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Laura Clawson's Profile
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Daily Kos contributing editor since December 2006. Full-time staff since 2011, currently assistant managing editor. laura at dailykos
Real Name: Laura Clawson
Groups: Top Comments, Daily Kos Elections, Daily Kos, Saturday Evening Geek Out, Pro Choice, In Support of Labor and Unions, Take New Hampshire Forward!, Educator Voices, Comics, Kossack Air Force, A Fighting Chance, Daily Kos Labor, Occupy Wall Street, Transcripts and Documents, Daily Kos Economics, DKE Ticker, Five Questions, Daily Kos Liveblogs
Twitter: lauraclawson
Diaries published: 14619 (1 day since last diary on Thu Dec 07, 2023 at 02:00 PM PST)
Comments posted: 32325 (7 days since last comment on Fri Dec 01, 2023 at 07:21 AM PST)
Diary frequency: frequent
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 263525
Total Comment Ratings: 77190
Most Recommended Diary: Dominion has Fox News by the throat, 428 comments, 864 recommends
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House Speaker Mike Johnson has—gasp!— compromised again . The latest version of the $886 billion National Defense Authorization Act, unveiled late Wednesday, does not include Republican measures ...
by Laura Clawson
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on Thu Dec 07, 2023 at 02:00 PM PST
with 156 Recommends
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Republicans held their fourth presidential primary debate, and once again, the likely nominee wasn’t on stage. Let’s be clear: Donald Trump is at nearly 60% in the national polling average, well over 40 percentage points ahead of Florida Gov. Ron...
by Laura Clawson
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on Thu Dec 07, 2023 at 08:35 AM PST
with 92 Recommends
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Pennsylvania’s Central Bucks School District was one of the places where Moms for Liberty lost big in the 2023 elections, with a right-wing school board majority swept out and replaced with ...
by Laura Clawson
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on Wed Dec 06, 2023 at 05:00 PM PST
with 304 Recommends
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Taylor Swift is Time Magazine’s person of the year, a choice that makes perfect sense. Swift’s Eras Tour is on track to break global records for tour earnings. A concert film also smashed ...
by Laura Clawson
296 comments
on Wed Dec 06, 2023 at 12:32 PM PST
with 672 Recommends
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When news broke of a rape allegation against Florida GOP Chair Christian Ziegler, the husband of Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler,
by Laura Clawson
85 comments
on Wed Dec 06, 2023 at 11:20 AM PST
with 197 Recommends
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Hunter Biden’s offer to testify publicly before the House Oversight Committee left Republicans struggling to explain why they don’t want him talking publicly and are demanding a closed-door deposition. Their demands have not been compelling, and...
by Laura Clawson
53 comments
on Wed Dec 06, 2023 at 07:06 AM PST
with 354 Recommends
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