Thursday, August 13, 2026

Anger Translation: Why Obama Was Ranting Against GOP Climate Policy at Press Dinner

Big Oil, Big Coal and Big Gas have such a strong grip on Congress, helping to avoid climate disruption. And that is why President Obama went into his comedic rant against climate denial at the annual White House Correspondents’ dinner.

Big Ag lets hundreds of thousands of farm animals die in barn fires every...

Farm animals have less legal protection than other confined animals, such as those living in laboratories or zoos.

Trump’s most damning legacy

By saying and doing whatever he believes it takes for him to come out on top, Donald Trump has abused the trust we place in a president to preserve and protect the nation’s capacity for self-government.

Time for a united front against Trump and realism about Harris

This is certainly not the presidential election that we want, but it’s the one we have. Progressives could make the difference.

A fine republic, but can we keep it?

What other parts of the Constitution does President Trump consider “phony”?

Trump’s creeping tyranny

We must join together to condemn these acts. Has Trump no decency?
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Six reasons why American corporations shouldn’t get a tax cut

A corporate tax cut is the wrong solution to the wrong problem.

Robert Reich | The art of the autocrat

This is the work of a despot who wants corporate America (and everyone else) to kiss his derriere.

Odd Bedfellows, Lying Together

The TPP isn’t the solution. As Jim Hightower describes it: "it’s just another global trade scam coming at us like a volcanic eruption straight out of hell." Don't let the TPP gang steal our democratic rights and turn our futures to global corporations.

Flush the TPP

President Barack Obama and the Republicans are united when it comes to so-called free-trade agreements. While Obama has been negotiating the agreements, which increase corporate power, grass-roots activists are organizing against the TPP.