Sunday, November 15, 2026

No king but madness reigns

Today I'll survey several factors feeding this unfolding fiasco.

What can North Korea tell us about America’s future?

Is the United States heading toward a hard landing?

Revealed: Shell Oil nonprofit donated to anti-climate groups behind Project 2025

Shell USA Company Foundation sent $544,010 between 2013 and 2022 to organizations that broadly share an agenda, including severely limiting the Environmental Protection Agency.

Trump administration to allow logging in pristine national forest

The roughly 9 million acres that the administration wants to open up now have been protected since the 2001 by the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, or Roadless Rule.

Tom Goldtooth: ‘They cannot extinguish the fire that Standing Rock started’

The camp may be gone, but the fight will continue. The seeds have been planted, and they will continue to grow.

Trump defends economy as prices rise, approval sinks, and deregulation alarms grow

Primetime address clashes with polling, tariff costs, healthcare pressures, and warnings of renewed financial risk.

Trump economy loses 92,000 jobs in February as economists warn labor market weakness is...

New Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows unemployment rising and hiring slowing across major industries as economists warn that policy uncertainty, tariffs, and economic shocks are weighing on the labor market.

Reading the Times

And not just the paper.

‘Worse than Texas’: Extreme anti-choice bills advance in multiple states

Republican lawmakers in at least four states this week advanced bills banning or limiting abortion access.

Kamala Harris signals support for billionaires tax amid growing wealth inequality

This endorsement marks a crucial step in addressing the widening wealth gap in the country, particularly as billionaires continue to amass vast fortunes while millions of Americans struggle financially.