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The End of the American Experiment? Its up to YOU!
Howdy Kos’eteers!  Believe it or not I’ve been following and reading the Daily Kos since if was formed back in the old ‘aughts when Al Gore was still Vice President.  I just wanted to officially introduce myself and my new book The Plot to Destroy...
MalcolmNance 07/11/2018 142 315 - -
Poll: 57% of Democratic voters want candidates "more like Bernie Sanders".
The polling firm asked: "Do you wish the candidates who run for Congress this year will be more or less like Bernie Sanders?" A full 57 percent of Democratic respondents said "more like Bernie Sanders" in response. Sixteen percent said less while 27...
subir 07/11/2018 504 134 - -
Dear NATO leaders: Leave the Table
We who support liberal democracy in the U.S. know very well your discomfort as you sit at a table with a raving, ill-informed fool who thinks he knows more than you do. www.cnn.com/… Our Thanksgiving dinners have gone like this for years. So...
cassandraX 07/11/2018 244 366 - -
today's Rigged Witches news: delirious bedtime tweets to distract from today's gaffes
More Trump desperation on the eve of a major day of demonstrations including a blimp… and the rigged witches appear again. This one really makes no sense at all, and it is good to learn about the condition of Europe’s borders, but he is tweeting...
annieli 07/11/2018 35 66 - -
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH​A: House Republicans Unveil Their New Slogan, To The Roars Of Laughter
#GOPTaxScam #Trumpcare Skyrocketing Health Care Premiums  Trump Russia Scandal Trump Tariffs National Debt Skyrocketing  Children Being Stolen From Their Parents etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. I could go on forever, but...
First Amendment 07/11/2018 428 320 - -
FOX News: Trump 'is Going to Defecate All Over Everything, Squawk and Fly Away'
It's getting more difficult with every new day to ignore just how deferential Donald Trump is to Vladimir Putin. Trump has never been shy about expressing his feelings, particularly when they are brash insults to anyone who he thinks is less than...
News Corpse 07/11/2018 111 204 - -
TX-Sen: Beto O'Rourke's 2nd quarter donations more than double the amount reported by Cruz
Beto O’Rourke has just announced his record-breaking 2nd quarter fundraising totals: Here’s my transcript of his thank you message: Hey! I just wanted to take a second to say thank you to everyone who has helped us to raise money, to be...
nomandates 07/11/2018 24 69 - -
Bill Shine's Wife Darla Attacks Military Women Who Were Harassed, 'What Did You Expect?'
Bill Shine, the new White House communications director, has a real peach of a wife. Darla Shine wrote a book called “Happy Housewives” and she used to be on the radio promoting the book and her vision of how women should and should not live. CNN: ...
ursulafaw 07/11/2018 181 102 - -
Manafort finds a way to sneak emails out of jail
Remember all those pundits who were wondering how in the world could Paul Manafort be so stupid as to try to tamper with witnesses while out on bond? Well … there’s no cure for stupid, as they say. Here is the relevant section from the filing...
quaoar 07/11/2018 191 286 - -
"He rots the soul of a nation"
Traitors are insidious because they are of us. They are “inside the gate” and they know us better than we know ourselves.  If you believe Cicero, the ancient Roman Senator, we are in grave danger as a nation unless we recognize the dissemblers who live...
vjr7121 07/11/2018 40 67 - -
If you want to see evidence that protest works, read this
It’s a dark chapter in history as an ignorant, blathering circus peanut-hued excuse for a president marches this country towards fascism. If you’re paying attention, you’re probably in pain. The news is a flood of sickening ugliness. The tales of...
FaithGardner 07/11/2018 24 115 - -
Utah gun fanatics trail Parkland survivors speaking tour in armored vehicle with replica machine gun
Emma González, David Hogg and Cameron Kasky became household names after they survived a mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Seventeen of their classmates and teachers were not so lucky. Their immediate calls for action...
