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The Trump administration’s all-out war on Somali people continues. In the latest move, the brittle and ghoulish White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on X that President Donald Trump is ending Temporary Protected Status for Somalis. “Somali migrants with TPS will be required to leave the country by March 17,” she wrote. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt The U.S. Citize…

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. Abolish ICE? America is warming to the idea. More and more people are turning on Trump’s deportation gestapo. Some Republicans find a spine—with Trump 'doubling down on stupid' Finally, Republicans have found a line that Trump can’t cross. Trump’s perversion of the DOJ may have finally go…

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Yet another GOP lawmaker announced on Tuesday that he will not seek reelection in November, joining a long list of Republicans choosing to head for the exits or run for different office rather than return to possibly minority status in 2027. Rep. Neal Dunn of Florida said in a statement that his fifth term will be his last, opening up the Sunshine State's 2nd Congressional District for the first …

Many of those who call themselves journalists these days have a very different set of standards than the old guard. That was resoundingly apparent when MAGA “independent journalist” Nick Shirley sat down with fellow creator Andrew Callaghan for an interview and their conversation highlighted major pitfalls within the journalistic creator economy. During the interview, which came out Monday, Shirl…

Despite growing global condemnation of the role that Grok, the AI chatbot owned by Elon Musk, has played in the creation of nonconsensual sexual material, the Pentagon announced on Monday that it will be used in military operations. “Very soon we will have the world’s leading AI models on every unclassified and classified network throughout our department,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in …

The State Department is issuing a blunt warning to the United Kingdom: Ban Elon Musk’s X , and the United States could retaliate. The threat follows increased concern in Britain over a flood of AI-generated sexualized deepfakes circulating on X , including non-consensual images and material that could violate child-safety laws. Elon Musk, owner of X U.K. regulators are now considering whether the…

President Donald Trump effectively declared himself “ acting president of Venezuela ” on Sunday, sharing on Truth Social a doctored image of his Wikipedia page displaying that title. While we can add that to a growing list of arbitrary titles Trump has given himself since the start of his second term—such as dubbing himself “king ” —the reality of Trump’s control over Venezuela is less regal. Whe…

“Dilbert” cartoonist Scott Adams, who became infamous at the end of his career for promoting racism and conspiracy theories, was praised by President Donald Trump after his death on Tuesday. Adams died at 68 after previously announcing that he had prostate cancer. “Sadly, the Great Influencer, Scott Adams, has passed away,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social account. “He was a fantastic guy, who lik…

Bill and Hillary Clinton have refused to testify in the House Oversight Committee’s “investigation” into accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein because wouldn’t you, if you were the target of Republicans seeking to protect their beloved pedophile-adjacent president by going after literally everyone else? Now, the House is threatening to hold former President Clinton in contempt for skipping out o…

President Donald Trump has been venting to aides in recent weeks about his hand-picked Attorney General Pam Bondi, complaining that she hasn’t been aggressive—or effective—enough in carrying out his priorities at the Justice Department. According to a new report from The Wall Street Journal , Trump’s frustration has been building for months and appears tied to a broader effort to pressure the DOJ…