Saturday, November 14, 2026

Orwell, radioactive pigs, Godzilla, and, of course, Trump

George Orwell is not the only journalist to turn iconoclastic prophet.

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.

The GOP health bill is an assault on people of color

The health care overhaul will cut programs that help black and brown people, while providing tax cuts for the wealthy that would disproportionately help whites.

Trump budget puts 12 million people at risk of losing housing

The White House is hoping that Congress will approve of a $54 billion boost to Pentagon coffers.

Where free speech ends, ignorance begins

Recent attempts to quash the right to speak reflect a fever of know-nothing intolerance afflicting the nation.

Meet the top EPA environmental justice official who quit to protest Pruitt & Trump

Mustafa Ali helped launch the EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice in 1992.

The dance of death

Idiots and charlatans, the handmaidens of death, lure us into the abyss.

U.S. attorney Preet Bharara was investigating Fox News when Trump fired him

Reports indicate Trump may pick one of Roger Ailes’ former lawyers to replace Bharara.

Doubling down on dystopia

Preventing the triumph of Trump’s will.

Paul Ryan fundraised with health insurance lobbying firm just before his powerpoint

Records show Ryan spent much of the year flying to resorts and huddling with lobbyists to raise huge amounts of cash to maintain his party’s control of the House of Representatives.