Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Paul Manafort found guilty of bank and tax fraud

Manafort faces a maximum of 80 years in prison for his recent conviction.
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Memo to the press (or how to cover Trump without Trump covering you)

Stop treating Trump’s tweets as news. They’re not news; they’re his gut feelings at the moment.

Beijing’s bid for global power in the age of Trump

“America first” versus China’s strategy of the four continents.

Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, August 21

Microplastics in beer, CNN "fact check" on Medicare for All is bogus, ZInke caught red handed trying to sell off public lands, and more.

The money behind neo-Confederate Corey Stewart’s US Senate campaign

The nation's highest-level 2018 contest to emphasize themes of white power is Virginia's U.S. Senate race – Republican Corey Stewart.

Donald Trump: Weapon of mass distraction

Donald Trump is not only the perfect vehicle to shred regulations, he’s also a powerful distraction from the ongoing for-profit war against nature itself.

Medicare for All fact check from hell persists as Sanders rebukes CNN for putting...

"The question that must be asked is why would the corporate media put their blind faith in a far right-wing economist whose past reports have been so thoroughly discredited by mainstream economists and experts?"

Why White House counsel Don McGahn has Donald Trump extremely worried

McGahn talked to Robert Mueller’s team for 30 hours. That’s a huge blow for Trump, and the reasons why run deep.

Six potential lessons from our most debased presidency

To restore America, we need both vilify Trump for what he is – and defy his gang – but also reluctantly face how epic excesses clarity our moral, intellectual and political choices.

Musk, Trump, and the second Gilded Age

Will their audacity and excesses usher in a second progressive era?