Thursday, June 25, 2026

The decline of the U.S. empire: Where is it taking as all?

Will China become the next global hegemon against heightened resistance from the United States, bringing the risk of nuclear war closer?

Treading water, Biden needs what energizes progressives: vision

Rethugs corrupt politics as war,/ Sucker punching with doom, gloom and gore.

Republicans, Democrats; solemn oaths of office, the US Constitution

Will the American people, becoming fully aware of all the elements of this impeachment process and the extensive evidence presented, then stand by and support Democrats and also castigate Republicans for their disloyalty to their country?

When do the ‘primal, profit-driven forces of nature’—racked with buyer’s remorse—dethrone or defang MAGA...

If you credit mass buyers’ remorse by hoodwinked MAGA voters, that goes double for flabbergasted tycoons once open to disruption (and donor payoffs) but now bullied by the allegedly pro-business browbeater.

For Canada, the insane, insulting Trump land theft stunt is DOA – and GOP...

Why would any functional country, one actively welcoming diversity, science, modernity and democratic values, join incendiary, polarized, know-nothing American dysfunction?

It’s time to change more than Trump

We have real work to do.

As climate catastrophe unfolds, small activist victories in UK courts

The future may depend on those who believe this is so and are willing to risk their freedom to address the climate emergency.

The good, the bad and the ugly: Medical heroes, anti-maskers, and rotten politicians

We know who the Good are, they are exemplary, the very best of Americans. We know that the bad and ugly are personified by one Donald. J. Trump, someone who bends or breaks any law that stands in his way.

Trump wants to go to heaven. But Heaven’s gate will close when he tries

If Trump wants to get into Heaven, I think that he would have to find a way to erase all the bad things he has done to try to destroy America’s democracy.

How Putin Started Winning Big in Syria and Got Europe to Embrace Him

This strategy has been working for Putin. He appears to have rearmed and retrained the Syrian Arab Army, which has new esprit de corps and is making significant headway for the first time in years.