Jen Hayden 07/11/2018 171 191 - -
Woman Attacks Young Boy For Selling Candy While Black
Yes, the crime wave of [insert verb here] while black continues. This time a woman approached and berated a young boy for….selling candy! However, this story has a hero. A man approached, told the woman off, and bought the young man’s total supply....
barskin 07/11/2018 44 92 - -
Russian State TV thrills over Trump's ghastly NATO performance
Many Americans—including GOP lawmakers and top Trump Cabinet officials—may have been aghast at Donald Trump's school-yard taunts of our closest NATO allies, but pundits on Russian State TV’s "60 Minutes" news show were tickled pink, so to speak.  “I...
Kerry Eleveld 07/11/2018 8 24 - -
PWBPeeps Evening Open Thread: Tennis, Anyone?
Gus and I have been spending an unconscionable amount of time this week watching The Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club — aka Wimbledon. Is it really a surprise that the woozles love tennis? Or, more accurately, love tennis...
Dixiecollie 07/11/2018 46 31 - -
Brett Kavanaugh Is Bad With Money. Is That Good for The Court?
Despite a combined income of over $300,000 a year  Brett Kavanaugh and his wife reported between $50,000 and $200,000 of credit card and other unsecured debt in 2016, debt that either went away or ...
durrati 07/11/2018 46 48 - -
Hey Trey, Hurry the Hell up already
— With ground-breaking analysis like this, it’s no wonder Mr Gowdy can’t finish the hell up, with his Oversight Committee “investigations” {cough} … that go on, and on, and on.  And on some more. Like why doesn’t the guy arrest someone already? ...
jamess 07/11/2018 2 4 - -
GOP lawmakers fret over Trump's slash-and-burn trade war with the world: 'What's the plan?'
Who could have seen it coming? Month after month at rally after rally, Donald Trump sneered and jeered and railed about how the world was cheating us on trade, the system was rigged and he would burn it all down. And now, by god, he's doing it—and...
Kerry Eleveld 07/11/2018 22 24 - -
Ro Khanna rejects LGBTQ+ “Purity Test” in his endorsement of Yang Shao #CA17
Ro Khanna, the freshman congressmember from California’s 17th district, recently created a national outrage on the left when he endorsed Rep. Joe Crowley (NY-14) over fellow Justice Democrat ...
Glen The Plumber 07/11/2018 22 22 - -
NPR: Militant Anti-Abortion Minister Has Change of Heart
NPR has posted a story about Rob Schenck, an Evangelical minister described as “once a militant leader of the anti-abortion movement.” Schenck, after 20 years of picketing Planned Parenthood clinics and lobbying politicians, proclaims that he now...
Witgren 07/11/2018 2 6 - -
Kitchen Table Kibitzing ~ 10 and 2
ZenTrainer 07/11/2018 37 20 - -
IAN:Thursday 7/12/2018 Reorganizing the Pantry
I have a pantry that is a reused water heater closet.  The water heater was moved outside before we bought the house and the pantry had to be a godsend for the former lady of the house.  But it is ...
art ah zen 07/11/2018 4 3 - -
Janz Posts Big Numbers Against Nunes in CA22
Andrew Janz Breaks a Million for the Second Quarter in a Row in Fight to Unseat Devin Nunes in CA-22   Fresno, CA (July 11th , 2018) – Andrew Janz, candidate for the U.S. House in California’s 22nd district released the following statement...
Janzforcongress 07/11/2018 48 160 - -
Michigan ER Doctor Challenges GOP Congressman: "Shadow me for a shift"
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 11, 2018 CONTACT: Ben Gardner, ben@robdavidsonforcongress.com @voterobdavidson www.facebook.com/RobDavidsonForCongress/   Michigan ER doc to congressman: ‘Shadow me for a shift’ to see why patients need...
RobDavidsonforCongress 07/11/2018 46 150 - -
Take a break and celebrate #AllAmericanPetDay with pet pics from staff and community
It’s #AllAmericanPetDay and the world is on fire, so we might as well share some pet pictures, right? Take a self care break and look at some pet photos from the DK Staff—and show some of your own below in the comments! Chris Reeves, Community...
