Monday, June 15, 2026

Despite media knocks, Maine’s Graham Platner qualifies as this year’s breakthrough Senate campaign star 

Who knew a year ago that a scintillating Maine campaign could be a national spark plug to a new progressive movement?

A climatic presidency

Donald Trump gets hot, hot, hot.

Pendulum justice: The greater MAGA’s orgy of outrages, the more change looms

Under duress, wealth shares its spoils,/ But never forsakes its octopus coils.

Deviant Donald, self-destructive dictator

As explosive prices erase tax relief,/ Must one be rich to afford ground beef?

What unifies MAGA precisely explains its epic, repeat fiascos: Fixated, self-righteous, absolutist fundamentalism

That’s why disgruntled ‘24 voters endure the brokenness of the marriage made in hell—with now everyone’s life but the rich far more aggrieved than a year and a half ago, two years ago, or four years ago.

Zeldin’s EPA rollbacks and PFAS limits

Instead of doing its job to keep people safe, the agency is systematically dismantling protections for the environment and human health.

The conservative ‘plan’ to dismantle public schools is entering the home stretch

The Republican Party’s crusade to cap or abolish local property taxes is the latest tactic in their effort to drain funding from public education.

As Americans struggle, Trump’s wealth soars

Trump is flouting regulations to reap billions for himself, as ordinary Americans teeter on the edge of economic ruin.

Like the WH ballroom, MAGA Trump is in ruins, stuck in a losing streak...

Either America the once beautiful (now shabby) is done for—or we all have front row seats to the greatest public train wreck since Richard Nixon.
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Do US war crimes doom the world to endless war and chaos?

If the American people and the world can find the political will, this U.S. and Israeli defeat by Iran presents us with a chance to move U.S. foreign policy in a more peaceful direction.