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Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday gave one of the most dreadful congressional hearing performances any Cabinet-level official has ever given, ranting like a lunatic and hurling personal insults at Democratic lawmakers rather than answering fair questions about the horrific conduct the Department of Justice has exhibited both under her watch and at her direction. If they tuned in, normal Ame…

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. Yup, 2025 really was a horrific year for jobs Donald Trump can’t gaslight his way out of cold, hard data. Want to put food up your ass? RFK Jr.'s chatbot can help! Strange and gross, but absolutely true. Pam Bondi loses her sh-t at Epstein hearing Pick-me Pam tried her hardest to defend D…

The international soccer community will travel to the U.S. this summer for a portion of the FIFA World Cup games, but ICE’s presence is casting a shadow over the many foreign guests. On Tuesday, Rep. Nellie Pou of New Jersey, in an already contentious hearing, asked acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons if he could ensure the safety of foreign visitors despite the track r…

The House voted Wednesday to slap back President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada, a rare if largely symbolic rebuke of the White House agenda as Republicans joined Democrats over the objections of GOP leadership. The tally, 219-211, was among the first times the House, controlled by Republicans, has confronted the president over a signature policy. The resolution seeks to end the national emerge…

President Donald Trump reportedly hosted right-wing media mogul Rupert Murdoch at the White House on Tuesday night, according to CNN’s Brian Stelter. The private dinner between the two influential conservative figures occurred just a few days after Fox News—which Murdoch owns—rejected a television ad critical of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. Murdoch is the founder and chairman o…

During a recess from Attorney General Pam Bondi’s chaotic testimony in front of the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday, GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky spoke with reporters about how he thought the hearing was going. “She didn't answer anything,” Massie said in the hallway, after Bondi was peppered with questions about the notorious Epstein files. “She came here just ready to talk about the D…

It’s another red-letter day for Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the district of Washington, D.C. Most prosecutors go their whole careers without ever getting no-billed, the fancy legal term for when a grand jury tells a prosecutor to pound sand. Pirro, however, has been no-billed numerous times . On Tuesday, Pirro’s losing streak stayed winning. A grand jury declined to indict six congressio…

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The U.S. economy added an abysmally low 181,000 jobs in 2025, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced on Wednesday, revising the annual job total down by a whopping 400,000 jobs to show that virtually no jobs were added in President Donald Trump's first year in office. The annual job growth was the worst year in decades, and was the result of Trump's idiotic trade policy causing massive uncertai…

Attorney General Pam Bondi’s appearance before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday went off the rails shortly after Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington asked Jeffrey Epstein’s survivors in the audience to raise their hands. Jayapal pressed Bondi to apologize to them, accusing her of protecting “powerful predators” in the release of Epstein-related files while also failing to safe…

If you were weirded out by the extreme close-up convicted rapist Mike Tyson Real Food Super Bowl ad, prepare yourself for new heights—or perhaps depths?—of unpleasant feelings about the whole affair. No, it’s not because the ad was directed by credibly accused sex pest (and Epstein files denizen , of course) Brett Ratner, fresh off his stunning triumph with “Melania .” While repulsive, that’s pre…