Biden to sign order making Social Security, passports, Medicare, and disaster aid easier to navigate
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President Joe Biden is set to sign an executive order Monday that will make several government agencies more efficient and easier for Americans to navigate. The new order fast-forwards the nation into the digital age by cutting the time and vexation of federa
National Guard's Jan. 6 role was to 'protect pro Trump people,' Mark Meadows said
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The House select committee investigating Jan. 6 will vote on holding former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in contempt on Monday, with a full House vote likely on Tuesday. The committee has receipts, which it described Sunday night in a 51-page
Jan. 6 select committee plans vote to hold former Trump chief of staff in contempt of Congress
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The House select committee investigating Jan. 6 will vote on holding former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in contempt on Monday, with a full House vote likely on Tuesday. The committee has receipts, which it described Sunday night in a 51-page
Morning Digest: Why did Maryland Democrats go soft on redistricting? Here's who's to blame
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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Daniel Donner, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar.
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Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Uncertainty about the pandemic is not blocking confidence in mitigation
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BBC on UK prospects:
Omicron study suggests major wave in January
The number of deaths from the variant by the end of April could range from 25,000 to 75,000 depending on how well vaccines perform, they said.
But the experts behind the study said th
News Roundup: California to challenge Supreme Court absurdity; press yawns at new coup evidence
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In the news today: Responding to the transparent absurdity of the Supreme Court's stance on the Texas «bounty hunter»-premised state ban on abortions, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he's calling the court's bluff, pushing for a similar bou
Joan McCarter on the Michelangelo Signorile Show: We cannot be complacent about American democracy
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Daily Kos senior political writer Joan McCarter joined Michelangelo Signorile on his show earlier this week, where they discussed why democracy in America is increasingly at risk—especially as we head toward 2024—and what’s happ
Kerry Eleveld on the Michelangelo Signorile Show: Repeal of Roe would be «like a bomb dropping»
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This week, Daily Kos senior political writer Kerry Eleveld joined Michelangelo Signorile on his show to talk about the fate of Roe v. Wade, the future of Georgia, and what Democrats can do after they pass President Biden’s Build Bac
Tucker Carlson declares war on the homeless over a tree
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Arson is bad. Arson is something no one wants in their community. I don’t wish it on anyone, and it should be handled accordingly. I also believe that homelessness is bad. Our refusal to really address the mental health issues faced by the unhoused matters.
Doctors and activists call for advance provision of the abortion pill
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The fate of Roe v. Wade hangs in the balance after last week’s Supreme Court hearing and the Supreme Court’s latest decision to allow Texas’ repressive Senate Bill 8 to remain in effect despite allowing abortion providers to sue state official
Nuts & Bolts: What if... we could we redistrict in our favor?
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Welcome back to the weekly Nuts & Bolts Guide to small campaigns. Following the 2010 census, Republican statehouses worked hard to redistrict in ways that significantly favor their candidates in Republican states. Democratic states di
Little has changed for immigrants and advocates protesting detention and immigration policies
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by Maurizio Guerrero
This story was originally published at Prism.
Despite President Joe Biden’s stated commitment to opening a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and promises to stop retaliation against immigrants and their advocate
Father-son duo suspected of starting Caldor fire face charges over makeshift machine gun
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Labor Day weekend 2021 up in Lake Tahoe, California, was spent evacuating residents and tourists while the Golden State threw everything it had to fight the Caldor fire. The wildfire, exacerbated by California’s long-standing drought burned over 221,000 acr
It's not in your head—your blood pressure really might be rising during the pandemic
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At this point in the novel coronavirus pandemic, we’re still learning about the long-term effects of the virus, and how those risks might vary based on age, socioeconomic class, region, and so on. Whether you’ve lived with COVID-19 or not, though, it’s
by Ashton Lattimore
This article was originally published at Prism
Pregnancy is right up there with aging on the list of human experiences that will permanently change a person’s body. Scars and complications from C-section surgery, lasting pai
Florida man arrested and charged with graphic threats directed at two congresswomen
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On Thursday, Paul Vernon Hoeffer, who you know is accused of something heinous since we’re using all three names, was charged with “three counts of interstate transmission of threats to kidnap or injure.” According to the U.S. Attorney’
Sotomayor sees possible trickle-down effects of abortion ban, and she's not alone. Newsom has a plan
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When the Supreme Court ruled on Friday to allow a Texas ban on abortions after six weeks, many considered it early evidence of the high court's inclination to overturn the groundbreaking Roe v. Wade decision protecting abortion rights. California Gov. Gavin N
Oh, cool, no major newspaper put the Mark Meadows PowerPoint coup presentation on their front page
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On Thursday, it was revealed that former White House Chief Mark Meadows—who’s been riding high on the absurdity of his latest book—turned over an email to the Jan. 6 Committee featuring a PowerPoint presentation presenting a host of options to prev
Torrance cop scandal over racist texts mere tip of bigotry iceberg within nation’s law enforcement
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The revelation that over a dozen police officers on the force in the Los Angeles suburb of Torrance exchanged a slew of racist, homophobic, and antisemitic texts over the course of years has spurred a torrent of outrage in California—particularly as it beco
With abortion rights hanging in the balance, pregnant young people are among the most vulnerable
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by Ray Levy Uyeda
This article was originally published at Prism
On Wednesday morning, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which will determine the legality of a Mississippi ban on abort
Trump tore up nuclear deal, and now Iran's closer than ever to getting nukes. Can Biden fix this?
