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The crap sandwich of a ceasefire deal President Donald Trump made with Iran may have saved Iranians from being wiped off the face of the planet by our genocidal maniacal leader . But it won't save the rest of us from higher prices at the pump —at least not anytime soon. “It’s not a case of you just flick a switch and everything’s back up again,” Martin Houston, a former oil and gas executive, tol…

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Florida Sen. Rick Scott failed at basic history while attempting to denigrate Democrats and excuse President Donald Trump’s threat to commit war crimes against Iran. Appearing on Fox Business on Thursday, Scott was asked about Democrats who have criticized Trump after he said the U.S. would target Iran’s civilian infrastructure, which would be a war crime. “If Democrats were in power when Lincoln…

The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division has Cassidy Hutchinson in its crosshairs, investigating whether the former White House aide lied to Congress when she testified before the Jan. 6 committee in 2022. If you’re wondering how ginning up perjury charges against Hutchinson, who worked for former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, is a job for the Civil Rights Division, get in lin…

After the U.S. and Iran announced a ceasefire on Tuesday night, many of the details appeared to favor Iran’s cause, giving that nation more power in the Middle East than it had before President Donald Trump’s decision to engage in a bombing campaign. Despite this, the Trump administration took a victory lap that seems detached from the reality of the situation. Both countries said they had agreed…

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A spate of elections on Tuesday should have Republicans absolutely shaking in their boots. In Wisconsin and Georgia, Democrats notched their biggest overperformances to date, telegraphing that the GOP is almost certainly going to lose their House majority and possibly even the Senate as well . In Wisconsin, Democrats flipped a seat on the state Supreme Court, winning the race by an astounding 20-…

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has a vision for his city: free buses, city-owned grocery stores, and cutting through the red tape that inhibits small businesses from getting off the ground. Now, he’s found his new “mom-and-pop czar” to get to work. In a Tuesday press release , Mamdani announced Delia Awusi as his czar for that department. “Mom-and-pop businesses help hold neighborhoods togeth…

Hello everyone, we are entering our third day of beta for the new Daily Kos. See the list of work we are aware of (as of yesterday) here . I did want to address the general feedback of, there's a lot of things we used to be able to do and can't, or can't do as well, with the new site. Markos has addressed this previously, but I'm sharing my perspective now because I hear your frustration. DK5 is …

On April 8, 1974, Atlanta Braves Major League Baseball legend Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run, breaking the record formerly set by Babe Ruth. During the fourth inning in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Aaron launched Al Downing’s pitch into history, circling the bases while navigating enthusiastic fans who ran onto the field to celebrate. YouTube Video Hall of famer Mickey Mantle called…

Even should it pass court muster, Trump’s recent directive on mail voting doesn’t specify how the lists it mandates would be created. By Nathaniel Rakich and Carrie Levine for Votebeat When reviewing President Donald Trump’s executive order on mail voting on March 31, election lawyer Aaron Blacksberg noticed something odd. The order provides for the creation of not one, not two, but three separat…

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