Monday, November 9, 2026

Donald Trump is the fakest (and realest) news of all

After all—god save us—he might even find himself in the White House for a second term (if the coronavirus or Bernie Sanders doesn’t take him down first).

Who are the secret puppet-masters behind Trump’s war on Iran?

A shadowy group stoking U.S. hostility with Iran and the evidence that it is funded by Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

Century-old racist US Supreme Court cases still rule over millions of Americans

Without equal voting rights and congressional representation, the Americans living in these territories cannot remedy their status at the ballot box.

Time to defeat Trump — without make-believe about Biden

“With another Trump presidency, the left would have few options and could face new levels of government repression.”

DACA sophistry: Trumpery at its worst

Another round of punitive disruption-for-disruption-sake Trumpism – except for the innocence of the targets. DACA children, brought into the only country they know, are now reduced to ideological bargaining chips to distract from endless failures. Trump populism? Little more than an unfeeling tyranny of the shrinking minority.
A ballot drop box. Photo: Cliffordsnow / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Federal judge blocks Trump administration rule restricting mail ballots

The order covers the November election, months after Trump signed an executive order targeting how ballots move through the mail

Garbage in, garbage CEO windfalls out

‘Waste management’ won’t help us confront climate change so long as corporate self-interest rules.

The useful idiocy of Donald Trump

The inability of the political establishment and the press to moderate or reform Trump’s egregious behavior is rooted in their loss of credibility.
Servers in a data center. Photo: BalticServers.com / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Big AI wants to slow down AI research. Is it a safety pause or...

AI companies are calling for a coordinated pause to progress – but making it working, and keeping AI safe, won’t be easy.

Beyond resistance: The story of 2016

Maybe someday we’ll look back and say this was the year a revolution began.