Sunday, April 19, 2026

RFK Jr.’s running mate floats joining forces with Trump to thwart Harris-Walz

Shanahan expressed concerns about the implications of continuing the campaign, noting that it might inadvertently aid Harris and Walz, the Democratic nominees.

Bernie Sanders calls economic inequality America’s unspoken crisis at Progressive Central 2024

At the Progressive Central 2024 conference, Bernie Sanders and Pramila Jayapal emphasized the urgent need to address income and wealth inequality, arguing that these issues remain largely ignored in national discourse despite their profound impact on American society.

The DNC fiddles while the world burns

While election year politics dominates the news, the control of both major U.S. political parties by the fossil fuel industry and the military-industrial complex makes the policies they agree on more dangerous than their disagreements.

Doctors plead with Harris to end US military support as Gaza death toll soars...

These medical professionals, driven by a deep sense of moral urgency, implored the Democratic Party—particularly Vice President Kamala Harris—to end the United States’ military support for Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza.

Sanders pushes progressive policies at DNC, highlighting differences with Harris and challenging the democratic...

At the Democratic National Convention, Bernie Sanders laid out a bold, progressive policy agenda that diverges from Vice President Kamala Harris’s platform. While his critiques could challenge Harris, they might also help her appeal to moderate voters by providing a contrast to Sanders’s more radical positions.

How a tie-breaking vote fueled America’s economy

Members of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 17M realize that only a transformational “reset” will ensure the factory’s long-term survival in a highly competitive, ever-changing, worldwide industry.

Biden’s convention speech made absurd claims about his Gaza policy

It was a journey into an alternative universe of political guile from a president who just six days earlier had approved sending $20 billion worth of more weapons to Israel.

The imploding Trump sequel is a bust, exposing the one-trick pony phony: Could he...

The only thing worse than lurching into dotage—and failing to realize you ain’t what you used to be—is defying all good advice to drastically modify your pitch.

The status of Europe’s autonomous movements

While the EU plays a dominant role in managing autonomous and separatist movements in member states, non-EU countries have their own rules, and can be more vulnerable to outside interference.
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Project 2025: The MAGA plan to take your freedom

The country, it would turn America into would be hard for any of us to recognize.