‘Victim shaming 101’: Fox News clutches pearls over Trump criticism
Looks like Fox News doesn’t plan to stop exploiting the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting any time soon. During an episode of “The Faulkner Focus” on Monday, pundit Ben Ferguson somehow managed to take it a step further, this time by comparing criticism of President Donald Trump to shaming a victim of rape. “It’s victim shaming 101. This is no different than if someone’s raped…
Dying with dignity? Not on Dr. Oz’s watch.
Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Dr. Mehmet Oz told Fox News that while he’s a “big fan of hospice” care, he’s ready to shut it down in California, Minnesota, and New York. “It’s clear, 1 in 3 hospices in America are in Los Angeles, not California, LA,” Oz claimed. “I mean how many people are dying there? Obviously it’s fraudulent, and the red flags that were…
Pam Bondi keeps up the shady shenanigans in Epstein probe
Shortly after she was fired as attorney general, Pam Bondi refused to appear before the House Oversight Committee to testify about her mishandling of the Epstein files, saying that since she was subpoenaed in her official capacity and was no longer in her job, she wouldn’t show up. Now that she’s agreed to appear in her private capacity, however, she seems to be getting official…
Florida voters sue over ‘extreme’ new House map
A group of Florida voters filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the state’s new congressional district map just hours after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed it into law. The lawsuit argues that the redrawn map violates Florida’s Fair Districts constitutional amendment, as it clearly favors the GOP. It alleges that DeSantis and other state Republicans drew it in secret, releasing it first to Fox News…
Justice Jim Crow
A cartoon by David Horsey. Related | How Democrats plan to fight the Supreme Court’s racist ruling…
Can’t afford beef? Blame those damn ‘Biden vegans.’
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and President Donald Trump’s never-right counselor Peter Navarro held a press conference Monday blaming inflation—particularly sky-high beef prices—on former President Joe Biden and what Rollins described as the “hoax” of climate change. Pointing to a shrinking cattle supply and federal policies, “whether that was through grazing allotments or climate…
Trump sends more troops to Iran—because the war is so over
Call it Schrödinger’s war. We may or may not be at war in Iran—depending on the day and the whims of President Donald Trump. In the latest development, we’ve somehow ended the war, but the U.S. military also needs to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz—which is only necessary because of Trump’s war. But first, let’s rewind to see how exactly we got here. Remember how we all…
Treasury secretary makes big promises about rising gas prices
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent took time away from being extremely rich to join Fox News and inspire confidence amid our chaotic timeline, describing the two-month spike in gas prices as a “short-term blip.” “We are cognizant that this short-term blip up in prices is affecting the American people,” Bessent said with his trademark unmoving face. “But I am also confident, on the other side of…
Trump’s war sunk Spirit Airlines. His team blames Biden.
The Trump administration is blaming the recent shutdown of Spirit Airlines on decisions made under the former Biden administration to protect consumers from airline price hikes, but it was Trump’s decision to attack Iran that was the final nail in the troubled company’s coffin. Spirit announced on Saturday that it was shutting down operations after it failed to get a hoped-for bailout from…
DK6 Day 20: New sidebar widget, comment recs
We’re nearing the end of the third week of the migration, and the team is still working through our punchlist of fixes, improvements, enhancements, and additions. A few notes before updated to-do list. If you’re experiencing logout issues, please check out Allison’s story. She’s collecting information to help troubleshoot. We’ve added a new sidebar widget, “Trending Conversations.”…
Supreme killers
A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related | Democrats vow to fight back after Supreme Court guts Voting Rights Act…
Conservatives force abortion rights back into spotlight
A right-wing court thrust the issue of abortion rights back into focus on Friday, when it banned providers nationwide from using telehealth appointments to prescribe the abortion drug mifepristone and then ship patients the drug. This method is used in nearly two-thirds of abortions in the United States. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that mifepristone must be…
DK6 Early Week 4: Having Logout Problems?
The Current Work List The Fix List Logout Problems The length of time we have set before you should need to log in to Daily Kos again is 14 days (we do need to force people to re-login periodically for security; I know the old site didn’t work like that). If you are being asked to log in to Daily Kos more frequently than every 14 days, could you help us track down what is…
Trump regime isn’t done tormenting federal workers
The heyday of the Trump administration’s mass firings of federal workers may have passed, but the chaos they created continues. Let’s check in with the Internal Revenue Service, shall we? That agency lost 20,000 employees, or over 20% of its headcount, in 2025. The Trump administration couldn’t be arsed to adequately staff up for the 2026 tax season, however, so it solved that problem by…
Millionaire taxes gain steam as states face budget crunches
Lawmakers in at least a dozen states have proposed hiking taxes on the wealthy. By Kevin Hardy for Stateline While the idea of a special tax on millionaires is hotly debated across the country, Maine state Rep. Cheryl Golek characterized her state’s new tax as a modest and reasonable step toward fairness. That’s because, she said, working- and middle-class households in Maine…
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Kamala Harris might run again. Here’s why she shouldn’t.
Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics or culture. Third time’s a charm, right? Kamala Harris seems to think so. The former vice president is feeding into speculation that she will mount a third campaign for the presidency, recently telling an audience in…
Drop on the deck and flop like a fish
A cartoon by Mike Luckovich. Related | Trump wants revenge on Comey, no matter the cost to the GOP…
FIFA could make billions from the world cup. Host cities will get little in return.
by Dylan McGuinness, Houston Chronicle, for ProPublica When Texas dedicated $22 million to host the 2017 Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons, state officials expected a return on their investment. But a state analysis after the Patriots’ thrilling comeback win said it was “impossible” to tell if Texas taxpayers broke even on their investments.
Pain at the pump? Republicans have a scapegoat for that.
Congressional Cowards is a weekly series highlighting the worst Donald Trump defenders on Capitol Hill, who refuse to criticize him—no matter how disgraceful or lawless his actions. Gas prices surged this week amid oil scarcity and investors’ realization that the Strait of Hormuz is not close to reopening. “If it feels like gas prices are suddenly jumping everywhere…