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If you would like to know what the U.S. Department of State was up to prior to Jan. 20, 2025, don’t bother checking its official X account. All State Department posts that predate President Donald Trump’s return to office are being deleted . It’s the latest move from an administration hell-bent on destroying our history by ensuring we can’t access it. This doesn’t just apply to the official State…

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. MAGA freaks out as millions of normal people enjoy Bad Bunny One of Trump’s close advisers gets very bluntly racist. US Olympians rip Trump's atrocities, infuriating GOP Ice athletes are disgusted by ICE. Who knew mass government firings would create a mess? Move fast and break things (so…

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While President Donald Trump’s supporters usually march in lockstep with him, Bad Bunny’s excellent Super Bowl halftime show has caused some to fall out of line, with some MAGA types admitting they enjoyed the pro-immigrant performer. When Bad Bunny was first announced as the halftime-show performer this past September, conservatives lashed out. Trump kept that momentum going on Sunday, declaring…

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance Sunday was groundbreaking as the first ever sung entirely in Spanish . And those who tuned in might have missed some of his references sprinkled throughout the 13-minute performance . Here’s a deeper look at Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio and the symbolism laced into his halftime show. The sugarcane fields Amidst the wealth of football’s biggest night—w…

After a closed-door deposition with Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell on Monday, Democratic Reps. Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico and Jasmine Crockett of Texas accused the GOP-controlled government of covering up information on the Epstein case. “The United States government is engaged in an active cover-up of the largest sex trafficking scandal and influence-peddling scandal in the hi…

Will Lewis is out at The Washington Post. Since he was a fancy “chief executive,” his departure is being reported with the genteel framing of him “stepping down,” even though it is very evident that Post owner Jeff Bezos sent Lewis packing. Ostensibly, Amazon billionaire Bezos felt that Lewis didn’t handle the complete decimation of the newspaper with enough gravitas and was instead partying in S…

Turning Point USA’s decision to try and compete with the NFL’s Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday never seemed like a well-conceived idea . Culturally, fascism has never offered much in the way of entertainment, and TPUSA isn’t exactly known for fun . Related | MAGA poor sports unveil their awful Super Bowl halftime alternative A bummer from start to finish, the event looked like it was shot in a…

With measles cases spiking all across the country, Dr. Mehmet Oz went on CNN to say he really wants you to get the measles vaccine. Really! Normally, having the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator remind people that vaccines are beneficial would not be notable. However, since Oz, along with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has been howling about how …

Things are going so well under President Donald Trump’s economic policies that there are now fewer jobs available or being created! At least, that is how Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, is spinning the dismal jobs numbers that have been rolling out under Trump’s watch. “There's a pretty big decline in the labor force because of illegals leaving the country,” Hassett said…

In yet another sign that the GOP doesn't actually care about free speech, President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers are trashing U.S. Olympians who said they do not support the cruelty that Trump is carrying out back home, calling them un-American and even rooting for them to lose. Multiple Olympians, including freestyle skiers Hunter Hess and Chris Lillis, have said they do not support Tru…