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Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics or culture. President Donald Trump’s second term has fulfilled many of the darkest fears people had about his first. He is deploying the military into blue cities and moving to seize the nation’s elections. Where he once had prote…

Before the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis and before children’s parades were interrupted by tear gas in Chicago, Latino families in Los Angeles were targeted by President Donald Trump’s deportation agenda. Los Angeles was the “tipping point,” Public Counsel’s Senior Special Counsel for Strategic Litigation Mark Rosenbaum told Daily Kos. “Racial profiling” by Pedro Molina For …

Congressional Cowards is a weekly series highlighting the worst Donald Trump defenders on Capitol Hill, who refuse to criticize him—no matter how disgraceful or lawless his actions. This week's installation of Congressional Cowards doesn't involve Republicans defending Dear Leader but instead focuses on how they’re rallying around a fellow GOP lawmaker who had an inappropriate sexual relationship…

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Proposed Endangered Species Act rollbacks and military expansions are leaving the Pacific’s most diverse coral reefs legally defenseless. By Johnny Sturgeon for Inside Climate News Ritidian Point, at the northern tip of Guam, is home to an ancient limestone forest with panoramic vistas of warm Pacific waters. Stand here in early spring and you might just be lucky enough to witness a breaching hum…

Let’s take a little detour from the midterms. Yes, the focus right now is fighting President Donald Trump and maximizing the blue wave at this year’s midterm elections. On those fronts, the latest Emerson College poll has plenty to like: 55% of likely voters disapprove of the job Trump is doing as president, and Democrats lead Republicans by 8 percentage points on the generic congressional ballot…

On Feb. 24, President Donald Trump delivered the longest, dumbest, and most lie-filled State of the Union address. If you sat through the nearly two-hour spectacle , we’re sorry. And if you didn’t, we did it for you . Either way, we could all use some levity. So here are some cartoons highlighting Trump’s absolutely unhinged speech. And feel free to share more of your favorites in the comments. C…

Black Music Sunday is a weekly series highlighting all things Black music, with over 300 stories covering performers, genres, history, and more, each featuring its own vibrant soundtrack. I hope you’ll find some familiar tunes and perhaps an introduction to something new. This isn’t the first time I’ve paid tribute to the multitalented multidimensional Harry Belafonte here on Daily Kos, and I’m s…

A cartoon by David Horsey. Related | Trump appoints unqualified kiss-ass to grease his grifty ballroom

Explaining the Right is a weekly series that looks at what the right wing is currently obsessing over, how it influences politics—and why you need to know. The world of conservative grifters and hucksters exploded into controversy yet again this past week after serial conspiracy theorist Candace Owens took aim in a YouTube video series at Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk’s widow and the new head of conse…

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a major attack on Iran launched by Israel and the United States, Israeli officials told The Associated Press on Saturday. President Donald Trump said on social media that his passing is “the single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their Country.” The death occurred after a joint U.S. and Israeli aerial bombardment that …