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Climate scientists have long warned that as Arctic temperatures rise, the resulting permafrost melt would, and will, release large quantities of carbon dioxide and methane that had been previously sequestered in the long-frozen ground. This feedback loop–in…

Over the past couple of weeks, the Trump administration and its allies have been engaging in a lot of wishful thinking. Fresh off the strong second quarter economic growth number of 4.1 percent, Trump told a gathering of business leaders next quarter “could…

America needs a paradigm shift when it comes to how it deals with products that affect our moods, psyche, and our overall well-being. We must do so based on data instead of ideology, and deprogramming many will be difficult. But marijuana must be completely…

I met Erica Newsome at Netroots Nation 2018 where she was one of the panelists speaking about the West Virginia teachers strike. Other panelists included Zanetta Stallworth, Ryan Frankenberry, and Brianne Solomon (now running for state legislator in WV-14). I…

Welcome to the third and final installment in my series on the ongoing American Civil/Social Justice War between corporate/white power and freedom, fairness, and justice for all persons within America which originally began over 100 years before the…

”You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious." That is what Obi-Wan Kenobi said to Luke Skywalker upon arriving at the Mos Eisley spaceport on Tatooine. It could easily be any first sergeant talking to his soldiers…

In the three-plus years since Donald Trump officially began his quest for the presidency, the mainstream media has obsessed over his voters. These stories have been presented to the public in various ways and take many forms. Whether it’s a profile on…

Past presidential candidate and current Trump "lawyer" Rudy Giuliani went on the Sunday shows today to do what Rudy Giuliani does best: Make a fool of himself.…

Polls are very important to election analysts, since they can tell us a great deal about a given race. But they also have their limitations, which is why we at Daily Kos Elections have strict requirements before we'll write up a poll and analyze it in our…

Well, Trump is on a tear again. And it's the fault of the New York Times, which he doesn't read and is dumb and stupid and shut up.…

A news analysis in the New York Times ominiously warned that House Democrats are “discarding the lessons of successful midterms past and pressing only a bare-bones national agenda.” The article notes that they’ve chosen a new slogan, “For the People”…

You get what you vote for.…