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The GOP has been trying to elect a Speaker for over three weeks now, while our side has been unified in rejecting their extreme candidates. Their party has considered and rejected 3 nominees so far, including Rep. Steve Scalise, Rep. Jim Jordan, and...
by bilboteach
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When I was growing up, there were a lot of adults in my community who would never say “the C word.” It was as if naming cancer would somehow taint and infect everyone in hearing distance. Now that I have been diagnosed with both lung cancer — and some...
by Denise Oliver Velez
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Believe it or not—and I really cannot—today marks the 20th anniversary of Daily Kos Elections, the site that began life as the Swing State Project. And what a remarkable journey it’s been. Twenty years ago, I was a first-year law student who’d just...
by David Nir
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A cartoon by Clay Jones.
by Clay Jones
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In 1891, young Dr. William B. Coley had become frustrated with cancer. He was especially saddened by the case of one of his earliest patients, an 18-year-old who had some pain and swelling in her hand in August of the previous year that kept getting...
by skralyx
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Three weeks ago, President Joe Biden took the action many climate activists had been pushing for a long time—forming an American Climate Corps. The idea is to put tens of thousands of young people to work on climate-friendly projects like installing...
by Meteor Blades
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When the leader of House progressives was asked Tuesday whether Democrats would vote to save the speakership of Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy, she unapologetically rejected the prospect out of hand.
by Kerry Eleveld
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If the man who slammed down the gavel on Kevin McCarthy’s time as speaker seems unfamiliar, that’s not surprising. Despite two decades in the House, Rep. Patrick McHenry has a record remarkably unblemished by anything resembling accomplishment. His...
by Mark Sumner
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During a speech on Sunday night, Donald Trump repeatedly spoke as if Barack Obama were the current president. It wasn’t the first time. In recent speeches , Trump has also claimed to have beaten ...
by Mark Sumner
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by Nick Anderson
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