The Recap: Epstein accomplice eyes a pardon, and why Trump says Obama ‘owes me big’
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You'll never believe why Trump claims 'Obama owes me big'
News flash: Presidential immunity is beneficial only to presidents who are corrupt.
This confessional was posted to Reddit’s r/centrist community. In it, a Tennessee Democrat explains why he voted for Donald Trump in 2024, despite voting Democratic downballot. I’m sharing it with commentary because it offers a window into Trump’s endur
Caribbean Matters: Trump-loving Puerto Rico governor targets trans people
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Puerto Rico has made it into mainland news he
Trump has a knack for good politics—and Democrats should copy it
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People feel disconnected from politics and government. And that disconnection leads them to vote based on nonissues like trans athletes. The best way to reconnect them? Make it blazingly obvious how the government helps them.
For example, don’t just
Media keeps caving to Trump, but FCC goon demands even more
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Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr was asked about Stephen Colbert, whose show was canceled in what many view as a craven concession to appease President Donald Trump, during an appearance on CNBC Friday.
“They have such a storied history
Lee Zeldin might be dismantling the Environmental Protection Agency bit by bit, but at least he’s making gas cans great again.
The EPA administrator announced Friday that he had made an official plea to gas-can manufacturers, begging them to change their s
Supreme Court cleared the way for Trump's war on homeless people
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Even in an era where every new presidential executive order is a body blow, President Donald Trump’s “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets” is particularly awful. Ostensibly about “making America safe again and ending homelessness,” per
Bye, George! Santos heads to federal prison with flair
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Disgraced former GOP Rep. George Santos of New York reported to federal prison Friday to begin his sentence of more than seven years. He pleaded guilty in April to a series of fraud schemes ranging from wire fraud to aggravated identity theft.
But if yo
EPA extends leave and demands answers from employees who signed a ‘declaration of dissent’
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A union representative for the employees is objecting to a survey in which the workers must now disclose if they signed the declaration at work using EPA computers, calling the survey an improper “investigatory tool.”
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How an iPhone app became a vital tool in fighting Trump’s ICE goons
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The ICEBlock app is a game-changer. Allowing users to report ICE activity on a crowdsourced and anonymous—though this cannot be fully guaranteed—platform, the app is like Waze but for immigration enforcement.
According to its creator Joshua Aaron, ICEBlo
There is no doubt that the American public is pissed off about Donald Trump’s cover-up around the Epstein files—and his most loyal Republican minions are feeling the wrath.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was called a “pedophile” by a heckler during
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wants Elon Musk’s companies to “thrive”—a sharp turnabout just one day after the White House expressed doubt about whether Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, should continue receiving government c
The Recap: The worst abortion lawsuit yet, and Trump's tariffs come for Halloween
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The worst person you know just filed the worst abortion lawsuit in Texas
The arguments are nonsense, but that doesn’t matter when the courts are
Trump's team announces new target in sanctuary city skirmish
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As it turns out, no amount of ass-kissing could save beleaguered New York City Mayor Eric Adams from President Donald Trump’s wrath.
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday that the Department of Justice is suing the Big Apple and its mayor fo
Watch GOP lawmaker get caught BS-ing about Jeffrey Epstein
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GOP Rep. Jason Smith of Missouri appeared on CNN with Kasie Hunt Tuesday, and it was certainly something to behold.
When asked if he would consider using his position as House Ways and Means Committee chair to investigate Jeffrey Epstein, Smith pretend
Lawmakers on both sides are sick of Musk’s dangerous AI
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers is reportedly demanding answers from right-wing billionaire Elon Musk after his AI chatbot, Grok, repeatedly parroted antisemitic hate speech on X, his social media site.
Led by Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada and Republ
The Recap: 'Border czar' explains why ICE act like Nazis, and the Trump team's latest failure
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ICE is paying retirees big bucks to come back and terrorize immigrants
It takes a heartless person and a lot of money to do this awful job.
Senat
Is Trump preparing to pardon Epstein's notorious accomplice?
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Don't look now, but Ghislaine Maxwell's time in federal prison for aiding and abetting accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein could be cut short.
In an effort to distract from the fact that President Donald Trump is refusing to release all of the files the g
Some deportees are leaving El Salvador's hellish megaprison
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Around 230 Venezuelans deported to and imprisoned in El Salvador’s brutal CECOT prison are being sent to Caracas, Venezuela, Daily Kos can confirm.
In exchange, Venezuela will release five U.S. citizens and five U.S. permanent residents into custody
Trump melts down after lewd letter to Jeffrey Epstein is made public
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President Donald Trump is in the midst of a temper tantrum after the Wall Street Journal on Thursday night published the contents of a lewd birthday note he sent to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2003. The note included a doodle of a naked woman an
CBS cancels Trump critic Colbert's 'Late Show'—and faces sharp blowback
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CBS is being criticized after the network announced on Thursday night that its long-running late-night talk show, “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” hosted by the comedian and outspoken Trump critic, would be canceled and go off the air in 2026. The ne
Wait, Trump’s idiotic plan to reopen Alcatraz could cost how much?
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President Donald Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz as a maximum-security prison—and it could cost up to $2 billion, according to Axios.
Trump has long toyed with the idea of reopening the infamous island prison, which is currently a museum and tourist destina
Democrats are using Trump's playbook and going after Fox News
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Congressional Democrats are demanding answers from Fox News after the conservative network edited an interview with President Donald Trump about Jeffrey Epstein, his associate and convicted sex offender.
In a 2024 interview, Fox aired an interview with Trum
Cartoon: Tom the Dancing Bug presents The Heroic Lex Luthor comic book
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A look at some cases dropped by the government's consumer protection watchdog under Trump
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In the nearly six months since the Trump administration has had control of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the bureau’s leadership has focused almost exclusively on rolling back any punishments, fines and penalties made against companies duri
A few weeks ago, I told you that Donald Trump’s Department of Justice had launched an action against Daily Kos.
I couldn’t say much then—and I still can’t. As part of the resolution, we’re required to keep the nature of the action confidential for
Even Republican elections officials aren’t down with Trump’s demands
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If you ever wondered what the next career move might be after “chief of staff for an election denier,” wonder no more.
Jeff Small, former chief of staff for GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, is now an elections consultant. Of course, his “cons
RFK Jr. injects more chaos into the nation’s public health system
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abruptly fired two of his top aides, rattling his department’s leadership team amid his broader attack on the nation’s public health apparatus.
The two ousted officials—chief of staff Heath
President Donald Trump is celebrating an enormous win: allegedly getting Coca-Cola to switch its sweetener from high fructose corn syrup to real cane sugar in the United States.
“I have been speaking to Coca-Cola about using REAL Cane Sugar in Coke i
The Recap: Trump vs. Powell, GOP vs. Big Bird, and Pentagon vs. LA
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Trump really, really wants to tank the economy
And like so much of Trump’s agenda, it’s probably illegal.
Democrats slam Trump and GOP for co
Here’s the latest random country where DHS is illegally shipping immigrants
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The Trump administration has been deporting immigrants to random countries, and they couldn’t be more proud.
On Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security’s Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin boasted on X that “a safe third coun
