Biden administration discarded internal finding on Shireen Abu Akleh killing, former investigator says
A former U.S. Security Coordinator official says evidence showed Israeli soldiers intentionally shot the Palestinian American journalist, but senior officials removed that conclusion and the State Department called it “the result of tragic circumstances.”
Trump’s power and control is slipping through his fingers—and he knows it
All of this should serve as evidence that Trump’s grip on power is quickly slipping through his fingers, and he knows it.
Trump is bad at running the country
It seems that what I learned all those years ago in El Salvador is increasingly becoming the essence of Donald Trump’s America.
The triumphant politics of surfaces, blockading real knowledge, feeding victimhood, outlawry and corruption
The Trump mania for gold-veneer, pompous arches or mammoth ballrooms speaks to his surface obsession, with crass showiness allergic to democratic values, nailed with this brilliant take-down “Trump’s Dictator Chic.”
Senators say Trump administration hid ACA premium surge as open enrollment nears
Democrats accuse CMS of withholding information about “the biggest premium hike in history” as leaked documents show 30 percent increases and millions risk losing subsidies.
Supreme Court to weigh same-sex marriage challenge from former Kentucky clerk Kim Davis
At a Nov. 7 conference, justices will decide whether to revisit the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges ruling that legalized marriage equality nationwide.
A minefield in Gaza
Israel has turned Gaza into a dense, unmapped minefield.
Unfettered and unaccountable: How Trump is building a violent, shadowy federal police
“When is it that we just decided to do things a different way? There’s due process, there’s a legal way, and it just doesn’t seem to matter anymore.”
Was the GOP sponsored shutdown crafted to provide cover for Trump as he neuters...
”If there’s no access to the courts–there’s no functioning government.”
Abundance 2029?
A skeptical look at the Democrats’ ‘abundance agenda,’ from housing shortcuts to AI hype and labor’s place in the plan.









