Saturday, November 7, 2026

US-Iran war intensifies as Trump orders nightly strikes and American casualties mount

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told senators the campaign has already cost $37.5bn and asked for nearly $70bn more, even as oil tops $86 a barrel, allied Gulf states absorb Iranian reprisals, and no ceasefire holds.

Dictator Trump

Perhaps Trump’s current attack on American democracy through his assertion of a fake national emergency is intended as to distract from this larger attack on America.

“Listen to the people”: How progressives win

These voices and ideas will not be able to change the poor strategy of the national Democratic Party on their own.
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Mitch McConnell: We Won’t Vote on Garland Because the NRA Opposes Him

Did Mitch McConnell just admit to Republicans being in bed with the NRA?

The Final Round

This election may end in a double-knockout.

BREAKING: Attack in Nice, 84 Dead and Over 200 Injured

The mayor of Nice says that it is the worst tragedy in Nice’s history.

Among the GOP’s debt ceiling hostages? Social Security payments for oldest Americans

"The choice facing the executive branch is clear: Act or default; act or increase the suffering of millions; act or go into economic tailspin."

What red state vs. blue state looks like to an ant

Signs of decline and decay are all around us, behind the glitter and the glitz. 

HAPPENING TODAY: Youth climate leaders to flood congressional offices to demand Green New Deal

The movement calls for the creation of "climate plan in line with what science and justice demand."

Obama from the rearview mirror

The resistance to Trump needs to be combined with a call for a new direction that embraces bold reforms.