Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Presidential candidates should telegraph VP favorites

We only elect twosomes to the White House. Why not learn sooner, not later, what that combo would look like? Frankly, I don’t see much downside – and distinct benefits.

Just hours after ordering pay cut for millions of public workers, Trump proposes $100...

"Trump himself has pocketed millions over the years grifting off of taxpayers, but now he wants to make it harder for workers to get ahead."

Biden and Bloomberg want Uncle Sam to defer to Uncle Scrooge

If Uncle Scrooge existed as a billionaire in human form today, it’s easy to picture him aligned with fellow plutocrats against the “threat” of Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

Open letter to Louise Linton about angels and humanity

"We identify angels by looking at their hearts, not their hair."

Leaked Young Republicans chats show racist, antisemitic, and violent rhetoric

Politico’s trove of Telegram messages from leaders across multiple states shows slurs, praise for Hitler, and gas-chamber fantasies, triggering condemnations, job fallout, and new questions for Elise Stefanik and the GOP’s pipeline of power.

Full Metal Empire

A must see film, from 1987, is Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket. This movie follows a group of young Marines from Parris Island boot...
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CIA-linked military contractor used Arizona ‘black site’ to secretly jail dozens of migrant children

A major U.S. military and CIA contractor has been detaining dozens of migrant children inside a vacant Phoenix office building with dark windows, no kitchen and only a few toilets.

Conservatives grasp at straws after CBO minimum wage analysis shows clear benefits

Corporate interests invented cost-benefit analysis as a way to delay progressive policy through studies and weigh it down by equalizing, for example,...

A swiftian modest proposal for the president

Or how to solve the border and China problems in one swell foop.

Trump DOJ sues states to shield fossil fuel companies from climate lawsuits in unprecedented...

In a sweeping defense of oil and gas corporations, the Trump administration has filed federal lawsuits against four states to block efforts aimed at holding fossil fuel companies accountable for climate change damages—an aggressive action legal experts warn undermines state authority and sets a dangerous precedent.