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Every week brings a flood of news stories. President Donald Trump says something unhinged. Republicans break something new. Corporations bend the knee to this administration. Corporate media trips over itself trying to normalize the latest outrage. Kid Rock and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s health secretary, do something ridiculous. That’s the surface. But when you step back and look at wha…

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 . Though I have explored Puerto Rico’s history as a colony, as well as Haitian, Jamaican and Bajan independence, I haven’t taken a look at France’s “colonies“ in the Caribbean, with the exce…

The Supreme Court improved everyone’s Friday morning—well, everyone except Donald Trump —by dropping the long-awaited decision on tariffs and kneecapping the president’s signature economic policy. The ruling is a sprawling mess, but not nearly as big a mess as the tariffs’ aftermath. Part of why the case is a mess is that not all six justices who ruled to throw out the tariffs agreed on the same …

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. Democrats don’t want you to forget the cost of Trump’s dumb tariffs Trump’s tariffs may be gone—but they left behind major damage. ‘Deeply concerned’: Democrats launch probe of Musk’s sex abuse bot Extremely “2026” headline. Trump twerp demands federal prosecutors bend the knee to Dear Le…

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Remember Teamsters President Sean O’Brien’s love affair with President Donald Trump? Well, it’s now spectacularly backfiring. In January 2024, O’Brien met privately with then-candidate Trump. Months later, he spoke at the Republican National Convention, complaining about backlash from “the left” and praising Trump as “one tough SOB.” “I travel all across this country and meet with my members ever…

Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr, low-key one of the worst people in the Trump administration, has a pledge for all you patriot broadcasters as we approach America’s 250th birthday. It’s voluntary— wink, wink! The pledge features the usual burbling about how great it is that our glorious leader, President Donald Trump, is marching us to the semiquincentennial, which will occur…

President Donald Trump held a press conference Friday following a Supreme Court ruling striking down his use of emergency powers to impose tariffs around the world. Trump drifted through what appeared to be a hastily cobbled together statement denouncing the Supreme Court and other loose thoughts—which seems to be his signature approach to his second term. "Tariffs have likewise been used to end …

Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky argued on Friday that the Supreme Court’s decision to rebuke President Donald Trump on tariffs was really a huge loss for “future President” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s purported plan to make America socialist. And Fox News agreed with him. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Trump’s sweeping tariffs, which have weighed on the economy, are illegal. Instead, the c…

Fox News viewers were given a crash course in what “transparency” looks like in the Trump administration on Friday. Taking time away from deluding herself into believing she earned her status in government on merit, Lara Trump appeared on the network to declare that her father-in-law is the most transparent president ever. “When the American people wanted more information on the MLK files, on JFK…