Friday, June 19, 2026

The monsters of American capitalism

Three of its prime exemplars: Trump, Bankman-Fried's, and Musk!

This Interactive Calculator Shows How Much Tax Havens Are Costing America

The amounts of money held offshore by Fortune 500 companies has doubled between 2008 and 2014.

Ohio commission decides to allow fracking in state parks

The commissioners held a meeting to consider the applications, and many environmentalists showed up to protest.

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?

‘About damn time’: Jan. 6 panel unanimously votes to subpoena ex-President Donald Trump

"Trump must comply with the subpoena from the January 6th select committee because no one, including a former president, is above the law."

It’s official: California becomes first U.S. state to ban plastic bags

25 million single-use plastic bags are discarded every day in California. This new law aims to benefit the environment and all wildlife.

President Trump, this way to the egress

Less than six months into his presidency, it's clear that our chief executive is unfit for office.

Johnson & Johnson discontinues selling talc-based baby powder in US

J&J faces more than 14,000 cases accusing Johnson & Johnson’s talc-containing products of causing ovarian cancer or mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer caused by asbestos exposure.

Could Flint Fiasco Poison Austerity As Stupid, Wasteful & Cruel?

In severity of health damage, media staying power, and political indefensibility, the Flint, MI lead poisoning looms as a national turning point. What disgrace better spotlights Republican government poisoning one hundred thousand of its own people -- failed austerity at its worst? Rarely does stupid and wasteful, if not immoral, merge so dramatically.

GOP’s ‘fiscal sanity’ plan under fire for targeting Social Security and Medicare amidst 2024...

This 180-page document proposes significant reforms to these cornerstone programs, stirring a debate that resonates deeply with American seniors and their advocates.