Sunday, August 30, 2026

Biden administration announces new funding for 10 major passenger rail projects across the nation

The administration will dedicate $8.2 billion in new funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed in 2021 to deliver world-class high-speed rail and launch new passenger rail corridors.

Forget the gaudy Biden vs. Trump soap opera. What counts nationally: The DC party...

Not voting or voting third party in a razor-close purple state (as in 2016) empowers a dictatorial narcissist.

How does Santos the phony phony differ from Trump the genuine phony?

Imitating Trump’s illusion of invulnerability does not protect one against self-destruction.

The US and China at year’s end

Still treading on the precipice

Life IS cheap these days, but GOP thuggery is getting damned expensive

For the dim and benighted (including the Donald), politics has become anything but a profitable grift road to riches.

What in the world is happening in and to America? Has it lost its...

What in the world is happening in and to America, that’s the question that we Americans must answer as our democracy, our republic, comes under intense political attack, and may well become a thing of the past, if the former president, Donald J. Trump, is reelected.

Biden’s approval wanes amidst economic challenges and Israeli policy scrutiny

A dive into the factors influencing President Biden's declining approval ratings, including economic concerns and contentious foreign policy decisions.

Colorado Supreme Court rules Trump disqualified from ballots for president across state

This is the first time—under the 14th Amendment’s disqualification clause—that a presidential candidate was disqualified or barred from a ballot.

Unprecedented border plan: Trump’s proposal for troop surge sparks debate

Trump's re-election bid casts a shadow of unprecedented military deployment at the U.S.-Mexico border, sparking legal, ethical, and political debates.

Not just the Supreme Court: Ethics troubles plague state high courts, too

It is against the law for federal judges to hear cases when they own stock in a party. But state supreme court justices, in North Carolina and elsewhere, are not held to the same standard.