Saturday, May 11, 2024

Rightwing smears and ‘both sides’ lies

These lies lead ill-informed people to believe that the progressive left, rather than fighting for healthcare for all or a higher minimum wage, somehow threatens their ‘freedoms’ and perhaps their very lives.

Trump and Cruz’s Terrifying Responses to the Brussels Attacks

While Trump calls for the legalization of torture and the closure of our borders, Cruz calls for mass patrolling of Muslim American neighborhoods and an end to “political correctness.”

Senate passes massive public lands conservation bill

The measure is the largest public lands bill considered by Congress in a decade.

Congress is about to ban the government from offering free online tax filing. Thank...

A bill supported by Democrats and Republicans would make permanent a program that bars the IRS from ever developing its own online tax filing service.

BP pulls out of oil drilling in Great Australian Bight

The future of our oceans and our world depends on more international protection of our marine environments.

‘This is an emergency’: Oxfam says rich nations’ $100 billion climate pledge not good...

“Time is running out for rich nations to build trust and deliver on their unmet target.”

EPA weakens guidelines for clean-up of toxic groundwater pollution by military contaminating millions of...

"We urgently need action to protect clean water not more deregulation."

Chile Producing So Much Solar Energy It’s Giving Electricity Away for Free

With so much clean power available, the price of solar has cost absolutely nothing for certain regions in recent months.

John McCain: Obama Is ‘Directly Responsible’ for Orlando Shooting

He didn't mention guns. Then he tried to backtrack his statements.

Third parties’ only hope: a new anti-duopoly Occupy

What’s now needed is not merely a movement devoted to a single group or issue, but a movement of movements embracing all the groups and interests stymied by bipartisan political corruption.