Wednesday, April 8, 2026

No Kings, the second time around

Is everything now being Trumped (or perhaps that should be put in capital letters: TRUMPED)?

Was the GOP sponsored shutdown crafted to provide cover for Trump as he neuters...

”If there’s no access to the courts–there’s no functioning government.”

Abundance 2029?

A skeptical look at the Democrats’ ‘abundance agenda,’ from housing shortcuts to AI hype and labor’s place in the plan.

Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina sparks outrage as millions of Americans face food...

Critics accuse the Trump administration of unlawfully withholding SNAP benefits during the shutdown while approving a $40 billion bailout tied to Argentina’s far-right president Javier Milei.

Trump expands boat-bombing campaign to Pacific as death toll climbs and legal outrage grows

Critics denounce the latest strikes as “unlawful extrajudicial killings” as the Trump administration extends its maritime attacks beyond the Caribbean and signals possible land strikes ahead.

And never

To keep going; fall and get up; fail and, in the end, succeed.

Sanders says AOC would be a ‘formidable’ 2028 presidential candidate amid progressive momentum

In new remarks on The Axios Show, Bernie Sanders praises Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s political gifts, points to a growing progressive bench, and calls for “a little bit of forgiveness” in national politics.

Trump sends immigration agents to San Francisco amid National Guard threat

Coast Guard Base Alameda will host 100 DHS agents as the administration signals a wider “whole-of-government” push; California leaders warn the move is “right out of the dictator’s handbook.”

America’s disappeared

So, who will combine the necessary moral and practical arguments to convince the mass of Americans that the very survival of this country depends on immigrants?

Trump’s Caribbean strikes revive fears of a war for regime change in Venezuela

UN experts denounce “extrajudicial executions” as Colombia recalls its ambassador and the U.S. masses ships and troops near Venezuela.