In with the old A cartoon by Clay Bennett.

Folks in Alabama are mad at Trump… And his Supreme Court’s court decision to throw out most of the Voting Rights Act… At this weekend’s rally for voting rights in Alabama… youtu.be/GhyWCHcEZgo?...

Trump's retaliation against Mark Kelly called out by retired military official President Donald Trump’s and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s attempts to silence Sen. Mark Kelly (R-Ariz.) are a threat to free speech in America, according to a retired lieutenant colonel.“The defense secretary first ta

Texas limits eligibility for Medicaid to families living below 15 percent of the poverty level, meaning that a family of three earning more than—get this—$4,098 annually is not eligible for any benefits. trib.al/xIxx6h8

Did you know that the Donald Trump - Jeffrey Epstein Reading Room is now open? There are now 24 hour reading sessions… Where excerpts from the Epstein Files will be read aloud… youtube.com/shorts/RsaUT...

For Susan Collins and women with tremors, the real problem is everyone else Reactions to the senator’s disclosure of a longtime essential tremor, a relatively common condition, have reminded women with the same disorder how stigma still shapes perceptions of competence.

'I wanted to believe': Former supporter tears apart 'con man' Trump on live television In yet another sign that President Donald Trump is losing support from many in his own base, a three-time Trump voter called C-SPAN on Saturday to say that he regretted voting for a man he described as America’s “

Marching in Alabama… same bridge, same fight, different century… (H/T @memphisforall )

Shocking 😳 Incumbent Republican Senator Cassidy only received 25% of the vote in this week’s Republican primary in Louisiana… This vote result shows you the hold Donald Trump has on the Republican Party… Cassidy was targeted for defeat by Trump by voting for Trump’s impeachment…

Trump’s ballroom ‘donors’ Best cartoons from the worst timeline: Trump’s big, expensive ballroom edition.

Inside Trump's system that pays supporters for breaking the law In theory, American public officials are supposed to uphold the law, but the editor-in-chief of a legal news website argued on Sunday that President Donald Trump has made breaking the law pay — that is, at least, if you support him.“[Tr

Justice Alito gets the facts wrong — again Justice Samuel Alito wrote the conservative majority’s opinions in two of the most consequential Supreme Court decisions in recent years: 1) Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization—overruling Roe v. Wade; and 2) Louisiana v. Callais—neutering the Votin

Trump's prayer wall reveals his supporters are conflicted President Donald Trump and his administration are urging Americans to turn to Christianity to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, and part of that involves submitting public prayers to his so-called Freedom 250 prayer wall. Yet according t

Senate candidate says foreign truckers are making America’s roads unsafe. His own truckers have caused harm. Mike Collins, a congressman from Georgia, wants to take away commercial driver’s licenses from noncitizens. Over the past 25 years, truckers for his businesses have been involved in crashes t

Trump's presidency is making America 'weird': NYT President Donald Trump’s presidency is so weird, it is causing ripple effects that is making America as a whole much more weird.Beginning with an anecdote about right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson claiming to have been physically attacked in his bed by

Trump advisers are leaking he just sold out a major ally President Donald Trump may have just sold out one of America’s most stalwart allies, according to a recent report.“Some close advisers to President Trump fear the biggest substantive result of the China summit is heightened danger that Chinese

Happy 84th birthday to blues legend Taj Mahal In his 84 years on Earth, Henry Saint Claire Fredericks—known to the world as Taj Mahal—has thrilled the world with his music and made amazing contributions to ethnomusicology.

Trump losing his grip on MAGA in his own Congress: report President Donald Trump is struggling to keep House Republicans in line on key policy items, according to a recent report.“House GOP leaders, for instance, are moving forward with an amended, bipartisan version of a Senate-passed housing bill

Trump’s renovated reflecting pool A cartoon by Jack Ohman.

Trump's biggest liability just got worse President Donald Trump continues to politically struggle in an economy marked by rising prices caused by his Iran war — and even many of his fellow conservatives see the problem."Republicans could face a tsunami election in November if inflation continues to

'Trump scammed you again': Inside a presidency built on grift

Swing state Republicans running scared as Trump tanks — and Dems smell blood “Look at Minnesota, if you must, look at where taxpayers have been fleeced of millions of dollars by Democrat politicians that chose to look the other way, take a look at Illinois, with their high tax rates, and their polit

Bill Cassidy takes a not so subtle dig at Trump following election defeat U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy incurred the wrath of pro-Trump Republicans in Louisiana who rejected his re-election bid in Saturday’s party primary election. Instead, voters lined up behind Congresswoman Julia Letlow and state Treasu

Trump confesses to what we already knew about him My first quote of the week comes from Trump on Air Force One, on his way back from Beijing on Friday — telling David Sanger of The New York TimesThe New York Times:“I had a total military victory. But the fake news, guys like you, write incorrectly.

