Friday, April 26, 2024

Twelve movies about American demagoguery to watch this weekend

Bored with the transfer of presidential power? Here's an alternative viewing list of great films.

Trump orders construction of U.S.-Mexico border wall, admits taxpayers will foot the bill

Trump says negotiations with Mexico will begin “relatively soon.”

‘What’s radical is doing nothing’: Attacked as an extremist, Sanders condemns GOP for ignoring...

"What is radical is doing nothing to take on the existential threat of climate change while the world burns."

Will Trump complete the pivot to Asia?

Obama failed to execute an economic and military pivot to Asia. Will Trump pick up the fumble and run with it?

A global counter-Trump movement is taking shape

While the far right is on the march globally, there are signs progressives are stirring from their slumber.

President Trump goes to Hel(sinki)

Trump, a rule bender throughout his life, will likely find that those that he has crossed will not forgive or forget and will have their metaphorical knives at ready the moment he slips up.

Koch-connected dark money funds much more than climate denial

It's time to unravel the network of science deniers who claim the mantle of science and expose them for what they are.
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“A fire that has spread across the country”: Jelani Cobb on voter suppression in...

Amidst the pandemic, more than 30 million people nationwide have already voted through mail-in ballots early voting. It is shattering all records for voting.

‘One word for this: vandalism’: Six days before election, Trump finalizes plan for ‘catastrophic’...

“Destructive development in the country’s largest national forest—such as extractive logging and expansive road building—will be catastrophic for generations to come,” warned Greenpeace.

The propaganda of war

There are multiple efforts at present to strengthen and revive the peace movement in the United States, and this is a critical necessity.