Monday, June 9, 2025

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Vance cockups sabotage Trump’s core pitch: that his smarts guarantee hiring...

Vance has pushed beyond tone-dead and as a campaigner into brain-dead territory.

10 worst things about the Trump presidency

We cannot afford to forget just how terrible Trump’s time in the White House was for this nation.

Sisyphus Trump maniacally replays 2015, with repeated, inflammatory media blitzes....

How many unforced errors—the Arlington cemetery mess, JD Vance, fake Ohio pet-napping and Loomer—confirm Trump as monumental scatterbrain?

Harris can’t embrace billionaires if she wants to win

Billionaires are busy pressuring political candidates to keep their taxes unjustly low. Their opinions shouldn’t—and don’t—matter.

Why the media’s ‘sanewashing’ of Trump is uniquely dangerous

In their attempts to normalize an obviously abnormal candidate, major media outlets risk shirking their responsibility to do the most fundamental job of the free press at their own peril: To tell the truth.

What’s Trump’s escape valve when (or if) he realizes he’s...

There could be greater disruption than Jan. 6, but the enormous, co-ordinated might of law and order won’t get ambushed again.

How badly is Trump blowing his chances—defaulting to prudent, energetic Harris,...

Other than breaking the law and getting convicted since losing the 2020 race, what has Trump done to expand his centrist voting base?

This election hangs on how many voters get the two, conflicted...

When, at least since 1861, have we ever faced such a relentless, internally-driven threat that impedes our idealistic push towards a more perfect union?

Harris condemns Trump’s Project 2025 and warns against a return to...

Harris’s speech served as a rallying cry for Democrats to reject Trump’s regressive agenda and to fight for the preservation of hard-won rights and freedoms.

RFK Jr.’s running mate floats joining forces with Trump to thwart...

Shanahan expressed concerns about the implications of continuing the campaign, noting that it might inadvertently aid Harris and Walz, the Democratic nominees.

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Is there a crack in Western support for genocide? 

The shift in political rhetoric among Israel's traditional Western allies continues as it ratchets up its campaign to make life in Gaza so impossible for Palestinians that they will submit to ethnic cleansing.

New lawsuit claims Ziploc brand products misleading, increases risk of exposure to microplastics

Made from polyethylene and polypropylene, research shows that these materials release microplastics when microwaved and frozen "making them fundamentally unfit for microwave and freezer use."

New poll shows Medicaid cuts could cost GOP senators support—even from their own base

As Republicans push a bill that could strip healthcare from millions, new polling reveals deep concern among GOP voters, including Trump supporters, about slashing Medicaid to fund tax breaks.

The far right’s tipping point

Over the last decade, the world has suffered bouts of political whiplash as right-wing populists and their opponents have battled it out at the ballot box.

Trump’s nuclear orders revive a failed industry at the expense of public safety and...

Executive orders to quadruple U.S. nuclear capacity ignore cost overruns, radiation risks, and a global shift toward cheaper, safer renewables—all while gutting the agency meant to protect the public