Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Hey Joe, where you going with that Pentagon in your hands?

If past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior, there are ample reasons for apprehension about the top of the military and foreign-policy team that Biden has begun to install for his presidency.

Fossil fuel industry received $110 billion in direct and indirect COVID-19 relief

Since March 26, the United States government "provided between $10.4 billion and $15.2 billion in direct benefits to coal, oil and gas companies" and nearly $95 billion in indirect benefits.

Crippling common good worldwide, landmark study shows $427 billion lost each year to tax...

"A global tax system that loses over $427 billion a year is not a broken system, it's a system programmed to fail."

Trump and Giuliani go full IS in attack on Biden and democrats

Dear Leader Donald Trump is turning to IS tactics in his flailing effort to hang on to the White House.

After Trump: Can the GOP sell itself as the party of the working class?

"The future of the [Republican] party is based on a multiethnic, multiracial working class coalition." and that, “...the free market exists to serve our people. Our people don’t exist to serve the free market.”

BNL lawsuit and the impacts of national nuclear laboratory

Brookhaven National Laboratory “continues to show almost no regard for its neighbors…Is this any way for a government-funded agency to treat its neighbors?”

The most dangerous man in America

"Anyone can ride a train, only a wise man knows when to get off."

Ten foreign policy fiascos Biden can fix on day one

A wide range of foreign policy fiascos President-elect Biden can fix by executive order on his first day in office could set pace for broader progressive foreign policy initiatives.

President-Elect Biden: Time for YOU to follow the science

A president can do a lot in battling climate change, without Congressional approval, through executive orders and EPA regulations. Obama’s record was mixed and hesitant. Biden will need to do many times better.

Senate proposes almost $700 billion for the Pentagon while millions of Americans remain unemployed...

With the current unemployment rate reaching roughly 6.8 million and nearly 8 million Americans facing eviction, the government should be focusing on its citizens and not a defense budget.