Monday, November 2, 2026

Why Trump (and Gingrich) should stop whining about Robert Mueller

Every effort to discredit Mueller, from Fox News Channel to quasi-fascist social media, only underscores the right's desperation and fear.

The fateful fist bump

If you thought the polarization of politics in the United States was corrosive, brace yourself for the even more corrosive polarization of geopolitics.

The Norwegian menace

Should we build a wall to keep them out?

Sanders moves to block Trump’s arms sales to Israel amid Gaza atrocities

Citing mass civilian deaths, famine, and potential violations of U.S. law, Senator Bernie Sanders is forcing Senate votes to halt billions in bombs and rifles destined for Israel’s military.

We gave Pharma a blank check, now we’re paying the bill

We can and should ask our policymakers to rewrite the rules of our economy and rebuild a pharmaceutical industry that is designed to serve the needs of patients, not profits.
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‘Gerrymandering Arms Race’: GOP rushes to erase clack representation after SCOTUS guts voting rights

Since the court issued its ruling last week, Republican-controlled states have begun to redraw their voting maps in a “gerrymandering arms race” that “could lead to the largest drop in Black representation since the Jim Crow era,” explains Berman.

Democratic Party ‘leadership’ is upside down

Clearly, much of the Democratic Party’s momentum is now coming from the left. And many of the positions that the timeworn Democratic leadership has staked out are now being overrun.

Trump’s sugar swamp

Sugar producers’ political clout is nothing new, in the U.S. or other industrialized countries.

Doubling down on dystopia

Preventing the triumph of Trump’s will.
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Should we abolish billionaires?

America now has more billionaires than at any time in history, while most Americans are struggling to make ends meet. With such...