Get the data: A list of U.S. air and drone strikes, Afghanistan 2017
US drones and jets have been bombing Afghanistan since late 2001 and the airstrikes look set to continue into the Trump administration.
Amped-up Age of Anxiety weaponized into Age of Nostalgia
Today, alas, confirms the truth of Pete Hamill’s quip, “The most powerful force in American politics is not anger, it's nostalgia.”
Breaking: DNC votes to cut power of superdelegates
The vote is "an important step forward in making the Democratic Party more open, democratic and responsive to the input of ordinary Americans."
Pete Peterson’s ghost
Peterson did great harm to people who were far more vulnerable than he was. And, unfortunately, his work lives on.
Trump’s desperate attacks on VP nominee Tim Walz backfire, revealing his own vulnerabilities
Trump’s baseless attacks on Democratic VP nominee Tim Walz crumble under scrutiny, inadvertently highlighting the former president’s own legal troubles and deepening public skepticism of his campaign.
The financial hardships of Trump’s friends
Trumponomics is a thin veneer of an excuse for giving America’s rich – already richer than ever – whatever they want, while sticking it to everyone else.
Big midterm victories that give me hope for the future
Friends, regardless of the overall outcome of the midterms, have no doubt: progressives are the future.
Elizabeth Warren condemns Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling
"This handout to Big Oil executives puts short-term corporate profits ahead of the long-term health and livelihood of America’s coastal families and ignores the growing threat posed by climate change."
Sanctions backfire: US is being left behind
At present, the United States is waging an economic World War targeting much of the world economy, including allies who refuse to comply with U.S. mandates.
Texas Jabberwockery – Cruz Roasted After Fleeing Blizzard
Even worse than backing Trumpster – Glaring “dereliction of duty...”