In latest xenophobic stunt, Ron DeSantis tries to gin up controversy over routine flights
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The federal government has routinely flown asylum-seeking children on domestic flights for many years now. Some to be transferred to a different Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) contracted facility, others t
Rittenhouse verdict sets the stage for more guns, vigilantes, racist 'stand your ground' laws
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Any way you slice it, America has a unique and terrifying relationship with guns, and the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse last week proves this. The verdict equally shows a peek into a future with more guns, more armed vigilantes, and more lame self-defense exc
DeSantis pretends asylum-seeking kids' flights are controversial. They've been happening for years
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The federal government has routinely flown asylum-seeking children on domestic flights for many years now. Some to be transferred to a different Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) contracted facility, others t
Closing arguments start in the trial of three white men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery
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On Monday, the trial of the three white men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a young Black man, comes to its finish as prosecutors are slated to make their closing arguments before jurors commence deliberations on a verdict.
Travis and Gregory McMi
Morning Digest: When the disarray is real—meet the Republican Senate primary in Pennsylvania
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Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Aftermath of the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict
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After Rittenhouse verdict, it's time to question the law
The trial came down to two dueling narratives. To the prosecutors, Rittenhouse was a vigilante with an AR-15-style weapon who went looking for trouble. To the defense,
Rittenhouse makes mockery of justice system. Then, Proud Boys make mockery of NYPD
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Following the not guilty verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse case, video has began to circulate online of several white supremacists celebrating the acquittal. And well, that’s sadly expected following a presidency that championed such hate. But if th
News Roundup: Some justice for Lamb; Republicans stewing over Youngkin
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In the news today: Criminal justice, or the lack thereof. Meanwhile, Glenn Youngkin is already in hot water with Trump Republicans for not moving swiftly to attack mask mandates, and the gas price panic that Republicans desperately tried to stoke appears alre
Untraceable 3D-printed guns are now an epidemic, and the GOP is making it worse
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Bryan Muehlburger is considered an expert on ghost guns—but never asked to be one. On a Thursday morning in 2019, his 15-year-old daughter was waiting for friends at Saugus High School in California. Children’s backpacks were scattered across the quad whe
Sweden brings criminal indictments against two fossil fuel executives for 'grave war crimes'
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On Thursday, Nov. 11, prosecutors in Sweden indicted two Lundin Oil executives for complicity in war crimes perpetrated in Sudan, between the years of 1999 and 2003. Chairman Ian Lundin and former CEO Alex Schneiter reportedly called upon the Sudane
Nuts & Bolts—Inside a Democratic campaign: Calling out a campaign for hitting below the belt
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Welcome back to the weekly Nuts & Bolts Guide to small campaigns. We have had an unusual period in the last few weeks, including a U.S. Representative openly publishing a cartoon threatening the life of another elected official. These issues ar
Whether thousands of Americans will live or die may be decided Tuesday—by random drawing
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You wouldn’t know it from very many corporate-owned media sources, but the fate of literally thousands—if not millions—of Americans is being decided Tuesday—in a random drawing, much like a lottery.
That’s because our federal judiciary has become s
A drunk mechanic, shackled immigrants, a crash landing: The dangers of ICE flights
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Detained immigrants are at risk on ICE Air’s charters, which face minimal regulation by aviation watchdog agencies.
By Angelika Albaladejo for Capital & Main
This article was produced in partnership with USA Today.
As a private jet hired by Immi
NASA astronaut poised to be the first Black woman to join International Space Station crew
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Starting in April 2022, Jessica Watkins will make history in her new home on the International Space Station (ISS). Watkins will be the first Black woman to live and work on ISS.
When Watkins joins the SpaceX Crew-4, the fourth rota
Anti-vaxx Chronicles: He still believed in his immune system
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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
Psst, gas prices are falling, partly thanks to President Biden. Someone alert the GOP
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Gas prices are falling now? Fine, but this doesn’t come close to making up for the gelding of Mr. Potato Head or the fiendish plot to make children’s books marginally less racist.
Heading into the holiday season, Republicans are clearly rooting for bad n
Cameron Lamb's family gets imperfect, but historic justice when white cop convicted
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A white cop still employed by the Kansas City Police Department in Missouri was convicted on Friday of involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action after he shot and killed a Black man and planted evidence to justify his actions, prosecutors said. Detec
Will California get its shot at single-payer health care?
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Democratic Assemblymember Ash Kalra is proposing a bill to jump-start the process, but Big Medicine will fight to kill it.
By Mark Kreidler for Capital & Main
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought all sorts of uncomfortable truths to the surface in Cal
Be careful during holiday travel: COVID-19 is surging and hospitals are filling up again
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As many of us begin to make plans for the fall and winter holiday season, it can be all too tempting to try and forget that there’s a global pandemic that’s still very much an issue. While it’s absolutely fantastic that the COVID-19 vaccine is more avai
In rapidly diversifying Minnesota, COVID-19 has intensified the challenges immigrant workers face
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by Cirien Saadeh
This story was originally published at Prism.
