Monday, August 31, 2026

Why Student Loans are Creating a Permanent U.S. Underclass

With private lenders out of the business, government is now in charge of issuing newer debt – but rather than alleviating the problem faced by young Americans, some programs on offer seem as predatory as what came before them.

Corporate Democrats are to blame for congressional losses — so naturally they’re blaming progressives

Those who denounce the fight for a progressive agenda are telling us that, in essence, they don’t want much to change.

The $7.6 Billion Bail-out of New York Nuclear Plants

“Nuclear energy is neither clean nor renewable,” testified Pauline Salotti, vice chair of the Green Party of Suffolk County, Long Island at a recent hearing on the plan.

Who Says Crime Doesn’t Pay?

One more reason Wall Street bankers privately wink and grin at these seemingly huge punishments is that even paying the full $5 billion would only be relatively painful.

41 Killed After Istanbul Airport Bombing

This attack will mark the 8th major terrorist attack in Turkey in the last 12 months.

Marco Rubio: I’m Out

So much for “Marco-mentum.”

No one should listen to Tony Blair on Afghanistan, here’s why

The former Prime Minister has no conscience at all and feels no guilt for all those maimed and lost in his wars of choice.
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Noam Chomsky: The real effect of the recent U.S. bombings in Syria and Afghanistan

In a clip from a recent talk at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Chomsky discusses the Trump administration’s recent military strikes on Syria and Afghanistan.

Cruz Strike Out Displaces Trump and Clinton as Our Most Hated Politician

Is Cruz the moral hero, defender of his family honor, plus brilliant electoral tactician primed to pick up the GOP fragments after Trump is squashed? Or a foolhardy buffoon hoisted on his own smug righteousness? For months, Cruz’ unfavorables seriously lagged Trump’s and Hillary’s, curious after his self-soiling, miserable failures against a master of mud-slinging and calumny. Not anymore.

Elizabeth Warren agrees 2016 Democratic primary was ‘rigged’

When directly asked if the Democratic primary had been rigged against Sanders, Warren responded, “Yes.”