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Palantir, the big dumb Big Tech company named after the crystal ball in “Lord of the Rings,” just dropped a Securities and Exchange Commission filing—which would be hilarious if we lived in a different timeline, one where Big Tech companies hadn’t thoroughly abased themselves in service to President Donald Trump’s worst impulses. You see, Palantir needs the SEC and investors to know that it may n…

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. Kristi Noem is the worst boss ever From firing people for not retrieving her blankie, to rerouting search-and-rescue flights for deportations, she’s truly awful. There's something happening in Texas Here’s hoping a huge Democratic turnout for Day 1 of early voting is a sign. ICE violence …

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The New York Times lived down to its reputation of disingenuous coverage of probable Democratic presidential candidates in its recent reporting on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York. During an appearance at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, Ocasio-Cortez offered up a valuable working-class perspective on international relations—but the Times didn’t seem to notice. In its article ,…

The world was collectively getting used to watching Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. work out in blue jeans , but the publicity-loving former heroin addict might have taken it a little too far this time. Kennedy posted a strangely edited clip on Tuesday of him pumping iron and working out with Kid Rock—yes, really—at the MAGA-friendly dad rock singer’s 27,000 square-foot …

U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman, appointed by President Donald Trump, declared a mistrial on Tuesday in the “terrorism” trial of nine people whom the Trump administration says are part of a “North-Texas antifa cell.” Now, there is no mechanism by which Trump can designate antifa or anything else as a “domestic terrorist organization,” because that is not a thing that exists in the law. A non-Tru…

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If you thought President Donald Trump's attempts to rename various airports and train stations after himself was only because of his malignant narcissism, you'd be wrong. He also sees it as yet another avenue to grift off of the American people. According to The Associated Press , the Trump Organization filed to trademark the names President Donald J. Trump International Airport, Donald J. Trump …

Open and obvious lies are a necessary part of fascism’s eradication of a shared truth, and perhaps no lies are more comically obvious than the ones the Trump administration tells about all its subpar little workers. Everyone—including President Donald Trump himself—knows that these people are wildly unqualified. Everyone—including Trump himself—knows that puffed-up statements about how all these …

Newly revealed emails from within the Department of Homeland Security released on Monday show that senior leaders knew agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol significantly increased their use of force under President Donald Trump and his push against immigration. A Freedom of Information Act request by the group American Oversight and reported by Politico uncovered repo…

Tuesday was the first day of early voting for Texas’ March 3 primary election, and Democrats turned out in droves, blowing past previous election turnouts, according to data from the state’s secretary of state. With about two weeks of voting left to go, the gangbuster Democratic turnout on Day 1 of early voting is the first tangible sign that the party is energized about potentially flipping one …