Swallowing my pride to ask for help. #foreclosure on Friday
I see that the community was able to come to the rescue of someone in dire straits here this week.I’m glad to see it.I really am in foreclosure and Friday is D Day for me.But I’m not asking you to save...
View ArticleThe Big #300! ♥Thank You Kossacks, Kossack's Rule♥ Happy 5th Anniversary,...
This is; my 300th Diary here at Dkos! Closely; Coinciding, With The 5th Anniversary Of Occupy Wall St. I Am Thrilled; To Be Able, To Help Celebrate Their Anniversary, Along With, Mine. So; although, I...
View ArticleObama gives 600,000 workers paid sick leave ... but Trump could take it away
President Obama signed an executive order last September giving paid sick leave to workers on federal contracts. Now, that’s taking the next step toward becoming a reality as the Department of Labor...
View ArticlePA-Sen: PPP Has Katie McGinty (D) Leading Pat Toomey (R) 44-42
More good news out Pennsylvania today courtesy of PPP:Katie McGinty retains a small lead over Pat Toomey.That’s according to the latest Public Policy Polling survey, which has McGinty up 44% to 42%...
View ArticleTop Comments: a case of Noblesse Oblige edition
A look at the responsibilities that many at the top spurn …. but not one gent in particular, after the jump …. But first: Top Comments appears nightly, as a round-up of the best comments on Daily Kos....
View ArticleURGENT: A Kossack & Her Pooties Need Your Help - Update
This morning I posted a very long diary to ask for help because I am in a crisis situation, and so are the two “pooties” you see in this picture. So far, the response has been amazing and heartening,...
View ArticleThis week in the war on workers: Feeding kids is a good thing, no matter what...
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program does an amazing amount of good for people of all ages, but especially children. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities runs through some of the facts...
View ArticleTrick or Treat For Unicef 2016 (Revised And Updated)
UNICEF Children's Rights And Emergency Relief OrganizationTrick or Treat For Unicef 2016 "Dennis, The Menace." Another one; of my childhood, nicknames. A Democratic DonkeyPumpkin Carving Patterns...
View ArticlePootie Pad Kickstarter - Comments, please!
Out of the Pootie diaries here on Daily Kos, my sister and I invented a product, something to augment our slender living while we make our community quilts. We have created herb-filled quilts for pets...
View ArticleCaturdai Pootie Diary -- Kitteh Powurz
You know how this works, but as always, a gentle reminder:Be nice to each other.No trolling the diary.If you hate pootie diaries, leave now. No harm, no foul.Share any and all pootie/woozle photos or...
View ArticleUPDATE #3 - A Kossack & Her Pooties Need Your Help
I’m a 54-year-old widow with two cats who depend on me, currently living in Nanticoke, PA (northeast PA — south of Scranton/Wilkes Barre area). We’re about to be evicted next Tuesday, and we have no...
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 ArticleIntroducing Pet Vet Help: Raising Funds to Help Pets Afford Vets
For many of us, through no fault of our own, veterinary care has become increasingly unaffordable. The rate of inflation in veterinary costs is similar to that in human medical costs whilst wages have...
View ArticleTrump May Not Have Paid Taxes For 18 years, But Undocumented Immigrants Pay...
Yes, the same undocumented immigrants that Trump wants to throw out and then build his wall, so they can never come back. They pay billions to support the country they aren't even documented in and...
View Article#sekritarmy jigglypuff (w/ pooties, woozles and stuff)
We understand why there is so much confusion these days.And we spend many hours trying to fact check their reality.Sometimes you have to go with the status quo.And sometimes you don’t.But when push...
View ArticleKoskartoon: Texas withdraws from federal refugee resettlement program
Because, apparently down here in Texas, proving a negative shouldn’t be that difficult.OK, it’s not an actual petition, but we can dream...
View ArticleWisconsin Kossack in Need
Kossack Ice Blue is trying to live on disability in Scott Walker’s Wisconsin. The Powers That Be there have decided that her septic system is no longer up to code even though she hasn’t had any...
View ArticleStreet Prophets: Pootie Pad Kickstarter! - With Quilt Videos To View!
This is an Open Thread / Coffee Hour and all topics of conversation are welcome. Today's Coffee Hour is brought to you by the #Kickstarter for Pootie Pads diary by Angela Marx Sara and Ann Reed (known...
View ArticleObama told the story of America in dedicating the new Museum of African...
Barack Obama loves history. More than any other president, he has made discussions of our history—in particular our historical narrative as a country—part of his political rhetoric. While he is not the...
View ArticleIraq and Afghanistan Vets release statement regarding Trump's insensitive...
In a speech to veterans in Virginia this morning, Donald Trump implied that some vets who suffer from PTSD are not strong:“When you talk about the mental health problems, when people come back from war...
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