Friday, October 23, 2026

Trump White House vs. “House of Cards” White House

Binge-watchers of the new season will find it’s hard to be shocked by the usual Underwood White House treachery and corruption.

Seeds of Democratic Revolution in Ethiopia: Thousands March Against the Ruling Regime

Such violent, crude methods will only succeed for so long: eventually the people will unite and revolt, as they are now doing, and all strength to their cause, which is wholly just.
The Texas State Capitol in Austin. Photo: Larry D. Moore / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His...

Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business.

Prices, plutocrats, and corporate concentration

Would less corporate concentration – and a weaker corporate capacity to raise prices – mean less inequality?

Patton and Westy meet in a bar

A play of many parts in one act...

Latino activist group and Lyft partner up to get people out of Dodge City...

The move by state officials to change the single polling place from the civic center – where it was for the past 16 years – to outside city limits without access by public transportation ahead of a heated governor's race could have major implications.
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4 key takeaways from the Harris-Pence VP debate

Make no mistake: Pence is a slick version of Trump, and just as dangerous as the liar-in-chief.

Billionaires lay siege to state governments

While we're mesmerized by Trump, shady groups are pushing corporate-friendly legislation in statehouses all over the country.

Sen. Al Franken rebukes Jeff Sessions for “insulting” response

“I think Senator Sessions should come back. I think he owes it to this committee to come back and to explain himself.”

Rural politics, climate change and the 2020 elections, Part I

The solution is to reverse the balance of power between rural communities – particularly small farms – and the corporate giants that govern them, while promoting economic dynamism to build local wealth and restore the ecological balance to agriculture.