Wednesday, May 8, 2024

The Doomsday Clock

Nuclear Weapons, Climate Change, and the Prospects for Survival

Alabama House Speaker Convicted on 12 Felony Charges

Facing up to 20 years in prison for each of the 12 ethics counts, Hubbard ironically championed several ethics reforms in 2010.

8 Reasons Why Republicans Must Dump Trump

Republicans still have time to dump Trump. For the good of the country and the world, they must.

Here’s How the Presidential Candidates Responded to the Orlando Shooting

You will never believe how Donald Trump reacted to the Orlando nightclub shooting.

Joe Biden for Vice President, 2016

This is triage Democracy folks, progressive hopes and dreams are for other times. We're stemming the bleeding - give the man 4 more years and let's stop Trump.

The Real Reason Republicans are Going after the IRS

To understand why the IRS is under attack, follow the money.

The State Convention Gambit: How Sanders Lost Delegates in Minnesota

“Sanders and his surrogates have made it clear that his hopes for the nomination depend primarily upon Superdelegates abandoning Clinton and voting for him to make up his deficit of pledged delegates.”

Trump, Like Citizen Kane, Will ‘Get More Than One Lesson.’ Voters Need Only One.

Since Trump the winner thinks his crass, fire-at-whatever-moves belligerence works, why change? Like every bully, lying he’s only a “counter-puncher,” this gutter fighter will start more battles than a horny mountain goat in the rutting season. That will reveal more about Donald to more people than whatever Democrats manage. And since Trump per one pundit preys on the “Republican Id,” there will be “lessons” aplenty for the stunned centrist electorate.

Dangerously Coherent: Hillary Clinton and Washington’s Foreign Policy Bubble

It will be up to the American people to push Hillary Clinton if she’s elected to realize this promise and not damage it with yet more intervention and military violence.

Winning by Destroying: Trump and Gingrich

If governing is not undertaken correctly and respectfully, the entire system we rely on is weakened.