About 20% of unvaccinated people who get measles wind up in the hospital.

Those of us raised on the tough side of the tracks know a wannabe bully when we see one. Lots of bluster, menacing threats and theater for the crowd. Maybe the wannabe connects with a blindside shot, …

A deplorable level of waste, abuse and fraud persists in the federal government, as well as in local and state governments run by both parties and in major corporations too. At the moment, however, …

Not that I was sapped of outrage. There are, however, only so many minutes of any day one can be aghast. So, as I pored through the long list of words lusty totalitarians now deem verboten by …

Tens of millions of Americans like me rely on public programs to get back on their feet. The GOP wants  to slash that help to fund tax breaks for billionaires.

The Trump administration’s assault on democracy is often slapdash. This is largely because Elon Musk and his script kiddies at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency have been …

By Emily Singer | Daily Kos Staff

By BRETT WILKINS, Common Dreams Staff -- "Instead of focusing on delivering benefits to seniors and people with disabilities, President Trump and unelected billionaire Elon Musk are systematically dismantling SSA."

By Clarence Page - After Trump said Democrats would be blamed and taxes would surge if Democrats didn’t vote for the bill, he suddenly lashed out at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer...

By Jamie Stiehm

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By Don Rollins -- Ohio’s status as the bellwether for presidential elections is long retired, but not the myth that it’s citizens go for “moderate” Republicans when choosing their governor...

By Jessica Corbett -- "Rather than comply with a lawful court order, he wants to see millions of families, retirees, and disabled individuals go hungry, suffer, and potentially lose their homes all to curry favor with anti-worker billionaires,” a plaintiff said.

By Frank Lingo A first-of-its-kind report on the state of nature in the United States authorized by President Joe Biden has been canceled by order of President Donald Trump. A Feb. 10 New York Times article covered the coverup.

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By Oliver Willis, Daily Kos Staff

"Trump really hit his stride on Jan. 24, when he fired 17 inspectors general, who are responsible for investigating waste, fraud and abuse, and instead put Elon Musk’s Department of Govern Efficiency in charge of those tasks." - JMC

CEOs and tech investors are desperate to deflect workers fury over the joblessness that awaits them when AI makes a workerless workplace possible. By Jim Hightower

The last time Americans faced the possible spread of Ebola to U.S. territory, in 2014, Donald Trump irresponsibly stoked public fears and barked at Barack Obama while doing nothing useful to protect us. By Joe Conason

How America’s ultra-rich dismantled democracy, one Supreme Court ruling at a time. By Thom Hartman