Category: Politics

On Friday afternoon, FoxNews.com’s Audrey Conklin torpedoed a claim from Huffington Post reporter Matt Fuller that said Congressman Russ Fulcher (R-ID) was under investigation with Capitol Police for having “manhandled” … Read More

Speaker Pelosi said that House Democrats would not rest, and they will not stop until the $15/hour minimum wage passes. Video: Speaker Pelosi says House Democrats will not stop and … Read More

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There were 15 of them. Most arrived in the dead of night, laid their trap and waited for the target to arrive. That target was Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent Saudi … Read More

Republicans, meanwhile, are spewing an avalanche of fecal lies about the minimum wage. “I started working by bussing tables at the Star Family Restaurant for $1/hour & slowly moved up to cook … Read More

The potential United States Assistant Secretary of Health can’t even get the record straight on her gender but Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) is the “monster” for expressing concerns about how … Read More

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is considering adding a provision to the stimulus bill that would penalize big corporations who don’t pay a $15/hour minimum wage. CNN reported: As an … Read More

As a reminder, this subreddit is for civil discussion. In general, be courteous to others. Debate/discuss/argue the merits of ideas, don’t attack people. Personal insults, shill or troll accusations, hate … Read More

Some Republicans share those concerns. Sean Wiley, who voted twice for Mr. Trump and describes himself as a conservative libertarian, said the government needed to provide assistance to people who … Read More

“The January 6th insurrection culminated from a nearly year-long misinformation campaign warning of a rigged election and a 20-year assault on voting rights centered around racist and often baseless allegations … Read More

Brian Stelter and Oliver Darcy, CNN’s in-house cheerleaders for censoring or squelching conservative media outlets, celebrated a letter from Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee pressing TV providers … Read More

House Democrats passed The Equality Act then introduced a bill to ban any future Muslim ban-type presidential actions. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) … Read More

Biden will be a sucker the longer he maintains trust that Republicans will revert to honest and collaborative governance. Even after the Obama years of being stabbed in the back. … Read More

Mr. Scott, who is the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee and will speak on Friday, released a video this week declaring that the “Republican civil war is canceled” … Read More

You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown: Another week, another slew of voter suppression bills from GOP state legislators. Campaign Action Last week, I wrote in this space about a new anti-democratic … Read More

After over 24 hours of silence, CNN decided to acknowledge on Thursday Lindsey Boylan’s sexual harassment claims against Prime Time host Chris Cuomo’s brother and Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) and … Read More

This week, the United States hit a grim milestone. The country has now experienced 500,000 deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic. Thankfully, Joe Biden’s response to the virus has been much … Read More

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WASHINGTON — The United States on Thursday carried out airstrikes in eastern Syria against buildings belonging to what the Pentagon said were Iran-backed militias responsible for recent attacks against American … Read More

This is the final edition of Night Owls, a themed open threadthat has appeared at Daily Kos since 2007.  Bob Berwyn at Inside Climate News writes—Climate Change is Weakening the Ocean … Read More