Tag: politics
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.
3 Trump has torched atomic power’s last illusion of credible regulation
But the low-cost zero-carbon tsunami of green Solartopian technology may yet prove unstoppable in the marketplace.
The right reaps what it sows: Violent means spawn violent ends
Here’s bloodlust vendetta on display,/Indisputable, profane cosplay.
How gerrymandering undercuts workers’ freedom
To me, this is the end of America, if we want to live in a democracy.”
Slow-motion authoritarianism
Forget about coups and martial law. The latest method of destroying democracy is through death by a thousand cuts.
Wednesday night massacre at CDC: Resignations, walkout, and a showdown over...
After the removal of Director Susan Monarez, top CDC officials resign and staff walk out as RFK Jr.’s HHS faces bipartisan alarm.
America the FUBAR
After all, the few can do little without the consent of the many. It’s up to the many (that’s us!) to reclaim and restore America.
How ‘Making America Great Again’ backfired
From Europe to China, Trump’s unilateral policies have often produced the opposite of their intended effects.
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Ending the American Dream by 2029?
The future seems to free the mind from reality’s restraints and let the imagination soar. Yet it has also proven full of political pitfalls.
How MAGA changed the world in 2025, and what comes next
Amid the domestic and geopolitical mayhem unleashed by Donald Trump’s return to the White House, powerful interests were busy enacting a radical anti-democratic agenda.
‘Domestic terrorism’: Leaked DOJ memo targets ‘anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, anti-Christianity’
The memo was obtained by independent investigative journalist Ken Klippenstein, who joins us to discuss how it expands on President Donald Trump’s NSPM-7 directive.
The dark side of Trump’s moon
A new book sheds light on the "intellectual" underpinnings of the Trump revolution.
Trump plan to dismantle US weather research hub alarms scientists and state officials
A proposal by the Trump administration to break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research has sparked warnings from scientists, university leaders, and Colorado officials who say the move could undermine public safety, economic stability, and decades of shared scientific infrastructure.