Tag: politics
Why hasn’t the world set on fire?
"To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger." - James Baldwin
Credit MAGA Trump for busting up federalism like a piñata, only...
One imagined the durability, if not standing of America, demanded a far stronger, earth-shaking force than a self-mortifying, scamming joke.
Ending republican control will require overcoming the democratic leadership
The last 12 months have shown that Donald Trump’s party is bent on methodically inflicting vast cruelty and injustice while aiming to crush what’s left of democracy and the rule of law.
Trump just keeps on grabbing
Strangely, this garish statement perfectly encapsulates Trump's foreign policy. He sees a country and he wants to grab it, control it, exploit it.
10 good things that happened in 2025
Let's look back on 2025 as the year movements for peace and justice freed political prisoners, slowed the war machine, and helped turn the public against endless wars.
Trump’s push into nuclear questions economic conflicts of interest, public safety
The Trump family’s investments in nuclear fusion live under a bad cloud that threatens us all.
The dark side of Trump’s moon
A new book sheds light on the "intellectual" underpinnings of the Trump revolution.
Who’s the real outlaw at sea? Trump’s tanker grab vs. the...
U.S. murder and violence against other people and countries does not become lawful simply because officials in the White House wish that it was.
Doin’-the-Right-Thing Rag
Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don't Ask Donald Trump!)
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No king but madness reigns
Today I'll survey several factors feeding this unfolding fiasco.
Traders placed massive bets minutes before Trump Iran post raising insider trading concerns
Unusual oil and stock trades worth hundreds of millions of dollars occurred minutes before the president’s social media announcement about Iran peace talks, prompting calls for investigations into possible insider knowledge.
Mo. Senator Eric Schmitt’s asinine SHIELD Act would classify blowing whistles as ‘Obstruction of...
Meanwhile Schmitt ignores blatant obstruction by Bondi’s DOJ.
Multi-million dollar agreement to import giant pandas from China collapses
Reports from advocacy groups like SF Zoo Watch and In Defense of Animals call on Mayor Daniel Lurie to halt new animal acquisitions and transform the 100-acre site from a traditional exhibition-based zoo into a 21st-century ecological park.
ICE at the gates: Rights groups warn Trump airport deployment risks civil liberties crisis
Civil liberties advocates, unions, and lawmakers raise alarm over use of immigration agents in airport security amid shutdown-driven staffing crisis.