Saturday, August 29, 2026

To force billionaires off welfare, Sanders tax would make corporations fund 100% of public...

"I don't believe that ordinary Americans should be subsidizing the wealthiest person in the world because you pay your employees inadequate wages."

Apocalyptic Capitalism

The Paris climate summit, dominated by the economic and political forces that are driving us toward destruction, will end with the usual empty rhetoric and a continued assault on the ecosystem.

Federal judge halts Trump and Musk’s illegal plan to dismantle government

A California court blocks sweeping mass layoffs and agency overhauls ordered by Trump and Musk, ruling the president lacks the authority to reorganize the federal government without congressional approval.

Media Highlight Trump’s Role In Inspiring Violence At His Events

After a series of violent incidents at Republican front-runner Donald Trump's public events, media are saying Trump has "some accountability" for "creating this hostile atmosphere" that leads to violence, noting, in particular, the violent rhetoric he employs in his speeches.

No U.S. war on North Korea

An optimistic perspective on a scary crisis.

Proof That Koch-Backed Professors Are Using Universities To Spread Right-Wing Policies

Remarks recorded by UnKoch My Campus shed light on the strategies of Koch-backed institutes.

FDA Changes Food Nutrition Label Requirements for the First Time in 20 Years

Michelle Obama helped to announce on Friday that the FDA approved a new set of requirements for food nutrition labels for the first time in decades.

GOP Platform Proposes To Get Rid Of National Parks And National Forests

The GOP platform includes a provision that would leave national parks, wildlife refuges, and national forests vulnerable to privatization.

What’s behind inflation? Greedy corporate executives

Hocus Pocus—this is how the rich get richer and inequality “happens.”

‘Obscene’: Mike Pence breaks 121-year ban on driving on Michigan’s Mackinac Island

Pence landed on the island by helicopter and then took the eight-car motorcade to and from the hotel.