Residents hold Navy's feet to the fire as Honolulu water crisis drags on
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Oahu residents have had it with the Navy’s inaction in the face of an ongoing water crisis in Honolulu. Around 3,200 residents remain displaced and living in hotels due to contaminated water from the Red Hill well that serves the Joint Base Pearl Harbo
Republican governor promises she hasn't forgotten her anti-trans agenda amid pandemic
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If there’s one way Republicans like to celebrate the sanctity of winter holidays, it’s by broadcasting a pity party about a burned Christmas tree and, apparently, reigniting hatred against vulnerable trans women and girls. In this case, Republican Go
'Fuels the flames of racist, anti-immigrant sentiment': Coalition urges DOJ probe into Texas scheme
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Ten state and national civil rights organizations have filed a Title VI discrimination complaint urging Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to formally investigate Texas’ Operation Lone Star border scheme that has swep
The plane! The plane! Paul Gosar and his wild goose chase story reemerge
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Tucked inside of an article by The New York Times piecing together how former President Donald Trump’s most loyal foot soldiers tried to keep him in power despite a handy defeat by Joe Biden in the 2020 election, is the tale of a wacky goose chase indulged
Republicanism claims more victims: Pandemic deaths among pregnant Americans are now 'surging'
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You can chalk up more deaths for the «pro-life» crowd: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reporting that COVID-19 is now claiming the lives of more pregnant Americans and resulting in more stillbirths. Poynter reports that dea
State and national civil rights groups urge DOJ to probe Greg Abbott's racist border operation
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Ten state and national civil rights organizations have filed a Title VI discrimination complaint urging Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to formally investigate Texas’ Operation Lone Star border scheme that has swep
South Dakota governor reminds us she hasn't forgotten her mission to keep trans girls out of sports
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If there’s one way Republicans like to celebrate the sanctity of winter holidays, it’s by broadcasting a pity party about a burned Christmas tree and, apparently, reigniting hatred against vulnerable trans women and girls. In this case, Republican Go
Kentucky candle factory workers sue company, alleging 'flagrant indifference' to their safety
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A number of Kentucky candle factory workers who said supervisors threatened them with firing if they left the site before last week’s deadly tornado have sued the company.
The lawsuit states that Mayfield Consumer P
In December 2020, Louie Gohmert sued Mike Pence to try to force him to go along with coup
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In the last days of December 2020, Politico noted a decidedly odd story. That’s when Rep. Louie Gohmert, along with a group of would-be Donald Trump electors from Arizona, filed suit against Mike Pence—not for violating the 1887 Electoral Count Act,
'Flagrant indifference': Candle factory workers who say they were threatened with firing sue company
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A number of Kentucky candle factory workers who said supervisors threatened them with firing if they left the site before last week’s deadly tornado have sued the company.
The lawsuit states that Mayfield Consumer P
Lord Manchin's ego will likely stay on display into 2022, as he keeps holding up Build Back Better
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Sen. Joe Manchin is giving himself his absolute favorite Christmas present this year: the continuing attention of the media, the president, and congressional leaders as he delays Build Back Better with his constantly shifting demands. It looks like the l
Chair of Jan. 6 House committee says testimony from Raffensperger is proving he is a key witness
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The chairman of the House committee investigating the terrorist attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 is speaking out for the first time publicly—saying that based on his testimony, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is a crucial witness who
DeSantis and Noem fret that COVID-19 relief money is somehow unfair to their states. Reality differs
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Republican governors are experiencing the benefits of President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan. Their budgets are afloat on a tide of money coming from the COVID-19 relief bill, which is funding priorities from rural hospitals to water and sewer syst
End abusive Virginia facility's ICE contract now, more than 100 groups urge Biden administration
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More than 100 state and national groups including the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, Progress Virginia, and Doctors for Camp Closure are urging Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to shut down a priva
Media outlets claim indicting Mark Meadows would be a political act. Media outlets are wrong
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Before the indictment of Trump adviser and former Campaign Chair Steve Bannon, a flurry of articles warned that the Department of Justice (DOJ) had not issued a criminal indictment in such a case in years. Many predicted that no indictment would be forthcomin
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: «Dragging democracy to hell»
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Renée Graham of the Boston Globe writes that time is running out for American democracy and the rule of law
We’re less than a month away from the first anniversary of the day when Trump’s white supremacist supporters assaulted police o
Morning Digest: South Carolina Republicans propose dueling House maps with starkly different lines
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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Daniel Donner, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar.
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News Roundup: Meadows held in contempt (the official kind); Fox News tries to explain hosts' texts
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In the news today: There's been significant public movement of late in multiple investigations of the Jan. 6 coup attempt, and all of it points to an organized, pre-planned effort to erase the 2020 U.S. presidential election by proclaiming that Trump's l
If Democrats don't act now, Republicans plan to hold the entire U.S. economy hostage in 2023
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If Republicans take over the House of Representatives in 2023, they intend to force the Biden administration into making drastic cuts to domestic social programs in exchange for “agreeing” to raise the nation’s debt ceiling. Goaded by Donald Trump, thei
Viral video reveals well-funded tech startup pitched Tasing migrants from drones
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Tech is rising and taking over across the globe, but of course not without consequences. A tech company that gained popularity for its efforts to help law enforcement agencies through the use of nonviolent robots has come under fire after a promotional video
Former Houston cop faces 20 years in prison for driving man off the road due to election conspiracy
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On Tuesday, former Houston police captain Mark Aguirre was indicted on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for his 2020 attack on and air conditioning technician he believed was secretly transporting 750,000 “harvested ballots
More evidence of Jan. 6 election subversion scheme mounts
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In the months before the 2020 election, lies about widespread voter fraud steadily spewed from former President Donald Trump’s lips and fingertips like so much sewage from a busted septic line. But among a tranche of text messages obtained by the Jan.
