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White House Picture of the Day for December 8th, 2023
Welcome to White House Picture of the Day (Formerly known as MF Daily and before that, Mojo Friday’s Weekly Open Thread) Showcasing a photo from the White House Photography staff, led by Adam ...
bsegel 12/08/2023 1
Trump Admits He'll Be A Dictator
Markos on the Republican debate, Kevin McCarthy and Hunter Biden on the latest episode of Thursday Kos. Hear the full episode on Make It Plain.
Make It Plain 12/07/2023 2
Notes from South Asia: BJP Wins State Elections, India, Counteroffensive, Myanmar, Justice in Nepal
Hello, everyone! Welcome to this edition of Notes from South Asia. You can find the previous edition here. Today, we will cover the Indian National Congress’s (INC’s) failure in three state elections in India, The 1027 counter offensive against Myanmar...
AVeng 12/07/2023 7
Countdown With Keith Olbermann, S2E87: Trump Leak: VP ... Tucker Carlson? Because Hitler Is Dead?
S2E87 of the Countdown podcast is up at iHeart Radio. S2E87 on Omny.FM (and links to all of his podcasts) ivoox also carries his podcast. YouTube: Preview: A-Block SPECIAL COMMENT: Dictator-On-Day-One Trump continues to measure the windows for the new...
Proginoskes 12/07/2023 2
IAN: December 8th 2023: A Modern Hanukkah Song diary.
Happy Friday! Hanukkah started at sundown yesterday, so I thought I would do a modern Hanukkah song diary this week. May your holiday be bright and peaceful.� Bit has a short shift tomorrow, so that�
FloridaSNMOM 12/07/2023 4
Ukraine Invasion Day 653: lots of different operational tempos in the battlespaces
Russian forces may be suffering losses along the entire front in Ukraine at a rate close to the rate at which Russia is currently generating new forces. The US pushed for large-scale, combined arms offensives. But Ukraine faced unexpected difficulties...
annieli 12/07/2023 20
Overnight News Digest: Earth on the brink of five catastrophic climate tipping points
Tonight’s news awaits your comments. Everyone is encouraged to share their 2¢ or articles, stories, and tweets. This is an open thread.
Magnifico 12/07/2023 19
Top Comments: It's Not the Aurora Borealis, It's... Steve
Here at Top Comments we strive to nourish community by rounding up some of the site's best, funniest, most mojo'd & most ...
gizmo59 12/07/2023 8
PWB Peeps: Open Thread Hannukah!
NB:� strawbale is unable to join us until Saturday, so I am reposting for her. � Please to enjoy! Another of the season’s festivals of light and renewal.
The Marti 12/07/2023 46
PWB Peeps Open Thread: Hannukah!
Another of the season’s festivals of light and renewal.
strawbale 12/07/2023 3
Too many people want a Trump dictatorship
There’s no failure of the imagination among us as to the horrors a Trump dictatorship would entail. It’s not a problem of how to explain it to people in simple terms. People understand what a Trump dictatorship means, and some people, way too many...
Alonso del Arte 12/07/2023 8
Kitchen Table Kibitzing: Back to Yoga For First Time Since Covid
When the news came Monday that the small quiet gym I’d been attending for the past year was closing, I decided it was time for me to move across the street to The Studio in Mill Valley and sign up ...
boatsie 12/07/2023 63
📚 Write On! The audience and the connect.
Hiya, writers and friends. So, last week we were talking about the necessity of engaging readers/audience, and that it’s really pretty biological with them! Some of that has to do with the audience identifying with the characters or situation, and we...
mettle fatigue 12/07/2023 70
A Song of Zion: Chanukkah, oh, Chanukkah!
Ninalyn of the DailyKOS community presents a songfilk: I have a new menorah, I got it just this year I’ll put it in my window to spread Chanukkah cheer! Menorah, my menorah, I got it just this year I’ll put it in my window to spread Chanukkah cheer! I...
Ninalyn 12/07/2023 67
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN---DAY1051---THIRD YEAR DAY351---EVENING SHADE Thursday
W E L C O M E TO THE SHADE YOU WILL FIND in the DIARIES a LOT of POLITICS AND EVEN MORE CATS THE PERSON who MAKES the FIRST COMMENT WILL GET TWO CATS EVERY PERSON WHO COMMENTS WILL GET A CAT RULES IN THE DIARY WHEN YOU FIND SOMETHING in the DIARY that...
hpg 12/07/2023 201
The NRA cannot hide the blood on their hands
When I say “the NRA” I mean every member, and also every politician who has accepted money from the National Rifle Association to fund their campaigns. An issue that is closely related to gun violence in the USA is the problem of politicians legally...
