Evan Buxbaum

Evan Buxbaum

@evanbuxbaum.bsky.social

Managing Editor, Daily Kos Previously: The Messenger, New York Post, Circa, ABC News, CNN

8,738 Followers 256 Following 1,450 Posts Joined Nov 2024
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Flint water council chair troubled by EPA's all-clear declaration The head of the Environmental Protection Agency announced on Monday that he is lifting the Safe Drinking Water Act emergency order for Flint, Michigan, the city whose 100,000 residents had to ...

Lee Zeldin says Flint’s water is finally safe—right after pulling funding for the people double-checking that it actually is.

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New Homeland Security scam offers immigrants $1,000 to ruin their lives U.S. offers migrants free airline tickets and $1,000 stipend if they self-deport Trump administration offers to pay $1,000 to migrants who ‘self-deport’ Trump Offers to Pay Immigrants Who Deport Themselves

how they covered it, vs how we covered it @dailykos.com
read more here - > www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

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Surprise! Trump's promoting scandal-plagued adviser instead of firing him Hours after nearly every major news outlet reported that national security adviser Mike Waltz was the first big casualty of the Trump administration, President Donald Trump announced that—surprise!—he...

Trump's Waltz waltz...

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Cartoon: Aiding and abetting A cartoon by Clay Jones. Related |� The FBI's shocking arrest of a judge should scare the sh-t out of ...

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National security screwup reportedly first Trump goon to bite the dust Mike Waltz is the reportedly first member of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet of clowns to bite the dust, after multiple media reports on Thursday said Dear Leader is planning to fire his national sec...

Dipshitcanned...

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Is Big Gretch big toast after hugging big scumbag?

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Trump's Cabinet cult hawks MAGA merch in bizarre official meeting The members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet sat behind red MAGA-style hats emblazoned with the inaccurate terminology “Gulf of America” during a televised White House meeting held on ...

How long before he makes Sec. Little Marco model the latest MAGA merch?

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Pam Bondi joins the ridiculous Trump Cabinet cosplay trend U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi took time away from threatening House Democrats who criticize billionaire Elon Musk’s unconstitutional grip on the ...

Playing pretend government while dismantling the government.

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The Trump team has cooked up yet another racist executive order for Dear Leader to sign, this time requiring U.S. truck drivers to speak English.

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Which Trump clown will be kicked to the curb first? “You’re fired!” Once upon a time, our reality TV host-turned-president was known more for a terrible catchphrase than terrible approval ratings. With this bit of nostalgia for simpler times in mind, D...

Who do YOU think will be the first fool to abandon ship?

Vote in our @dailykos.com poll!

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Cartoon: Only 1,361 to go ... A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related |� Trump's disastrous first 100 days—by the ...

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"This is a hostile and political act by Amazon... Amazon has recently partnered with a Chinese propaganda arm, so this is another reason why Americans should buy American."
–Lying Karoline Leavitt, White House press liar

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Republicans will make up any excuse to defend the Hegseth sh-tshow Congressional Cowards is a weekly series highlighting the worst Donald Trump defenders on Capitol Hill, who refuse to criticize him—no matter how disgraceful or lawless his actions. Defense ...

Amazing how "law and order" dies the second your guy can't handle a group text.

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Insurgent Democrats make waves—while Trump’s economic approval sinks Survey Says is a weekly column rounding up three of the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about. You’ll also find data-based updates on past Daily Kos reporting, plus a ...

The kids aren't alright—and neither are the Democrats. Young voters' approval of congressional Dems has cratered, but at least progressives are raising hell and money.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

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Why conservatives love to blame the 'deep state' for everything Explaining the Right is a weekly series that looks at what the right wing is currently obsessing over, how it influences politics—and why you need to know. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ...

Why conservatives love to blame the 'deep state' for everything www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

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Cartoon: Wipe away your rights A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related |� Trump threatens press freedom by defying court ...

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Evil Elon goes to Washington...

✅ Ruins public image
✅ Does weirdo Nazi shit
✅ Wrecks Tesla brand
✅ Creeps out everyone
✅ Costs government more than he saves

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Pete Hegseth is spiraling—and our national security is at risk Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, whose tenure at the Pentagon has been anything but smooth, recently threatened his staffers with polygraph tests in a frantic bid to stop leaks from inside his ...

How many months (weeks? days?) until Sec. Creepy Pete loses his job?

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Cartoon: Classified dum-dums A cartoon by Clay Jones. Related |� We have a lot of questions about what was in Kristi Noem's stolen ...

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Trump brags about 200 trade deals he's definitely made President Donald Trump, in a rambling and frankly terrifying interview with Time magazine, claimed that he's made 200 trade deals with countries across the world, but he wouldn't give any details ...

Lying liar lies...

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NEW: Jimmy Finkelstein has reached a settlement in the class action lawsuit filed by the ex-employees of his defunct news site The Messenger. According to the court docs, the settlement is for $4.5 million; however, plaintiffs must wait until Finkelstein's assets are liquidated to receive payment.

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Cartoon: For Pete's sake A cartoon by Clay Jones. Related | Hegseth flees to Fox News to whine about his latest troubles Campaign Action

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Sec. Creepy Pete thinks he can save his job by being Sec. Pretty Pete...

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Cartoon: Who needs a master's degree? A cartoon by Pedro Molina. Related |� Harvard pushed back—now Trump’s ramping up his war on higher ...

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Hegseth flees to Fox News to whine about his latest troubles After a scandal-plagued 88 days on the job, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ran to the friendly confines of Fox News on Tuesday morning to plead his case. Speaking to “Fox & Friends” co-host and dev...

Kinda seems like Sec. Creepy Pete is imploding, no?

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Time to add the United States of America to the very long list of Trump's failed business ventures?

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Cartoon: With liberty and justice... A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related |� Senator's El Salvador trip exposes lies behind wrongful ...

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Uh-oh, Pete Hegseth's really in trouble now Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is once again in hot water amid reports that the Pentagon is in a state of "chaos" and "dysfunction" due to his lack of leadership. John Ullyot, a former chief ...

Who could've possibly predicted that the outrageously unqualified secretary of defense would be terrible at his job...

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