Saturday, April 18, 2026

Are Bernie-ites following Biden?

I was quite shocked yesterday afternoon when I learned that an African American state representative in Georgia was endorsing Trump. Is this...

After warning of ‘large and painful military operation,’ Israel begins massive bombing of Gaza

"Israeli snipers shoot and kill scores of unarmed Palestinian protesters in Gaza, including kids, then calls it self-defense. When a Palestinian sniper fires at one Israeli soldier, Israel bombs Gaza with F-16s and preps for all out war."

Doctors speak out: For the sake of human health ban fracking

"In light of more than 900 scientific studies that overwhelmingly demonstrate risks and adverse impacts of drilling and fracking, Governor Wolf must implement a moratorium to stop the public health crisis that is occurring in Pennsylvania."
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Another tax scam for the rich

It’s another big handout to the wealthy, another huge increase in the federal deficit, and it’s illegal.

5 tips on how to talk climate change this holiday season

The trick is to use patience, tolerance, an optimistic tone – and last, but not least, a keen understanding of your audience – to nudge your climate-skeptic sister or father-in-law.

Dear fellow progressives: Please vote for Biden

It is also a vote for the inspiring possibility of a progressive challenger in 2024.

The right-wing machine behind the curtain

If there is much to rage against in the Right’s agenda, there is also a perverse element of hope for progressives.

Freedom of thought and the death of ideologies

Unity is the key element in any such shift — the required guiding principle underlying the development of existing systems and modes of living.

The Right’s grotesque, negative learning curve is steadily demolishing its national brand

For a white nationalist base obsessed with “losing its country” (and dominance) to outsiders and non-whites, won’t chronic, severe political whoppers achieve exactly its worst fear?

Biden could have spared Afghanistan and US 6 months of pointless war by just...

The Taliban opted to push the U.S. out, understandably not believing that Biden was anymore sincere about ending the war and leaving their country than were presidents Bush, Obama or Trump before him.