Saturday, August 29, 2026

Today’s jaw-dropping quandary: High awareness yet low clout to fix badly-broken systems

The more that reason serves as bedrock,/ The more we’re vexed by lethal gridlock. 
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Why the Republican tax plan is more failed trickle-down economics

Don’t fall for supply-side, trickle-down nonsense. Lower taxes on the rich don’t generate growth and jobs.

Anti-fracking movement alarmed at Trump’s focus on fossil fuels

Resistance against fracking is growing, and the results of Trump’s support remain to be seen.

Billionaires arrive on private jets to solve inequality, while African children eat ashes

To really help the poorest countries, we need to do less: less military, less debt, and less corporate farming.

Only one last ‘Christian’* vote? But there’s a silver lining

Forget whether outcomes are legit, / Now ended by mobs with holy writ.

Dow drops its oldest member, Exxon, after nearly a century

“Big Oil has fallen. Our job is to make sure they don't take us down with them.”

Trump labels Tesla dealership attacks as domestic terrorism amid Musk controversy

Trump escalates his support for Elon Musk by declaring attacks on Tesla dealerships as domestic terrorism, raising concerns over government overreach and the criminalization of political dissent.

You deserve our hatred Elon. Your budget cuts are killing people.

Could Elon and his savage cuts to USAID. cause a subsequent resurgence of drug resistant TB?

Why tax resistance under Trump needs its antiwar edge

Tax resistance – in all its forms – does matter.

Five Great American Hypocrisies

Which of the American 'exceptionalism' is most outrageous and destructive? Paul Buchheit discusses the top five hypocrisies of the super-patriots willing to overlook their own faults as they place themselves above other people.