Saturday, November 7, 2026

Trump-linked Christian fundamentalists are pouring dark money into Europe, boosting the far right

The rise of far-right movements in Europe aligns with a significant increase over the last five years in spending by Christian groups here in the United States.

It’s the for-profit health care industry telling us we can’t afford Medicare for All

We need leaders who represent us and not the for-profit health care industry.

Paycheck Fairness Act passes in the House

Seven Republicans voted with Democrats to close the wage gap and amend the Equal Pay Act and Fair Labor Standards Act.

Beto O’Rourke, the (center) right choice in 2020?

While he has his appeal, Beto O’Rourke seems to be more of the same kind of centrist that has dominated the Democratic Party since at least the 1980s.

Does Maryland have the answer for verifying America’s vote count?

Technology is bringing more accountable elections, but some activists disagree.
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Puerto Rico faces a flood of fracked gas in wake of Hurricane Maria

The gas industry and its allies in Congress hope to push LNG exports to the island’s electricity grid, ravaged from climate change-fueled natural disaster.

The 47-minute presidency

So bear with me here as I take us back almost four years to look once again at how it all began, at the way in which, after those 47 minutes, you could have turned off your TV, blocked out all those cable news talking heads, and never looked at the man again.
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‘Tell that to the families in Flint:’ AOC demolishes GOP claim that Green New...

New York Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shot back with a passionate defense of the Green New Deal.

Fox’s Katie Pavlich falsely claims that ‘the top 1 percent pay 90 percent of...

In 2016, the top 1 percent paid 37.3 percent of individual income taxes.

Monsanto ordered to pay $80M after causing man’s cancer

The jury found Monsanto guilty of negligence and failing to adequately warn consumers of Roundup weed killer’s cancer risks.