Can't remember a time I've been LESS enthused about voting.
It’s probably just a hangover from getting to vote for Obama in the last two primaries/elections, but could not be less enthused about our presidential nominees this year.Hillary Clinton: very smart...
View ArticleHow I went from North Carolina to Virginia (and back again)
I had a hard time deciding between I-40 and 86-29-40-220 on my recent trip to the seat of SW VA from the RDU area of North Carolina. In fact, I changed my mind on the way. Being Easter weekend, I was...
View ArticleAYFKM, Cornel West?
thehill.com/...Are you F****** kidding me? Jill Stein??After you campaigned hard for the DEMOCRATIC PARTY candidate Bernie Sanders?After Bernie stuck his neck out and nominated you to the platform...
View ArticleNo, I wouldn't have picked him. But he's a good man and a fine pick.
I wouldn't have chosen Tim Kaine.Liz Warren or Corey Booker, but I came to those decisions late...I was VERY into Perez or Becerra earlier. Ultimately, I decided the time was right to really, really go...
View ArticleThis election: Choosing not to eat, is the same thing as choosing to starve.
This diary really isn't for any regular kossacks. Even those kossacks that are considering not voting for Hillary, there's no chance that they don't know the below is true. Feel free to share on social...
View Article3 things the Democratic Party, and Daily Kos, should do this new year to make...
Happy new year, everyone.Tough one on Nov. 8thth, eh?I hope to be back more regularly after a longer-than-required break. We have some improving/redirection to do, for sure. Here are my 3 things that I...
View Article'I disagree with his policies/politics' not good enough to skip inauguration.
I’m starting to cringe at the tweets we’re starting to see from Dem politicians who are skipping, or considering skipping, the inauguration of Trump. While I applaud in general the stand being taken,...
View ArticleSURPRISE! Caught fake-newser was writing in support of...Trump.
Cam Harris, legislative aide, was fired ‘on the spot’ when the congresscritter he worked for discovered he was the source of a fake news story about HRC ballots in Ohio...a story that ended up being...
View ArticleD.C. 'Protest' gets destructive...f*ck those cowards with masks.
Follow this link for a Live video from Vocativ, where a bunch of cringy white dudes are breaking shit again.Yeah break shit awesome hahaWay to go, cowards...give Trump a reason to roll tanks down...
View ArticleHillary's failure does not absolve you of responsibility for your bad choices.
Quick and dirty metaphor:You lead a team of travelers, yourself included in that group. There is a fork coming up in the road. One direction leads you straight off a cliff, and you can see the cliff...
View ArticleClik here to view.
You voted against Hillary because you got CONNED - brilliant Facebook post.
Had to share this one, from Ben Mallicote on Facebook:If I can find a transcription, I'll post it.Brilliant response to anyone who voted for Trump, or justified not voting for Hillary because reasons....
View ArticleGearing up for the Reichstag fire with this one, Trump?
Ironically for you, tweets like this will make us far less likely to believe that it wasn't YOU when the next alleged Islamic terror attack happens on US soil. xJust cannot believe a judge would put...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Uh oh....Chaffetz on to Mar-A-Lago now!
oversight.house.gov/...Kellyanne was just referred for her Ivanka/Nordstrom remarks, and now this.tick, tock…
View ArticleSnoop Dogg's 'assasination' music video was a really dumb move, at best.
xxYouTube VideoSnoop Dogg is a well-known rapper whose fame also crosses into cinema and TV, internationally.Long story short, Snoop did a mock execution of Trump in his music video. Yeah, it turns out...
View Article17-year old voting is Bernie's fault because anecdotes and assumptions.
Per the results of an investigation, as many as 70 17-year olds voted in the Wisconsin primary. Some states allow 17-year-olds to vote in a primary if they will be 18 by Election Day; Wisconsin does...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The antidisestablishmentarianism of Hillary Clinton.
Pondering on the recent posts about the destruction of Hillary article, I’ve come to the conclusion that a far more worthy use of our time is to consider the antidisestablishmentarianism of Hillary...
View ArticleLet's put the flaps down on the United Airlines 'outrage'.
Another story, pumped up to a storm via Twitter, popped up today when a United Airlines passenger was dragged off a plane.News story here: www.google.com/…Everyone outraged that UNITED DRAGGED A...
