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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. Recently, it came to light that some young conservatives were going hog wild in a bile-filled group chat, sending each other antisemitic, racist, homophobic, and otherwise bigoted texts. In this instance, many of the offenders were students at…

A cartoon by Drew Sheneman. Related | Trump and Hegseth on radically different timelines for Iran war

By Hannah Allam for ProPublica Images from the missile strike in southern Iran were more horrifying than any of the case studies Air Force combat veteran Wes J. Bryant had pored over in his mission to overhaul how the U.S. military safeguards civilian life. Parents wept over their children’s bodies. Crushed desks and blood-stained backpacks poked through the rubble. The death toll from the attack…

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. Welcome to another week of injustice, Trump administration style. This week, we’ve got a reliable oldie but goodie, with the Department of Justice running to its best friend, the conservative wing of the Supreme Court. But just to mix it up a bit,…

Watching from the sky, researchers find planet-warming pollutants leaking into the atmosphere are undercounted by at least two times. By Jennifer Oldham for Capital & Main A unique aerial measurement campaign found that emission inventories compiled by energy companies to account for planet-warming methane leaking from equipment on Colorado oil and gas production sites undercount such pollutants …

The Senate GOP tried and failed to score political points for President Donald Trump this week. The war in Iran continues to unfold exactly as experts—and plenty of nonexperts—have long feared. With the economy struggling, the Republican Party has shown little sign it is capable of responding. And it was all on video. Watch GOP senator get owned after trying gotcha question YouTube Video Republic…

Like his two most recent Republican predecessors, President Donald Trump has crashed the nation’s economy while starting an unnecessary war in the Middle East. It’s dismaying that voters refuse to learn this historical lesson. Might this be the time? To my big surprise, though, that wasn’t the focus of last week’s site discussion. The war may be happening, but our political fight is much broader …

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 the United States celebrates Caribbean American Heritage Month in June, one of our two Caribbean territories, the U.S. Virgin Islands, celebrates its rich and complicated history in …

When will President Donald Trump’s war in Iran end? If you ask Trump himself, well, you'd get a different answer each time, as the clearly unprepared warmonger tries to avoid taking responsibility for his economic calamity. When Trump first authorized strikes on Iran last month, Trump wrote on Truth Social that the mission would last "throughout the week or, as long as necessary to achieve our ob…

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. A new low: Trump team says First Amendment doesn't apply to journalism It’s all about trying to control the narrative. Trump’s unpopularity could flip this red state Texas isn’t the only state where things are getting interesting. Cartoon: Some people will die Might need to change that na…