All Democrats SHOULD be United - Late Term Abortion Restrictions Trap and...
Walter Einenkel recently wrote a heartbreaking diary, Woman forced to give birth to stillborn in Texas because of 'Women's Health Laws. There are real victims in the laws created by men to police the...
View Article[UPDATED] Taibbi: "Why the Banks Should Be Broken Up"
Cross-posted from caucus99percent.comI wrote a diary late last year about the financial crisis of 2008: An understandable explanation for the stock market crash (that Dems are not supposed to talk...
View Article[Update] The Big Question: Will Sanders Folks Vote for Hillary in Nov?...
Note: Update (April 14) appears at the end.Much is at stake in November. If enough people do not show up to vote for the Democratic nominee, a Republican will be elected as president, and the GOP may...
View ArticleHillary Clinton, the Feminist who is Open to Taking Choice out of "Pro-Choice"
I am one of the tiny percentage of women who was blessed to receive a late-term abortion when I needed it. “Blessed” is a strange word to use about a procedure I literally cried throughout, but the...
View Article[UPDATE!] A Kossack's Employer Has Left Her in the Lurch - Can You Help?
— BREAKING NEWS — BREAKING NEWS —BREAKING NEWS —BREAKING NEWS — WE DID IT !!! YOU DID IT !!! THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH !!! Thank you everybody so very much! We have blown through our goal of $800 and...
View ArticlePlease Tell Me, Hillary: Do You Support Late-Term Abortion Exceptions for ALL...
Dear Hillary,I recently published a diary, Hillary Clinton, the Feminist who is Open to Taking Choice out of "Pro-Choice." It tells the story of Taylor Mahaffey, a woman denied modern medical care by...
View ArticleSNOPES: "Were there chairs thrown during the chaos at the DNC convention in...
The Chair Thrown 'Round the WorldClaim: Angry Bernie Sanders supporters threw chairs during an adversarial Nevada Democrat convention in May 2016.UNPROVENWHAT'S TRUE: Video captured during the Nevada...
View ArticleFOLKS - CA IS NOT OVER ... I mean seriously, IT IS NOT OVER
The AP called California once "100% of the precincts were counted", but WTF does that mean? The counting isn't anywhere close to being 100% done in CA.Here in CA we don't have election day, we have...
View ArticleEmail 101 - a Primer to help w/OIG report about Hillary's Private Server
In March of 2015, a controversy began when the public technically savvy members of the public learned that Hillary Clinton had used a personal email account for official business while she served as...
View ArticleFrom IBTimes: "Clinton: US should use 'military response' to fight...
Clinton: US should use 'military response' to fight cyberattacks from Russia and ChinaBy Jason Murdock September 1, 2016 15:17 BSTHillary Clinton, the Democratic Party presidential nominee and former...
View ArticleTo everyone who applauds new "Fact Checking" efforts by outfits like Facebook...
A few diaries have recently been written about fact checking efforts at Facebook and the Washington Post. Based on my reading of the comments, many Kossacks here think that such efforts are...
View ArticleUPDATED - Democrats need to fight for a Public Option, not just "defend the ACA"
UPDATE: FYI, in conjunction with this diary I wrote a second one to show how insurers actually benefit when health CARE providers increase their prices: Do insurers have an incentive under the ACA to...
View ArticleDo insurers have an incentive under the ACA to let health costs rise? YES,...
In another diary, Democrats need to fight for a Public Option, not just "defend the ACA", I made the following commentOne of the huge downsides of the ACA is that insurance companies have zero...
View ArticleGreenwald: "Key Question ... Why Did Obama White House Recruit Perez to Run...
Glenn Greenwald at the Intercept reports on Clio Chang’s “great, detailed analysis” of the race between Keith Ellison and Tom Perez for the DNC Chair. Here is a taste of Chang’s piece:The Case for Tom...
View ArticleInside Bernie Sanders’ campaign to save Obamacare
Just want to bring this story to the community’s attention, and let the facts speak for themselves.www.vox.com/…On three separate occasions this July, staffers for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) began...
View ArticleFor-Profit Insurers + Other Predatory Capitalists "KILL" for $$$. They also...
When I first joined Daily Kos, I was so naive. I had always thought that politics was about ideas, and that votes were a way of getting feedback from the public about those ideas. Today I see that...
View Article@WhiteHouse plan for complete reorganization of the entire federal government
FYI: xStop whatever you're doing and read the @WhiteHouse plan for complete reorganization of the entire federal government. I have tweeted some highlights, but honestly can't begin to capture the...
View ArticleGood News! Brown approved bill to create database to improve medical pricing...
Medical prices today are all voodoo and black magic. Tell me one other industry where customers make purchase decisions without even knowing what the cost of the product or service is going to be? A...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez calls for a 21st Century New Deal to correct massive wealth...
Update: Visit the Ocasio2018 website to learn about AOC’s stance on other important issues:It’s Time for a Political Revolution- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is running for Congress to create an America...
View ArticleImproved Medicare For All Becoming Unstoppable
Here are a few excerpts from a CounterPunch article, Improved Medicare For All Becoming Unstoppable by Kevin Zeese - Margaret FlowersMedicare for all has had majority support in the United States for...
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