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New York Times columnist Ross Douthat shared the most unintentionally funny tweet of the year on Thursday. “Since a few people have asked, here’s a quick list of big and small things the Trump administration could do differently over the next 8 months to improve its political position,” the conservative posted on X. It’s actually a great question. Under normal circumstances, it could spark a real…

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. Trump posts video of the Obamas as apes—and won't apologize The president’s cracks open a case of vintage racism for this one. Trump prepares to squander his midterm war chest Wouldn’t be the first time he set a pile of money on fire. GOP's new voter suppression bill won't SAVE anything T…

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The Winter Olympics are officially underway in Italy, and the buildup to the competition has been arguably more eventful than the games themselves. Vice President JD Vance is taking time away from his duties to— once again —play tourist. He and his pregnant wife , Usha Vance, are prancing around Milan with their children , taking in the sights and attending the games despite previously scolding t…

Minnesota is not just besieged by ICE goons tackling, snatching, and even killing immigrants and citizens across the state. It’s also currently besieged by Jake Lang, a pardoned Jan. 6 insurrectionist-turned-right-wing-influencer who is somehow simultaneously both a doofus and a menace. After embarrassing himself to pieces at his failed Minneapolis demonstration a few weeks ago, he’s back in the …

Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance were met with a whole lot of boos from an international crowd during the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics, after the couple appeared on screen during the festivities in Milan, Italy. “There’s the vice president JD Vance and his wife Usha—oops, those are not, those are a lot of boos for him,” one television announcer said. “Whistling, …

Rep. Mark Amodei, the sole Republican in Nevada's U.S. House delegation, announced on Friday that he will not seek reelection to his Reno-based district. “After 15 years of service, I believe it is the right time for Nevada and myself to pass the torch," Amodei said in a statement. He becomes the 31st House Republican to resign or announce they will not seek reelection to their congressional seat…

OUT: Using your taxpayer dollars to fund humanitarian efforts so innocent kids don’t die of malaria and diarrhea! IN: Using your taxpayer dollars to fund hard-right efforts so Elon Musk can keep running his Nazi online cesspool and pushing his child sexual abuse material-generating chatbot. Yes, with a laser focus on what the world really needs, the State Department appears to be set to shovel a …

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an executive order on Friday to limit the ability of the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to invade buildings, a direct rebuke of the Trump administration. Mamdani announced and signed the order during a speech at an interfaith breakfast at the New York Public Library. YouTube Video “We will stand with the stranger today, tomorrow, and all the days th…

House Republicans plan to vote next week on a voter suppression bill that would require people to prove their citizenship in order to register to vote—a move expected to disenfranchise tens of millions of American citizens. The bill, ridiculously dubbed the SAVE America Act , would require people to show either a passport or original birth certificate when registering to vote. It would implement …

Conservative CNBC host Joe Kernen decided to float the white supremacist and logically baseless ”great replacement” conspiracy theory, suggesting that Democrats are deliberately allowing millions of undocumented people into the United States so they can illegally vote and swing elections. “There are conspiracy theories why you'd let in 10 million undocumented Democrats,” Kernen told moderate Demo…