Monday, May 18, 2026

Why won’t Newsom tax billionaires?

Not only are Californians struggling to make ends meet, they also have to contend with a governor who cares more about billionaires and his own presidential aspirations.

When will MAGA Trump’s reckless war against America cause an equal, GOP-demolishing backlash?

Trumpism has always been a bad faith magic trick but day by day becomes America’s indefensible bad joke.

‘Zero care left’: UN says Israel has destroyed Gaza’s last hospital amid mass graves...

Mass graves, targeted killings of medics, and relentless hospital bombings mark the collapse of Gaza’s health system under Israeli siege, UN and forensic reports confirm.

Billionaires pour nearly $2 billion into US election, amplifying calls for wealth taxes and...

This surge in billionaire campaign spending has ignited calls for wealth taxes on the ultra-rich and stringent limits on campaign contributions to protect the voices of ordinary Americans.

Children hospitalized after ICE flash-bangs strike family van in Minneapolis

Parents say federal agents fired flash-bang munitions and tear gas into their vehicle during protests, sending three children to the hospital and intensifying scrutiny of Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Will ambushed voters be so repulsed by MAGA’s war against America—systemic reform looks good?

Could tycoons not do any better than the farcical, dishonest Keystone Kops klutzes—Trump, Vance, Hegseth, Patel, Noem, Bondi, Ludnick and RFK Jr.?

Seymour Hersh report alleges US was behind Nord Stream pipeline sabotage

"Biden's decision to sabotage the pipelines came after more than nine months of highly secret back and forth debate inside Washington's national security community about how to best achieve that goal."

Trump plan to dismantle US weather research hub alarms scientists and state officials

A proposal by the Trump administration to break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research has sparked warnings from scientists, university leaders, and Colorado officials who say the move could undermine public safety, economic stability, and decades of shared scientific infrastructure.

Trump’s EPA could limit its own ability to use new science to strengthen air...

In government records that have flown under the radar, the EPA is questioning its legal authority to revise pollution rules more than once when new science shows unacceptable health risks.

A 40-year fight against cluster bombs offers lessons to stop the US-Israel weapons pipeline

The Honeywell Project in Minneapolis showed how to beat a weapons maker: obstruct operations, recruit workers as allies, build camaraderie and persist no matter what.