Maine, Colorado officials face threats after Trump barred from ballots
Following Trump's potential exclusion from 2024 ballots in Maine and Colorado, election officials face unprecedented threats, spotlighting the fragile state of U.S. democracy and the perilous path of political discourse.
Ranchers fight Keystone XL pipeline by building solar panels in its path
It's one of several creative protests against pipeline companies trying to use eminent domain to take private land. A Nebraska hearing is planned for August.
Progressive Briefing for Friday, August 3, 2018
7 hospitalized after pipeline explosion, Senate Democrats agree to major military spending, White House rolls back fuel economy standards, and more.
Means testing is drowning the disabled in a sea of red tape
“Means testing is ruining my life.”
Establishment Democrats lack the will to fight the GOP tax plan. It’s time for...
To fend off the Republicans’ one-sided class war, we must break the corporate hold on the Democratic Party.
Trump’s most sinister, ultimate scam: warring against causation, the bedrock of reality
Trump corrupts the indispensable bridge between cause and effect, thus banning solutions.
House votes for Israel aid linked to controversial IRS and tax cut measures
In a contentious decision, the House approves $14 billion in aid to Israel, offset by cuts to the IRS budget, despite predictions of increased deficit and a veto from President Biden.
Anti-Empire Report #156: Shakespeare said it best
The Russian-interference indictment is predicated, apparently, on the idea that the United States is a backward, Third-World, Banana Republic, easily manipulated.
BREAKING: Trump pardons former Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona
Not surprisingly, Arpaio endorsed Trump's presidential candidacy in January 2016.
Progressive Briefing for Monday, August 6, 2018
The NRA faces a financial crisis, all the Trump Tower meeting drama, federal judge issues game-changing decision on dark money, and more.