Friday, July 3, 2026

When do wary Dems take down the rightwing ‘terrorist front’ with a fierce battle...

Start by calling the Republican Party a terrorist organization, with unholy alliances to autocratic, racist extremism backing violent, fascist rule.

Amid growing anti-immigrant hate, 8 killed as driver plows into group near migrant shelter...

“I can only describe it as a hate crime. It was motivated by hate.”

Texas GOP’s top anti-groomer crusader resigns over sexual misconduct with teenage aide

The lawmaker was facing an expulsion hearing after an internal investigation found he had furnished a 19-year-old staffer with alcohol and later tried to intimidate her into silence about what transpired and their relationship.

Can the U.S. adjust sensibly to a multipolar world?

“Unless U.S. foreign policy is changed to recognize the need for a multipolar world, it will lead to more wars, and possibly to World War III.”

How to stop Republicans from tanking the economy over the debt ceiling

If Republicans are going to play this game, Mr. President, you need to play hard ball.

EPA report on neonics proves US has ‘five-alarm fire’ on its hands, green groups...

"There's now no question that neonicotinoids play an outsized role in our heartbreaking extinction crisis," said one advocate. The EPA must "ban these pesticides so future generations don't live in a world without bees and butterflies and the plants that depend on them."

Study finds high concentration of microplastics in algae growing in Arctic

Scientists found microplastic particles were about 10 times higher in the algae samples than the surrounding waters, which they are now equating with microplastics found in the deep sea.

Study shows large minimum wage hikes boost both earnings and employment

In the absence of federal action, a record number of U.S. jurisdictions are set to raise their minimum wages in 2023—in many cases above $15 an hour.

Confederate-style states’ rights tantrums rise again—and will fall again to enlightened federalism

Either federalism determines “self-evident” human rights, or the Constitutional republic model turns farce, with 50 different state law clusters.

Garland, Smith, Willis: Like watching grass trying to grow on the rock-solid ground in...

America’s full-of-holes System of Justice that Trump has beaten like a drum for quite some time now is like watching grass trying to grow on hard ground in the winter.