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Congratulations, Republicans: Your mentally incapacitated president—who’s running the country without guardrails, constraints, or adult supervision—is burning through nearly a century of international goodwill, with consequences that will echo for decades. “You cannot put the genie back into the bottle. Things might get better and more calm a few months down the road, and Trump, he can’t be reele…

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. ICE goons to America: We don’t need no stinkin’ warrants The lawlessness continues unabated. Democrat shreds GOP's Trump worship: 'We took an oath' Too bad Republicans’ fealty is devoted to the crooked president. ‘I won’t be complicit’: Newsom stands against Trump’s bullying The Californi…

Former D.C. Metropolitan Police officer Michael Fanone—who was seriously injured while defending the Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack—told Republican Rep. Troy Nehls, “Go fuck yourself” during Thursday’s House committee hearing featuring former special counsel Jack Smith. Fanone, a vocal critic of MAGA efforts to rewrite the history of Jan. 6 and deflect blame from Donald Trump, was in attendance…

MAGA folks are revisiting their beloved argument that conservative women have more children because they’re hotter. “Conservative women are just factually more attractive than liberal women. It’s why more conservatives than liberals are having babies,” Katie Miller, the wife of White House chief of staff for policy Stephen Mille r, said via X Wednesday. Her claims were paired with an equally stra…

After a barrage of GOP grandstanding during former special counsel Jack Smith’s congressional testimony, Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California cut through the political theater. Offering support for Smith, he castigated Republicans as “tiny” and “small” in the face of President Donald Trump’s demands for fealty. “Mr. Smith, I want you to have the utmost confidence in what you did. You did e…

Continuing to make this year’s World Economic Forum the weirdest and the worst , President Donald Trump’s nepo baby son-in-law and Slenderman stand-in, Jared Kushner, just unveiled the administration’s plans for a “new Gaza.” It’s gonna be so elite, guys. Data centers, luxury apartments, “coastal tourism,” you name it. The plans Kushner is touting are just some AI-generated slop of futuristic, fa…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized the mainstream media on Wednesday for continuing to normalize President Donald Trump’s “increasingly erratic” behavior. The New York congresswoman noted that just a couple of years ago, the same media outlets generated international controversy by raising questions about the health of then-President Joe Biden. AOC: The president has been acting in increasi…

Conservative legal analyst Andrew Napolitano took to Newsmax to discuss the internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo that permits agents to kick down the doors of people’s homes without a judge’s warrant. “This is a direct and profound violation of the Fourth Amendment, which expressly says people are entitled to be secure in their homes and that security can only be invaded by a search …

President Donald Trump's speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, is once again raising questions about his health and ability to serve, with images released Thursday showing swelling and dark bruising on his left hand. Trump's right hand is frequently seen covered in caked-on makeup or bandages to hide black and blue marks—which his team claims are from shaking hands. An image v…

Vice President JD Vance was stumping in Toledo, Ohio, on Thursday, where he was asked about President Donald Trump’s framing of the ongoing abuses by Immigration and Customs Enforcement as “mistakes.” “You're always gonna have mistakes made in law enforcement. I mean, we all know this,” he said. “That's the nature of law enforcement.” . @VP JD Vance: "You're always going to have mistakes made in …