3+ hour, 28+ min ago   (225+ words) Welcome to the 13th as the triskadekas (“13s”) again breathe a sigh of relief at dodging a Friday landing. (The 13ths are touchy about that combo.) In sheer relief, then, they are bustling morning drinks at the Beverage Bar, and Griddle-Toasting-Oven-ing(?) day-starting food....

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1702+ words) Welcome to Democratic Voices, a series that features elected Democrats speaking out on Bluesky. Sunday we spotlight a group of Dems. Today we cover 7 Democrats considered part of the “squad”. Rep Tlaib does not have a Bluesky presence and so…...

11+ hour, 41+ min ago   (348+ words) We make our choices, and then our choices make us – (multiple attributes) A few days ago, a kos member posted a link to a commentary titled “Israel’s Grip on American Politics Is Finally Being Questioned.” The argument circled around and…...

17+ hour, 21+ min ago   (318+ words) Let’s free “them” from modern slavery A fascinating aspect of the US (and other first world countries) is the fixation of their citizens on “freeing” workers from poor countries of what they call “modern slavery”. You know, people working for…...

3+ day, 7+ min ago   (49+ words) dailykos.com A cartoon by Mike Luckovich. We'll get straight to the point: The financial hardships that Daily Kos is facing this year are tough. Was this story worth reading? Recommending and sharing stories helps us decide which stories are…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (56+ words) Good evening, writers and readers! In this diary/article/story series, you’re invited to use the comment thread for chapters, excerpts, and requests for help/feedback on your writing. (In Write On! posts we do theory & practice.) Sept 10 WO dconrad....

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (443+ words) President Donald Trump’s months-long war in Iran has cost lives and economic stability. But Fox News has a solution to the problem: Just stop talking about it. Media Matters for America analyzed coverage of the war between March and August…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (609+ words) Derrick Cleveland’s livelihood depends as much on thousands of workers in Canada as it does the 100 colleagues he works shoulder-to-shoulder with at the Welded Tube mill in Lackawanna, N.Y. Derrick and the other Lackawanna workers, all members of United Steelworkers…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (262+ words) This article is written to offer a strategy to help Democrats win 2026 elections. It is focused on federal office, but also applicable to state legislatures and such. The purpose is to suggest a more effective approach to personal campaign contributions…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1217+ words) “The old order is dying and the new cannot yet be born; in this interregnum, monsters appear.” —paraphrase of Italian anti-fascist Antonio Gramsci While Hakeem Jeffries revealed, as he trash-talked Medicare for All, that he doesn’t believe we’re in a…...