Thursday, May 21, 2026

The dance of death

Idiots and charlatans, the handmaidens of death, lure us into the abyss.

Lawsuit filed against former police chief and officers for false arrest

“Police Chief Raimundo Atesiano’s actions were intended to give his community a false sense of security and were a betrayal of his oath to protect the residents of Biscayne Park and all the people of Miami-Dade County.”

The rage of billionaires and the frenzy to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming New...

That strategy is now striking fear into the hard hearts of insatiably greedy billionaires.

How Oregon is turning the page on America’s disastrous drug war

“Our immediate focus is to ensure every Oregonian knows these critical harm reduction and recovery services are being invested in and expanded so that they will be available to anyone who wants and needs them, and that they can feel comfortable and safe accessing them.”

Documents reveal drilling and mining interests were behind shrinking of Utah National Monuments

Yes Secretary Zinke claimed that the shrinking of the national monuments "isn’t really about oil and gas.”

The New American Order

Out of the chaos of this prolonged moment and inside the shell of the old system, a new culture, a new kind of politics, a new kind of governance is being born right before our eyes. Call it what you want. But call it something. Stop pretending it’s not happening.

With US consumers ‘getting fleeced,’ Democrats demand windfall profits tax on Big Oil

"It is common sense" to use such a tax to provide rebates to consumers, argued Rep. Ro Khanna. "You have these oil companies making record profits at a time of a national emergency."

New warnings on plastic’s health risks as fracking industry promotes new ‘plastics belt’ build-out

And that's the heart of the problem – the rush to make plastics from cheap fracked shale gas in America hasn't been driving more polluting plants out of business, it's been adding to the world's new plastics production.

Bayer, Monsanto acquisition a go

On June 7 "one of the world's largest pesticide producers will be combined with the world's largest seed company."

What Does It Take to Survive Where You Live?

A new report concludes that current federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour doesn’t come close, anywhere in the United States.