Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Systemic cruelty

As the existing systems crystallize and become more extreme, it is upon a foundation of love and compassion that the new modes of living must be built.
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Into the World of Work

What do you need to know – about the new world of work, but also about yourself.

The banksters are free at last

Trump's going all out to liberate unscrupulous bankers from the shackles of ethics.

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.

Could ‘sneaky, conniving’ Democrats help pump ‘Trump the Dictator’ surges after setbacks? 

For now, it’s grin and bear it time, enduring one more round of crazed Trumpism until the zombie is declared dead and buried.

Trump’s Twitter distraction

The wiretap tweet was not crazy or manic – it was strategic.

Trump wants $1.6 billion for the border wall. That covers just 74 miles.

All this for a boondoggle project most Americans continue to oppose.

Biden’s $7 billion Afghan heist

“We can’t bring our loved ones back, but we can save the lives of people in Afghanistan by advocating that the Biden Administration release this money to its rightful owners: the Afghan people.”

Trump’s fog machine

Trump figures that at some point the murk will seem too complicated and too partisan. Could he get away with it?

Bernie busts Uncle Joe

I am happy to point out that Bernie raised a lot of money in a single day and no one in the media (except LA Progressive and yours truly, plus a lot of tweets and Reddit postings), pointed this out.