Alabama: Don't dismiss the bright blue lights in a dark red sea.
Today’s Senate race in Alabama is sure to have a grueling finish. Worst case (and unfortunately likely) outcome is a clear Moore victory. Still possible is a finish close enough to be counted long...
View ArticleAmerican ALLIES report on Trump: "Catastrophic,""Dangerous."
My god.The subtitle of Politico's new essential report on American foreign relations, and just what our allies think regarding foreign policy generally, and Trump specifically, sums up, well,...
View ArticleThe Tariff Sheriff
“Howdy, youse guys….er, I mean you all….er, I mean Y’all with a Southwestern drawl ! Howdy, Y’all ! What do you think of my Cowboy get-up, ten-gallon cap….er, I mean hat with the Purge’s Keep America...
View ArticleIf Not Us, Who? Honoring Dr. King’s True Legacy.
Fifty years after Martin Luther King, Jr. was murdered, his legacy has been thoroughly plundered, appropriated and misused in order to obscure the very lies he fought to expose. His radical dream has...
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Kitchen Table Kibitzing 4/28/2018: Ligbit Ally
For a number of reasons, I’ve been thinking this weekend about allies. At the same time, thanks to BeninSC (who unearthed a comment I made here at Daily Kos what seems like eons ago), I was also...
View ArticleTrudeau: Retaliatory tariffs will go into effect; Canadians 'will not be...
Good for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. This is how you deal with a reckless bully.Can you imagine if Republicans did their job here and stood up to this fool? That’s a pipe dream. Republicans won’t do...
View ArticleIF YOU'RE STUPID AND YOU KNOW IT, POUT LIKE TRUMP! (MY RESPONSE TO THE G7...
I was so angry last night about the G7 Summit, that I needed to sing myself to sleep. So, I took the nursery rhyme, If You’re Happy and You Know It, and wrote other lyrics. If you don’t know the song,...
View ArticleOld alliances, new friends: Quõ vãdis, USA?
It’s time we stop tip-toeing around the glaringly obvious - Trump is shifting US alliances. There is no official doctrine, no carefully formulated policy, no clear directive from the administration,...
View ArticleThe Review, 6-16-18 – Trump Scores International Coup for Himself
Trump has proclaimed an America First foreign policy. Although that does have the requisite authoritarian history that Trump loves, his actual policy is Trump First. Trump does not care about the...
View ArticleTomgram: Nomi Prins, What's the End Game?
This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here.In the rush of Trumped-up events, history -- of the last month, week, hour --...
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Looking Over Our Shoulders (Fear In America)
OK...I had a Diary here recently, abut how it FEELS to be transgender in America. Got some good response. Understand that I am not just trans in America, I AM TRANS IN NORTH CAROLINA!!The LGB...
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Civil Disagreement with our Allies, and F*ck the Fascists
So I am in a bit of a disagreement with folks on DKos. Sure ain’t the first time, won’t be the last. I’m not gonna link to the disagreement, or rehash it here. Rather, I want to extend a point I...
View ArticleWAKE UP PEOPLE.....
The recipe:1) Rob the public until they are financially desperate … check2) Kick the hornet’s of racial hatred ...check3) Incite a riot between religious bigots and women’s rights...check4) Show the...
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DAY 24 OF MY PRIVATE PROTEST
It’s day 24 of my private protest. I began by spending two hours daily on our downtown mall, protesting 45’s immigration policies, especially the separation of families. Then I was asked by the owner...
View ArticleWhere are the Profiles in Courage?
The Freedom Caucus (which fights for anything but!) led by Mark Meadows, is now seeking the outright impeachment of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein -- an appointee of their own president.They...
View ArticleTreason Writ Large
It’s way past time to panic, dear readers. The time to act was months ago. Actually it would have been appropriate to take action based on the emoluments clause at 12:01pm 21st January 2017. After...
View ArticlePaper Ballots and Guardian Patriots
In a hard to believe, make-believe Reality T.V. Show somewhere in Time and Space upon Planet Earth (possibly in Helsinki, Finlandia) “Vlad, why were you so late to the Summit Meeting ?”“Making you,...
View ArticleTomgram: Alfred McCoy, Will China Be the Next Global Hegemon?
This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here.In 1958, Chinese leader Mao Zedong launched an attempt at the instant...
View ArticleOf Course Women are Abandoning Republicans...
I am going to indulge in a relationship-based metaphor to make this point. My apologies in advance if it reads as insensitive. The language will tend towards outdated gender expectations in order to...
View ArticleWhat is an Alliance?
I look at the fights between Berniebots and Hilarybots, Trans and TERFs, Safety Pins for/against, Antifa for/against and I can’t help thinking about the fights in “Life of Brian“ between the Judean...
View ArticleAustralia & the UK Jointly Accuse Russia of Malicious Cyber Attacks
From ABC News (Australia):Britain and Australia have jointly accused Russian military intelligence of using cyber attacks to sow confusion in everything from sport to transport and the 2016 US...
View ArticleA Day at the Seashore
So, it was not the wave we hoped for. But we caught them behind the knees and made them stagger, and now they have to pay attention to the ocean. And the ocean is vast, my friends - vast and deep. We...
View ArticleTexas firefighter/EMT unemployed after suggesting 'new hunting season' for...
Another day, another racist gets caught being racist and faces significant consequences. Today we head to Bellaire, Texas, home to nearly 17,000 folks, most of whom happen to be white. The Houston...
View ArticleTop U.S. diplomat quits after Trump orders Syria withdrawal: 'I could not ......
The special presidential envoy to the coalition fighting the Islamic State was already set to retire in February, but thanks to Donald Trump’s ill-advised decision to immediately remove all U.S. troops...
