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Top Comments: An Earthquake in Erie County, PA.
In 2017, Tyler Titus made history as the first transgender person to be elected to office in the state of Pennsylvania when they won an at-large position on the board of the Erie City School District. I was shocked that this happened first in Erie...
 gizmo59 05/20/2021 7
This Week in Statehouse Action: Sign o' the Crimes edition
While Biden was driving a cool truck and congressional Republicans decided they’re against a commission to investigate the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, GOP lawmakers in GOP-controlled legislatures were partying like it’s 1999 … by which I...
 Carolyn Fiddler 05/20/2021 2
VP Kamala Harris credits AAPI voters for victory, presses need for 'historic' voter rights bill
As crimes against Asian Americans increase nationwide, politicians and others are coming together to spread awareness of the importance of protecting the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) ...
 Aysha Qamar 05/20/2021 4
AZ may have to replace voting machines examined in windmill-tilting audit--on taxpayers' dime!
There were already a truckload of reasons why the Arizona GOP’s windmill-tilting audit of election results in Phoenix and the Valley of the Sun should outrage any fair-minded American. Well, add another to the list. It’s likely that none of the voting...
 Darrell Lucus 05/20/2021 31
File this under: Big banks are not here to help Black farmers
The president already signed federal coronavirus relief that includes $4 billion in debt relief for Black, Indigenous, and Latino farmers into law. But that isn’t stopping banks from fighting the move, because early repayment would hurt its profits and...
 Lauren Floyd 05/20/2021 13
Republicans sink to new, amoral lows this week on everything that matters
Let's check in on this week in congressional Republicans, just a kind of check up to see how that revered institution of Joe Manchin's is doing vis-a-vis the GOP. On Tuesday, the House passed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, intended to address the rise...
 Joan McCarter 05/20/2021 27
Will no one tell emperor Greg Abbott that he's wearing a birthday suit, before it gets kids killed?
When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed an executive order this week banning counties and cities from enacting or enforcing mask mandates—and threatening any official who tries to enforce a mandate with a $1,000 fine—it was actually a repeat. One year...
 Mark Sumner 05/20/2021 68
Five Oregon counties vote to consider joining ‘Greater Idaho,’ which also is friendly to the idea
It’s becoming increasingly self-evident that Republicans no longer support democracy because they know they can’t enact their right-wing agenda through normal democratic means—that is, by persuading a majority of their fellow citizens to join and vote...
 David Neiwert 05/20/2021 200
Robert van Gulik’s Judge Dee
Welcome to Street Prophet’s Thursday Coffee Hour an open thread cleverly located at the intersection of religion and politics. Sunday I did a diary on Charlie Chan. I’ve got another Chinese ...
 michelewln 05/20/2021 15
New swing state poll shows rural voters aren't grasping the (cash) benefits of voting Democratic
Is there a word for being really shocked and alarmed—and yet not at all surprised—by a new piece of information? Maybe something from German with, like, 80 letters, seven umlauts, and a couple Klingon-worthy expectorations? I think sometimes we forget...
 Aldous J Pennyfarthing 05/20/2021 71
Problematic company contracted to transfer unaccompanied migrant kids continues to be problematic
The White House apparently ripped into Health and Human Services (HHS) officials during a phone call following the shocking report this month that unaccompanied migrant children were kept stranded in buses overnight as they were waiting to be...
 Gabe Ortiz 05/20/2021 5
Every Republican pushing anti-trans bills needs to read the latest report on LGBTQ mental health
As Pride Month comes closer, you’ll likely see corporations including rainbows in their advertisements and on T-shirts. You might also notice an uptick in LGBTQ-related content in your favorite magazines, newspapers, and even your social media feeds....
 Marissa Higgins 05/20/2021 28
Does Double Orange Clash?
Good article in The Atlantic today Nonetheless, individual corporate officers can be charged along with a corporation. This is where Trump, his top affiliates, and his family are all in potential trouble. Trump’s tax counsel in 2016 described him as...
 LaFeminista 05/20/2021 7
Ted Cruz promotes Russian army recruitment video in order to disrespect the U.S. military
Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas mostly spends his days saying foolish and easily debunked things out loud and then tweeting out similar witless things. It’s not a unique stance for a Republican to take these days. In fact, it seems to be the GOP’s concept of a...
 Walter Einenkel 05/20/2021 121
For my autistic graduate of 2021 and other disabled people, respect is due
When my son Augustus was born on Aug. 3, 1999, we chose his name in part because of the month, and in part because we had finished reading a book about Caesar Augustus, Pax Romana, and the stability that came from chaos for 200 years. Two years and a...
 Christopher Reeves 05/20/2021 70
DHS secretary orders termination of ICE contracts with two sites under federal investigation
It’s a rough day for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and that’s a good thing. The Washington Post reports that in a major victory for immigrants and their advocates, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas announced on...
 Gabe Ortiz 05/20/2021 4
Cops lie. Look no further than initial press release following George Floyd's death as proof
George Floyd died after former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck for more than nine minutes, murdering the Black father. But an initial press release police officials sent to media representatives about the murder didn’t even mention...
