Saturday, November 14, 2026

Epstein file search logs in Bondi binder raise surveillance concerns during House hearing

Photograph from Judiciary Committee session prompts accusations that DOJ tracked lawmakers reviewing Epstein records.

Workers matter and government works: Eight lessons from the pandemic

Here are some lessons we’ve learned from it.

Polanski’s Devil’s Disciples

Just finished viewing, for the umpteenth time, one of my favorite films, Chinatown (1973), directed by Roman Polanski and starring Jack Nicholson. At...

The insult wars in Washington

How they blind us to our troubles.
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Blackwater founder Erik Prince recruited spies to infiltrate progressive groups with Project Veritas

The story exposes previously unreported details about the ties between Prince and Project Veritas, a right-wing group that often sets up sting operations targeting the media and journalists by recording covert videos.

Landmark win in ‘Fight for Habitable Future’ as jury refuses to convict climate activists...

"We need to take note of the lessons learned by the labor movement—mass civil disobedience works. The climate crisis is a workers issue, we need to unite to shut down business as usual. Right now."

Why free trade is bad for you (or most of you at any rate)

Free trade is simply a euphemism for the corporate capture of international trade.

Fascism’s global spread is real — as real as the spread of Covid-19

In the world’s largest democracies, far-right movements that embrace violence, reject democracy, and target the vulnerable are on the rise.

Sanders Senate speech urges diplomatic resolution of Ukraine crisis

"We must do everything possible to find a diplomatic resolution to prevent what would be an enormously destructive war in Ukraine."

Trump’s crimes didn’t matter to voters because they didn’t matter to Biden and Garland

If Trump is such a threat, why are so many Democrats refusing to fight?