Perlinator 12/07/2023 2
Cassidy Hutchinson warns that Trump is a feather-triggered fascist with a 'volcanic temper'
Cassidy Hutchinson was once Trump's Chief of Staff Mark Meadow’s right-hand woman. She has a rare gift. She radiates honesty. And in modest, calm tones, Hutchinson conveys Trump’s unstable nature better than a raft of professional pundits. She spoke...
TheCriticalMind 12/07/2023 32
McCarthy is out, Gaetz is scared, and Dems finally got SWAG!
Pop the cork gang—Kevin McCarthy has decided to take his toys and go home by the end of the year! Democrats are glad, Republicans are mad, but guess who is pissed off the most: Gaetz! That’s right, the guy with the massive eight-head (yah know, as...
sepiasiren 12/07/2023 121
Fake electors everywhere are indicted with Chesebro's help, next week he visits Arizona
The 2020 fake electors in Michigan and Georgia have been charged, the team in Wisconsin just admitted their crimes, and six fake bozos in Nevada were indicted this week. When Democrat Kris Mayes was running for Attorney General in Arizona last year, a...
Mother Mags 12/07/2023 28
More Russian stuff blowing up: Ukrainian sniper details record-breaking shot
The captain has illuminated the seat belt sign. Please return your trays to the upright position. That’s a damn shame about your electric infrastructure. This is reportedly a factory that produces transformers and other electrical equipment. That’s a...
quaoar 12/07/2023 24
Democrats tap George Santos' predecessor in race to fill Santos' seat
Democratic leaders unsurprisingly announced on Thursday that they'd chosen former Rep. Tom Suozzi to be the party's nominee in the closely watched Feb. 13 special election to replace Suozzi's successor, expelled GOP Rep. George Santos. Suozzi has spent...
Jeff Singer 12/07/2023 3
Far-right Republicans are furious after anti-abortion measure dropped from defense bill
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 ...
Laura Clawson 12/07/2023 46
It's high time: 6 Democratic governors urge Biden to push DEA to reschedule marijuana by end of year
Six Democratic governors have sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging the administration�to push the Drug Enforcement Administration to “reschedule”�marijuana as a less dangerous Class III ...
Charles Jay 12/07/2023 52
ICYMI: Alito won’t do what’s right and Taylor Swift triggers the right
Justice Samuel Alito: A refusal of recusal As plaintiffs seek to fundamentally alter U.S. tax law, Justice Samuel Alito stands as the justice most sympathetic to their case—even more so than the far-right stalwart Clarence Thomas. Could it be that...
Jen Hayden 12/07/2023 10
I was scammed and lost everything, don't let it happen to you.
So we decided to flee Indiana. For background, my name is Alexis, I'm a nonbinary trans person, married to my trans husband Ian, and we have 2 kids, Felix, aged 12, and Zinnia age 9. Indiana is currently attempting the "Florida Speedrun" insofar as it...
A Bleeding God 12/07/2023 92
Loyal, angry, and ready to break the law: How Trump plans to staff his Cabinet
In a lot of ways, it’s a dream job: good pay, great benefits, lots of power, and the ability to break the law with impunity. All it requires is surrendering your soul to Donald Trump. Axios ...
Mark Sumner 12/07/2023 52
West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thurs Podcast (Audio)
Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​​​​​​​ Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump ‘will do whatever is necessary for him to...
justiceputnam 12/07/2023 1
The ignorance of Liz Cheney
Despite the fact that I like almost everybody at Daily Kos have sharp disagreements with Liz Cheney in almost every policy area with only a few exceptions, I have strongly supported her because she has been one of the strongest and few republican...
Dem 12/07/2023 18
Do Biden and Harris need to propose "Radical Change?"
I got a shock a few weeks ago around a Thanksgiving table that my family and I did not get to share. Our plans for a happy turkey meal together had been dashed by the hosting family getting COVID only a few days before. Trying to make the best of a bad...
rflctammt 12/07/2023 23
Pioneer farming
Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour cleverly hidden at the intersection of religion and politics. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments about the day. The ...
Ojibwa 12/07/2023 8
Unholy Moses: Mike Johnson claims God chose him to lead America to a Republican promised land
House Speaker Mike Johnson, whose grand vision for America includes transforming every uterus in the country into a Pez dispenser, is convinced he’s the North American Moses who will lead his people to the Promised Land. What Promised Land does he...
Aldous J Pennyfarthing 12/07/2023 129
Photo Diary: Florida Botanical Garden, St Pete FL
One of my favorite places for an afternoon walk. There’s always something in bloom, and local wildlife to see. Some photos. For those who don't know, I live in a converted campervan and travel ...