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Minnesota meatpacking plants have been epicenters of both the virus itself, and of workers organizing in response to demand safer and more equitabl
Glenn Youngkin is already being rebuked by right-wingers for insufficient loyalty to MAGA madness
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Racism and bigotry were the jet fuel that launched Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin to his gubernatorial victory earlier this month. Somehow, he got the fuel mix right, adding just enough incendiary nonsense to his campaign speeches while keeping obvious, b
Boston’s first woman, person of color, and Asian American mayor is wasting no time
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On Tuesday, Michelle Wu made history in Boston when she was sworn in as the City on the Hill’s first woman, first person of color, and first Asian American popularly elected mayor. After she was sworn in, Mayor Wu told reporters, “We have so much wor
This Black Music Sunday, we're cookin' soul food while stuffing ourselves with the sounds of soul
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I had to grin when I found out that Nov.21 is celebrated as National Stuffing Day. Stuffing and dressing are probably my favorite parts of Thanksgiving dinner, and I’m already looking forward to cooking and eating it this week. In my home, we celebrat
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Don't let the Rittenhouse acquittal distract from Build Back Better
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Before getting to the legal, political, and cultural ramifications of the “not guilty” verdicts in the Kyle Rittenhouse case, I want to note that Friday’s passage of the Build Back Better bill by the House is a BFD.
And that’s especially true when li
Community Spotlight: You never forget your first time
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Daily Kos allows its members to be as anonymous as we like. We choose our own usernames, and we’re not required to provide our given names. As for the rest of our identities, we can reveal or keep back as much as we like.
Even with that anonymity, when yo
Watch Denver journalist condemn Lauren Boebert for saying ‘cruel, false, and bigoted’ things
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On Wednesday, Republican pooperstar Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, one of the more wretched politicians allowed onto the House floor, spewed out an Islamophobic, invective-filled rant. Specifically, she attacked Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, saying sh
#BuildBackBetterAct: One down, one to go. Now, the really hard part begins.
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On November 19, the U.S. House passed the Build Back Better Act. It is no exaggeration to say that for these members, this may be the most impactful vote of their careers. It is undoubtedly a victory for the American people. And now, it is incumbent on the U.
Putting white men on trial doesn’t equal justice for Black people
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by Cat Brooks
This story was originally published at Prism.
In three courtrooms, in three American cities, the same familiar scene is unfolding. With arrogance, disdain, and even laughter, white men who have committed egregious acts of violence in
Tom Morello and John Oliver give unions a big week on TV, this week in the war on workers
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This week, 10,000 John Deere workers ended their strike after six weeks. It was also a really good week for unions on TV, between a typically sharp John Oliver segment explaining union-busting, and a Tonight Show performance by Tom Mo
Connect! Unite! Act! We seriously have to talk about the love for food on Daily Kos
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Connect! Unite! Act! is a weekly series that seeks to create face-to-face networks in each congressional district. Groups meet regularly to socialize, get out the vote, support candidates, and engage in other local political actions that help our progressive
Rittenhouse verdict celebrated on right-wing social media as green light for killing protesters
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The exultation on right-wing social media following Kyle Rittenhouse’s acquittal has been sickeningly predictable: Mainstream conservatives loudly valorize Rittenhouse as a “hero,” while more extremist voices, applying the same logic, demand t
Anti-vaxx Chronicles: This is a story about an owner of an anti-vaxx Facebook group
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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
'This is a life changer': Teachers and others celebrate public service student loan forgiveness
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Weeks before student loan payments are set to resume after being suspended during the pandemic, 30,000 people are seeing loan forgiveness become a reality. The Biden administration’s changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program are going into effe
Trump looks to be putting the screws to both McCarthy and McConnell
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When House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was asked by a reporter this week when he last talked to Donald Trump, he paused for a millisecond before landing on what was probably the truth.
«Uhhh, this morning,» McCarthy said on Thursday, the day a
Getting Joe Manchin's vote on BBB could come down to one of the weirdest situations of the century
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The fate of the Build Back Better legislation, including the future of U.S. participation in attempts to limit the impact of the climate crisis, may depend on one of the weirdest phenomena of the modern world. It’s a trend that crosses an outdated tech
Research on irrecoverable carbon highlights need for Indigenous stewardship
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Research released on Thursday in the journal Nature Sustainability shows the many natural wonders across the planet must be preserved to combat climate change effectively. From Russia’s peatlands to the Amazon rainforest, those regions store substantial amo
Democratic lawmakers blast Supreme Court commission for 'both-sidesing' court politicization
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Four congressional Democrats wrote a scathing letter to President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court reform commission this week, calling out the commission’s failure to address or even examine the degree to which dark money groups with well-funded lobbying c
It shouldn't need to be said, but after the Rittenhouse verdict, you might need to hear this
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Friday was a horrible day for those of us who abhor the worst of this nation’s original values, norms, and laws. You know the ones—the ones that enable white men to rule over women and people of color with an iron fist, the ones that protect the wealth o
Secret ALEC-run 'Academy' of right-wing lawmakers met to discuss voter suppression strategies
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American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) ran an “Academy” for state lawmakers on voter suppression last July, and according to The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), it was a doozy of a party, with many right-wing players in attendan