Wagatwe Wanjuki 07/11/2018 118 69 - -
High Water Mark of Trump Presidency: Collapse Beckons
Roy Morrison Op-ed 720 words                                                                High Water Mark of Trump Presidency: Collapse Beckons                                                      ...
RoyMorrison 07/11/2018 125 180 - -
Time to say it... We are in danger as long as he sits in that office
Many of us knew this on election night 2016.  We even felt it during that dark inaguration address.   We hoped it would not get as bad as it has as we hoped we had others in power to hold him accountable.  We don’t.   A direct quote from Brian...
Vetwife 07/11/2018 2 4 - -
Has Maggie Haberman gone full Trump troll?
This week, sublime and ridiculous met in a glory hole to be observed by The NY Times’s Maggie Haberman, because the link she includes in her tweet goes to a site where Lanny Davis says pretty much the opposite thing. But now that Bill Shine is in...
annieli 07/11/2018 10 13 - -
LETTER FROM A PATRIOT (What is wrong with you?
I came across a letter whose contents I’d like to share with you. The letter was written by a woman in Salt Lake City, Utah, who depicts the state of affairs in our once great nation almost exactly the way I, and I suspect many of you, see them. I hope...
Duane Daum 07/11/2018 160 430 - -
in #TrumpRussia, there's too much there, there - Trump is guilty of something
Tom Nichol’s extended tweet thread of responses to Jonathan Chait’s article on Trump the Russian asset came out as a piece in Politico. Beginning with Jonathan Chait’s original article and the various responses, Nichols’ piece is one of a wide range...
annieli 07/11/2018 151 168 - -
Top Comments: Caption This
I’ve been dealing with migraine aftereffects, where even after the pain’s gone, I’m exhausted for days.  Or possibly it’s just a case of Chronic Republican Unenthusiasm Disorder (CRUD).  ...
Tara the Antisocial Social Worker 07/11/2018 39 25 - -
A thousand Russian hackers can't be wrong....
Here at NC-GoVote, every day now we’re witnessing ever-more-frequent...and ever more technologically sophisticated...cybersecurity probes from hackers in Russia and other former Soviet Union states.  So this is just a quick note to personally thank...
DocDawg 07/11/2018 127 343 - -
Democratic Party moves forward with Delegate Reforms 'superdelegates' won't vote on first ballot
This is very welcome news. Especially for me having posted a few diaries on the topic of superdelegates.  DNC Rules Committee Votes To Gut Power Of Superdelegates The controversial system has come under criticism from progressives. By...
Lefty Coaster 07/11/2018 50 16 - -
Favorite foreign language curse...do you have one?
If there is one language that I know just enough to be dangerous in, but want to learn more, it is Yiddish. Yiddish is a great language to describe things and people, and everyone usually knows about Yiddish curses. Often, since I do not swear...
BFSkinner 07/11/2018 65 27 - -
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wins Another Primary In NY, In District She Wasn’t Even Running In
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won her neighboring district last night, even though she wasn’t running there. She won with the most write-in votes. It’s very special that voters recognize a platform that will improve the lives of all Americans and they...
First Amendment 07/11/2018 98 131 - -
Tariffs cause BMW to move production out of South Carolina
Although the Republican tariffs will take a while to damage our economy, we’re beginning to see how manufacturers in the US will react. Jacqueline Thomsen reports in The Hill: BMW exports more cars from the US than does GM, Ford, or anyone...
Lincoln green 07/11/2018 306 341 - -
Better off now? Back at ya, GOP.

My offering as a counterslogan to “Better off now.”

That’s it.

moshok 07/11/2018 5 8 - -
PWB: Woozleday Is For Laughs!
Nope.  That is not a woozle…. THIS is a woozle! ha ha...made ya look! You know how this works, but as always, a gentle reminder:
The Marti 07/11/2018 100 64 - -
Two provocative questions that Democrats should put to nominee Kavanaugh
Many people are rightly worried that the appointment of “Conservative” Brett M. Kavanaugh will lead to the reversal of Roe v. Wade and other constitutional protections.  With that in mind, I think that the Democratic Senators have to do a better job of...