View ArticleY'all, we can disagree about Obama's speaking fees without bashing eachother...
Hey all, we don't need to bash each other over the Obama speaking fees thing.Obama is taking $400k for a speech. There are a lot of details around it (who is paying it, who the speech is to, what orgs...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wow, Sen. Burr, Republican head of Senate Russian investigation committee,...
Richard Burr is the Senator from North Carolina, head of the Senate investigation into Russian meddling and a Trump endorser. Not a good sign for the Donald, at all.We’ll see if he puts his money where...
View ArticleI don't think Single Payer is the best way. Should I still support it?
Big news out of California on single payer healthcare. Long ways to go, but it’s passed a chamber in the legislature, at least.I personally don’t think that, conceptually and realistically, single...
View ArticleNOTE: I'm an American Citizen and no, Donald Trump is not 'my' President.
Apparently some people (mostly Trumpsters) are having a hard time with the whole ‘Donald Trump is my/your president’ thing. I don't think it’s hard, but let's review.We live in the United States of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
WARNING: 'Resistance-Only' may cause ::gasp:: PRAGMATISM!!!!
Hilarious inclusion in a People’s Summit presentation...besides other symptoms, ‘resistance-only’ focus may cause PRAGMATISM! THE HORROR!!!!SERIOUSLY, WHAT THE FUCK? DO YOU KNOW WHAT WORDS MEAN?Now, I...
View ArticleIs it really 'infringing' to need a permit to conceal a gun?
North Carolina looks near to passing a law allowing 18+ adults to conceal-carry without a permit or any sort of endorsed safety training. If it passes, it will join at least 15 other states that...
View ArticleHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAAAAHHaaaa
This is just too good.x.@ericbolling: "Most of the country believes in Donald Trump."pic.twitter.com/AZ0MncKrfg— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 29, 2017AhhahahahhahahahhahahaxTrump approval hits near-low of...
View ArticleCali. Single-Payer organizers DECEIVING supporters: The Intercept
Most of you will remember the wailing and gnashing of teeth when California SB562 (single-payer healthcare for California) was shelved by Democratic speaker Anthony Rendon.Leftie Twitter went nuts on...
View ArticleWow...quite the pro-Trump spam attack on Daily Kos today.
If you're a trusted user, check out all the tip jars in the hiddens right now, attached to diaries that have been deleted. Good on our site/admins for catching them and deleting...anyone still want to...
View ArticleBREAKING: Daily Kos over that stupid 'alt-left' term
Probably the lowest common denominator I've ever seen here, is all this bullshit drama over ‘alt-left.’ If we could all stay focused and act like adults, that'd probably be better and more productive,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
You don't have to champion every cause, but don't get flaky when it's not...
Being liberal/progressive does not mean you have to champion every cause or group. You may even have a different initial reaction to an issue that a marginalized group has because of your privilege or...
View ArticleWell then, Sen. Gillibrand...how’d all that go?
1st, truly sorry you were the target of such a vulgar attack by Trump. It was really despicable.*******So, here were the choices you made, in order: 1. Make public comment that Bill Clinton should’ve...
View ArticleKossack ‘native’ has passed.
Long-time kossack ‘native’ has passed, apparently moving on in his sleep on December 14th.www.dailykos.com/...I wasn’t a fan of most of his commentary here, but a kossack in good standing he was. He...
View ArticleHow important is it that the inarguably racist President said something racist?
I’m smirking, at best, at the real passion that Booker and Durbin are showing around the racist #45 saying something racist. Which of the poll options have they had such strong opinions and public...
View Article‘The Wall’ is absolutely less meaningful than CHIP or DACA, and Schumer was...
Trump’s big border wall is a bad idea — it’s an ineffectual waste of money and bad for the environment where it will be built. But, the wall is not nearly as important as renewing CHIP (done),...
View ArticleTrump resigning over the tryst with Stormy Daniels is the least best cause...
But I’ll take it.I don’t really care if Trump did something naughty with Stormy Daniels. I have no expectation that politicians AREN’T hypocrites, that they’re perfect, that what they do in their...
View ArticleIt’s best for Bernie and Hillary to quit talking re: the Democratic Party.
