Monday, November 2, 2026

The Delta variant and the Trumper blame game

Trump Republicans are falling back on their old game of deflecting attention by blaming immigrants crossing the southern border.
The Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Photo: Benh LIEU SONG / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

America’s Archvillain, And His Arch of Tr(i)ump(h)

Tom Engelhardt on the 250-foot triumphal arch Trump plans to build in Washington, D.C.

Trump, NFL protests and the price of freedom

A reader responds to Donald Trump’s remarks disparaging NFL players for peacefully protesting against the treatment of black Americans.

Trump burning to ban “farcical impeachment circuses,” the “worst partisan bush-whacking”

“Does it make any sense that House impeachment needs only a simple majority but the all-important Senate trial needs two-thirds to convict and remove?

Wisconsin AG sues to stop Musk’s voter cash giveaway as courts allow $1 million...

Attorney General Josh Kaul argued Musk’s multimillion-dollar voter giveaway violated state bribery laws, but legal challenges failed to block the handouts before Wisconsin’s high-stakes Supreme Court election.
A large crowd of Lula supporters filling the esplanade in Brasilia

Brazil’s Election: Lula, Bolsonaro, and the Battle for the Future

Lula is 80 and seeking a fourth term against Flávio Bolsonaro, whose father is in prison for plotting a coup. The first round is October 4, and the result will set the direction for Latin America.

Is This Person Our New President?

The reason why Clinton doesn’t want those speeches to be made public is that she doesn’t want the voters to know that she intends to use their money to propagandize to them for the benefit of those corporations, and also to protect those corporations from liability for harms their products cause the public.

Obama Should Heed Hiroshima’s Survivors

Obama will be the first sitting president to visit Hiroshima, Japan.

Prices, plutocrats, and corporate concentration

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

China will decide the outcome of Russia v. the West

Is Putin the face of the future or the final gasp of the past?