A street prophet preaches the truth and offers wisdom freely to all who pass by. All you have to do is listen. This is true of Daily Kos’ own Street Prophets Group, situated at the intersection of religion and politics, and offering succor to any passerby.
Back in the day, when most web designers were hand-coding and people still thought the internet was a passing fad, Street Prophets began.
The leaders of the Republican Party—Rep. Matt Gaetz and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene—have been touring the nation. Whether this is part of Gaetz’s plans for expanding his sex trafficking ring, Greene’s recruiting drive for terrorists, or simply a cash grab by both, isn’t clear (except for the part where it definitely is a cash grab).
The “just wait, he’s gonna turn presidential any moment now” crowd is still at it, months after Donald John Trump skulked away from the White House with his schwanz between his atrophied, KFC-bucket-balancin’ gams.
For more than five years after his rambling, racist campaign launch speech, Trump has had every opportunity to prove there was more to him than meets the eye. There isn’t. I’ve looked.
Honestly, a better question might be “Why is Tucker Carlson not in jail?”
On Friday night, Carlson was back on Fox News to welcome COVID-19-”truther” Alex Barenson to his program. Together, the two said that “masks are useless” and nothing more than a symbol that someone is obedient to the government, and claimed that mask mandates have no intention other than to make people scared, and are doing “psychological damage.
In last-ditch attempt, Gaetz asked supporters to join him outside Riverside City Hall to “protest against communism.
The statement from the Texas House Democrats did not identify which three members had tested positive, but said all three were fully vaccinated.
Workers suffered during recent heat waves around the country, and hitting the Pacific Northwest especially hard. We’ve talked about the need for heat protections for farmworkers, but they’re not the only ones.
HuffPost’s Dave Jamieson looks at the heat complaints to Oregon OSHA, finding that restaurant workers were hit particularly hard. According to a complaint from a Carl’s Jr.
Last Sunday, Cubans in a small town 16 miles from Havana filled the streets to demonstrate against the government. The unrest quickly spread on social media, igniting protests across the island, marking the first such nationwide wave of protest in the communist country in decades.On Thursday, the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, the leading organization in the Black Lives Matter movement, issued a statement saying that the unrest resulted from the “U.S.
They were fully vaccinated, according to the Texas House Democratic Caucus. Two of the lawmakers are asymptomatic and the third has mild symptoms.
A group of centrist Democrats wants the party to confront the pharmaceutical industry. Their main opponents? Other centrist Democrats.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has hit the road, meeting face-to-face with residents to try to overcome vaccine hesitancy — in many cases, hostility — in Arkansas.
Lately, it’s entered my dreams, too.
Four minutes for Flag Day. Five minutes for Aline. Nine minutes for The French Dispatch.The Cannes Film Festival, which concludes today, has long held an unusual reputation for its lengthy standing ovations. The tradition—which perhaps reached an apotheosis when Pan’s Labyrinth received 22 minutes of applause in 2006—has at times attracted mockery.
On the basis of its advertising, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the indie film Pig is nothing more than the latest over-the-top entry in Nicolas Cage’s bewildering Hollywood career. He’s developed from promising young talent to Oscar winner to action star to, well, living meme.
Senator Bob Corker had just gotten out of a hot-yoga session with his wife on a Sunday morning in 2017 when his phone started blowing up. President Donald Trump was tweeting about him, falsely claiming that the Tennessee Republican supported the Iran deal (he did not) and that he had begged Trump for a reelection endorsement (Corker says he never did such a thing).
There’s a heatwave, and they’re overreacting!
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As Europe was recovering from the Second World War, the philosopher Josef Pieper was wondering about leisure. “A time like the present,” he admitted, “seems, of all times, not to be a time to speak of leisure. We are engaged in the re-building of a house, and our hands are full.
Critics said the decision was out of character for Francis.
They had a child together. Their kid deserves my help more.
New? Used? The car market may not sort itself out for a while.
It started out as a modern, unisex alternative to both the barbershop and the beauty salon.
Andy Slavitt, who helped the task force, said that of all the informal advisers, Luntz was “among the best.
The 18-year-old singer partnered with the White House on Wednesday to encourage young people to get vaccinated.
Health officials and experts worry that the pandemic has sapped the political will to tackle the drug crisis.
I have plenty of reason to doubt them.
School officials received constant harassment, and metal detectors had to be installed at school board meetings.
She’s had fertility troubles, but her obsession with my pregnancy is out of hand.
Teachers advise on childhood bullies, summer reading, and standardized testing.
Both the Fed and the Biden administration have said rapid price increases are being stoked by temporary factors.
Americans are hitting the road as strong economic growth pushes up oil prices, and Republicans are trying to pin pump prices on Biden’s energy policies.