Lenny Flank 12/07/2023 4
LYIN' LARA Trump Flips Charges (that Donald Trump is Running for President to Avoid Prison) to Biden
It has become increasingly clear that the primary campaign strategy of Donald Trump as he seeks to reoccupy the White House is a variation on the elementary school debate response, "I know you are, but what am I?" It shouldn't surprise anyone that the...
News Corpse 12/07/2023 11
Sen. J.D. Vance demands Justice Department investigate Trump-critical Washington Post editorial
On Nov. 30, Washington Post Editor-at-Large Robert Kagan wrote an extended opinion piece arguing that Donald Trump is on a "clear path" to establishing a dictatorship in this country, and that ...
Hunter 12/07/2023 235
California's big oil refiners raked in record profit margin of $1.49 per gallon of gas in September!
Los Angeles, CA -- Californians are being gouged at the gas pumps as the profit margins of California’s big oil refiners soar to unheard-of levels. New data posted by the California Energy Commission reveals that as California gasoline prices were...
Dan Bacher 12/07/2023 7
Georgia GOP shreds diverse districts, defying court order to remedy discrimination
Georgia's Republican-run legislature has passed new maps for Congress , the state Senate , and ...
Stephen Wolf 12/07/2023 18
In the Cold Night: A ShelterBox story
Found this sweet story. Sharing because I liked it. Ooooo Now there is an influencer spot for people to help push ShelterBox on social media! volunteer influencer
TexMex 12/07/2023 2
Today in Congress: Johnson’s inexperience showing; Ukraine stalemate continues
House and Senate negotiators reached agreement on a major defense and national security policy bill, the National Defense Authorization Act, on Wednesday. It’s likely to be the only legislative ...
Joan McCarter 12/07/2023 41
Retracted
Admin note: this story, originally titled "Could it be that the Hamas October 7 attack was "provoked"?," has been retracted due to multiple violations of our Rules of the Road, including disinformation and inadequate evaluation of sources.
Frank Vyan Walton 12/07/2023 151
Another lackluster GOP debate fails to upend dominance of absent front-runner
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...
Laura Clawson 12/07/2023 80
Indians 101: Northwest Coast Killer Whale crests (museum exhibit)
The First Nations of the Northwest Coast have a way of life which is oriented toward the sea.� These peoples lived in permanent villages with complex social organizations. Northwest Coast art, like ...
Ojibwa 12/07/2023 4
New report unsurprisingly shows that profiteers have raised prices well above the rise in costs
A new report from progressive UK.-based think-tanks IPPR and Common Wealth says profiteering played a major role in jacking up prices far above the rise in costs, reinforcing a previous but narrower study showing such an impact. Among other things, the...
Meteor Blades 12/07/2023 132
West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Daily Special Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays 8am PT/11am ET
West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump ‘will do whatever is necessary for him to take power.’ Then, on the...
justiceputnam 12/07/2023 1
The gag order's back, as is Previous Guy, prior to Monday's testimony in the New York fraud trial
"Trump is really here as a spectator. He did not have to be here until Monday when he's expected to take the stand once again," An angry Donald Trump called New York Attorney General Letitia James a "lunatic" as he attended his $250 million fraud trial...
annieli 12/07/2023 4
Latest letter to Hunter Biden is a prime example of Republican hypocrisy
Republicans provided another textbook example of massive hypocrisy on Wednesday with a letter ordering Hunter Biden to appear for a hearing on Dec. 13. The letter to Hunter’s attorney says that he has no choice. He must appear for a closed-door...
Mark Sumner 12/07/2023 151
What Little Transparency Google Provides Shows It's 'Open Season For Greenwashing'
Did you know you can search up what companies are advertising on Google via its Ads Transparency Center? Were you also aware that this tool is basically useless? That's, sadly, one of the main findings of the latest Climate Action Against...
ClimateDenierRoundup 12/07/2023 3
Kagro in the Morning is LIVE at 9 AM ET!
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David Waldman 12/07/2023 1
Caribbean Matters: Understanding Venezuela's efforts to seize two-thirds of Guyana
While most U.S. media has its international news attention trained on events taking place in the Middle East and Ukraine, President Mohamed Irfaan Ali of Guyana is making Caribbean and South American headlines. I doubt that most Americans would...
Denise Oliver Velez 12/07/2023 206
Cheers and Jeers: Thursday
Breaking News House Republicans said Wednesday they've uncovered fresh evidence of corruption by President Biden, inching them closer to launching a formal impeachment inquiry. According to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), the president was seen...
Bill in Portland Maine 12/07/2023 72

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