Sunday, May 24, 2026

The axis of evil suffers a big loss

After Viktor Orban's landslide loss in Hungary, will Trump and even Putin be next in line for their political comeuppance?

Big oil cashes in as Trump’s Iran war drives $30 million per hour windfall...

Analysis shows fossil fuel giants capturing massive gains as oil prices surge during conflict, intensifying scrutiny over war-driven economic impacts.

The winner at the DNC’s latest meeting? Israel, ethnic cleansing and genocide

Why did pro-Israel groups voice so much pleasure and praise—not only for the sidelining of pro-human-rights resolutions but also for the process that sidelined them?

Democracy depends on broad-based taxation—history is clear about that

When governments depend on internal taxation, bargaining is required. Taxes are not simply extracted; they are negotiated, enforced, justified, and institutionalized.

The Trump/Newsom nuke war against renewables gets a Diablo push

Together Trump and Newsom are pushing nuclear power plants whose drastic deregulation may now rival the dangers posed by any bombs Iran could produce.

The deaf, dumb and blind cult still dazzled by the nastiest, most naked ‘emperor’...

How mortifying: one crude, ham-fisted con artist, swelled by arrogance, ignorance, and stupidity, is all it took to topple this “naked” beacon of democracy. Figure even worse with a Putin in charge.

Revealed: The MAGA plan to ‘take out’ progressive leaders worldwide

Trump-aligned CPAC is backing far-right electoral candidates across Latin America and Europe—including Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán.

Oil executives reap record stock windfalls as Trump’s Iran war drives surge in insider...

Record energy sector stock sales follow conflict-driven oil price spike as consumers face billions in additional fuel costs.

From an old journalist, another letter to the tribe

Cover the election, not just the candidates.

Trump removal calls grow after Iran threat as Democrats debate 25th Amendment and impeachment...

Calls to remove President Donald Trump intensified after he warned that “a whole civilization will die tonight,” but constitutional requirements and political alignment within the executive branch make immediate removal highly unlikely.