Friday, October 23, 2026

Collaboration: Be careful who you work with

At a time when precise language has gone missing from the White House, how best to describe those Republicans still loyal to President Trump?

The capitalist manifesto: Let poor people die

Market-happy illusionists keep spouting nonsense about a healthy economy built on today's capitalism.

The crowning fiasco: even the king looked embarrassed

The discussion around the British monarchy, which is starting to ignite and will grow and deepen, needs to take in the wider issue of wealth and income inequality and the poisonous economic system that fuels it.

Manchin-Romney attack on Social Security is ‘last thing we need’: Sanders

The Vermont Independent called for expanding popular federal programs rather than allowing a bipartisan commission to propose devastating cuts.
Vehicle tailpipe emissions, the kind of pollution the disputed waivers regulate. Photo: DeFacto / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Federal judge blocks EPA attempt to strip California’s clean air waivers

The agency tried to hand the repeal to Congress instead of going through its own rulemaking process.

The impediment to productivity growth: Waste that makes some people rich

In principle we want as few people employed in the health insurance industry as possible, we want people to be able to get health care, not to have insurers block their path.

What Does Bernie Want?

No one likes a sore loser. But one of the hardest challenges in politics is to be a generous winner.

Trump called for acting FBI director’s removal the same day agents raided Manafort home

The news was confirmed by Manafort’s spokesman via Twitter.

California fights back against Trump administration’s plans to frack and drill in the state

“We do not want fracking. We do not want new oil wells in San Luis Obispo County.”

Big money’s war on the Build Back Better plan

The administration’s jobs and infrastructure package is very popular, but corporate lobbyists are fighting it tooth and nail.