Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Comeback for truth? Criminal comeuppance for Trump’s reign of terror, impoverished for lying?

A tsunami of criminal indictments, buoyed by massive civil penalties – who cares then if Trump ends up a jailbird?

The biggest deficit you’ve never heard of

It’s the deficit in public investment.

Why the US manufacturing renaissance is essential for its survival

After decades of decline, the nation now seems “on the brink” of understanding that it’s let far too much manufacturing capacity slip away.

How Bidenomics unites America

Bidenomics: Give cash to the bottom two-thirds and their purchasing power will drive growth for everyone.

When public officials get rented out by corporate power, the people lose

Such deep betrayals of public trust should not be rewarded with plum executive branch jobs.

Hey, rightwing hypocrites, justify your ‘revolution’ scam plus anti-democratic ‘tyranny of the minority’

Bad losers don’t get to make themselves winners or the whole structure crumbles – and then might makes right.
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Biden must get Manchin and Sinema to fall in line

Joe Biden must learn from LBJ, and wield the power of the presidency to make senators fall in line with the larger goals of the nation. Otherwise, “what the hell’s the presidency for?”
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The only way Democrats will get anything done

With Vice President Kamala Harris now serving as the tie-breaking vote, Senate Democrats can and must abolish the filibuster.

Biden’s reckless Syria bombing is not the diplomacy he promised

This is not what he promised in his campaign and it is not what the American people voted for.

The disaster of Andrew Cuomo and New York’s pandemic response

If the failures of this pandemic have taught us anything, it’s that when we finally come out of it we need a new normal.