Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Tag: President Donald Trump

The US presidential election might be closer than the polls suggest...

On the one hand, this year’s election seems to have historically low levels of undecided voters. But offsetting this is tremendous uncertainty about turnout and whose votes will be cast and counted.

Trump halts training concerning racism

Unlike Trump’s disavowal of his anti-veteran remarks, it will be difficult for him to disavow this memorandum.

Trump wants out – by losing the ‘rigged’ election, not by...

Finding the least bad way to escape being cornered for another four years is exactly how a discredited but unrepentant con artist makes his last public scam.

Be a viral superspreader

We can do this, if we remain nonviolent, committed, and unified.

Trump and the troops

The alternative to Trump is not the glorification of military service. It’s promoting the kind of service that gets fewer people killed.

How Trump will try to win the election

Donald Trump hates to lose. Here’s how he’ll try to steal an electoral victory.

Murderers for Trump

In the end, the opposition to Trump will either unite and learn nonviolent discipline or it is quite likely to fail to stop the death spiral of our democracy.

America’s Rubicon moment

Is Donald a duck?

Where did the GOP go?

The Republican platform — and the Republican Party itself — has been reduced to one word: Trump.

Social Security in the crosshairs

President Trump could singlehanded kill the program...

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How much sleep do I need? Why you can forget the eight-hour rule

Eight hours isn’t necessarily the magic number for sleep. Your age, body clock and individual needs all matter.
Candace Owens speaking in 2018. Photo: Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

These women don’t trust politicians. They do trust Candace Owens.

The 19th interviewed half a dozen of her listeners, after a Media Matters report found her platforms grew 80 percent between January 2025 and March 2026 to roughly 10.9 million new followers.
Water Street in downtown Eastport, Maine. Photo: Ken Gallager / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A week after Eastport banned data centers for 180 days, federal regulators accepted the...

The developer cut the plan from 400 acres to 27 and from 51 megawatts to 15 after FERC found four deficiencies, and comments close October 19.
The Idaho State Capitol in Boise. Photo: JSquish / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

These Children’s Deaths Were Preventable. Their Parents Prayed Instead of Seeking Medical Care.

For decades, Idaho laws have allowed parents who belong to the Followers of Christ and other faith-healing sects to pray rather than seek medical care. Since 2015, at least 15 children have died of treatable conditions.
The Treasury Department in Washington. Photo: MeanieHyaena / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

U.S. Threatens New Economic War on Iran by Targeting China & Tehran’s Other Top...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent named the plan Operation Economic Outcast on Monday and set no timeline or list of countries, and sanctions historian Nicholas Mulder says the reach into Iran's oil buyers puts the U.S.-China trade truce at risk.