Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Osama Bin Laden’s America

Niger, 9/11, and apocalyptic humiliation

GOP tax cuts won’t pass this year – or maybe even next

In Part 1 of a two-part interview, former Reagan economic adviser Bruce Bartlett says Trump is lying about tax reform: it will benefit the super rich and hurt everyone else.

The huge tax heist

The moneyed interests who run the GOP depend on the Trump bomb to divert attention from their huge heist.

For Trump, words are stupid things

As language takes a beating from the president, a book about Churchill and Orwell reminds us how potent skilled rhetoric can be.

Our ever-deadlier police state

“We need an effective system of crime prevention and control in our communities, but that is not what the current system is.”

One nation, in sickness and in health

Time and again, "repeal and replace" has proven to be a farce. Let's focus on the hard work of true reform and get health care for all.
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Why we must all fight for the DREAM Act

These DACA young people are our neighbors, our colleagues, and our classmates.

Are you ready for corporate America’s robot economy?

Robots are not our enemy – the corporate bosses, bankers and BSers who own robots are the ones doing this to us.

I am woman, hear me roar

Over half a million women (and some men as well) have used the #MeToo hashtag, exposing in a few short days how pervasive are the crimes of sexual harassment and rape.