GOP teeing up racist ads going into midterms. Democrats can fight back by championing immigrants

Two organizations tracking anti-immigrant advertising say they’ve documented more than 700 such ads leading into the 2022 midterms, including attacks against the Biden administration over a so-called …

Huge amounts of drugs have been seized at the border and Republicans are very mad about it

U.S. officials have seized a lot of drugs being smuggled into the U.S. through ports of entry, including a “record-breaking” seizure of meth and fentanyl earlier this month. That smuggler is now …

House Republicans promise revenge over Bannon indictment just as soon as they retake the gavel

House Republicans did everything they could to block a bipartisan investigation of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. seat of government. Now they are promising retribution against Democrats over that …

Do Republicans still support American democracy? Here's who reporters should be asking

The more the Jan. 6 insurrection recedes in the face of other national and global crises, the easier it is for reporters to forget—or perhaps ignore—the fact that 147 congressional Republicans voted …

‘Bloody shirt’ gaslighting hits fruition as Republicans valorize insurrectionists, attack accusers

American right-wing media have now fully reached the “waving the bloody shirt” phase of their mind-bending efforts to help Republicans avoid accountability for the Jan. 6 insurrection—the phase in …

Republicans use Jan. 6 probe to angle for tiniest tent possible ahead of 2022

“Maybe the Republicans can’t handle the truth,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday in an appearance on ABC’s This Week.

My only quibble with Pelosi’s prescient …

Morning Digest: Our new Minnesota data shows a divergent election for Biden and Senate Democrats

The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel …

House GOP leaders join Hannity to genuflect to the former guy, praise his 'energy'

The leaders of the Insurrection Caucus (aka House Republicans) appeared on Sean Hannity’s Kavalcade of Kraven Klowns last night after ousting Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership position. Aware that …

House Republicans make their choice: The Big Lie trumps the Constitution

House Republicans made it official Friday: The former guy rules their world. Rep. Liz Cheney, who voted with Trump on policy nearly 100% of the time, is out of leadership. Rep. Elise Stefanik, who …

Cartoon: Liz Cheney: Now she’s done it!

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Whoever thought a Cheney would be a pillar of principle and democracy? Okay, so she hasn’t always been a pillar, but it is nice that one House Republican is trying to push back against …

House Republicans vote a defiant Rep. Liz Cheney out of leadership

Rep. Liz Cheney is not going quietly—but the House Republicans who voted to dump her from their leadership first thing Wednesday morning do not want to hear it. That vote didn’t shut her up, either. …

McCarthy's role in Cheney ouster isn't winning him support: He 'doesn't have the backbone to lead'

Kevin McCarthy has “leader” in his title, but the House minority leader is showing what a failure he is on that front. McCarthy has been flailing as Rep. Liz Cheney, currently the third-ranking House …

House Republican leadership chooses greater of two evils in rift

House Republicans are continuing down the path of self-immolation this week, having a very public fight for their future. Are they going to stick by the former guy and treason or the Constitution and …

Republicans brag about 'achievements' they voted against, and the media starts to take notice

Let’s hope this is one of the hot trends of May 2021—the media is noticing how congressional Republicans are promoting funding from the American Rescue Plan despite having voted against the law. The …

The Trump-Cheney schism is scary for the country, but it should be even more frightening for the GOP

Whenever I feel compelled to freak myself out about the GOP’s seemingly ineluctable march toward cult-of-personality authoritarianism, I have to remind myself that Republicans might not be Hitler boof …

Republicans purge their ranks of any lingering truth in preparation for their 2020 do-over in 2022

Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney is an unabashed conservative, with a fervor for torture and anti-Muslim xenophobia and almost unmatched GOP pedigree. Not so long ago, her rise through the Republican ranks …

Conspiracy theory-driven Arizona audit is 'incredibly important,' Stefanik tells Bannon

Rep. Elise Stefanik’s first big interviews since announcing her challenge to Rep. Liz Cheney for a top Republican leadership role, and those interviews said everything about how Stefanik is …

Cheney: 'History is watching.' House Republicans: Screw that, Trump is watching

Rep. Liz Cheney, for now the third-ranking Republican in the House of Representatives, has decided she cares more about principles and how history will judge her than she does about the Trumpist …