Kossack Fineena In Need - Let's Finish the Move - With a New $750 MATCH!
To recap — Kossack Fineena has been hit with a load of stuff (unexpected move, car troubles, etc.) but depression and anxiety kept her from reaching out sooner. A stalwart of the Community Fundraisers...
View ArticleThis week in the war on workers: 40,000 AT&T workers strike for a fair contract
Friday afternoon, 40,000 AT&T workers in 36 states launched a three-day strike as part of their fight for a fair contract. David Bacon offered some background leading up to the strike:AT&T has...
View ArticleOdds & Ends: News/Humor (with a "Who Lost the Week?" poll)
I post a weekly diary of historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I often feature in "Cheers...
View ArticleIt's Daily Kos' 15th anniversary this week. What are your all-time favorite...
It’s hard—almost impossible—to believe that on Friday, Daily Kos will celebrate its 15th anniversary. That’s like eleventy billion in internet years, but not only are we still here, we’re bigger,...
View ArticleWhy I'm so proud of my co-workers and you, our readers—We are the ones we've...
Candidate Barack Obama uttered these words on Feb. 5, 2008:“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we...
View ArticleUrgent Kossack Mufftootuff In Need - Rent's overdue.
Kossack Mufftootuff was a lurker for many years while she and her son were caregivers for her mother. The Pootie diaries were all that kept her going as her mother fell deeper and deeper into dementia...
View ArticleMcConnell on Trumpcare: 'I don't know how we get to 50 at the moment'
Those top-secret and Republican-only Senate death panel meetings plotting Obamacare repeal aren't going so well, Senate Leader Mitch McConnell unexpectedly admits. In an exclusive interview with...
View ArticleFox News reporters say GOP candidate grabbed reporter by the neck, slammed...
The eyewitness accounts of Greg Gianforte’s violent assault of Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs continue to paint an increasingly unsettling picture. From Alicia Acuna, who witnessed the event, along with...
View ArticleTop Comments: the "What If?" edition
A look at a few “What Ifs?” of the 20th Century, after the jump …….. But first: Top Comments appears nightly, as a round-up of the best comments on Daily Kos. Surely ... you come across comments daily...
View ArticleCBO estimates for Trumpcare leave healthcare providers deeply worried
The nation's healthcare providers are watching a Republican White House and Congress actively sabotage Obamacare and mess around creating a slap-dash, cut-and-paste "replacement" plan that would upend...
View ArticleFIFTEEN years old. One-Five. 15!
Exactly 15 years ago, at 12:57 pm PT, Daily Kos went live with the lamest first post ever. Well, maybe it wasn’t lame, in context. But had I known Daily Kos would become what it is today, I might’ve...
View ArticleThe Obama Presidential Center
I was wondering where you went Pres. But knew it wouldn’t be far.The Obama Presidential Center; will be a living, working center. An, ongoing project, where we will shape, together, what it means to be...
View ArticleMidwest farmers backed Trump. Now, he's stabbing them in the back.
Farmers nationwide have long been strong advocates of crop insurance, a policy that makes sure that they won’t lose their farm based on trying to grow. Crop insurance came out of the dust bowl era,...
View ArticleTop Comments: May Flowers Edition
Where I live, spring comes late. What’s blooming here has probably already gone kaput where you live. Over the fold are photos of what’s blooming around our house right now.But first, a word from our...
View ArticleDreaming Big In Memory of John F. Kennedy on His 100th Birthday
“Change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” JFKJohn F. Kennedy was a dreamer and a visionary. As we reflect on his legacy at the...
View ArticleMemorial Day - Note To: Our Troops, Veterans And Protesters, Everywhere.
Memorial Day The Weather Channel - weather.comGov't And Social Services Links For Our Marines♥ All Our ♥Troops And ♥Veterans Best For Vets, Career And Technical Colleges 2017 Military TimesHow to Apply...
View ArticleAs a Peace time Veteran on this Memorial Day, I will let the Boss speak for me.
I was a Army Combat Engineer for 4 years. The saying goes with Vets I would not take a Million dollars for the experience, nor would I take 2 million to do it again.Of course everyone knows that we a...
View Article#Resist: 'March for Truth' will be held in 100+ cities this Saturday
Whatever else you might say about Donald Trump, he's certainly been inspiring Americans to adopt a regular exercise routine. Marches are planned in Washington, D.C., and a 135 other cities Saturday,...
View ArticleNJ-Gov: Watch Former VP Joe Biden Rile Up Voters For Phil Murphy (D)
Received this e-mail today from Phil Murphy’s (D. NJ) gubernatorial campaign:"Phil Murphy will not only lead New Jersey, he will help lead America. Let's win this primary. You got to show up and vote...
View ArticleDeported U.S. military veterans commemorate Memorial Day in Mexico
You may have seen the viral photo: a group of deported veterans “who served in U.S. Army with the promise of becoming citizens” commemorating Memorial Day in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Yes, our nation...
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