Baghdad Bobbi
A cartoon by Clay Jones. Related | A look back at Karoline Leavitt’s legacy of lies and propaganda…
So much solar: Digging into the list of every us power plant that went online this year
Utility-scale solar leads by a mile, followed by batteries. Fossil fuels, not so much. By Dan Gearino for Inside Climate News It’s been a wild first half of the year in the U.S. power sector, with announcements of gigantic natural gas power plants and some long-awaited renewable energy projects coming online. At times of rapid change, forecasting is difficult. So I feel a…
Everyone warps their values to protect Trump
Injustice for All is a weekly series about how the Trump administration is trying to weaponize the justice system—and the people who are fighting back. This week, we’ve got a lineup of the worst suspects. T. Elliot Glaser is here, protecting Trump. Judge Roy Altman is also here, protecting Trump. Jeanine Pirro is also also here, making sure Trump can hurt people. Oh hell yeah…
Vanity projects
A cartoon by Pedro Molina. Related | Trump finally admits his pool guy screwed up the Reflecting Pool…
‘Socialist’ fearmongering has nothing on RFK Jr.’s MAHA mess as midterms loom
This week, Health and Human Services Secretary and famed roadkill connoisseur Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hosted a MAHA event to promote his “Eat Real Food” initiative. This came on the heels of the Trump administration dismantling the framework for childhood vaccine schedules, courtesy of Kennedy’s warped worldview. Meanwhile, progressives are winning big primaries by running on Americans’…
The actual red scare
A cartoon by Tim Campbell. Related | Democrats gain momentum in flipping the Senate…
Fiasco in the factory: Taxpayers funded a $533 million artillery plant that made nothing
General Dynamics opened a Texas factory to churn out artillery shells for Ukraine, but the machines kept breaking. Robot arms smashed into things. Hunks of metal crashed to the floor. There was even a real-life dumpster fire. By Jesse Coburn for ProPublica A robot was on fire. Again. It was the summer of 2024, and the cutting-edge robots inside General Dynamics’ sweltering…
The GOP keeps screwing up—as Democrats gain momentum
The Conversation is a weekly dive into the most popular stories on Daily Kos and what it tells us about the national political environment. GOP screwups. That’s the broad theme this week—all the ways Republicans just suck at life. They were handed full power—the White House, Congress, and the Supreme Court. And they’ve somehow managed to turn the whole country against them…
Dr. Snake Oil
A cartoon by David Horsey. Related | The medical world slams Trump’s harmful anti-vax quackery…
Mamdani’s honeymoon with New York City is far from over
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is driving the right absolutely crazy. Conservatives predicted disaster if he won. Then he won. They predicted wealthy New Yorkers would flee. They haven’t. And now, just months into his administration, they’re desperately searching for evidence that New Yorkers have finally come to their senses about the supposedly socialist menace running their city.
Presidential hiding locations
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Trump is writing Supreme Court briefs now—what could go wrong?
Well, he’s not technically writing them. In theory, Solicitor General John Sauer, one of President Donald Trump’s kazillion former personal lawyers/liars who now work for the government, wrote this thing, but come on. It’s a rant demanding that the president just get to build his beautiful ballroom/drone port/sniper nest/military installation/hospital/bunker for … reasons.
Mitch McConnell’s disappearing act hits 2-month milestone
Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell, one of the most high-profile Republican senators in America, has not been seen by the public for two months. According to a dispatch recording from an EMS response that was obtained by reporters, McConnell fell unconscious on June 14 and was taken to the hospital in Washington, D.C. Since then, press releases and photos of McConnell have been released by his…
Trump says struggling sailors haven’t been at sea ‘nearly long enough’
President Donald Trump was asked about reports from aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln that sailors were despondent and attempting to jump overboard after being stuck at sea for more than 250 days in the Middle East due to his poorly conceived war in Iran. A reporter noted that families are worried about the conditions on board for the 5,000 troops who set a record for most consecutive days at…
Tacky Trump Superstore closes because economy sucks for MAGA too
The Trump Superstore—an eyesore off the highway near Knoxville, Tennessee, that sold merchandise with President Donald Trump’s grotesque face on it as well as other items with sexist, racist, and crude imagery—is closing up shop due to dwindling sales, Slate reported. “That’s why we’re closing,” a store employee named Dan told Slate of why the store is going out of business…
Homeland Security chief drops bonkers claim to justify bloated budget
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin wants Americans to know that the disastrously costly war in Iran is just the tip of the iceberg. During an appearance on Fox News on Friday morning, he defended the many billions President Donald Trump has been wasting on war and excessively militarized toys. “A lot of people focus on the fight that’s going on in the Middle East…
Rage votes
A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related | The GOP keeps taking on democracy—and losing big…
What the Flock: Only ICE and cops seem to like creepy camera network
Flock Safety, the creepy company that has turned the United States into a panopticon thanks to its vast network of surveillance cameras, has managed something truly remarkable: Its product is so reviled that dozens of cities have canceled their contracts and banned the things, choosing their constituents over the demands of local law enforcement. To handle the backlash, because wow…
Retail sales collapse as Trump slump continues
Retail sales fell in July, adding yet another negative data point to the faltering economy under President Donald Trump. According to Commerce Department data released Friday, sales fell 0.6% last month, the largest decline since May of 2025. There was an apparently temporary bump in sales during April and May as people spent their tax refunds—meaning that the underlying economic picture could be…
GOP House goon says Congress isn’t ‘looking out for the rich’
On Thursday, a House Republican actually said that the GOP-controlled Congress is not doing enough to help the rich. Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI) made the comment at an event in Michigan in which Republican lawmakers—including House Majority Leader Steve Scalise—were trying to defend the “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act.” GOP leaders hoped the law would help them in the midterms, but it is actually…