Saturday, September 5, 2026

Tag: politics

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.

Reflections on a low, dishonest decade

And nearly 100 Essays for TomDispatch.

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!)

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.?

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A Midwest meatpacking plant. Photo: Ammodramus, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Illinois presses Tyson for a buyer after 2,500 workers lost their jobs overnight

The plant's chief executive was paid 781 times the median worker's wage the same quarter its beef unit posted a loss.
Madison Square Garden in New York. Photo: Rich Mitchell from New York, NY / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Interfaith leaders say they were ‘misled’ into attending event with far-right Hindu leader

Mohan Bhagwat’s appearance at Madison Square Garden was the latest in an influence operation conducted by the RSS and its allies in the U.S.
Vehicle tailpipe emissions, the kind of pollution the disputed waivers regulate. Photo: DeFacto / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Federal judge blocks EPA attempt to strip California’s clean air waivers

The agency tried to hand the repeal to Congress instead of going through its own rulemaking process.
A cannabis plant. Photo: Cannabis Training University / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Regulators Knew This Marijuana Product Was Harming People. It Stayed on Shelves for More...

Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division can take months or even years to issue formal safety warnings about marijuana products even when it receives reports that the products are harming people’s health, The Denver Gazette and ProPublica found.
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington. Photo: Jarek Tuszyński / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to freeze block on USPS mail ballot rule

North Carolina and Alabama are due to start mailing ballots this week, and the justices have set a deadline of their own.