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Republican megadonor Elon Musk spent the weekend trying to change the narrative about his interactions with accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein after emails surfaced showing Musk arranging to attend a party at Epstein’s notorious private island. The emails, which were sent between 2012 and 2014, were released Friday by the Department of Justice, and they show Musk discussing attending a party …

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. Shady new ad campaign paints ICE thugs as ‘friends and neighbors’ This will totally change the public’s mind about ICE’s handiwork. Democrats' blowout victory in special election spells doom for GOP The win isn’t just significant for how much Democrats won by, but for how it happened in t…

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Former White House press secretary and current Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany went into full propaganda mode Monday, hyping first lady Melania Trump’s new documentary and adding to increasingly dubious stories about stellar ticket sales. “My mom went to it this weekend in Florida,” McEnany said on Fox News. “She said not only was the theater packed, it was, you know, standing room only—if you cou…

Have you been waiting with bated breath to find out who would perform at Turning Point USA’s halftime show? Lo, these long months where we were promised that this alternative halftime show would be epic, but the lineup was a mystery until Monday, when we learned about this absolutely killer lineup : Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice, and Gabby Barrett. Real A-listers here, right? If you had t…

Journalist Michael Wolff, who says that he possesses more than 100 hours of recorded conversations with Jeffrey Epstein, fired back after President Donald Trump threatened to sue him for reporting on Trump’s relationship with Epstein. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One Sunday, Trump said that he would “probably sue Wolff.” “Wolff was conspiring with Epstein to do harm to me,” he said. Trump’s…

President Donald Trump praised the FBI agents who raided an election site in Fulton County, Georgia, last week in search of ballots to try to prove Trump's 2020 election fraud lies. According to The New York Times, Trump spoke directly with the agents, asking them questions about the raid and thanking them for their work. The extraordinary phone call—which was facilitated by National Intelligence…

Republican Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas told Newsmax that the Republicans have a health care plan. Yeehaw! What is the plan that the GOP’s been marinating for almost two decades? They want you to know how expensive everything is! As if you didn’t already know. “We're going to focus on bringing down the cost of health care for everybody,” Marshall said on Monday. “And that starts with our price-t…

National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard is very busy these days. Not with doing her actual job, of course—don’t be silly. Rather, eager to get noticed by President Donald Trump, Gabbard joined the unprecedented FBI raid of the election site in Fulton County, Georgia. Meanwhile, Gabbard hasn’t seemed all that interested in dealing with concerns about her own agency. Back in May, a whistleblow…

The agency’s official safety alert comes as SpaceX looks to ramp up Starship tests. A recent ProPublica investigation found that explosions during previous Starship launches disrupted air traffic and forced pilots to scramble for safety. By Heather Vogell and Agnel Philip for ProPublica The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a sharp warning that rocket launches could “significantly reduce…

Republican Rep. Carlos Giménez of Florida is claiming he had warned his MAGA overlords about Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s inhumane tactics. “Unfortunately, you know, we've been warning the administration about the enforcement that's been going on,” Giménez told Fox Business on Monday. “We thought that there should have been a course correction a long time ago, and now I guess it's going …