 Lauren Floyd 05/20/2021 6
Anonymous, racist whining that Kamala Harris is too Black somehow gets Very Serious news coverage
If Politico editor Sam Stein and reporter Anita Kumar were looking to get ratio’d on Twitter this week … then Politico won the week. A story about Vice President Kamala Harris drew widespread outrage and just plain rage for its claims that Harris, a...
 Laura Clawson 05/20/2021 79
What Does The World Actually Think Of China Landing On Mars?
China landed a rover on Mars. Pretty hard to miss the news about it. Kossack jtg had a diary up about it → China lands on Mars. A few snippetts in news digests (OND, FP&IE) also has a few references to it. Finally on Wednesday CNSA (China National...
 Torilahure 05/20/2021 33
How embarrassing for the Senate GOP is this? Even House Republicans have an infrastructure plan
As one more week elapses without a plan from Senate Republicans, they're having a hard time avoiding being the butt of a new round of "infrastructure week" jokes. Like their former president for whom it was perpetually infrastructure week, Senate...
 Joan McCarter 05/20/2021 48
Judge orders Betsy DeVos to sit for three-hour deposition to explain rejecting loan forgiveness
Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has been ordered to sit for a three-hour deposition for lawyers handling a class-action lawsuit. The lawsuit, brought on behalf of around 160,000 student loan borrowers, came from the students defrauded by...
 Walter Einenkel 05/20/2021 99
Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez move to suspend weapon sales to Israel
On Thursday morning, Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced a resolution aimed at blocking over $735 million in arms sales to Israel, including sales of precision-guided bombs like those currently being used in airstrikes against positions in Gaza. On the...
 Mark Sumner 05/20/2021 167
Guarding Mess: Previous Guy enters the barrel of GOP cover-up
The Cover-Up phase of Biglygate continues. Even as Trump’s 'criminal liability' just escalated, the list of witnesses for any potential 1/6 Commission show how many subpoenas would be issued for Trump’s riot. Absurd framing tactics have emerged to...
 annieli 05/20/2021 8
Parents of another 54 separated kids have been located, advocates say in new court filing
Pro bono attorneys tasked with reuniting families separated at the southern border by the previous administration said in their latest court filing this week that they’ve located the parents of an additional 54 children, NBC News reports. The number of...
 Gabe Ortiz 05/20/2021 27
U.S. nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands still affects Marshallese lives in the pandemic
This story was originally published at Prism. By Lovely Umayam Benetick Kabua Maddison has not returned to his native home in Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands, since he was 6 years old, but one memory stays vivid in his mind: Reclining on a...
 Prism Guest Writer 05/20/2021 3
Tomgram: Michael Klare, Will There Be Resource Wars in a Renewable Future?
This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. These days in Washington, it’s competition with and hostility to China all the way to the bank. The political class in Congress...
 TomDispatch 05/20/2021 9
Indians 101: American Indians 250 years ago, 1771
By 1771, Europeans, strongly believing that their religion was the only religion, were continuing in their efforts to convert Indians. Both Protestant and Catholic missionaries sought to bring about ...
 Ojibwa 05/20/2021 6
Fight over Arizona 'audit' has Republicans threatening other Republicans with arrest
The “audit” of Maricopa County, Arizona’s 2020 votes demanded by state Senate Republicans is the current leading edge of a major war in the Republican Party. Maricopa County’s Republican officials are furious about the conspiracy theory-driven,...
 Laura Clawson 05/20/2021 104
Republicans admit Trump is responsible for Jan. 6, but also refuse to investigate on Trump's orders
On Wednesday evening, the House authorized the creation of an independent, bipartisan commission to investigate the the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol. In the process, 35 Republican representatives bucked GOP leadership to vote in favor of the...
 Mark Sumner 05/20/2021 81
McConnell and Republicans can only sweep away the Jan.6 insurrection with Manchin's help
Generations of senators who came before us put their heads down and their pride aside to solve the complex issues facing our country. We must do the same. The issues facing our democracy today are not insurmountable if we choose to tackle them...
 Joan McCarter 05/20/2021 103
Morning Digest: Strong night for progressives across Pennsylvania capped by upset in Pittsburgh
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 ...
 Daily Kos Elections 05/20/2021 32
Cheers and Jeers: Thursday
Oh! More Things I Know… » Joe Biden has gotten the hang of this whole presidenting thing rather quickly. » Since conservative white men seem to be committing the vast majority of domestic terrorism in this country, we should deport them all until we...
 Bill in Portland Maine 05/20/2021 44
Cartoon: Lucky Ducky gets even lazier, greedier and luckier!
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 RubenBolling 05/20/2021 17
Minerva @ Midnight: the Big Lie now brings its circus to other GQP states
Big Liar now claims: “The number of votes is MASSIVE and determinative. This will prove true in numerous other States” as WaPo does a story on the continuing Trumpist attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Even as national Republican...
 annieli 05/19/2021 6
News Roundup: House votes for Jan. 6 commission; Trump Organization target of criminal probe
In the news today: Crime, corruption, and cowardice. The House passes its bill creating an independent commission to investigate the January Insurrection; it now goes to the Senate and an expected ...
