Tag: politics
Will ambushed voters be so repulsed by MAGA’s war against America—systemic...
Could tycoons not do any better than the farcical, dishonest Keystone Kops klutzes—Trump, Vance, Hegseth, Patel, Noem, Bondi, Ludnick and RFK Jr.?
Hegseth’s alleged war crime is the exact illegal order the 6...
Have Trump and Hegseth endorsed the commission of war crimes?
Ecuadorians reject referendum to host foreign military bases
The measure, which Ecuadorian voters overwhelmingly rejected, was part of a constitutional reform proposed by President Daniel Noboa.
The multipolarism of fools
As a bloc of mostly authoritarian, eco-unfriendly, and socio-economically conservative countries masquerading as a geopolitical counterbalance, the BRICS represent the multipolarism of fools.
No Kings, the second time around
Is everything now being Trumped (or perhaps that should be put in capital letters: TRUMPED)?
On the precipice of authoritarian rule
Is the threat to the rule of law in the United States not just profound but historically unprecedented?
The choice is now Trump vs. Jesus as a profane president...
Trump the unlettered con man wouldn’t learn right from wrong if Jesus taught the class.
When did societal elites emerge?
The late Stone Age is not commonly associated with socially stratified societies, yet archaeologist Mehmet Özdoğan argues social and political elites were already shaping communities when humans began farming.
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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.