Monday, August 24, 2026

Tag: Trump administration

The McCabe firing and the Ghost of Joe McCarthy: One more...

America will triumph over Trump. Beatitude or platitude?

The mad king

Who knows what a mad king will do when no adults remain to supervise him?

A 2 percent financial wealth tax would provide a $12,000 annual...

It's not hard to envision the benefits in work opportunities, stress reduction, child care, entrepreneurial activity, and artistic pursuits for American households with an...

Koch document reveals laundry list of policy victories extracted from the...

In recent days, Koch network groups have purchased ads targeting Democratic lawmakers in key elections across the country.

‘Bloody Gina’ Haspel’s disqualifying record of CIA torture

All senators should close the book on torture now and vote to oppose Gina Haspel's confirmation.

Stumbling toward peace on the Korean Peninsula

The positive American response to the proposed meeting has so far been greeted with silence by the North Koreans.

‘Climate change’ removed from FEMA’s strategic plan

"Scientific evidence indicates that the climate is changing and significant economic, social, and environmental consequences can be expected as a result."

Grizzly bears could soon be hunted in Wyoming

Environmental groups argue against the proposal saying that "grizzly bears remain endangered in Yellowstone and across the west."

The dangers of diplomacy, Trump-style

There is a total absence of rational planning and knowledgeable staff.

Talking sense about immigration

In the end, isn’t it time to challenge the notion that people in general, and immigrants in particular, can be easily divided into deserving good guys and undeserving bad guys?

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The west front of the United States Capitol. Photo: Architect of the Capitol, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The single, greatest MAGA Trump threat: Constitutional nullification

The horror of MAGA Trumpism is both the speed and ease by which corruption reigns PLUS the dearth of popular resistance.
A group running together in a park. Photo: David Hawgood / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The physical activity paradox: not all forms of exercise lower your dementia risk –...

Pooling 74 studies of more than 4.2 million people in 30 countries, researchers found leisure exercise cut dementia risk while active commuting was linked to a 10 percent higher risk.
Command Sgt. Maj. John Sparks delivers copies of Stars and Stripes to U.S. Marines from Weapons Platoon, 3-2 India Company, on April 4, 2003. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps photo by 1st Sgt. David K. Dismukes (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Pentagon fires three at Stars and Stripes, seven months after taking the paper’s rules...

The regulation governing the newspaper was struck from the books in January and its terms moved into a Defense Department directive. Three senators have asked Hegseth for answers by August 28.
The John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in Boston, where Judge Indira Talwani sits. Photo: Scott LaPierre / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Postal Service issued its mail ballot rule on Friday night while a court...

Judge Indira Talwani has given the government until 8 a.m. Tuesday to respond, or take a restraining order that stops the rule reaching the Federal Register on Wednesday.
Abdul El-Sayed talking with voters at a campaign meet-and-greet

“Moderates” Support Extreme Injustice

The label goes to candidates who back endless war and block Medicare for All, while a CNN poll now finds a third of Democrats calling themselves socialists. Scolding them as interlopers plays well with donors and nowhere else.