We Don't Need Them in the Democratic Party
O.K. So the midterms didn't turn out too well for Democrats. There have been all kinds of post-mortems, but there is one that is unquestionable. We don't need a lot of people who are currently in the...
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People Are Dying on the Rosebud Rez
"The House has now signed our death warrants and the death warrants of our children and grandchildren. The Rosebud Sioux Tribe will not allow this pipeline through our lands.”Rosebud Sioux President,...
View ArticleKeystone DOES Demonstrate Why the Dems Lost
But not the way many people here at Daily Kos think.Point of disclosure - I am not a fascist, mass murderer, or shill for Big Oil - although I have been accused of such for supporting continued use of...
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Chris Ladd Is Delusional if He Thinks the GOP Has No Chance in 2016
And you are too, if you buy that Brooklyn Bridge. Sad thing is, so many people around here want so desperately to believe it. At least based on the poll and comments, lots of people are delighted to...
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American Justice Quiz
Which man is exercising his constitutional rights? Which man is engaging in criminal behavior?
View ArticleHooray! Mary Landrieu Is Gone!!
Results are in for the Louisiana senate race and Mary Landrieu got her ass stomped. She lost to Bill Cassidy (R) 57% to 43%. Wasn't even a contest. All I can say is, "Good riddance!" We don't need...
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It's Only 10 Below
That's Fahrenheit - not Celsius - which is a chunk colder, but really not all that bad. Especially when the sun is out and the sky is blue. I guess you would just call it another average winter day in...
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Broken Heart Rock
On a lovely spring day, we headed out from Buffalo to visit Broken Heart Rock. It's only a few miles west of town, but it is on the old highway grade - and when I say "Old Highway" I mean abandoned...
View ArticleRemembering the Armenian Genocide thru Siamanto's Poetry
Today is the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Armenian Genocide. On April 24, 1915, Ottoman police began arresting hundreds of Armenian intellectuals. Among these was Siamanto, a gifted, young...
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Waco or Ferguson - A Quiz
Which image is from Waco and which image is from Ferguson?A.B.
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New Q Poll Is Bad News for HRC
In a just-released poll by Quinnipiac University, Hillary Clinton trails Bush, Walker, and Rubio in three critical swing states - Colorado, Iowa, and Virginia.Data - RealClearPolitics.com
View ArticleA Summer Sojourn to the Cloud Peak Wilderness
I must admit, I am spoiled living in Wyoming. Regardless of the season, there are wild mountains, sparkling streams, and sapphire skies just outside my door. Yellowstone is amazing and the Grand Tetons...
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Bernie Is Toast
Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign just ended today - -Image - Seattle TimesNo person who permits a couple of outraged protesters to commandeer the podium can be elected president. Doesn't matter...
View ArticleI Thought Daily Kos Was a Democratic Website
But I must be wrong.Today, there is a rec-listed diary with oodles of comments that utterly attacks the presidency of Bill Clinton. Many of the comments that follow are even worse. Chief among them one...
View ArticleWhy Can't the Democrats Run a Westerner?
Democratic tickets since 1948:Missouri/Kentucky Illinois/Alabama Illinois/Tennessee Massachusetts/Texas Texas/Minnesota Minnesota/Maine South Dakota/DC Georgia/Minnesota Georgia/Minnesota Minnesota/New...
View ArticleI Want a Democrat in the White House on January 21, 2017
That is my overarching political goal for the next year. The ramifications of a Republican victory in the 2016 election are pretty brutal: a. The House of Representatives will, almost certainly,...
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The Way Forward
Summer is hanging on in the high country, But autumn is waiting patiently.On a bright, warm day I wonder where I will go. I see a patch of golden aspens in the distance - With a red-gold glaze in the...
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Riding the Dog
Indeed, riding the dog, again. Except that it's not Greyhound - - exactly. The Denver-Billings route used to be served by Trailways - - which was bought out by Greyhound - - which became Powder River...
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World to End on Wednesday
I hate to spoil your last night/morning on Earth, but I must inform you that God will be destroying the world on October 7, 2015. It sucks - - I know.http://usdailyreview.com/...The eBible Fellowship,...
View ArticleBob, Snap Out of It. Kos Was Right When He Said 30%
Get real, Bob. Six months ago Kos said Sanders would top out at 30%. Since Labor Day, Sanders has exceeded 30% in one poll.
View ArticleI Won't Accept a Bernie Nomination Because I Won't Accept It
I never knew Lesley Gore was actually singing about Johnnygunn.
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A Bright Blue, Snowy Thanksgiving in Wyoming
After a bitterly cold night with wind and snow, the sky opened up blue and bright for Thanksgiving.Snowy CattailsSo I just had to get my cross country skis out for a first run of the season.Frosted...
View ArticleWaiting on a Statement from Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina needs to make a statement soon about the attack on the Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic.Fiorina has been central in the extremist language aimed at Planned Parenthood....
View ArticleI Don't Hate Berners, I'm Just Sick and Tired of Having to Hold My Nose with...
I doubt I’m going to make any friends over this rant. Likely, it will fall by the wayside because there there are so many more Berners at Daily Kos — but only at Daily Kos. Grow a pair of ovaries. So,...
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Climate Change Is NOT the #1 Issue
Not for millions of people in France today — — Not for tens of millions of people across Europe.Marine Le Pen’s right-populist National Front appears to have received the highest number of votes in the...
