A Day in the Life of Joe Republican
(Not Mine- E-mailed to me) Joe gets up at 6 am and pours water into the coffeemaker to start the morning. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water quality...
View ArticleSecond Republican Congressman calls for Iraq pullout to be considered
For the first time ever, my congressman has done something courageous instead of following whatever Tom Delay tells him to do. Howard Coble, the Republican representing the North Carolina's 6th...
View ArticleRomney scared of American people- skips Youtube Debate
Mitt Romney confirmed today that he will skip the September 17th debate hosted by Youtube and CNN. From the Washington Post's The TrailRepublican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said Friday that he...
View ArticleAnarchy in the UK: A guide to the next week's crazy British elections for...
British Prime Minister David Cameron For over a hundred years, British politics has largely functioned as a three-party system consisting of the Conservative Party (or Tories), the Labour Party, and...
View ArticleWill Labour knock off the Tories? Here are 16 races to watch in the UK's...
Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party leader Nick Clegg is in real danger of losing his seat The United Kingdom's general election is almost here, and it's anyone's guess how things will...
View ArticleAfter a smarting loss, what's next for the left in Britain?
It's goodbye for Labour leader Ed Miliband, but what's next for his party? With a majority of 12 seats for his party and the likely backing of another 10 Northern Irish Unionists as needed, Tory Prime...
View ArticleBritain's Labour Party might make lefty rebel Jeremy Corbyn its new...
Would-be Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn with the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez Following a surprising election defeat in May, Britain's Labour Party will elect a new leader this fall. On Aug....
View ArticleNews from across the pond: Corbyn landslide takes Labour Party into uncharted...
Newly-elected Labour head Jeremy Corbyn On September 12, what had been expected since late July was officially confirmed: Jeremy Corbyn won a dominant victory to become the new leader of the Labour...
View ArticleLong-running scandal may be final nail in Conservatives' coffin in Canada
Conservative Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper When Mike Duffy ended his career as a television journalist to become a Canadian senator in 2008, he probably didn’t expect his name to be lent to...
View ArticleA decade of Conservative rule may finally end in Canada's twisting three-way...
From left to right: Liberal leader Justin Trudeau), Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and New Democratic Party leader Thomas Mulcair After ten years of right-wing governance, Canada goes to...
View ArticleWhich states will gain seats in Congress come 2020, and which will lose?...
The folks at University of North Carolina’s Carolina Demography issued new projections as to which states are expected to gain and lose seats after the 2020 round of congressional reapportionment....
View ArticleNo, for the thousandth time: Democrats are not doomed
The demographics of the United States are changing rapidly, and analysts have been debating which political party stands to benefit most from these shifts for decades. In recent years, the bulk of the...
View ArticleThe importance of a liberal filling Scalia's seat on the Supreme Court cannot...
ThinkProgress’s Ian Millhiser wrote a smart piece this weekend covering the ways in which Justice Antonin Scalia’s passing will affect the cases pending before the Supreme Court. Millhiser covers how...
View ArticleThe United Kingdom will hold a referendum on whether to remain in the...
British Prime Minister David Cameron announced this past weekend he’ll hold a referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership in the European Union (EU) just four months from now. This move comes...
View ArticleHow Marco Rubio can save the GOP from Donald Trump: By dropping out of the race
We’ve all seen Marco Rubio’s kitchen sink strategy play out over the past week, as he and the Republican establishment throw anything and everything at Donald Trump while praying something sticks. This...
View ArticleIf you stand for nothing, Marco, what'll you fall for?
In the almost omnipresent Broadway musical Hamilton, the titular character of Alexander Hamilton is often contrasted with his friend and rival, Aaron Burr. While Hamilton constantly advocates for his...
View ArticleLGBTQ advocates need to get over their championship hangover
Ever since the momentous nationwide victory over gay marriage last summer, the LGBTQ advocacy community has not had its act together. To borrow a sports metaphor, we seem to be suffering from a...
View ArticleBritish elections roundup: London elects its first-ever Muslim mayor
The United Kingdom held a variety of elections on Thursday, with enough diversity to give every major party both good news and bad news, depending on where you look and who you ask. Instead of running...
View ArticleDaily Kos Elections 'Brexit' referendum open thread
Tonight, voters in Great Britain will decide whether their country should remain a part of the European Union or leave the 28-nation supranational body. You can find our preview of the referendum...
View ArticleWhere we go from here
I am, like so many of you and so many millions of Americans across the country, devastated by Trump’s victory. It seems almost incomprehensible and yet this is the reality we face. Tonight my mom...
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