Friday, December 26, 2025

Through the looking glass

How can we recognize our friends in the mixed-up world of Donald Trump?

Left-Right Fandom: Putin’s the Man, Bestriding the World Stage

What other widely celebrated world leader draws such praise not just from conservative circles (Limbaugh, Drudge, Breitbart, Palin, PC Roberts) but adulation from the left side as well. For leftists who staunchly hate the west's imperial militarism, Putin is the hero battling the west ("noble" for journalist Finian Cunningham), the strongest moral and political bulwark against the spreading Evil Empire.

Supreme Court overturns Chevron doctrine, progressive democrats push for urgent legislative response

Supreme Court’s seismic decision strips federal agencies of interpretive authority, sparking immediate legislative action from progressive lawmakers to safeguard public health, labor rights, and environmental protections.

Trump voters: One Year in, and he’s broken 20 big promises he made to...

Here are 20 promises he made, but has yet to keep.

‘Global empire of the US Christian right’: Dark money fuels attacks on abortion rights...

"The anti-choice movement does not only have a lot of money, they also have a plan and the determination."

The same old scare tactic about socialism

Don’t let them scare you with words like “socialism.” These policies are just common sense.

The War on Terror has targeted Muslims almost exclusively

The war on terror was supposed to be about making our country safer. As a Muslim American, I don’t feel safer at all.

South Africa levels genocide accusations against Israel at ICJ

Israel's operations in Gaza under scrutiny as ICJ hears 'no innocents' claim.

The slow rise of social democracy in the US

“The issue is Socialism versus Capitalism. I am for Socialism because I am for humanity. We have been cursed with the reign of gold long enough. Money constitutes no proper basis of civilization.”

Corporations are suppressing wages—there’s an easy fix for that

Don’t believe the optimistic hype about wages “naturally” rising. About one-third of American workers are shockingly underpaid as a result of the federal government’s continued refusal to raise the minimum wage.