Friday, October 16, 2026

The bigot party

This transformation in one of America’s two eminent political parties has shocking implications, not just for the future of American democracy but for the future of democracy everywhere.

An axis of reaction? Lauren Boebart, Paul Gosar and the risky rhetoric of the...

They are cynical opportunists who try to paint a picture of a perfect past and country under siege by immigrants, the left and traditionally marginalized communities demanding the same rights taken for granted by most of those who voted them into office.

Are Iowa’s days as the nation’s first presidential nominating contest numbered?

The jockeying has begun over which mix of states might take part in a series of coordinated opening primaries for 2024’s Democratic nominee.

The unbearable opportunism of right-wing fear-mongering

What evil to bash good elections—while pushing scams and insurrections.

The monsters of American capitalism

Three of its prime exemplars: Trump, Bankman-Fried's, and Musk!

How bioenergy causes air pollution: The dark side of renewable energy

On the ground, burning biomass contributes to many air pollution impacts.

Life IS cheap these days, but GOP thuggery is getting damned expensive

For the dim and benighted (including the Donald), politics has become anything but a profitable grift road to riches.
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Is Trump lying or just losing it?

Does he simply have no grasp of reality.

What’s certain about results of the presidential election

While we don't know who the next president will be, some outcomes of the election can be foreseen.

Elon Musk shouts fire firefighters in a crowded theater!

As in Musk's idiotic claim, the arguments against Affirmative Action and DEI are riddled with lies and tinged with racism and sexism.