent
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 263496
Total Comment Ratings: 77190
Most Recommended Diary: Tlaib and Ocasio-Cortez pull back the curtain on corporate CEO-driven 'bipartisan' House orientation, 453 comments, 798 recommends
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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 ...
by Laura Clawson
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on Sat May 01, 2021 at 04:00 PM PDT
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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,...
by Laura Clawson
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on Fri Apr 30, 2021 at 11:43 AM PDT
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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...
by Laura Clawson
346 comments
on Fri Apr 30, 2021 at 10:34 AM PDT
with 463 Recommends
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Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene were about to kick off a road show, traveling the nation to attack “the radical left” and insufficiently extremist Republicans. And then the other shoe dropped in the ever-developing scandal around Gaetz’s...
by Laura Clawson
204 comments
on Fri Apr 30, 2021 at 07:10 AM PDT
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Zero Republicans voted for the American Rescue Plan. They acted as a united party, voting against $1,400 relief checks, unemployment benefits, relief for small businesses, and so much more. And once the law passed on the strength of Democratic votes,...
by Laura Clawson
55 comments
on Thu Apr 29, 2021 at 12:14 PM PDT
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The American Rescue Plan reduced health insurance premiums for many people by expanding subsidies in the Affordable Care Act marketplaces. Now, President Joe Biden is seeking to make those expansions permanent in the American Families Plan—but he’s not...
by Laura Clawson
43 comments
on Thu Apr 29, 2021 at 10:01 AM PDT
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- This year went by fast. It feels as though it just began, but we’re already in the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. I’m definitely happy but still in denial—this year, I wasn’t ready. For Muslims around the world, today marks the first fast of Ramadan...170 comments 242 Recs
- The DKonversation: Something to talk about Today’s questions: Have you been vaccinated? If not, what’s your plan? Last weekend the U.S. crossed an important threshold: 100 million doses of vaccine administered. As a sign of hope,...561 comments 226 Recs
- Our beloved Meteor Blades, a true Daily Kos OG (UID: 6, and I’m 3), is retiring. It’s one of those things you expect, but there’s no way you can prepare for it. Meteor Blades, aka “Tim,” has been such a constant presence from nearly the start of...558 comments 939 Recs
- It's budget season in Minneapolis, and activists have set their sights on the city's police budget . After George Floyd suffocated under the knee of a former Minneapolis police officer, organizers ...3 comments 31 Recs
- A list of events happening on Indigenous Peoples' Day 2020 Indian Country Today Vibe into the Indigenous Peoples' Day weekend like TikTok star Nathan Apodaca, Arapaho. (You’re welcome, and yes, we just informally declared it Indigenous Peoples' Day...12 comments 49 Recs
- The right to vote is a foundational constitutional right for United States citizens, but more than 700,000 Floridians are being denied this fundamental right until they can pay a modern-day poll tax. After a hard-fought 2018 campaign, Florida voters...84 comments 156 Recs
- This is it. This is our last, best chance to stop Republicans nationwide from gerrymandering themselves into power for another 10 years. It all depends on winning a broad swath of ...132 comments 198 Recs
- Today, I’m excited to announce that Daily Kos is introducing our new, improved front page to our community and readers. Many of you have been kicking the tires on some early features of our new design for some time now, allowing us to gather a lot of...564 comments 149 Recs
- 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
