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Tech millionaires, stock trading, and billionaire-backed super PACs. Ahead of June’s Democratic primary, San Francisco is preparing to usher in a post-Nancy Pelosi era—but not without its own drama. The race to fill California’s 11th District is a “knife fight in a phone booth,” a spokesperson for state Sen. Scott Wiener told Daily Kos. The race’s top candidates—Wiener…

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The United States has experienced a severe loss of press freedom in the past year under the leadership of President Donald Trump, a new report from the group Reporters Without Borders revealed on Thursday. The nonprofit organization’s World Press Freedom Index for 2026 ranks the U.S. in 64th place, down seven spots from the 2025 rankings. “After a century of gradual expansion of press…

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A cartoon by Tim Campbell. Related | GOP uses shooting to shill for Trump’s gaudy ballroom…

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The Department of Homeland Security is now officially funded—sans money for immigration enforcement—after House Speaker Mike Johnson caved and put the bill up for a vote on Thursday. It passed overwhelmingly. The passage of the DHS funding bill without money for Customs and Border Protection or Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a huge win for Democrats, who for 76 days refused to back…

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House Republicans were asked about soaring gas prices Thursday, and true to fashion, they responded with a mix of deflection, contradiction, and confusion about how the global oil market works. When asked if President Donald Trump deserves blame for current prices, Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee deflected, briefly giving the appearance that he might be some kind of pinko-socialist.

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For months, the threat of a Democratic lockout has loomed over California’s gubernatorial race. A fractured field of Democratic candidates appeared to be splintering the vote so thoroughly in the state’s nonpartisan primary that two Republicans might have claimed the top two spots and advanced to November’s general election. But after now-former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s candidacy went up in…

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Imagine that you’re the acting attorney general, currently jockeying to get that “acting” removed, and you’re trying to get into a prestigious club to rub elbows with Washington’s most elite—only to get turned down. Todd Blanche has been in the process of applying to the Metropolitan Club since February 2025, only to find out that at least six members have written to the board to reject him.

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A cartoon by Clay Bennett Related | GOP uses shooting to shill for Trump’s gaudy ballroom…

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Conservative CNBC host Joe Kernen interviewed House Majority Leader Steve Scalise on Thursday, and things got weird when he asked the Louisiana congressman about pollsters’ sad midterm predictions for the GOP. “People will remember, you go back two years ago, we were paying almost $6 a gallon for gasoline,” Scalise said. “Right now, it’s in the 3s. Obviously we’ve seen a jump with the Iran…

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Gun-safety groups condemned the Trump administration after it announced a rollback of popular regulations on Wednesday, making it easier for people with violent criminal records to buy guns. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the changes in a ceremony where the National Rifle Association, a notorious pro-gun-rights organization, was an invited guest. The Trump administration will…

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One of the most frustrating bugs over the past two weeks has been comments failing to load—often requiring multiple reloads to appear. Yesterday, we deployed a fix and have been tracking the results. The data is clear: the issue has been significantly improved. The root problem was straightforward. Viafoura comments would throw an error if they didn’t load within 12 seconds—but that timer…

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After the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act on Wednesday to allow Republicans to eliminate as many as a dozen Black Democratic members of Congress with partisan and racist gerrymanders, Democratic elected officials across the country were quick to announce that they will not simply sit back and take it. The governors of New York and Illinois—states where Democrats hold legislative…

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After Hispanic voters shifted right in the 2024 elections, Republicans crowed that they were building a new coalition that would deliver them a permanent majority. But not even two years later, Hispanic voters are abandoning the GOP and its candidates at a rapid clip, with Republicans now nearly back to where they were with Hispanic voters eight years ago. An Emerson College poll…

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Australia has proposed taxing digital giants Meta, Google and TikTok on a part of their revenue to pay for news reporters. The government released draft legislation Tuesday it intends to introduce to Parliament by July 2 that would create a financial incentive for the social media companies to strike deals with news organizations to pay for journalism. The platforms’ criticisms included…

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The dust is still settling after the Supreme Court on Wednesday took a sledgehammer to the Voting Rights Act, likely allowing Republicans to axe a number of districts held by Democrats of color. However, Democrats are vowing to respond in kind if Republicans try to gerrymander their way to a permanent majority. Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez of New York told reporters on…

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A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. Trump wants revenge on Comey, no matter the cost to the GOP His pettiness knows no bounds. GOP is all in on Florida gerrymander after whining when blue states do it The hypocrisy is loud and shameless. Democrats put Pam Bondi’s feet to the fire over Epstein files…

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A cartoon by Jack Ohman. Related | GOP uses shooting to shill for Trump’s gaudy ballroom…

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Last week, Devin Nunes was fired from his role as CEO of Trump Media. The former congressman and dairy farmer lasted nearly three years at President Donald Trump’s media company, which is honestly impressive given how catastrophically it has performed. Under Nunes, the company’s stock collapsed 84% from its 2024 debut, falling from $58 to under $10. Even now, the company is still valued at…

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The MAGA movement is reportedly calling on President Donald Trump to pardon a former “sex cult” leader. Yes, really. The controversy and legal case involving Nicole Daedone, former CEO and founder of OneTaste, was the subject of the recent Netflix documentary, “Orgasm Inc.” According to PBS News, OneTaste’s lawyer Alan Dershowitz is working behind the scenes as part of an effort to…

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