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Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett didn’t spend her Christmas Day relaxing. Instead, the Dallas-area Democrat visited a homeless shelter named The Bridge, where she spoke with residents about their struggles, asking how long they had “been off their feet,” in her words. Even as the election season heats up, Crockett tells Daily Kos that she didn’t mention her Senate campaign once. Instead, she focused o…

Education Secretary Linda McMahon is bringing about a new era in education — and perhaps the end of public schools as we know them. By Nadia Sussman for ProPublica Linda McMahon, the nation’s secretary of education, says public schools are failing. In November, she promised a “hard reset” of the system in which more than 80% of U.S. children learn. But rather than invest in public education, she …

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan E. Ross was caught on video shooting and killing 37-year-old Renee Good in Minneapolis on Jan. 7, sparking a massive outcry for justice and for ICE—to put it plainly—to get the fuck out of the state. And after an immigration agent shot another two people in Portland on Jan. 8, hundreds of “ICE Out For Good” protests and vigils are taking place ac…

As part of its deportation efforts, the Trump administration has made a push for personal data. By Shalina Chatlani for Stateline As part of its deportation efforts, the Trump administration has ordered states to hand over personal data from voter rolls, driver’s license records and programs such as Medicaid and food stamps. At the same time, the administration is trying to consolidate the bits o…

It’s not even two weeks into the new year and many of the inevitable results of President Donald Trump’s inhumane and militaristic policies are already playing out. The week was marred by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent needlessly and recklessly shooting and killing 37-year-old Renee Good in Minneapolis, sparking widespread outrage. The next day, two more people were shot by immigrat…

On Thursday, the U.S. House narrowly failed to override a rare veto by President Donald Trump of a Colorado water project located in arch-conservative Rep. Lauren Boebert’s district. Thirty-five Republicans, many of them from Western states, joined all Democrats in the override effort. The bill would have cost the federal government less than $500,000 and originally passed the House and Senate un…

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 Caribbean . It’s doubtful there’ll be much, if any, mainstream media coverage here in the U.S. on today’s “Majority Rule Day” holiday in the Bahamas, or the history behind it. The Bahamas are our clos…

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President Donald Trump thinks he’s so strong, and he believes that macho-man persona makes him stronger. Being an asshole has certainly helped him politically, from standing out in a crowded Republican primary field in 2015 to winning a second term. But what helped him get elected has once again proven to be a public opinion loser. Across foreign policy, immigration enforcement, scandal managemen…