Sunday, August 30, 2026

Judge blocks Trump plan to add citizenship question to census, citing ‘smorgasbord’ of broken...

U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman wrote that in deciding to add a citizenship question to the census, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross violated a “veritable smorgasbord” of federal rules and “alternately ignored, cherry-picked, or badly misconstrued the evidence in the record before him.”

Governor Apologizes to Indian Government for Brutal Police Assault

In a formal announcement this week, Governor Robert Bentley of Alabama apologized to the government of India after a brutal assault by an officer left a 57-year-old Indian man visiting America partially paralyzed. Bentley said "justice would be served."

Out of Bounds, Off-Limits, or Just Plain Ignored

Six National Security questions Hillary, Donald, Ted, Marco, et al., don’t want to answer and won’t even be asked.

Puerto Rico suffers while defending against disaster capitalism

While more disaster capitalists will be lining up, the resilient population of Puerto Rico will build momentum for renewable alternatives to the fossil-fuel power grid that has failed them.

DNC chair Tom Perez, the Democratic Party’s grim metaphor

Sometimes a party’s leader seems to symbolize an enduring malaise.

Joe Biden likes Republicans so much because he’s so much like them

The nickname that corporate media have bestowed on him, “Lunch Bucket Joe,” is wide of the mark. A bull’s-eye is “Wall Street Joe.”

Gorsuch shouldn’t be confirmed until we know the person who picked him is cleared...

Neil Gorsuch shouldn’t be confirmed until Trump comes clean.

From peace to Armageddon

The Israel-Palestine nightmare.

What do those people want?

Progress! Meaning a national commitment to advance the economic, political and social circumstances of the American majority of workday families and poor people.

Texas GOP’s top anti-groomer crusader resigns over sexual misconduct with teenage aide

The lawmaker was facing an expulsion hearing after an internal investigation found he had furnished a 19-year-old staffer with alcohol and later tried to intimidate her into silence about what transpired and their relationship.