Thursday, April 9, 2026

How the rich and their right-wing cronies plot to break working people

They’re plotting to hijack democracy and put working people under the feet of CEOs, the ultra-wealthy, and other Republican fanatics.

Brainwashed nation part I: Assault and battery upon the American brain

An ongoing visitation on the issue of propaganda in the current political environment.

The right reaps what it sows: Violent means spawn violent ends 

Here’s bloodlust vendetta on display,/Indisputable, profane cosplay.

House bill would let Marco Rubio strip passports over political speech

Provision would let the Secretary of State deny or revoke passports over alleged “material support” as critics warn of thought policing and unchecked authority.

How student loans became America’s financial catastrophe

From hopeful beginnings to a broken system, student loans reveal how policy choices turned higher learning into a lifelong financial trap.

Back to 1984?

Trump's strange global power rankings.

California Assembly introduces law to advance safety of artificial intelligence and public computing power

Artificial intelligence (AI) presents "substantial risks" and experts said California is setting the path to manage those risks.

House vote on defense bill pushes annual military spending past $1 trillion

House advances $893 billion defense policy as culture war riders and audit penalties collide with pay raises, troop increases, and a looming Senate clash.

‘Pushing people into a really bad system will end really badly’

They are norms that we have the power to change.
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Jeffrey Epstein & JPMorgan: How the largest US bank enabled the sexual predator’s crimes

The Times reports JPMorgan processed more than 4,700 transactions for Epstein totaling more than $1.1 billion, including payments to some of the women who were sexually trafficked.