With the U.S. midterm elections just a week away, the affordability crisis — intensified by President Trump’s tariffs and war on Iran — has emerged as a major campaign issue. Across the country, families are struggling to make ends meet, while oil and…
Michael Joseph Rogers and Trump: “Abdul El-Sayed’s middle name is Mohammed… Why doesn’t he share his real name?” Barack Hussein Obama drops the mic again. This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication. Michael…
by Rayne | Oct 22, 2026 | 2026 Mid-Term Election, Congress, Democrats | 21 comments [NB: check the byline, thanks. /~Rayne] Some of you know my life is a little complicated; I haven’t been able to write and post much lately though there have been topics SCREAMING…
Something big is in the wind. — In Ohio, Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has enlisted the abusive mother of a child rape victim — his opponent Dr. Amy Action — in a pathetic smear attempt that equally pathetic Vice President JD Vance…
South Korea’s lessons for the US midterms. How do you stop a would-be dictator? The first requirement is knowing that it’s possible. In 2024, the people of South Korea took to the streets and stopped a would-be coup in its tracks.
That was the question Isabella Weber posed on social media the night of Nov. 5, 2024, as Donald Trump rode a wave of economic discontent back to the White House. For that suggestion, Weber, then 33, was ridiculed by everyone from far-right acolytes…
Longtime historian and fascism expert Timothy Snyder spoke Thursday with fellow historian and teacher Sharon McMahon about the evolution of fascism and how technology and wealth in politics have changed it and American democracy. McMahon asked Snyder to walk through…
This is the final installment in a three-part series detailing the potential abuses inherent in President Trump’s National Security Presidential Memorandum-7. Please read the earlier posts here and here. President Trump issued a memorandum in September 2025 aimed at suppressing political…
The power of the ideological environment should not be underestimated. Ilhan Omar, Russia, RFK Jr., Elon Musk, Ken Paxton, and Susan Collins’s super-stupid PAC. Donald Trump made more than two billion dollars in the first year of his second term.
In the play’s press release Fernández notes: “We want to share the beauty of ancient Aztec literature, culture and rituals that most modern audiences are not familiar with. These traditions carry a profound poetry and wisdom that still speak to…
The argument over authoritarian rule in America: talk of a third term, defiance of the courts, and historians and writers warning of fascism.
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