Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Why can’t the two sides just talk to each other?

Is there just no one to talk to on the other side.

Dirty energy rules a dark, dirty administration. We must resist this.

For the sake of the planet we must resist. We the People can’t let them get away with this.

This is not a drill. Fascism is on the ballot. But …

Rather than being for personal absolution, voting is a tool in the political toolbox—if the goal is to avert the worst and improve the chances for constructing a future worthy of humanity.

When and how do reluctant Dems ‘Cry ‘Havoc!’ and let slip the dogs of war-like...

Trumpism will push all limits until stopped by a greater coalition, like 200 judicial rebukes and a political surge no amateur insurrectionists can deny. We need far more than Dem mice that roar but don’t bite.

Special Delivery for the Plutocrats

Spending by outside groups exploded from about $15 million in 1998 to more than $1 billion in 2012. And between the Clinton coffers and Koch cash, the crisis will get far worse as the 2016 presidential-election season heats up. Doug Hughes hopes to help change this.

Trump’s running out of friends, and it’s his own fault

Seems like the only one still standing by him is David Duke. They deserve each other.

The great Trump contradiction: His rogue individualism vs. choice-denying, fascist rhetoric

Trump is neither disciplined, stable, nor smart enough to be a full-fledged, fascist autocrat, especially if checks and balances hold. The impeachment threat, dicey implementation aside, is...

“Thank you for your service”: pardons for war criminals and indifference for those damaged...

I can’t remember who recently said it, but the point has been made that we often call people heroes because it’s easier to sacrifice them when they’re given this honorific and simply move on.

The freedom to freeze

In Texas, tycoons are the only winners from climate change. Everyone else is losing badly.

Why Ukraine matters

If Putinism is victorious in Ukraine, it will set a horrific precedent not only for other territorial grabs but also other attacks on democracy.