Sunday, May 19, 2024

Election subversion is replacing voter suppression as new GOP threat

Pro-Trump Republicans are building new paths to subvert future election results, numerous analyses find.

An umbrella narrative – and party – for the progressive resistance

Together, the umbrella narrative and party will form a potent political weapon, much like the deadliest poison-tipped or bullet-firing umbrella ever devised for a spy flick.

Florida may soon use digital images of ballots in recounts—will all counties make them...

As Florida updates its recount rules, election transparency advocates worry about losing public trust.
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“A Rogue Company”: Leading Glaciologist on Exxon’s Climate Change Cover-Up

"If they had come straight and recognized themselves as an energy company, they could have made that transition with us to cleaner energy and remained a viable company. Now they’re a rogue company."

In Trump’s world where money talks, Saudi Arabia gets a free pass

In Trump’s world where money talks, poor refugees are banned from entering the United States while Saudi princes who cling to power by torturing and beheading dissidents get safe passage to their luxury digs in Manhattan’s Trump Towers.

The truth behind “self-made” billionaires

Billionaires are not made by rugged individuals. They’re made by policy failures. And a system that rewards wealth over work.

Donald Trump’s addiction to violence

The president has normalized violence by emboldening the idea that it is the only viable political response to social problems.

What to expect of House Democrats

Nothing good happens in Washington unless good people outside Washington are organized and mobilized to make it happen.

With Beto O’Rourke as lightning rod, corporate Democrats aim to stifle criticism

Should the candidates that mass media and party elites put forward as “progressive” be quickly embraced or carefully scrutinized? The question must be asked and answered.

A world at the edge

What planet will our children and grandchildren inherit?