Pennsylvania is critical to making Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema obsolete... and winning in 2024

On our weekly podcast about politics, Daily Kos The Brief, we’re in the middle of our new series spotlighting great organizations doing on the...

Nebraska congressman releases head-scratching video saying he has been indicted for lying to the FBI

Nebraska Rep. Jeff Fortenberry is going full MAGA, asking for thoughts, prayers, and hope after a California prosecutor indicted him on charges of...

Before Colin Powell's body was cold, anti-vaxxers try to blame vaccine, ignoring Powell's cancer

Colin Powell’s body was barely cold before anti-vaxxers began using his death to promote their false narrative about the COVID-19 vaccine.  Powell,...

Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Navajo Nation march five miles to protest the only uranium mill in the U.S.

Members of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe along with the Navajo Nation are sick and tired of having to live on contaminated land. Saturday, the two...

Colin Powell, first Black U.S. secretary of state, has died at 84 of complications from COVID-19

Colin Powell, the first Black secretary of state and Joint Chiefs of Staff, has died Monday at the age of 84 after suffering from complications...

NBA's Kyrie Irving has done a lot of good things, but remaining unvaccinated isn't one of them

Brooklyn Nets superstar Kyrie Irving is losing millions over his decision not to be vaccinated for COVID-19. Irving is not someone who’s afraid of...

In a boring, ham-handed video, QAnon idol announces a congressional run in Arizona

In another addition to the surreal era of the last five years, Ron Watkins, the man many believe to be the Q mastermind behind the voodoo conspiracy...

Inscrutable Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is charting a path out of office, new poll shows

According to a new poll—and no surprise to anyone who’s ever voted Democrat—Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is loathed in her home state of Arizona.  Of...

Newt Gingrich is a deadbeat with a $4.3 million debt—he doesn’t care

What is up with Republicans refusing to pay back their debts? We know Trump owes everybody money—possibly more than $1 billion—according to Forbes...

Anti-mask Alaska GOP senator gets COVID-19, gives her 'recipe' for treatment: Ivermectin, vitamins

As Alaska’s COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to rise and health care facilities are now operating under crisis standards of care,...

Alaska GOP lawmakers demand pharmacists fill ivermectin scripts for COVID-19 ‘no questions asked’

While Alaska leads the country in COVID-19 cases, the state’s Republican lawmakers continue to talk out of both sides of their mouths. On the one...

Herschel Walker fundraiser host with a swastika on her profile pic denies being 'Anti-Semetic'

Some people don’t care who hosts their fundraisers as long as the money keeps rolling in, and Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker is just one...

'Basically, we've outlawed abortion in Texas': Gov. Abbott caught on camera saying

When progressive activist Lauren Windsor, executive producer and creator of grassroots political web-show The Undercurrent,  pretended to be a...

Black man has a stroke, Boston police arrest him instead of calling an ambulance

The Boston police have a notorious record when it comes to the treatment of Black citizens. The force itself is predominantly white, with efforts to...

Election workers at Georgia’s Dem-held Fulton Co. fired after shredding 300 voter applications

Giving Georgia’s Republican-dominated State Legislature just got the dirt it needs to steal more control of the Democratic-heavy Fulton County...

Eric Clapton now funding anti-vaxxer musicians group in the U.K., proving once again he's a jackass

I think it’s time we all simply agree that Eric Clapton is a racist, right-wing, anti-vaxxer nutjob. Deny as he might that his tirades are just...

Trump records fawning video tribute to insurrectionist Ashli Babbitt, calls for DOJ to reopen case

In his latest attempt to stay relevant and stoke division, the twice-impeached, one-term former president appeared via video at a “Texas Loves...

USPS rolling out a new program that could help millions of low-wage, underserved access their money

Despite the complete and utter incompetence of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is rolling out a new business that will...

Miami rabbi and Proud Boy member offering religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccines via email

I harken back to one of my son’s favorite songs from Sesame Street: “One of these things is not like the other. One of these things just doesn't...

Kyle Rittenhouse's lawyers claim hunting laws allowed him to carry an AR-15 assault rifle to protest

How do we begin to unpack the sheer caucasity of arguing that the little vigilante and darling of the far-right, Kyle Rittenhouse—who is charged...

Trump hid revenue loss, foreign payments, loan shenanigans, more on D.C. hotel, house panel says

President Donald Trump continues to win at one thing: He’s the king of the infamous shell game. Try if you dare to wager on where he’s hidden the...

Health care systems out of patience and firings of unvaccinated workers have begun

Health care systems across the country are dropping the proverbial hammer on unvaccinated employees. Patience has worn thin on religious exemptions,...

GOP dismisses senate candidates' records of domestic violence, sexual assault allegations

ESPN anchor Sage Steele benched after COVID-19 diagnosis and outrageously misinformed comments

ESPN’s Sage Steele has been on the air with the network since 2007, but only recently has she begun running her mouth to her own detriment....