 Hunter 05/19/2021 30
Top Comments: Warning Signs
In Tennessee, where presumably all the real problems have been solved, the legislature has come up with a new way to harass transgender people. But first, a word from our sponsor! Here at Top Comments we welcome longtime as well as brand new Daily Kos...
 Tara the Antisocial Social Worker 05/19/2021 36
Expecting the Republicans to be Bipartisan ... Is Like ...
— Let us count the similes: Expecting the Republicans to be Bipartisan ... is like expecting “Al-Qaeda to investigate 9-11” … Expecting the Republicans to be Bipartisan ... is like expecting McConnell to put the American people first. Expecting the...
 jamess 05/19/2021 15
The biggest travesty in the Duggar saga--Jim Bob and Michelle may never face justice
As we all know, it would be a travesty of the highest order if those who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 go to jail while those who incited them and those who funded the events leading up to the insurrection escape justice. It’s entirely possible a...
 Darrell Lucus 05/19/2021 14
China and Our Nuclear Arsneal
Our country needs a serious discussion on the meaning of security. Historically, the United States held a healthy skepticism when it comes to the amount spent on our military, going back to the beginning of our country when many of our forefathers saw...
 jasonsibert 05/19/2021 9
Madison Cawthorn lies. This time he's pretending he actually did something in Congress
Republican lying person Rep. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina should not be allowed in the halls of Congress let alone be allowed to serve in Congress. He should not have a job as an elected official. Sadly, Madison Cawthorn is not much different...
 Walter Einenkel 05/19/2021 39
Collins Wants the Commission Bill to Do Something It's Doing
If the story title is confusing, that’s because Susan Collins is confusing. GOP Sen. Susan Collins says she wants changes to Jan. 6 commission bill "I support having a 9/11 style commission. There are changes that are needed in the House version. For...
 Dan K 05/19/2021 6
McConnell now opposes the January 6 commission after Trump demanded he oppose it
Bait and switch: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) publicly announced his opposition Wednesday to a 9/11-style commission. Pretty much where we were when previous guy got impeached a second time. Why it matters: The House is set to vote...
 annieli 05/19/2021 33
Republican representative removed from office after comments about teaching slavery
Republican lawmakers just don’t understand the concept of thinking before speaking. Time after time state officials are found to make comments they allegedly did not realize could come off as racist, but that doesn’t excuse their behavior. In a recent...
 Aysha Qamar 05/19/2021 120
Reps. Moore and Davids lead bipartisan resolution addressing violence against Native women
Violence against women is not a new phenomenon. Women across the globe are subject to different forms of violence daily. In the United States alone, more than 77% of women had experienced verbal sexual harassment while at least 51% had been sexually...
 Aysha Qamar 05/19/2021 7
Ted Cruz floated flat-out lies about Kristen Clarke. Welp, Senate Democrats aren't bothered
Kristen Clarke, a longtime voting rights advocate, is well on her way to becoming the first woman and the first woman of color to lead the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division since it was created in 1957. "The U.S. Senate has voted 50-48...
 Lauren Floyd 05/19/2021 60
Selena lives
While Tejano superstar Selena Quintanilla-Pérez has been gone for more than two decades now, she is rarely ever far from memory. From a critically-acclaimed podcast, to a bestselling beauty line, to an original Netflix series that’s just debuted its...
 Gabe Ortiz 05/19/2021 3
U.S. War Crime Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza and Occupation of Palestine
The United States is the largest single supplier of military equipment to Israel and Israel has the world's largest F-16 fleet outside of the U.S. Air Force. U.S. made planes and strategic guided missiles were used by Israel in the destruction of Gaza...
 Alan Singer 05/19/2021 82
Joe Arpaio's racist shenanigans to soon cost taxpayers over $200 million
The total haul that Arizona taxpayers have been forced to shell out over Joe Arpaio’s racist shenanigans as former Maricopa County sheriff will total over $200 million by next year, NBC News reports. Because the department under current sheriff Paul...
 Gabe Ortiz 05/19/2021 66
The "Short Bus" Defence? WTF? [NSFW]
Wow, how disgusting. Watkins, the “Q Shaman” Jacob Chansley’s attorney, said his client had Asperger’s syndrome and indicated that Chansley’s mental state — and the impact of Trump’s “propaganda” efforts — would play a role in his case. “A lot of these...
 LaFeminista 05/19/2021 259
RWNJs attack 'woke capitalism' because its CEOs make too much money?
“A conservative group launched an advertising campaign to push back against what it sees as “woke capitalism,” spending more than $1 million in dark money on ads targeting the CEOs of Coca-Cola, American Airlines, and Nike.” RWNJs exploit the similar...
 annieli 05/19/2021 5
Republicans threaten a doozy: To be JUST as Republican as always
Guys, buckle down. Take a deep breath, and grab a seat. Because Wednesday is the day we all feared, the day that Republicans pulled out the big guns. They aren’t just threatening insurrection, voter suppression, and a holy jihad against anyone who...
 kos 05/19/2021 90

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