No, I’m not telling anyone to ‘shut up, period.’ I’m not saying ‘be quiet and stay in Vermont/NY.’ I am saying ‘Bernie, Hillary..when you’re out there talking about the elections, the Democratic Party,...
View ArticleThe enemy of my enemy is my friend; let’s not fling off Repubs that are...
I’ll be brief here, but I do think this is important.When we have Republican current and former congresscritters finally speaking against Trump because of the Putin debacle in Helsinki, we need not...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Greens getting .6% is not worth blowing up over.
I get that Troy Balderson losing the special election (which is still possible) would be a huge FU to Trump and help swing the House. I get that. I also get the frustration over ANYONE who is...
View ArticleCut the crap, conservatives: your support for Kavanaugh is about abortion,...
You’re not fooling us, pearl-clutchers.At first, I found the ‘na-na-na-can’t-hear-you’ behavior of quite a few never-Trump conservatives who support Kavanaugh surprising. They don’t show fealty to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
I’m tired of you all telling me ‘to think of the Supreme Court’ when deciding...
Don’t tell me how to vote! Don’t bring up SCOTUS anymore! The SCOTUS is just a bludgeon to beat me into voting for your candidate! I’m sick of being told to consider the Supreme Court when I choose to...
View ArticleImmigrants aren’t ‘invaders’ and most aren’t legitimate ‘asylum’ seekers,...
Words mean things, and as most emotional debates go, both sides are using emotional terms that are inaccurate as applied to the vast majority of would-be immigrants.The folks in the ‘caravan’ that’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nancy F*cking Pelosi, everyone!
They came for her right away, when it looked good for Dems to retake the House.Republicans screeched at her and supported her opponents for Speaker.Weak-chinned Democratic opponents ‘challenged’ her,...
View ArticleA crowded Democratic primary most benefits Bernie Sanders.
I think this is pretty straightforward.Bernie has a very loyal base — some Democrats, and some lefty independents eligible to vote in primaries in certain states (or register same-day.) His floor in...
View ArticleThings that may be true about Single Payer and Universal Healthcare, and one...
I think we need a recap, post-outrage over Beto’s answer when asked if he supports single payer healthcare for the US:Single payer is a form of universal healthcare.Single payer may be the most...
View ArticleTough but true: ‘Rape or incest’ is a red herring for both sides of the...
‘What if a woman is raped or is a victim of incest?’ ‘Should we make an exception if a woman was raped or there was incest’ around a restrictive abortion policy? I think the above are fallacial, red...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Progressives’ showing once more that they can dish it out, but they sure...
Two reclist diaries up right now, complaining about ‘hippie punching’ and ‘establishment Dems attacking the left.’ Ironically, the two (in)famous writers of those posts are two of the most (in)famous...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sanders campaign immediately smears the Harris healthcare plan, essentially...
Instead of waiting for the next round of debates or after, the Sanders campaign has decided to out right smear and lie about the Harris healthcare plan that was just released.Harris released what in my...
View ArticleJohn Oliver is wrong about healthcare choice/M4A, and his DESTROY arguments...
I believe Mr. Oliver, whom I like and respect, is quite wrong in his arguments against a healthcare system that allows citizens to choose the payor on their regular/standard healthcare needs.I don’t...
View ArticleCaucuses are stupid, silly, undemocratic ways of deciding any elections.
x.@GadiNBC just showed a real-life card game tie breaker live on @MSNBC at a #NevadaCaucus in Reno.— Micah Grimes (@MicahGrimes) February 22, 2020theweek.com/…Nevada is keeping things on brand for the...
View ArticleWarren is not the ‘best candidate’ to win the general election (or even the...
I think if we were a parliamentary system, Warren would be the best choice for Prime Minister – she’s smart, inspiring, and has a plan for just about everything, and a good plan too.This diary is not a...
View ArticleAOC gets it right - nails it about Warren not endorsing Bernie.
Quoted in the www.nytimes.com/... article about Warren extremely unlikely to endorse in the primary before a candidate is a lock: “I always want to see us come together as a progressive wing,” Ms....
View ArticleSo, the BANKS are gonna own all of it when this is over, right?
Follow me on this: www.pbs.org/…1. Fed pumps cash into the economy under guise of ‘liquidity issues’ (everyone is selling their stock and want cash)2. Interest rates already zero.3. The pandemic...
View Article
