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It’s a tale as old as politics itself: The party out of power gains support as frustration with the party in power mounts. Under an administration as chaotic, incompetent, and cruel as Trump’s, those dynamics are supercharged. A major new Gallup survey finds dramatic gains for Democrats—and for the word “liberal,” a label that’s been demonized for decades. The topline result is familiar: American…

Senate Republicans voted to dismiss a war powers resolution Wednesday that would have limited President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks on Venezuela after two GOP senators reversed course on supporting the legislation. Trump put intense pressure on five Republican senators who joined with Democrats to advance the resolution last week and ultimately prevailed in heading off passa…

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. Trump's middle finger to auto worker perfectly sums up his presidency At least he didn’t wear a tan suit. US attorneys say hell no to DOJ’s disgusting response to ICE killing We must stand behind ethical public servants. Trump’s newest gambit is textbook socialism—and impossible Okay, Gra…

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI, is under investigation by California Attorney General Rob Bonta after its Grok chatbot was used to generate thousands of sexualized images of children and women without their consent. Bonta announced the investigation on Wednesday, calling the recent surge of nonconsensual, sexually explicit material produced by Grok “shocking.” California Attorne…

Congressional Democrats on Wednesday offered up legislation to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, following the killing of Minnesota mother Renee Good by an ICE agent. YouTube Video The legislation was introduced by Illinois Rep. Robin Kelly, who spoke about the bill at a Capitol Hill news conference. Kelly noted that nearly 70 members of Congress currently back the bill. “Secret…

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins offered up a strikingly paltry $3 meal plan under the Trump administration’s new Make America Healthy Again food pyramid . According to Rollins, the administration has run the numbers and claims the plan will save Americans money—regardless of the fact that her meal plan won’t fill anyone’s stomach. “We've run over a thousand simulations,” Rollins said during …

The State Department said Wednesday it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Russia and Somalia, whose nationals the Trump administration has deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the United States. The State Department, led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio , said it had instructed consular officers to halt …

The FBI raided Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home Wednesday morning to seize her personal and work-related devices in the latest horrifying development in the Trump administration’s war on the truth. Natanson has been reporting on President Donald Trump's decimation of the federal government. During the raid, agents reportedly took her cellphone, personal and work laptops, and smartw…

A top Danish official said Wednesday that a “fundamental disagreement” over Greenland remains with President Donald Trump after talks in Washington with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The two sides, however, agreed to create a working group to discuss ways to work through differences as Trump continues to call for a U.S. takeover of Denmark’s Arctic territory of Green…

Rep. James Comer of Kentucky and other House Oversight Committee Republicans held a ramshackle press conference Wednesday, where they were badgered mercilessly about the toothless nature of their Epstein investigation. After Bill and Hillary Clinton declined to comply with his subpoena Tuesday, Comer’s threats to hold them in contempt of Congress quickly unraveled, as a reporter repeatedly noted …

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