David Barsamian and Noam Chomsky | Savage capitalism
From climate change to bank failures to war.
What’s worse than a devouring, criminal president? A deified, raging outlaw excited by violence
Trumpism is not a slippery slope but a mountain avalanche on steroids.
Dear Bernie,
A letter to Bernie Sanders: Run as a Green candidate in the general election. You can win, either outright, or by getting the most electoral votes and forcing Hillary to decide to either hand you her electors or give the decision to a Republican-run House of Representatives.
The political giving history of Trump’s Ukraine diplomats
Most campaign finance experts agree that soliciting a criminal investigation into a potential political opponent, at a bare minimum, likely goes against campaign finance law.
Senator tackled and cuffed at DHS press event in LA as Trump-era immigration crackdown...
Sen. Alex Padilla was violently removed and handcuffed while attempting to question DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, drawing widespread condemnation and fueling fears of growing authoritarianism.
Progressive Briefing for Monday, July 2, 2018
Protestors march against Trump's immigration policies, San Francisco becomes first major city to have $15 minimum wage, and more.
“US law enforcement agency” assisted major bank CEO in whistleblower hunt
If and when U.S. regulators announce a probe, there could be questions about federal officials’ own conduct in the affair.
Trump’s IgNobel Peace Prize
As if these six victories are not enough, stay tuned for new peace treaties that will end the Wars on Science, Education, Rational Thought, a Free Press, and "the big one"!—Habeas Corpus.
The Constitution as free-for-all, a la carte buffet
If this be not the worst subversion,/ Where's real career-ending perversion?
License Politicians: Better Late Than Never
Politics remains a glaring, backward exception to a complex, modern culture that rightly demands top credentials for top jobs: any buffoon struts into high political office and commandeers god-like powers over life and death.








