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Republicanism is rapidly merging with all manner of domestic extremism, and a new study paints a grim picture of just where things stand. As the Supreme Court's new conservative wing sets its sights on unraveling federal abortion protections, support for…

Yesterday, we discussed the hyperventilation over Russia’s Popasna advance, the one place on the entire Texas-sized country of Ukraine in which they’ve had some recent success. Today? “There have been no notable changes to control since the last…

Oh, no, not another “Democrats are doomed” post! We are all sick of seeing predictions of disaster looming this fall for Team Blue. I don’t believe in scaring people into getting involved, or always pretending we’re 10 points down, but when data points…

With Republican-controlled states in a highly competitive race to the bottom in looking for ways to take away rights, strip supports from struggling families, and gut public education, wouldn’t it be nice if states controlled by Democrats would bring a…

Welcome back! Every week here on Nuts & Bolts I take time to look at issues surrounding big and small campaigns, and with the help of campaign staff, candidates, and organizations nationally I try to come up with a picture of what goes into a successful…

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Daily Kos was born on May 26, 2002. That makes 2022 our 20th anniversary year, and just one of the ways we’re celebrating is by bringing back the Koscars! One of the things that makes Daily Kos special is our open platform, where community members can…

My hopes for a lapsed oil and gas lease plan may not come true after all. During an appearing before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resource on Thursday, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland assured lawmakers that her department would release a proposed…

While the Democratic Party fumbles at whatever strategy it intends to take to combat the imminent demise of federal abortion rights at the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court, it may behoove activists and members of Congress to take matters into their hands with a…

There have been powerful indicators of the full-bore radicalization of the Republican Party in the past year: the 100-plus extremist candidates it fielded this year, the apparent takeover of the party apparatus in Oregon, the appearance of Republican officials…

by Aiyuba Thomas and Tommaso Bardelli…

Doug Mastriano, the Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial nominee, did not need Donald Trump to turn him into a paranoid conspiracy theorist. He was there decades ago, a Washington Post report on Mastriano’s 2001 master’s thesis shows.…