Republicans are trying to change the subject on health care affordability — to transgender care
In a spate of votes and announcements, the GOP is tacking hard to an issue where the party sees an advantage.
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JFK’s Family Bashes Kennedy Center Name Change
Maria Shriver, Joe Kennedy III and Kennedy’s grandson Jack Schlossberg all had strong opinions about the news.
Trump regime’s creepy obsession with kids’ genitals continues
The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it is acting to effectively ban gender-affirming care, and they couldn’t seem to do so without senior officials making strange statements about children’s genitals.
The administration hopes to cut off funding for hospitals providing care from Medicaid and Medicare if they provide gender-affirming care, though the proposals that were announced are not final or legally binding
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
Watch Trump’s dumbest adviser fail at basic math
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick served a heaping bowl of rationalization during an appearance on Fox News while attempting to explain President Donald Trump’s ongoing insistence that he single-handedly brought pharmaceutical drug prices down by mathematically impossible amounts.
During his nationally televised screaming address Wednesday night, Trump insisted he had cut drug prices by “400, 500, and even 600 percent.”
Even Fox News host John Roberts wasn’t buying it.
When One Honest Politician Isn’t Enough
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After his death, James Garfield got the full Horatio Alger treatment. As well he should have. Garfield, who died in September 1881 from an assassin’s bullet and his own doctors’ staggeringly inept care, really did rise, as Alger’s book phrased it, From Canal Boy to President.
Guess the Real Trump ‘Presidential Walk of Fame’ Plaque
Donald Trump has now installed descriptive plaques under all the portraits that line his “Presidential Walk of Fame” in the White House. If you wonder whether they are petty, but also deeply strange and erratically capitalized, the answer is: Yes! Of course!
Surely they cannot really be that bad, you say. All right. See if you can guess the real ones! Then scroll to the bottom for the answer key.
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The Recap: Trump rewrites presidential history, and Hegseth tries making religion manly
A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know.
For Pete’s sake! Hegseth wants to make spirituality manly again?
We certainly wouldn’t want it to nourish the body and soul, now would we?
Trump screams at America that everything is fine
Sometimes if you say the lies louder it makes them come true.
Cartoon: Doesn’t fit
It’s hard to make a victim out of a monster.
Trump signs executive order to ease marijuana restrictions
The move could fuel more research and provide tax breaks to cannabis companies.
“No Military Solution”: Is Peace Possible in Sudan as “Proxy War” Expands?
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan, backed by the United Arab Emirates, is accused of attempting to cover up its mass killings of civilians by burning and burying bodies, according to a new report by Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab. This comes as drone strikes have plunged several cities into darkness, including Khartoum and the coastal city of Port Sudan.
Meet Tania Nemer, Fired Immigration Judge Suing Trump Admin Amid Purge of Immigration Court System
Former immigration judge Tania Nemer, who was fired in February, is now suing the Trump administration, alleging that she was discriminated against despite strong performance reviews. Nemer is one of about 100 immigration judges who have been fired or reassigned since Trump took office. The system is notoriously backlogged, with more than 3 million cases pending. “I was pulled away in the middle of the hearing,” she says.
“Divorced from Reality”: Economist Dean Baker Fact-Checks Trump’s Primetime Speech
President Trump praised the state of the U.S. economy in a primetime address Wednesday evening, even though new government statistics show the nation’s unemployment rate is at a new four-year high of 4.6%. Dean Baker, senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, says Trump’s aides should be “wondering about the man’s sanity” after Wednesday’s speech. “This is utterly divorced from reality.
It’s now time for the Obamacare blame game
With insurance rates spiking and Congress stalemated, professional advocates are swooping in to shape the narrative.
Can Disney Save Mickey from GenAI?
Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI so you can’t use Sora to make Darth Vader porn among other concerns.
Money Talks: The End of Internet Optimism
Tim Wu joins Elizabeth Spiers to discuss his book on how our economy ended up under the collective thumb of Big Tech.
You Should Be Rooting for Donald Trump to Kill Netflix’s Deal to Buy Warner Bros.
Even though that might mean you-know-who buys the studio instead.
New anti-abortion campaign takes aim at EPA drinking water rules
Students for Life of America is pushing the federal agency to include an anti-abortion drug on its list of drinking water contaminants.
This vaccine adviser to RFK Jr. has some choice words for his critics
MIT business professor Retsef Levi teaches about how health care decisions are made, but isn’t a doctor.
Bill Gates appears in newly released photos from Epstein estate
The billionaire philanthropist has said his meetings with the late convicted sex offender were a mistake.
Remembering, with the People of MCC San Francisco, AIDS Still Isn’t Over.
The neighborhood changes, the church moves, people forget and remember “the AIDS years,” but AIDS isn’t over.
What Happens When You Organize Church Around AIDS – and AIDS Changes?
The AIDS cocktail opens new possibilities. And MCC San Francisco tries to use the experience of AIDS to make bigger social change.
The Church’s Pastor Gets Diagnosed with AIDS. And the Church Wonders How Much They Might Lose.
The church’s minister gets sick and everyone knows it.
A Church Romance Between a Hula Dancer and a Lumbersexual Blossoms in a Dangerous Time.
The church’s “it couple” faces AIDS, caregiving, and loss as part of a pair, part of families, and part of a community.
Vance tries to thread affordability needle in Rust Belt
The vice president fine-tunes Trump’s economic message, but he’s only got so much wiggle room.
Ex-Trump voters swung hard to Democrats over costs in NJ & VA, new research shows
Voters who backed Donald Trump in 2024 and swung to Democrats in this year’s Virginia and New Jersey elections did so over economic concerns, according to focus groups conducted by a Democratic pollster and obtained by POLITICO.
Democrats think they’ve found their 2026 message — and Miami just backed it up
In races across the country, Democrats focused on promises to make life more affordable — even as they offered contrasting approaches.
Voters sour on Trump’s handling of the economy in new poll
The White House plans to make affordability a key selling point for Republicans across the board as the 2026 midterm elections come into focus.
Trump will again test ‘blame Democrats’ message on the economy — this time at a casino
President Donald Trump will give a speech in Northeastern Pennsylvania on Tuesday, the first stop in a ‘tour’ where he will talk about affordability concerns, among others.
From “Alligator Alcatraz” to Gaza: U.S. Companies Line Up for Lucrative Gaza Contracts Under Trump
At least a dozen people have died in Gaza as winter storms batter displaced Palestinians forced to shelter in makeshift tents among the rubble of collapsing buildings severely damaged by Israeli bombing. That rubble is being eyed by U.S.-based contractors, who are already vying for lucrative contracts to rebuild Gaza under the Trump-backed ceasefire deal.