'I heard that with my own ears': Candle factory reportedly threatened workers before tornado hit
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Candle factory worker Andrea Miranda described to MSNBC’s José Díaz-Balart how she thought she was going to die when a tornado ripped through Mayfield, Kentucky, last week. “What I remember is when the building moved left, right, an
Despite GOP efforts, Lucy Koh confirmed as the first Korean American federal appeals judge
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Nationwide, members of the Asian American Pacific Islander community are turning their pain into action. They are running for office and being elected in record numbers for seats from the local to federal level, many as firsts in their states and nationally.
As of the time of writing, President Joe Biden is not extending the current pause on federal student loan payments. This means that payments will be due again as of Feb. 1, 2022, even though we are still in an ongoing global pandemic. Even though we’re stil
Kentucky candle factory reportedly threatened workers for wanting to go home before tornado hit
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Candle factory worker Andrea Miranda described to MSNBC’s José Díaz-Balart how she thought she was going to die when a tornado ripped through Mayfield, Kentucky, last week. “What I remember is when the building moved left, right, an
Damning evidence mounts as contours of plot to subvert democracy are exposed
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In the months before the 2020 election, lies about widespread voter fraud steadily spewed from former President Donald Trump’s lips and fingertips like so much sewage from a busted septic line. But among a tranche of text messages obtained by the Jan.
Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia got a a little touchy Wednesday when it was revealed he wanted to kill the child tax credit in the Democrats' Build Back Better bill.
«Talks between Manchin and Biden are NOT going well on Build Back Better, per sourc
Anti-vaxx Chronicles: I should've saved this weird Santa-gnome guy for Christmas
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This series documents stories from the Herman Cain Awards subreddit tracking the COVID mis- and disinformation on Facebook that is leading to so many deaths. Today’s cautionary tale is … weird.
Conservative appeals court's decision keeping Remain in Mexico in place slammed as 'nonsensical'
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As expected, a conservative appeals court this week rejected the Biden administration’s second attempt to end the policy that forces asylum-seekers to wait for their U.S. immigration court dates in Mexico. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with
Biden's universal preschool plan could boost the economy by helping moms go back to work
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Public school options start at age five for most kids, with kindergarten. President Joe Biden wants to change that by including universal preschool in his Build Back Better plan. The Build Back Better bill that passed the House includes $109 billion to f
Derek Chauvin changes plea to guilty in federal case against him
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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin changed his not guilty plea in the federal case against him on Wednesday, instead deciding to plead guilty to depriving George Floyd of his civil rights. The plea caps the murderer’s additional time in pr
President Biden visits tornado-ravaged Kentucky as Gov. Beshear opens parks to those left homeless
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Each year around Christmas, my family rents a cabin at Lake Barkley State Park in Kentucky. The lake is beautiful, the park is beautiful, the cabins are spacious, and if I reserve in time, it’s possible to get one that where they tolerate th
As President Biden heads to Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear makes a move to help desperate families
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Each year around Christmas, my family rents a cabin at Lake Barkley State Park in Kentucky. The lake is beautiful, the park is beautiful, the cabins are spacious, and if I reserve in time, it’s possible to get one that where they tolerate th
Gov. DeSantis continues in his efforts to out-Trump Trump with ridiculous new 'Stop W.O.K.E Act'
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gave a press conference Wednesday with his Lt. Gov. Jeanette Núñez and his Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran, along with a few conservative moms from the activist group Moms For Liberty, and their daughters
The Senate changed its rules to save the economy. One senator wants a repeat to save the democracy
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The Senate found a way to bypass the filibuster to raise the debt ceiling, and Sen. Raphael Warnock is pushing to use that as a model for voting rights legislation—and he clearly got the attention of many of his fellow Senate Democrats.
The
For his failure to fully cooperate with the congressional committee investigating the insurrection and attempted coup at the U.S. Capitol this January, former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows was held in contempt of Congress late Tuesday in
Fox hosts laugh off texts asking Trump to stop Jan. 6 violence
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There’s a pattern that keeps repeating over the last five years. Republicans—usually Donald Trump—do something that is objectively awful: Insult a Gold Star family. Call veterans “losers.” Explain how being a star entitles you to commit se
In a speech on the House floor, Liz Cheney called out two prominent Republicans as liars
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Late Tuesday, Congress voted 222-208 with only two Republicans joining their Democratic colleagues to hold Trump’s former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress. This comes after weeks of Meadows’ cowardice, pretend cooperation, an
‘Flat false’: Liz Cheney calls Jim Jordan and Kevin McCarthy full of … lies
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Late Tuesday, Congress voted 222-208 with only two Republicans joining their Democratic colleagues to hold Trump’s former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress. This comes after weeks of Meadows’ cowardice, pretend cooperation, an
