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President Donald Trump threatened the death of Iran’s civilization on Tuesday, an escalation of his ongoing threats to commit international war crimes against that nation. Trump’s incendiary rhetoric validated long-running warnings from the Democratic Party about Trump issuing illegal orders to the U.S. military. In a post to Truth Social Trump wrote , “A whole civilization will die tonight, neve…

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President Donald Trump is one of the most corrupt , amoral , and vacuous human beings on the planet. Yet he was successful at running for office because, for all of his many faults, he had good political instincts and knew how to exploit Americans’ fears and desires. But now, more than a year into his second term, it's clear that juice is gone. Time after time, Trump has made mind-bogglingly stup…

CBS just announced who will be replacing late-night host Stephen Colbert after he signs off on May 21, and it’s time to get hyped, America! No longer will you have to endure a host so laden with Emmy, Peabody, and Grammy awards that Wikipedia had to create an entirely separate page from his biography. And no longer will you have to endure a show that averages around 2.4 million viewers and pulls …

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Sunrise Movement and environmental groups see fighting “a fascist government” as a first step to halting the climate crisis. By Audrey Carleton for Capital & Main On a frigid Tuesday evening in lower Manhattan, a group of black t-shirt clad New Yorkers sat, shoulder-to-shoulder on the lobby floor of a Hilton, chanting in unison. Crowds swarmed the windows in solidarity as the activists shouted th…

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A super PAC tied to Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced its midterm spending plan Monday, saying it plans to reserve $342 million in television advertising to preserve the GOP's Senate majority. “Thanks to the tremendous successes of Senate Republicans and Majority Leader John Thune, Senate Leadership Fund is better positioned than ever to execute an aggressive offensive strategy to prote…

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. NY Times once again caught sanewashing Trump’s unhinged rhetoric “Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell.” - President of the United States Will firing more Cabinet members fix Trump's popularity problem? We might be stuck in a nightmare, but at least Tru…

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The Department of Justice just filed an emergency motion to stay U.S. District Judge Richard Leon’s preliminary injunction stopping construction on the big dumb ballroom, and if you ever wondered what it would be like if Truth Social allowed for 5,000-word posts, wonder no more. This thing is a President Donald Trump social media screed dressed up as a legal brief. This filing seeking to stay Jud…

Republican lawmakers caught some attention this weekend when they shared a purported image of a rescued U.S. service member who was piloting an F-15 that was shot down over Iran. There was just one teeny, glaring, major problem—the image was entirely AI-generated. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, and New York Rep. Mike Lawler all circulated the fake photo before backtrac…