Ohio is on a fast track to becoming the next Gilead thanks to a new draconian abortion bounty law
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Ohio is on a fast track to becoming the real-life Gilead of The Handmaid’s Tale, with a new abortion bounty law more restrictive than the oppressive ban recently passed in Texas.
House Bill 480, also known as the 2363 Act, named by it
Even Third Way isn’t buying the conservative Democrats' take on the Virginia loss
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There’s probably nothing more predictable in an election loss than this—conservative Democrats with a Politico reporter on speed-dial rushing to kneecap their progressive colleagues:
xDem members are already texting me blaming progressives for “debacle
Right-wing vehicle ramming attacks on protesters spread, thanks to green light by authorities
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American police forces, while claiming to be neutral protectors of public safety and civil rights, have been green-lighting right-wing attacks on leftist protesters for a long time now, most notably during the anti-police brutality protests of 2020. One of th
Green-lighted by civil authorities, vehicle ramming attacks spread as a right-wing protest tactic
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American police forces, while claiming to be neutral protectors of public safety and civil rights, have been green-lighting right-wing attacks on leftist protesters for a long time now, most notably during the anti-police brutality protests of 2020. One of th
'It's better to be born rich and white than smart and poor in America,' new report finds
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A new report makes a convincing argument for why we need free higher education in this country. It compares the cost of college—which has skyrocketed—with the average wage for graduates since 1980, which has completely flatlined. The most stunning th
No matter how you read Virginia, across the U.S. diverse candidates scored a series of 'firsts'
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Should Glenn Youngkin’s margin hold up in Virginia, which at this time on Wednesday morning appears to be a near certainty, it’s completely unclear what he will do as governor other than exercise his fear of children’s books. The shallowness of Youngkin
'There was a definite undercount of immigrant cities': Advocates say Trump influenced 2020 census
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Last year, minority advocates representing multiple backgrounds called for people to partake in the 2020 census. Many of them feared that if undercounted, minorities would lose or miss out on funding. Lack of representation and participation in the census lea
Breitbart tops list of publishers pushing climate change denial on Facebook
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The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) released a new report on Tuesday detailing how little Facebook has done to mitigate the spread of climate change disinformation. The report, which you can read here, lists 10 outlets that account for 69
The Virginia House of Delegates is tied 50-50. Now what?
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A wild night in the commonwealth: After holding a 55-45 majority for just two years, Virginia Democrats appear to have lost five seats in the House of Delegates, tying the 100-seat chamber 50-50.
With a likely legal challenges yet to come, the fin
Morning Digest: GOP takes Virginia governor's race for first statewide win in more than a decade
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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: in case you didn't hear, there was an election in Virginia
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It’s too soon to post all the good takes. And Lord knows we have had plenty of bad ones. Glenn Youngkin (R) will be the next governor of Virginia. And a lot of people voted, so it wasn’t a turnout issue. It was democracy in action.
Phil Murphy (D) is in
News Roundup: 'Mandates' are working; Republicans growing embrace of violence
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In the news today: While anti-vaccination shouters are getting all the press attention, vaccination requirements continue to be wildly successful. Yet more polling emphasizes the willingness of the pro-Trump Republican base to engage even in violence, rather
QAnon Trumpists flock to Dallas in order to see the resurrection of … JFK Jr.
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The QAnon conspiracy cult, whose venn diagram with the MAGA crowd is almost in eclipse, is as wide-ranging a conspiracy theory as exists in the modern era. The more simple conspiracies concerning a Jewish cabal of secret bankers who drink children’s bl
Right-wing hack running for Pennsylvania Supreme Court forced to change ad after State Bar warning
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Kevin Brobson is the Republican candidate on the ballot for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The race has garnered an unusually high degree of right-wing “dark money” involvement since Democrats currently enjoy a 5-2 majority on that court and the race is
There are no more 'dog whistles.' There's just blatant racism from the GOP vs. the rest of Americans
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In a way, it’s good to have this finally stated. Over the past 30-odd years, we’ve been treated again and again to more than obvious attempts by the Republican Party to channel racism from their base of support. In the past these efforts were characterize
Dan Price's hilarious take on Zillow not being able to use its own data to flip houses is spot on
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Zillow, during an incredible competitive seller’s market, snapped up about 8,000 homes in the third quarter. Now, the company is hoping to bring in $2.8 billion by selling 7,000 of those homes. Unfortunately, the average homebuyer still may not b
Beth Robinson confirmed as first openly LGBTQ woman to serve on federal circuit court
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In an exciting move on Monday, Nov. 1, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Beth Robinson to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. This includes Vermont, Connecticut, and New York. Robinson, who is a lesbian, is the first openly LGBTQ+ woman to serve on any fede
Biden finally takes care of FCC nominations, now the Senate has to act, and fast
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It’s been 10 months since President Joe Biden made a commitment to resurrect net neutrality—the simple idea that the internet should be treated as a utility, and internet service providers should have to treat all data they send fairly—by naming Fe
It’s election night 2021! Numerous important races are on the ballot across the country, and we’re liveblogging the top contests below.
Results: FL | GA | MA | ME | MI | MN | NH | NJ | NM | NY | OH | PA | VA | WA
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Tom Cotton wrongfully rambles on Fox News, claims people who aren't parents shouldn't be teachers
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You know, a lot of us don’t have kids, and yet somehow we instinctively know that Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton needs a timeout … and perhaps a binky.
