Daily Kos Staff Picks 2025

What follows isn’t a list of what performed best or went most viral—it’s a collection of the stories our writers themselves are proudest of. The ones that felt important to write, important to get right, and important to share as we head into the next phase of this fight. Happy new year!

Freeing Widmer: An aunt’s journey to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison

By Alix Breeden

Zelenskyy turns the tables on MAGA fashion police

By Walter Einenkel

Insurgent Democrats make waves—while Trump’s economic approval sinks

By Alex Samuels

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Why Democrats won the government shutdown

By Emily Singer

Americans reject MAGA meanness as ‘Superman’ soars

By Oliver Willis

They created this violent world. We're just forced to live in it.

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