How Republicans plan to rig the vote — and make it stick The same outfit that wrote Project 2025 and watched the Trump administration follow its playbook virtually to the letter has been busy assembling a 90-page tract called “Saving America by Saving the Family.”It maps out a future in which Americ

‘They may draw racist maps, but we are the south’: thousands rally in Alabama for Black voting rights #TheGuardian

Why conservatives get so mad at movies The right has been getting mad at movies for decades.

20 years after ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ Al Gore grapples with the (big) wrinkle of AI Just before sitting down for a conversation at the beginning of May, Gore presented his climate change slideshow, its delivery perfected over two decades, to a room of hundreds of members of the…

Florida’s corrupt gift to Trump, and Jesus Christ, these emails … Sleaze, corruption, the desecration of D.C., and more.

'Stupid' Trump working overtime to kill the GOP: analysis Bulwark writer Will Saletan says it’s beginning to look more and more like Democrats are paying President Donald Trump to cut their ads, considering how hard Trump is working to put Dems in charge of Congress.“So, the midterm elections are co

Take us to your leader A cartoon by Mike Luckovich.

With the upcoming blockbuster movie to be released... I created an one minute video summary of The Odyssey story... Follow the legendary journey of Odysseus, the Greek king of Ithaca, in one of the greatest Greek Myths ever told --- The Odyssey... youtube.com/shorts/eR_sg...

T-shirt spotted… Trump sandwich… White bread… Full of baloney… With Russian dressing… And a small pickle…

Critics go ballistic following announcement of Trump's new Orwellian commission The Department of Justice is finalizing a deal to launch President Donald Trump’s secretive $1.7 billion “slush fund” for his allies, and sources tell ABC News that the name for the fund will be the "President Donald J.

Trump admits he doesn’t care, and Hegseth demands $1.5 trillion President Donald Trump continued to show signs of weakness this week.

MS NOW drops excruciating supercut of Republicans surrendering on the economy

Trump finally admits it’s always been America last This week, President Donald Trump told both the biggest truth and the biggest lie of his presidency while answering a single question.

Republicans are finally getting honest — and it will demolish them: Analysis USA Today writer Rexx Huppke says it’s time for Republicans and President Donald Trump to put up or shut up because blaming Biden is no longer a winning strategy.“That excuse ain’t working anymore,” said Huppke, citing a Ma

Trump's 'lawless' retaliation won clemency for election denier: Official Top Colorado Democrats and democracy advocates were among those outraged and puzzled Friday after Democratic Gov. Jared Polis commuted the sentence of Tina Peters, a former county clerk and 2020 election denier who aided Trump

Celebrating Garifuna Arts and Culture Appreciation Month Caribbean Matters is a weekly series from Daily Kos. Hope you’ll join us here every Saturday. If you are unfamiliar with the region, check out Caribbean Matters: Getting to know the countries of the…

Voters are done with 'reality TV' politicians: Analysis New York Times opinion columnists EJ Dionne and attorney Sarah Isgur are catching hints that President Donald Trump is turning American voters off to the kind of loud and stupid personalities willing to “eat a cockroach” for money.Dionne began

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'He’s fighting for us': MAGA voters hold fast as Trump pillages their bank accounts Reuters reporter Brad Brooks reports that many rural MAGA still embrace President Donald Trump’s policies, no matter how it hurts them.Colorado resident Amy Van Duyn knows the price of gasoline has doubled to $4.34 p

It's a racket: How online influencers are 'getting paid' to manipulate your vote More often than not an online influencer will remind his or her audience that they are being paid for their services, even if the announcement isn’t completely overt. That’s the case with progressive influencer Carlos E

Measles rages in Florida as DeSantis touts 'freedom' “Convenient mythologies require neither evidence nor logic.” — Edward S. Herman, “Manufactured Consent: The Political Economy of Mass Media”In a number of articles on its website, PEN America explains in striking detail the right-wing Trojan horse

Critics worry Colorado Dem just sent a 'dangerous message'

Fox News' fraud exposed: Inside the real-time con that's hollowing out America

Former MAGA voter apologizes for supporting unrepentant 'liar' Trump Former MAGA adherent Rich Logis says more and more Americans are getting turned off by the sheer overtness of President Donald Trump’s corruption and self-enrichment.His confession arrived on the heels of an MS NOW anchor comparing

T-shirt spotted… Trump sandwich… White bread… Full of baloney… With Russian dressing… And a small pickle…

Lawmakers panic over Trump’s 'frontal lobe dementia' in painful supercut Congressional lawmakers and Trump’s own former lawyer are panicking over how racked President Donald Trump’s mind appears to be with illness.“I don't know how anyone can see what he posts or watch him in any meeting and think t