Cotton—who represents such a reliably red state that he could be caught masturbating on the Acela&nbs
COP26 turns competitive, highlighting the need for U.S. climate change spending
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Who knew that the United Nations Climate Change Conference would turn so competitive so quickly? Though Joe Biden vowed to reduce methane emissions by at least 30% by 2030 in a speech Monday, that pledge made fewer waves around the world than the&nb
Kyle Rittenhouse's lawyer argues self-defense—victim could have decapitated him with a skateboard
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Mark Richards, the attorney of vigilante and darling of the far-right Kyle Rittenhouse argued Tuesday that his client acted in self-defense when he chased down an unarmed Joseph Rosenbaum and shot him four times, once in the back.
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Anti-vaxx Chronicles: COVID killed Dad, but sure, keep being awful
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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
Parnell GOP adversary tells him 'GTFO out of the race' after damning testimony of his estranged wife
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After damning revelations emerged Monday about Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate Sean Parnell, a Republican adversary pounced.
Former GOP Rep. Ryan Costello mocked a Parnell campaign statement denying the sworn testimony of his estranged wife that Parne
Senate parliamentarian may have worked to deport immigrants as trial attorney, report says
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Senate staffer and parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, who has twice rejected immigration provisions for inclusion in the budget reconciliation package, may have worked to deport immigrants when she served as a prosecutor roughly two decades ago,&
The “Let’s Go, Brandon” slogan, understood as a coded profane insult lobbed at President Joe Biden, has now found its way to a new level of marketing: weaponry.
First published by NBC on Monday, the Palmetto State Armory in South Carolina has begun sel
One part of the U.S. has the keys to beating COVID-19, but it's not where you might expect
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When news out of Puerto Rico catches the attention of the rest of the United States, too often that news is bad. Whether it’s hurricane damage, a struggling power grid, or a health care system swamped with debt, Puerto Rico seems like … exactly
Voting rights are on the ballot this year in these key elections
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Tuesday's elections include several contests that have critical implications for the right to vote, including ballot measures where voters will directly decide whether to expand access to the ballot box, judicial races that will determine which judges one da
Obamacare opens for 2022 enrollment, with potential enhancements in Build Back Better
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It’s open enrollment season for the Affordable Care Act again, and if you’re thinking, “How could that be? It just ended,” you’re right. The Biden administration extended the enrollment period into the summer in order to hel
Unscrupulous anti-vaxxer, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene hit with $48K in fines over mask rules
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Georgia congresswoman and anti-mask, anti-vaccine zealot Marjorie Taylor Greene was hit with four more fines Monday after refusing to don a mask in the House chamber. Greene has racked up $48,000 in fines after failing to wear a mask about 20 t
Ahead of Virginia results, Republicans declare another supposedly 'stolen' election
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Even before the polls opened in Virginia on Tuesday, Republican pundits lined up to assure their base that any election resulting in a Democratic victory was supposedly «stolen.»
This is now their go-to play in advance of every election—especia
'Well, I’m not going to get into the specifics': Watch Virginia man broadcast ignorance on CRT
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An unidentified Virginia voter had his big moment to articulate his opposition to critical race theory in public schools with the political comedy pair The Good Liars, and to say the least, he fumbled the ball. To expand on that, he fumbled in a way that seem
Democrats settle on approach to Manchin, force him to vote yea or nay on Biden’s agenda
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has decided to brush aside the effort by Sen. Joe Manchin to derail the reconciliation package Congress has been focused on for months and keep moving. She told reporters Tuesday that they will try to get the bill t
Democrats ready to call Manchin's bluff, force him to vote on Biden's agenda
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has decided to brush aside the effort by Sen. Joe Manchin to derail the reconciliation package Congress has been focused on for months, and keep moving. She told reporters Tuesday that they are going to try to get t
Wife of Trump’s Pennsylvania candidate says he choked, tried to strangle her, called her a ‘whore’
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Donald Trump has been handing out what pass as endorsements for candidates running in upcoming elections, and the only criteria seems to be absolute fealty to any and all things MAGA. Since Donald Trump only represents Donald Trump and his policies consi
Errors, errors, everywhere on Election Day mailers in Pennsylvania
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In Pennsylvania, incorrect Spanish-language instructions for when to vote were sent out to 17,000 prospective voters in Berks County ahead of Tuesday’s key municipal elections in the state.
First reported by local news outlet The Reading Eagle, the county
COVID-19 vaccination program for kids 5-11 will be 'at full strength' in the second week of November
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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) advisory panel meets Tuesday to discuss COVID-19 vaccinations for children aged 5 to 11, following the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) emergency use authorization of the Pfizer vaccine o
Three Supreme Court justices say they would have heard trans health care case. Guess who?
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On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case, Dignity Health, Inc. v. Minton, concerning Mercy San Juan Medical Center, a Catholic hospital in the Sacramento, California area, which refused to let a gender-affirming procedure for a pati
Día de Muertos vigils nationwide remember immigrants who've died in immigration custody
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Advocates have been remembering immigrants who’ve died while in federal immigration custody in Día de Muertos vigils across the country. The holiday, known in English as Day of the Dead and widely celebrated both in Latin America and the U.S., is rooted i
