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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 . The current oil blockade of Cuba handed down by President Donald Trump including the machinations of Secretary of State Marco Rubio and right-wing Cuban Americans isn’t new. But many Cuban…

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Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope in history, has proven in his first year in Vatican City that he has no qualms with criticizing the cruel and corrupt megalomaniac who occupies the Oval Office. The head of the Catholic Church has condemned President Donald Trump and his administration multiple times over the mistreatment of immigrants and the Iran war, in which the United States and Israel …

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. Barron Trump gets in on the family grift If there’s one thing the world desperately needs right now, it’s a virgin piña colada soda from a Trump. The End of Beta Week There’s still time to hit us with your fixes and comments! Inflation surges as Iran war spirals Just because Trump pretend…

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During the National Action Network Convention in New York City on Friday, civil rights activist Al Sharpton interviewed former Vice President Kamala Harris and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, directly asking them about their potential 2028 plans . “Let me say this: I am thinking about it,” Harris said. “I think that the American people have a right to expect that anyone who wants to run …

Melania Trump’s senior adviser, Marc Beckman, went on “Fox & Friends ” on Friday to try to explain the first lady’s extremely weird Thursday press conference about Jeffrey Epstein, but did not illuminate why she chose to read a six-minute statement saying she had no connections to the accused sex trafficker. The statement she read was essentially just a really long version of the famous Mariah Ca…

Big-time Trump apologist Rep. Russell Fry of South Carolina appeared on Fox Business Friday to offer a powerfully convoluted—but telling—excuse for why the GOP-controlled Congress remains unwilling to do its job and rein in the war in Iran. “Congress, right now, certainly has an obligation in some ways to assist in matters of international importance,” Fry said. “But to micromanage the president …

If you’re keeping your ear to the ground in Washington, D.C., you might have heard some whispering that Kristi Noem’s new gig already has an expiration date. According to the latest gossip floating around town, the fired former Department of Homeland Security secretary has been noticeably absent from her newly created role, special envoy for the Shield of the Americas. Then again, state officials…

A Republican state senate candidate in Indiana is alleging that the Trump administration tried to entice her to drop out of her race by offering up a job to clear the path for President Donald Trump’s preferred candidate. Alexandra Wilson said that she was contacted by White House officials in February as part of a pressure campaign to get her to leave the race, a move that would assist Brenda Wi…

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Inflation in March saw the biggest month-over-month spike in three years , all thanks to President Donald Trump's boondoggle of a war in Iran that led to the largest single-month increase in gas prices since the 1967 oil embargo. But rather than acknowledge that Americans are being squeezed by higher prices, Republicans actually celebrated—yes, celebrated—the inflation report. "Core inflation jus…