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Explaining the Right is a weekly series that looks at what the right wing is currently obsessing over, how it influences politics—and why you need to know. President Donald Trump dragged the Olympics into his gutter this past week by attacking Team USA skier Hunter Hess as a “loser” for speaking out about the toxicity of Trump’s presidency. “There’s obviously a lot going on that I’m not the bigge…

The fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein case is spreading around the world. Politicians, diplomats, business leaders and royals have seen reputations tarnished, investigations launched and jobs lost after a trove of more than 3 million pages of Epstein-related documents released by the U.S. Justice Department revealed their ties to the American financier and convicted sex offender who died behind ba…

Injustice for All is a weekly series about how the Trump administration is trying to weaponize the justice system—and the people who are fighting back. It’s another week of the federal courts struggling to function in the face of utter lawlessness by the executive branch. The lower courts are pushing back on the administration’s attempts to get confidential voter data to rig the election, but at …

Donald Trump and his MAGA sphere of aggrieved bigots began the week furious over the success of Puerto Rican pop star Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance. Meanwhile, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Trump’s immigration goons were publicly humiliated on Capitol Hill as they tried and failed to defend the administration’s deadly policies in front of Congress. And it was all on video. MAGA min…

If the last two weeks of special elections are any indication, Republicans are in for a world of hurt this year. Start with the Texas 9th state Senate District. On Jan. 31, Democrats flipped a district that President Donald Trump won by 17 percentage points in 2024. In fact, the Democrat won by 14 points. That’s a massive 31-point swing. Republicans tried to cope by arguing that special elections…

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 . While much of the news about the Caribbean here in the U.S. has centered around recent President Donald Trump-focused ugly geopolitics , we are now in Mardi Gras or Carnival time, and noth…

A new poll from the Democratic-aligned Senate Majority PAC shows strong public support for reforming Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including requiring search warrants and restricting the use of force. That’s not just bad news for Republicans in the midterms. It shows Democrats have a clear public backing for a partial government shutdown on Monday over funding for the Department of Homelan…

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. Is Warner Bros. sidelining an anti-ICE wrestler? Not only is Brody King encouraging anti-ICE chants, he’s also selling “abolish ICE” T-shirts. Trump thinks he's in control of Venezuela. He's wrong. He kidnaps one president and thinks he runs the place. Cartoon: Un-American logic It makes …

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York told the Munich Security Conference on Friday exactly why the world is seeing a rise in autocrat-friendly populism. “I think one of the connections and relationships that is underdiscussed, particularly in the security space, is the fact that I believe we're seeing an economy … around the world—including in the United States—that extreme levels…