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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…

U.S. District Judge Judge James Boasberg on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of some of the Venezuelan men whom it wrongfully sent to a prison in El Salvador without affording them due process rights. With the new ruling, the men who currently reside outside of Venezuela would have the opportunity to prove their innocence after President Donald Trump claimed they…

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The last year has to have been deeply weird for lower court judges as they watch the administration just gleefully ignore court orders and trample the Constitution. They continue to hold the line, but by now, they’re a little weary and, honestly, a little goofy—and that’s meant in a good way. Court opinions are, by and large, pretty staid, boring affairs, even when announcing big things. But judg…

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin appeared on Fox News to defend the Trump administration’s decision to revoke the 2009 scientific finding that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger public health. “Do you believe that the talk of climate change is a hoax?” host Bill Hemmer asked. “When you're putting forth tens of billions of dollars to pay off your well-connec…

Federal prosecutors in Minneapolis have moved to drop felony assault charges against two Venezuelan men, including one shot in the leg by an immigration officer, after new evidence emerged undercutting the government's version of events. In a filing Thursday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota said “newly discovered evidence” in the criminal case against Alfredo Alejandro Al…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says scraps from the wealthy table are on their way to the American people—really, any day now. “As I've said many times, 2025 is about setting the table,” Bessent told CNBC on Friday. “2026 is going to be a banquet for the American people. The economy is taking off.” YouTube Video Bessent went on to claim that President Donald Trump’s tariffs are slowly evolving …

Virginia Republicans’ effort to thwart a redraw of their state's congressional map was dealt a massive blow on Friday, when the state Supreme Court ruled that a ballot measure to suspend the state's independent redistricting commission can proceed. Republicans—who are butthurt that Democrats are countering the GOP's gerrymandering efforts —had sued in an attempt to block the ballot measure from g…