Tag: conservatives
Why is the radical right still winning?
What that Protestant Reformation can teach us about the durability of far-right movements – and the order they seek to replace.
Mainstream media are trying to spin Nikki Haley as a moderate
During her tenure at the U.N., she advocated and defended extremist policies.
Republican chauvinists won this battle against women, but won’t win the...
But the good news is that women are going to make them pay a terrible price for their treachery in the very near future.
How Kavanaugh will change the Supreme Court
Based on what we know about measuring the ideology of justices and judges, the Supreme Court will soon take a hard and quick turn to the right.
Donald Trump’s ‘romantic nationalism’ takes the stage at the UN
"...it gives us a better idea of what the American left will be facing from this ‘new’ right for the foreseeable future..."
Money talks: Justice Kennedy’s retirement tied to the Trump family, Koch...
As Americans wait for answer regarding the two families' ties, conservative Republicans are all in on Trump's future nominee.
With Kennedy’s vacancy, only voting can check one-party rule
Trump will replace the last centrist on the Supreme Court. Now only voter pushback can restore balance to Congress.
Giving a pass to anti-Muslim bigotry
Islamophobia enters the government, is incorporated into the law, and becomes increasingly acceptable in America.
The caliphate of Trump
This particular cult did not come from nowhere, but from a land of growing extremity, a country that now, it seems, may be willing to preside over not just cities in ruin but a planet in ruin, too.
Fossil fuel interests ‘coached’ conservatives to reject climate science in US...
“I think it’s all about vested interests.”
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.