Thursday, August 27, 2026

Democratic leaders are a craven bunch of idiots bent on self-destruction

We’re hearing a whole lot of the same old bad ideas, and some new ones that are even worse than bad.

Is Donald Trump Really a ‘Fascist’?

Is Trump a real live fire-breathing fascist? The majority of citizens have no use for Trump and Trumpism because it isn't the solution to "make America great again."

The Real Enemy Is Within

"There will be no genuine democratic, social, economic or political reform until we destroy our permanent war machine." It's time we confront the war industry and the crimes of an empire.

Three Exceptional Facts About America

A tide of paranoia is mounting with the litany of predictions of doom and disaster for the U.S. Tom Engelhardt discusses why it's safe to be a paranoid American living in today's world.

Mick Mulvaney gives mix of Groundhog Day and flat out lies on MAGAnomics

Mulvaney has given us absolutely zero reason that Trump’s policies will lead to anything other than larger deficits, fewer people with health care, more dangerous workplaces, and a dirtier environment.
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The 5 biggest corporate lies about unions

Don’t believe the corporate lies.

Student protesters are walking a tightrope in Hong Kong

The whole world is watching Hong Kong.

Senate Republicans are allowing themselves to be used as pawns by McConnell to save...

“Listen up, Senate Republicans and understand that you also are the ones who are on trial alongside Trump.”

Why the GOP’s Fence Fantasy Is a Farce

Trump, Cruz, Rubio and the other “just build a wall” simpletons either don’t know what they’re talking about or are deliberately trying to dupe voters.

Hollow men: All the cowards of Jan. 6

I propose that we alter the American idiom “to haul ass” from now on, substituting “to hawley ass.”