Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Top-secret NSA report details Russian hacking effort days before 2016 election

“It’s not just that [an election] has to be fair, it has to be demonstrably fair, so that the loser says, ‘Yep, I lost fair and square.’ If you can’t do that, you’re screwed.”

Dakota Access Pipeline begins service the same day Trump announces withdrawal from Paris agreement

This decision is not the first – nor will it likely be the last – from the Trump administration to move the United States backwards in climate action.

685,000+ send comments in support of Bears Ears National Monument

“The people have spoken – more than half a million strong – and 99 percent expect these magnificent lands to be held in the public trust for future generations.”

Down the memory hole

Living in Trump’s United States of Amnesia.

Trump sued for censorship of climate change data

“The Trump administration's refusal to release public information about its climate censorship continues a dangerous and illegal pattern of anti-science denial.”
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4 reasons why Trump’s plan to strip the IRS is incredibly dumb

Donald Trump hates the IRS and has spent years battling it.

Dividing the Right and conquering Trump

Trump's extremely effective at dividing and conquering his opponents. What would it take for progressives to divide his supporters?

Mapping EPA nominee Scott Pruitt’s many fossil fuel ties

The Senate confirmation hearing will be the only chance for our elected officials to ask Pruitt under oath to speak to the glaring conflicts of interest that he has developed.

Commandos without borders

America’s elite troops partner with African forces but pursue U.S. aims.

China’s Tiger Farms Make Poaching Worse

Tiger farming stimulates the demand for tiger products, which stimulates the poaching of wild tigers for superior products.