View ArticleDon't Get Mad, Get Allies: A Response to the Barr Memo
By now everyone should be going through their own stages of frustration, grief and anger at the ending of the Mueller investigation by a handpicked Attorney General who summarized 22 months of work in...
View ArticleTrevor Noah artfully steers 'white reparations' question back to...
Devoted fans of The Daily Show might be aware that Comedy Central’s long-running flagship news and humor show offers more info and laughs than those that make it to broadcast. An online-only series...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: News of the World
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, Interceptor7, Magnifico,...
View ArticleWant to be an ally to Native people? This educator wants you to avoid making...
Want to be an ally to Native people? Prairie Rose Seminole, a citizen of the Three Affiliated Tribes of ND and descendant of the Sahnish/Arikara, Northern Cheyenne, and Lakota Nations chatted with...
View ArticleWish I Was Wrong
In January of this year I posted on my other blog a piece entitled, “Pardon My Vitriol.” Apologizing in advance is not a good thing. I can almost hear my mother saying, “don't do it if you have to...
View ArticleWhat are the most important problems?
I have a lot of friends who are strong supporters of Donald Trump. They think his SOU speech ranks right up there with Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. I try to get them to talk about issues, but they are...
View ArticleIn response to smoothnmellow's response to ChitownKev.
Dear white allies:Institutionalized white supremacy makes POC feel literally endless amounts of anger, frustration, loneliness, exhaustion, illness, heartbreak, betrayal, grief, disbelief,...
View ArticleBlack activists to allies: Thanks for your statement of solidarity. What else...
As uprisings in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd continue around the world, many businesses, organizations, and ethnic and faith-based groups have used their platform to condemn Floyd’s...
View ArticleICYMI: How to support Black Lives Matter, a sexual assault lawsuit targets...
Nationwide, uprisings and demonstrations against police violence continue as the Black Lives Matter movement leads the call to defund police departments and reinvest in Black communities. In case you...
View ArticleDon't Be a D*ck. Rural Mainers Stand Up.
I am going to post a video sent to me by a friend from Maine.I was born and grew up in Maine… and it’s White. It’s isolated. It has a long and complicated, weird, mixed up history when it comes to...
View ArticleWhite Female Aggressively Harasses Black Male Walking Until She's Told To...
These stories are getting too frequent. Nonetheless. Black Lives Matter. Allies are critical to document, deal with, and defeat the day-to-day racism that Blacks face. Here, we have a white female...
View ArticleA reminder to our soldiers who are wavering on the choice this November
I can understand how many people are numbed by the news & how it might be that some see too much bias all around & aren’t sure who to trust. I would like to offer up this straightforward...
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Let's have some fun and play a game!!! :)
Good Evening,So let’s have some fun and play a game because we all need to release energy. So I have done some thinking ahead and was wondering…..which scandal and criminal behavior is going to take...
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Ireland Willingly Bows Out Of Lacrosse World Championships So Native American...
The strong bond between the Choctaw people and the country of Ireland goes back to 1847, when the tribe elders and leaders gave the Irish, through the embassy here, $170….equivalent to near $5000...
View ArticleThis holiday season, give Santa some time off
Whether you celebrate a religious holiday or not, the winter season often involves some form of gift-giving. Perhaps that’s within your immediate or extended family, coworkers, or friends. Whether you...
View ArticleWars and Allies
Since the end of World War II, the United States has been involved various regional wars and conflicts. Success has been mixed at best. Korea ended in a stand off but South Korea was saved. Vietnam...
View ArticleFL school board member takes children to inclusive restaurant, conservatives...
Fox News is at it again, adding fuel to conservative fires. After a Florida school board member tweeted she was “honored” to have chaperoned a group of elementary school students on a field trip to a...
View ArticleNuts & Bolts—Inside a Democratic campaign: Allies are not puppets
Welcome back to the weekly Nuts & Bolts Guide to small campaigns. Every week I try to tackle issues I’ve been asked about. With the help of other campaign workers and notes, we address how to...
View ArticleTransgender Rights (And some Leftists too)
Look…. I am about as square as a square could be.I know nothing about modern times, music, movies, television. If you change much in my environment I am apt to scream “Get off my lawn” and then take a...
View ArticleMaking Allies Not Enemies: Creating a stronger and larger support system
A support system is a network of people who provide an individual (you) with practical and emotional support. These people could be your family, friends, colleagues, or members of your community. The...
View ArticleRepublican happy to sign anti-trans bill into law hides from LGBTQ group...
As we’ve known here at Daily Kos, Republican Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota has absolutely no problem sharing her views and opinions about trans people. Noem has shepherded much anti-trans rhetoric...
View ArticleDaily Kos Members Guild - when the parents fight
Ha! No such thing as Daily Kos Members Guild, right?!No, we members are not organized, we have no official or unofficial ‘guild,’ no representation, no legal counsel. We are just members. We just...
View ArticleEverything does not depend upon this next Ukrainian offensive.
On the 19th of August, 1942 a mostly Canadian force of Allied soldiers numbering 6,050 infantry supported by the RAF attempted to raid the coastal town of Dieppe, France. Occupied by the Germans, the...
View ArticleThis Week in the War on Women: With a Poll!
I have recently found out that I have been neglected by the so-called medical establishment, resulting in a lot more hassle for me and my family, and I am livid! I am so upset that I don’t even want to...
View ArticleLet's not use sexist, misogynistic or otherwise bigoted language please...
We're progressives. We're supposed to be fighting FOR marginalized communities, not against them. There are better words we can use and better ways we can criticize Republicans than resorting to this....
View ArticleWe need all the help we can get
When Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, Churchill wrote that if Hitler invaded Hell, he would at least make a favorable reference to the Devil in Parliament. Churchill was adamantly against...
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