View ArticleIf You Have Not Heard P.M. Justin Trudeau Speak on Syrian Refugees, You Must.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came out to welcome the first planeload of Syrian refugees to arrive in Canada — a country that has pledged to accept 25,000. What he says during that welcoming...
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Bernie Is Suing the DNC ?!?!?
Oh, the irony. Oh, the irony.And Sanders isn’t even a Democrat.But you gotta give him credit — he’s got moxie.www.washingtonpost.com/…And just in case you might argue that he really is a Democrat —...
View ArticleHillary Poised to Seal the Deal by Early March
Who needs numbers when you can create your own political reality, right?The fact of the matter is that Hillary Clinton will defeat Bernie Sanders in Iowa on Feb. 1 with Sanders probably winning New...
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Sobering Election News from Germany
If you think Donald Trump is bad, just cross the Atlantic Pond and look at what is taking place in Europe. Right-wing populism is surging across the continent. In three state elections in Germany, the...
View ArticleCan You Pin the Knife in the Mexican?
On Feb. 2, 2016, I substituted for the 7th grade social studies teacher at Clear Creek Middle School in Buffalo, Wyoming. The teacher, Tanner Hart, asked me to have students present their projects...
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Unfortunately, It’s Not Going to Be a Landslide
No, it’s not going to be a landslide.Since 2000, 40 States Have Voted Only GOP or Demwww.270towin.comThere has been much recent talk about Hillary Clinton winning the election in a landslide of epic...
View ArticleWhere Is Home?
Kansas state legislator Joe Seiwert told Denasia Lawrence to “Go back home” following her performance of the national anthem while kneeling at a preseason NBA game.www.cbsnews.com/...Here is the letter...
View ArticleYeah, Hillary’s Gonna Win in a Landslide
To all those folks who have been crowing about Clinton winning in a landslide: Wake up and smell the coffee.This election is going to be way closer than you think.It is critically important that...
View ArticleClinton Has Lost
There’s no way around it.With Florida gone — With a 7% to 12% decline across the board from Obama’s 2012 results.She’s down now in North Carolina, Ohio, and Michigan.Yes, the polls totally missed...
View ArticleWhat’s Coming Down the Pike
Tonight’s loss by Hillary Clinton is not just the loss of the presidency, tonight’s loss has the potential to be a historically realigning election. Donald Trump is going to cruise to a comfortable...
View ArticleIn Case You Didn’t Notice - Democrats Got the Shit Kicked Out of Them
And in case you forgot, Democrats got the shit kicked out of them in 2010 and 2014 and will, most likely, get the shit kicked out of them in 2018, too. If for no other reason than 25 out of 33 Senate...
View ArticleClear Creek in Winter
I have explored Clear Creek in every season — Each holds its own wonders and surprises — And yet, winter — winter is the loveliest.
View ArticleWhen Did Marie Antoinette Join Daily Kos?
Because I sure am hearing a lot of people say, “Let them eat cake!”And it is pathetic.Why don’t you take a listen to Hazel Dickens — xYouTube VideoAnd tell me what happened to West Virginia.West...
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Dear Mr. Trump - -
John Lewis Crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge, March 7 1965Rep. John Lewis survived being savagely beaten on Bloody Sunday during the Selma March for voting rights in 1965. He was arrested, humiliated,...
View ArticleGive Me Your Tired, Your Poor . . .
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,With conquering limbs astride from land to land;Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall standA mighty woman with a torch, whose flameIs the imprisoned...
View Article413 Electoral Votes
Yes, it is quite possible that the Biden/Harris ticket will win 413 electoral votes.How? Well, first the mechanics.Biden has a lock on almost every state that Hillary Clinton won in 2016 - 233...
View ArticleLet's Be Honest, I Was Wrong
Like so many other hopeful progressives, I was wrong. I fully expected a Blue Wave this election cycle. No matter how you cut it, there wasn’t. Yes, Joe Biden defeated Trump, but most Senate...
View ArticleIt's Past Time to Replace Chuck Schumer
A breaking story from NBC News reports —Now, after the party performed poorly in down-ballot races, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is no longer meeting with donors, a source familiar...
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Famous Florida Serial Killers
Florida has a long history of violence — from Spanish colonial Florida, to the Seminole Wars, to the Rosewood Massacre. The state has also experienced and continues to experience the trauma of serial...
View ArticleTo Be Gay in Afghanistan Is a Death Sentence
A Taliban judge pronounced last month that the penalty for homosexuality would be death under its rule. "There are only two penalties for gays: Either stoning or he has to stand behind a wall that...
View Article5 Reasons Why Virginia Looks Bad for the Dems
Polling indicates that the governor’s race in Virginia is a toss-up. Youngkin actually leads, slightly, in the latest polls — After chipping away at McAuliffe’s small margin all fall. Not to mention...
View ArticleThe Religious Imbalance on the Supreme Court
Are there too many Catholics on the Supreme Court? (There, I said it.) But, really. Are there? Out of the 9 justices, 6 ½ are Catholic. 6 ½ ?? Yep. Gorsuch was raised Catholic and is now Episcopalian....
View ArticleHelp Ukraine Now, Cut Energy Use by 25%
One of the most important economic levers against Russia remained unused.Oil and gas are a primary source of income for Russia. And for the obscene wealth of its plutocrats. Things you can do right...
View ArticlePalestinian Lives Do Not Matter
Palestinian lives do not matter. As far as the United States is concerned, they never have. The evidence is overwhelming. With still more on display today — as the U.S. vetoed a U.N Security Council...
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