Suggestions for easy changes (I think) to make DKos much easier to use:...
I have mixed feelings about the new release. On the one hand, i love the emphasis on images, the site is much less “texty” and I think the pictures make a big impact. So that part is awesome and...
View ArticleOoh, I just found a GREAT workaround!
Problem:The gods took away the “Next” buttons at the end of the Recommended and Community Spotlight lists. Solution: Please dear gods, put the Next buttons (call them MORE buttons if you want, that’s...
View ArticleX1: Help please: need advice about taking in a teenager
My daughter has recently become friends with a girl who has had a tough life. Let’s call her Sarah. In a very short time the two seem to have become fairly close. I’ve met Sarah several times, and...
View Article"Post-9/11 Rebuilding Isn't The Only Reason Hedge Funds Support Hillary Clinton"
Paul Blumenthal has written a piece on the Huffington Post that discusses Hillary Clinton’s complicated relationship to those on Wall Street. He notes that during the Democratic presidential debate,...
View Article"Far too many votes today in the Senate are predetermined"
I recently had a devil of time trying to use the google to find evidence that a certain memorable incident did in fact happen shortly after the GOP debate held on October 28. Even on DKos, I could...
View ArticleDoing the GOP's dirty work? I plead innocent
Human nature has a number of less attractive qualities. One of these often becomes evident when discussions about “the other” are conducted; theories get developed and spread about people who aren’t...
View ArticleAbout that CBS Clinton v Sanders poll: the published data does not support...
FYI, alert readers might notice that there are significant omissions in the data used to support the findings of a recent CBS poll. The results of said poll were reported in a diary currently on the...
View ArticleNYT: "Harvard Poll of Millennials Finds Integrity Means More Than...
Nick Corasaniti tells us that The millennial voting bloc is coalescing around the candidates running outsider, insurgent campaigns, according to a new poll released by Harvard University.Ben Carson and...
View ArticleAn understandable explanation for the stock market crash (that Dems are not...
The stock market crash of 2008 basically ruined my life (think "eat cat food in old age"), and I've been driven to understand why it happened, do you know what I mean? It’s actually taken me a few...
View ArticleFactCheck.org: Third Democratic Debate
SummaryThe Democratic candidates met for the third time, and stretched the facts again: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said 3 percent of her campaign donations “come from people in the...
View ArticleClinton vs Sanders - "It's the Economy, Stupid" - A Living Wage (Pay)
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders both have campaign websites that explain where they stand on the issues. Responsible voters might want to take a look at these sites and compare their positions, eh?...
View ArticleWomen, PoC, and Starvation Wages ... When Does the Greed Stop? $12 is not Enough
“Follow the money” is perhaps the single most important rule to remember when trying to comprehend politics, IMHO, and nowhere is this more true than when it comes to matters of pay.In 1963, one of the...
View ArticleWendell Potter:"Elimination of ‘Public Option’ Threw Consumers to the...
FYI, I made this post in bobswern’s “Some Experts, Like Krugman, Supported Single Payer Until Bernie Sanders Put It in His Platform” and was asked to publish it as a diary, which is completely my...
View ArticleHillary and the $15 Minimum Wage - a Tale of Masterful Deception
Please take a look at this tweet, x Fast-food, home care, child care workers: Your advocacy is changing our country for the better. #Fightfor15 -H— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) November 10,...
View ArticleWendell Potter: "Insurers backed Obamacare, then undermined it. Now they're...
Anyone who is talking about healthcare reform and is not familiar with and quoting the opinions of Wendell Potter is blowing smoke up your … And to put it bluntly, Wendell Potter is not at all happy...
View ArticleMatt Taibbi: "The Vampire Squid Tells Us How to Vote"
It’s nice to see Matt Taibbi having fun. He’s just published a new piece on Rolling Stone, The Vampire Squid Tells Us How to Vote.Lloyd Blankfein, Chief Executive Cephalopod of Goldman Sachs, issued a...
View ArticleBernieBro has TWO Meanings - It is ALSO a Hateful Slur [Updated]
Update: when i originally posted this diary, I used the title, “BernieBro has TWO Meanings - It is ALSO a Hateful Slur, Just Like the N-word and the F-word.” The point I was trying to make is that all...
View ArticlePolitico's "Lament of the Plutocrats" gives another look inside Hillary's...
At the top of the Rec list is a diary, “Hillary's paid speeches revealed: "She sounded more like a Goldman Sachs managing director."Attendees of several of Hillary Clinton’s paid Goldman Sachs gigs are...
View ArticleWords of Wisdom to Cheer My Fellow Sanders Supporters
Serendipity is such a mischievous little imp … she shows her lovely face at the most unexpected moments, doesn’t she? This morning I was reading Daily Kos, as is my obsession, and happened to be...
View Article"Mitt Romney's Top Strategist Says Hillary Clinton Would Be A Better...
Published today by Amanda Terkel— Senior Political Reporter, The Huffington PostThe Republican Party's top strategist in the 2012 election would rather see Hillary Clinton as the next president than...
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