Sunday, August 30, 2026

The politics of the coronavirus

For the far right, the pandemic is a chance to enact border controls and erode the rule of law. It could also expose their utter incompetence.

The Populist Insurgency is Ratcheting Up

The Bernie movement created a hopeful, formidable and growing populist political channel that is both insistently democratic and independent of the Democratic Party.
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No compromising with the GOP cult

Today’s Republican Party is a cult.

What Does It Mean When War Hawks Say, “Never Trump”?

The Enemies of My Enemy May Be War Criminals

A nonpartisan guide to national security and foreign policy issues in the presidential election...

Is Clinton an emailing criminal? Is Trump a Russian agent? Will we be less safe during the next administration?

Booker and the big pharma dems have no excuse. This vote proves it.

Democrats will have to move fast to undo the damage these senators have done.
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Is Elon Musk staging a coup? Unelected billionaire seizes control at Treasury Dept. &...

Warning: Could Musk be laying the groundwork for major tax cuts Republicans have promised that will disproportionately benefit corporations and wealthy people like him.

Trump’s trade tariffs, a ‘fool’s errand’ that won’t work and will backfire

Trump did not have to resort to tariffs. All he needed to do was make it very clear to Chinese leaders that there had to be significant changes made to the trade relationship...

Lamb trumps GOP in PA! #MakeAmericaRespectableAgain

What is clear is that the ballot box continues to be the best hope for restoring American democracy and with it America’s lost respectability in the world.