Night Owls, a themed open thread, appears at Daily Kos seven days a week

Heather Digby Parton at Salon writes—Progressives and power: If Trump is defeated, the real fight begins:

Salon’s Andrew O’Hehir wrote a thoughtful piece this week about political engagement in which he makes the case that merely voting is a tepid form of activism anyway, particularly in America, where it often becomes “a bizarre form of symbolic theater or p

We are one week away from the most important election of our lifetime. But as a Bay Area resident, it can feel frustrating to know it will really be decided in a handful of states that are hundreds (or thousands) of miles away from us.

And with COVID-19, a lot of us miss the camaraderie of being around like-minded people. While there are many ways to volunteer from home, we don’t have campaign offices this year.

Kim Kardashian West is a famous person. She is also a wealthy person and her extended family has been at the forefront of the “reality stars” entertainment economy for some time. She is married to Kayne West. Together they are very very wealthy. And like all wealthy people, they live in very rarified air. And like most one-percenters, they are narcissistic in both their pursuit of wealth and their achievement of wealth.

UC Berkeley’s new poll of California finds Proposition 22, a ballot measure that would designate drivers for “App-Based Transportation and Delivery Companies” as independent contractors with some benefits rather than as employees, leading by a narrow 46-42 spread. Proposition 22 needs to win a simple majority to pass next week.

There is a lot of talk about what to do to repair the damage done to the Supreme Court by the Republican Party. One idea is to reduce the number of justices to six, casting aside the three Trump appointees. There is a major problem with this. Last on, first off does not work with lifetime federal judicial appointments.