Friday, July 24, 2026

GOP Platform Proposes To Get Rid Of National Parks And National Forests

The GOP platform includes a provision that would leave national parks, wildlife refuges, and national forests vulnerable to privatization.

Fighting the McResistance: Exposing Democrats’ “Good Cop” as Judas

We must fight the McResistance, because allowing Democrats to pose as “Good Cop” on climate poses risks that are simply intolerable.

Obama “Passes the Baton”

Obama celebrated “all that we’ve achieved together” last night, and while “we’ve still got more work to do,” argued that Hillary Clinton will “finish the job.”

Job Growth Stays Steady While Wage Growth Fails To Take Off

August job growth was fueled by food and drinking places, social assistance, professional and technical services, finance, and health care.

Can the system be saved?

Institutionalism vs. Democracy

Trump lawyer Marc Kasowitz threatens stranger in emails: ‘Watch your back, bitch’

After hearing Rachel Maddow discuss our recent story about Kasowitz, a man emailed the attorney urging him to resign. Kasowitz responded with threats and profanity.

Looming midterm demands again airing out the nature and extent of the Stupids

Stupids are more dangerous than criminals. You can’t fix Stupids and their irrationality hurts everyone, without upsides.

Extorting Ukraine is bad enough

Recently a friend who follows the news a bit less obsessively than I do said, “I thought George W. Bush was bad,...
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Who is worse: Donald Trump or Mitch McConnell?

The two of them have degraded and corrupted American democracy. We need them both out.