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“This is a good day,” President Barack Obama began his remarks on Jan. 17, 2016, “because once again we are seeing what’s possible with strong American diplomacy.” On that day he celebrated the success of the so-called Iran Nuclear Deal—aka the Jo
Happy birthday to Joe Williams, 'The Emperor of the Blues'
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The month of December is chock-full of Black musicians’ birthdays and Dec. 12 is no exception, bringing birthday wishes to vocalist Dionne Warwick, drummers Tony Williams, Sheila E. and Michael Carvin, and saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr. B
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Adam Grant, an organizational psychologist, writes for The New York Times that we are now living through a “boring apocalypse.”
In a poll of Americans conducted from Dec. 3 to Dec. 6, almost all — 94 percent — had h
News Roundup: December tornadoes devastate; a 2022 prescription for the president
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The weekend is off to a very bad start. Friday night saw a horrific and unusual storm system that led to at least 30 tornadoes in six states, including one three-hour monstrosity that traveled over 200 miles through four states, leaving behind
Rep. Schiff reminds GOP colleague that Trump-Russia collusion was all too real
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Contrary to Donald Trump’s usual attempts to pulverize reality into an unrecognizable heap of dust he can power-snort directly into his fib-pickled brain, the Trump-Russia investigation was neither a witch hunt nor a hoax.
For one thing, Robert Muelle
Daily Kos Week in Action: Veterans, striking workers, democracy, and climate change
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Hello Daily Kos Community, and welcome to this new series by the Daily Kos Activism team! Each week, we’ll check in to share the issues we’re working on and get feedback on where you think we should focus our future efforts.
One of th
Twitter has a new CEO. What does that mean for harassment on the platform?
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by Reina Sultan
This article was originally published at Prism
Last week, Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey announced that he would be stepping down as the company’s CEO. In the post, Dorsey also named Twitter CTO Parag Agrawal as his s
Buffalo Starbucks workers win historic union vote, this week in the war on workers
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Starbucks workers in Buffalo made history this week by becoming the first in the U.S. to unionize at a corporate-operated store. Union representation elections were held at three Buffalo-area Starbucks stores, with three different results. Workers at th
Connect! Unite! Act! I love bad holiday movies. How about you?
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Connect! Unite! Act! is a weekly series that seeks to create face-to-face networks in each congressional district. Groups meet regularly to socialize, get out the vote, support candidates, and engage in other local political actions that help our progressive
South Carolina lawmaker indicted on multiple charges including providing child with alcohol
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Underage drinking is illegal, you’d think a lawmaker would know that, but to some, it doesn’t matter. A South Carolina lawmaker has been indicted on multiple charges after he allegedly tried to use his power to influence an investigation and provided a mi
This Maine city is 90% white, but now it's led by a Black Somali American mayor
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These last two years have been historic in terms of political representation. Across the country, Americans elected firsts to local, state, and federal seats. Our country’s leadership is slowly making its way to reflecting the diversity of its populati
Organizers in Ahmaud Arbery’s community celebrate guilty verdict and fight for systemic change
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by Neesha Powell-Ingabire
This article was originally published at Prism
I’ll never forget where I was when the first plane hit the World Trade Center: in a classroom at my high school in Brunswick, Georgia, a few feet away from a redheaded boy named
If Biden really wants to save America, he must devote 2022 to rallying around voting rights
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When Joe Biden launched his presidential campaign in spring of 2019, he laid out the stakes for the 2020 election in what was arguably one of the most inspired moments of his candidacy.
«Charlottesville, Virginia, was home to the author of one of
U.S. military member calls on Congress: 'Honor my service by not deporting my family'
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Cesar Vargas is doing his part by defending the nation as a member of the U.S. Armed Forces. He’s now asking federal legislators to do their part and defend his undocumented loved ones.
“I was undocumented,” he says in a digital ad. “T
U.S. finally ends support for overseas projects featuring coal power plants
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In the United States, the use of coal as a source of electricity has tumbled. As recently as 2008, coal created over half the electricity consumed in the country, but by 2020 that percentage had dropped to just 19%. That decline is continuing as across the na
A terrible night of storms brings destruction and death across the central U.S.
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On Saturday morning, many parts of the central United States are reporting temperatures over 30 degrees cooler than they stood on Friday afternoon. On Friday night, the energy of that difference was released in a series of severe storms that blasted cities an
Confirmed: The media is setting a gloom-and-doom tone on the economy
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The United States, along with much of the rest of the world, has been through rocky economic times thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. We’re traumatized and uncertain about the future and not sure where the economy is headed and whether we can trust any g
Steven Donziger finally released from prison, will serve remainder of sentence at home
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Human rights attorney Steven Donziger, who’s spent his career working on behalf of marginalized communities, has finally been released from prison. Donziger announced the good news on Thursday that he would finish out the remainder his six-month s
Voting Rights Roundup: Top North Carolina court halts filing, a sign it could block GOP gerrymanders
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● North Carolina: In a major sign that it is likely to eventually block Republicans' newly enacted congressional and legislative gerrymanders in a pair of pending cases, North Carolina's Democratic-leaning Supreme Court temporarily stayed candi
Abbreviated pundit roundup: Get your booster, protect your republic from subversion
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Colorado Sun:
The data are in: Coloradans who get a COVID vaccine booster are nearly 50 times less likely to be hospitalized
Coloradans who received a booster shot were 2.4 times less likely to test positive for COVID-19 than people who had been fully vacc
