Friday, November 13, 2026

Let’s rebrand the misnamed GOP as the BLP

There’s nothing ‘grand’ anymore about this old party. 

Reflections on a low, dishonest decade

And nearly 100 Essays for TomDispatch.

The leadership team from hell on a hell of a planet

How Trump’s incompetence and looming global catastrophes may intersect.

War-fueled oil profits deepen what critics call an obscene transfer of wealth

As TotalEnergies and BP post surging profits tied to oil price shocks from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, critics warn that fossil fuel giants are once again converting geopolitical crisis into shareholder windfalls while households absorb the economic pain.

Oil companies contaminated a family farm. The courts and regulators let the drillers walk...

The oil and gas industry has reaped profits without ensuring there will be money to plug and clean up their wells.

Seaweed supplements for grazing cattle: A breakthrough in methane emission reduction

New study reveals feeding grazing cattle seaweed reduces methane emissions by 40 percent, offering a sustainable solution to agriculture’s climate impact.

Social Security data allegations spark investigation into Trump’s DOGE initiative

A whistleblower complaint now under federal investigation alleges that a former Department of Government Efficiency staffer attempted to remove and share highly sensitive Social Security data, raising serious questions about government data security and oversight.

Shooting at press dinner fuels conspiracy spiral as political distrust deepens

An attempted assassination charge outside the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner triggered urgent security questions, but the political aftershocks spread far wider, exposing how conspiracy culture, rising extremism, and collapsing trust are reshaping responses to violence in America.
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. Photo: Mr. Kjetil Ree / CC BY-SA 3.0

Supreme Court lets Trump’s mail ballot order advance, calls states’ challenge premature

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote in a solo dissent that the ruling needlessly injects chaos into an election two months away.

Appeals court rejects Trump’s wartime deportation claim under Alien Enemies Act

Fifth Circuit finds no “invasion” or “predatory incursion,” blocks Alien Enemies Act removals from Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi while due process issues return to lower court.