RETIII 07/11/2018 87 49 - -
Trump's evangelical advisor claims Jesus never broke the law. He did
Evangelical “Christians” — and I’m waiting for AP style guidance on this, but I think that word should forevermore appear in quotes when followed by “Evangelical” — continue to twist themselves into pretzels to justify real, actual evil. Now, none...
Aldous J Pennyfarthing 07/11/2018 17 13 - -
White House says John Kelly looked displeased at NATO summit because of breakfast, not Trump
During Wednesday morning’s NATO breakfast, everyone was visibly distressed when United States’ white supremacist in chief Donald Trump stated that Germany was controlled by Russia. Yes. That happened. Today. Disgrace of a Fox News CEO Bill Shine is now...
Walter Einenkel 07/11/2018 78 51 - -
Will Brett Kavanaugh be Trump's swan song? Remember WHY the GOP elected him in the first place.
OK gang, hop into my trusty wayback machine with me, and let's return briefly to the dark day of November 9th, 2016. I want to do a quick comparison of the GOP's feelings on the day after the election, and compare it to the reality of today for the...
Murfster35 07/11/2018 20 25 - -
Schumer and Pelosi Tell Trump "Not to Sell Our Democracy to Putin."
The only thing more clear would be to directly call Trump a traitor: “President Trump’s brazen insults and denigration of one of America’s most steadfast allies, Germany, is an embarrassment.  His behavior this morning is another profoundly...
TomP 07/11/2018 81 94 - -
Good News Can Be Delayed, But Not Denied: Wednesday's Good News Roundup
As you’ve probably guessed, Good News Roundups can’t be done too far in advance, and as I had an exceptionally busy time yesterday with a lot of unexpected things happening in my personal and professional life, volunteer stuff had to be pushed to the...
pr0gressivist 07/11/2018 60 107 - -
Idaho Democrats dump the undemocratic caucus.
That’s Idaho up there, red as red can be. Last week, Idaho’s Democratic Party endorsed a very positive move. “so that everybody can vote,”  Betsy Z. Russell reports in the Idaho Press: Idaho Democrats will switch to a presidential...
DigitusImpudicus 07/11/2018 458 221 - -
Bookflurries-Bookchat: Rich Words to Ponder
Welcome to bookchat where you can talk about anything...books, plays, essays, and audio books.  You don’t have to be reading a book to come in, sit down, and chat with us. ... So many rich words and timely thoughts have reached out to us down...
cfk 07/11/2018 44 21 - -
Trump Has Trained His Base To Hate NATO Love Putin and Watch What Happens In Helsinki
Presidential historian Jon Meachem said Donald Trump’s performance at the NATO breakfast reminded him of “a guy at the end of the bar with a bee in his bonnet and he’s already had four beers.” Right after Trump spoke a Munich newspaper’s headline...
ursulafaw 07/11/2018 76 48 - -
Republican Congressman Bought Yacht Worth Over $3 Million, After Voting For The #GOPTaxScam
He had to treat himself, after his vote that treated him very, very well. Florida Republican Congressman Vern Buchanan celebrated his yes vote for the #GOPTaxScam, by buying a luxurious yacht with an estimated value of over $3 million: A...
First Amendment 07/11/2018 15 32 - -
Manafort "wins" in court case
NBC Paul Manafort had asked to be let out of jail because the North Neck jail where he was being held was 100 miles from the courthouse. The judge saw his point — and transferred him to a prison nearer to his courthouse. U.S. Marshals...
blue aardvark 07/11/2018 155 200 - -
Daily Bucket: Condor released in Arizona says buh-bye and heads to Wyoming
Condor kids these days want it all — their choice of sun, cliffs, forests, and water. A juvenile California condor took time to scope out her first wild home then headed north for new vistas. ...
Besame 07/11/2018 103 63 - -
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