Number of transgender Americans murdered in 2021 set to break 2020's record as deadliest year ever

The murder of 21-year-old Kiér Laprí Kartier in Texas not only marks the fifth trans life taken in Texas this year, but it puts 2021 on track for...

PA attorney general announces slew of environmental charges against pipeline developer

Pennsylvania’s attorney general, the man behind the explosive investigation into the C atholic Church’s decades-long cover-up of sexual abuse of...

Millions attending air show in SoCal may have been exposed to toxic oil after spill goes unreported

Millions of beachgoers were likely exposed to toxic pollutants Saturday after local officials made the decision not to notify the public about a...

Trump's big mouth offers key evidence the in criminal case GA prosecutors are building against him

Former President Donald Trump truly is his own worst enemy. All he has to do is open his mouth, and laws get broken, indictments start flowing,...

Arizona activists confront AZ Sen. Sinema in ASU bathroom, demanding she delivers on her promises

Progressive Democrats in Arizona believed back in 2018 that by supporting Krysten Sinema for senator, they’d have a much-needed ally in the state....

GOP lies tied to rural Americans dying of COVID at double the number compared to urbanites

People living in America’s rural communities are dying at twice the rate of people living in American cities, a new study shows. And all of the...

Today marks DeJoy's brilliant plan to slow down mail delivery—almost as good as removing mailboxes

Today marks the official day when the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) begins its “slowdown plan,” and when Americans collectively ask the...

Violent COVID-deniers force Missouri hospital staff to wear panic buttons

Thanks to the anti-vaxxers, COVID-deniers, Trump-supporters, QAnon-crazies, and those just plain outraged over nothing, health care workers at a...

New study finds over half of U.S. kids have detectable levels of lead in their blood

If you had any doubt that poverty and race in the U.S. are systemic and linked to health disparities, look no further than a new study that finds kids...

'Trump World' fires Lewandowski after super PAC donor threatens to pull funds

Are we actually meant to believe that Donald Trump’s camp really gives a shit about sexual harassment claims? Is that what we’re to take away from...

South Carolina senator caught in fib after saying failed reform talks hinged on ‘defunding police’

A week ago, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina said in a statement that “defunding the police” was central to the reason why policing reform...

As subpoenas arrive for Marjorie Taylor Greene's inner circle, she rants on Twitter about BLM

Hump day just got a little bit brighter over here as we learn that someone in the inner circle of Trump-bootlicker and QAnon-apologist Georgia Rep....

Alaska mayor blames vaccine mandates for overwhelmed hospitals, but they're not in effect yet

We know it’s cold in Alaska, but has it frozen the brain of Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson? It must be mighty embarrassing and extremely sad to hold...

Trump's losing streak continues with Omarosa Manigault Newman NDA suit over tell-all book

Apparently, the days of former President Donald Trump wielding nondisclosure agreements like gags on “Handmaids” are over. Not that we’ll...

Police union claims ‘dozens’ to resign over vaccine mandate, state says only one has so far

On Friday, the State Police Association of Massachusetts—the union that represents about 1,800 members— announced that “dozens of troopers”...

Texas women driving hours, flooding clinics in Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Kansas for abortions

Think about this for a moment: American women living in Texas have to drive out of their states, possibly for several hours, arrange for child care...

A few rotten apples: Some unvaccinated New York health care workers facing job loss over vaccines

Today’s the last day for thousands of health care workers in New York to put up or shut up, meaning get the COVID-19 vaccine and help stop the...

While Trump bashes him, Kemp calls legislators to a special session on redistricting Georgia

As Trump spent his Thursday calling Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp a “disaster,” Kemp was busy calling legislators to a special...

David Robinson wishes his missing son Daniel could get coverage equal to Gabby Petito’s

Earlier this week, 22-year-old Gabby Petito’s remains were recently discovered by police; her fiance is now a suspect in her murder. This is a...

Republican Florida senator hoping to bring back OG diseases like polio, mumps, measles

Sometimes you have to wonder if Florida Republicans don’t long for the good ol’ days of iron lungs and kids with braces. Forget “Make American...

Republican representative sued after deadly hit-and-run, called high-powered buddy instead of cops

As someone who cycles in Georgia regularly, my biggest fear is that I’ll be hit by a car while out biking. My next fear is that the culprit will...

Judge calls ‘Sheriff’ patch man donned for Capitol insurrection ‘outrageous’

Being a sheriff’s deputy while storming the U.S. Capitol on January 6 wasn’t good enough for Ronald Colton McAbee. He needed to look official....

Professor charged with hate crime after spitting on Black woman in front of her 7-year-old daughter

In yet another example of how difficult it is to be a Black person in America just trying to sit in your car and wait for your mother, a...