On Tuesday, after five-plus years of non-stop campaigning, Mexican descendant Willard Mitt Romney finally secured enough delegates to clinch the GOP nomination for president. To celebrate this monume...
Mary Kay Henry (SEIU) The SEIU held its convention from May 28-30. The unions president, Mary Kay Henry, was unanimously reelected by delegates. Delegates also: [...] endorsed a comprehensive program...
(The 4th Estate) Are you a lady with lady opinions on issues that affect ladies? Then shut your stupid ladyhole, stupid lady, because no one cares what you think about that lady stuff. At least, that...
Goodbye, Thad Wow: Thaddeus McCotter ends his write-in campaign and says his sole focus as U.S. Representative is finishing his term and aiding his requested Attorney General probe. “I have ended my ...
Whats coming up on Sunday Kos ... Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the nations first minimum wage law—in Massachusetts, by Meteor Blades Primary day and the brave new world of California politi...
The ad in question. Prepare to be shocked by the outrageous levels of tolerance. Im not sure what the Family Research Council even does these days (it certainly doesnt have anything to do with either...
It is not hyperbole to suggest that, short of November 6th, the next most important day in the election cycle may well be this coming Tuesday. First off, you have primary elections in six states, wit...
Attorney General Eric Holder (Larry Downing/Reuters) While Floridas voter purge, and the Department of Justices intervention in it has dominated the news this week, there have been other developments...
Sentenced: An Egyptian court has sentenced ex-President Hosni Mubarak to life in prison for complicity in the killing of protesters during last years uprising. [...] In his preamble, Judge Ahmed Refa...
Dead-ender The spittle is strong this week.
Rep. Joe Walsh, contestant #87 in the ongoing Worst Person in Congress competition I really dont know where Republicans dredged up their current freshmen class. But I imagine that somewhere in...
This week President Obama has a message for Congress: Get to work: I sent Congress a jobs bill last September full of the kinds of bipartisan ideas that would have put our fellow Americans back to wo...
SpaceXs Dragon spacecraft safely completes historic mission to the space station Thats what a spaceship looks like in 2012 and scaring and all, its a beaut! Plus it seems to work really well. If the ...
Visual source: Newseum Greg Sargent: Whatever happens in Wisconsin next week, this dramatic moment from last night’s debate is definitely worth a watch, and it’s got labor and Dems buzzing throughout...
The Obama administrations use of drones was the focus of a lot of media attention this week. Among the many articles and commentaries, there was Jo Becker and Scott Shanes Secret ‘Kill List’ Proves a...
Though the sample size today is relatively small, when coupled with other polls this week it seems as if one of the most consistent themes in the 2012 election cycle is finally showing signs of dissi...
From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE… Late Night Snark: Across the [Yawn] Finish Line Edition "Mitt Romney won the Texas Republican primary last night, crossing the crucial 1,144 delegate threshold. Wha...
President Obama signing the Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act is promising to be one of the two major issues—the other being the economy—for the fall campaign, after the Supreme Court hands...
(Caricature by DonkeyHotey) "The charge is simply false." How refreshing when a member of the traditional media slices through the gobblydegook and states the conclusion bluntly and succinctl...
Tom the Dancing Bug, by @RubenBolling. Follow @DailyKosComics and find out the instant a comic is posted!
If the Supreme Court follows Thursdays federal appeals court ruling declaring the Defense of Marriage Acts denial of federal benefits to same-sex married couples unconstitutional, many married couple...
Time to pick the last of the final four semifinalists! The bracket is here. We have the GOP debate audience that booed the gay soldier versus Rick Santorums preaching against sex for pleasure. Today,...
(dbking) Its always unlikely that a single speech will be decisive in an election, but Bill Clintons appearance at a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, rally for Tom Barrett, the citys mayor and the Democratic ch...
George Zimmerman heading back to jail. (Gary Green/Pool) Seminole County (Florida) Circuit Court Judge Kenneth Lester has revoked the bond of George Zimmerman and ordered him to report to the sheriff...
Todays comic by Matt Bors is Robocops: Whats coming up on Sunday Kos ... Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the nations first minimum wage law—in Massachusetts, by Meteor Blades Primary day and t...
Gov. Rick Scott (Andrew Innerarity/Reuters) Florida Gov. Rick Scott says that hes "absolutely not" targeting minority voters in his purge. Apparently its just pure coincidence that 58 percent...
Speaking in Golden Valley, Minnesota early this afternoon, President Obama said todays jobs report shows "the economy still isnt where it needs to be" and is urged Congress to respond by movi...
Screenshot of Mitt Romney on CNBC Did you hear the one about how our economic problems started 40 months ago when President Obama was sworn into office? If not, you werent listening to Mitt Romney on...
One of the 2,700 voters targeted in the initial list of voters the state of Florida has determined are not citizens and are ineligible to vote was 91-year-old World War II veteran, and Bronze Star re...
Tom Barrett In the second and final debate of the Wisconsin recall election, Gov. Scott Walker seemed less content to sit back and absorb Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barretts rhetorical punches than he had i...
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