Thursday, April 9, 2026
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Why Trump is partnering with Christian Nationalists

Trump is playing to a rising white Christian Nationalist movement within the Republican Party.

Republicans can’t see the forest for the trees. Trump blocks their vision of the...

Yes, sometimes you can’t see the forest because of the trees. Republicans are so afraid of Trump that they have him on their minds all the time. Let’s call Trump the Trees.

A minefield in Gaza

Israel has turned Gaza into a dense, unmapped minefield.

The Collapse of the Middle-Class Job

How to pay for a solution? A financial speculation tax on the rich and, for the poor, a tradeoff of safety net benefits for the security of a guaranteed income.

My Pick for the Next Speaker of the US House

While the Speaker of the House doesn't actually have to be a member of Congress, why don't we choose someone like a kindergarten teacher, a minimum-wage worker, or organic farmer to run the show? They might be exactly who is needed.

The potential impact of wireless technology on wildlife

Electromagnetic radiation from Wi-Fi and cell towers may pose a “credible risk” to birds, mammals, insects, and even plants.

DNC leaders are pretending that U.S. weapons don’t enable the slaughter in Gaza

DNC leaders move to block arms embargo resolution as youth Democrats demand action on Gaza.

American “freedom fighters” are killing themselves and their fellow Americans; what to do?

If these freedom fighters want to obtain food or clothing or some service from businesses in the future, they will have to pay a price before they will be allowed to enter stores. That price will be the wearing of masks.

Power to the (working) people: The Great Resignation could change how we relate to...

Only time will tell if working people, both those organized in unions and those who are not, will be able to take advantage of this moment to overthrow the mini dictatorships so many labor under.

Can Trumpist fascism commandeer America, today’s richest, ‘exceptional,’ freedom-loving empire?

How can an unteachable blunderer—failing every presidential crisis, many self-created, pull off the most improbable, fascist lurch since the 19th century?