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Donald Trump, hosts, Rose Garden Dinner, hunters, fishermen
Opinion US Politics

If You Like Sane Presidents, It’s Been a Bad 24 Hours

Klaus Marre 10/14/26

This is your periodic reminder that Donald Trump is crazy. 

Electric heat pump, installation
Environment

Chevron Gave $150K to Bay Area Group Accused of Using AI To Fight Heat Pump Rule

Miranda Green 10/13/26
Pete Hegseth, Bible, public executions
Cartoon

An Idea for ‘Christian’ Hegseth: Why Not a Crucifixion Instead?

Jon Richards 10/13/26
Donald Trump, Tech, West Wing Lobby, press, White House, Elon Musk
Government Integrity

Rich Immigrant Wants To Buy Himself a Congress

Klaus Marre 10/12/26
Americans done with Trump
Cartoon

Sideshow Don: An Unceasing Trump Has Pushed Many Americans Past Exhaustion

Ted Rall 10/11/26

Deep Dives

Jack boot, mail-in ballot, voter suppression

Trump Advised: Do Anything Necessary to Retain Power

Russ Baker
Hacking, computer code, election equipment.

Push Comes to Shove: The Unspeakable Threat to Election 2026

Jonathan D. Simon
Donald Trump, supporters, rally

Trump Supporters Are Beginning to Question What They Enabled

Russ Baker
DC, Election 2020, campaign signs

Red State Legislators Work to Throttle Direct Democracy

Glenn Daigon

International

Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Billy Mitchell Room
Ukraine

Putin’s Investment in Trump Keeps Paying Dividends

Klaus Marre 10/10/26

The one person Vladimir Putin can always count on is Donald Trump.

Flamingo Revolution, protests, Albania
Environment International

The Flamingo Revolution: The Race to Save Europe’s Last Wild River

Ruchi Kumar 10/08/26
GSLV-F15 NVS-02 Mission, pre-launch, Satish Dhawan Space Centre
International Technology

India Gets Ready to Compete in Space

Sajid Raina, Tauseef Ahmad 09/26/26

Health & Medicine

velociraptor, Jurassic Park, attraction, Universal Studios
Health & Medicine

Like the Velociraptors in Jurassic Park, RFK Jr. Is Learning

Paul Offit
arrogant doctor
Health & Medicine

Slipping Through the Cracks: How Medicine Has Gotten Better… and Worse

Jon Bell
aftermath, Hurricane Helene, River Arts District
Environment

Floods Can Leave Communities Facing Higher Overdose Deaths for Years

Katie Myers
Anthony Fauci, donating plasma
Health & Medicine

Fauci Hearing Serves as a Testament to Senate Dysfunction

Klaus Marre

Economy

Donald Trump, delivers remarks, economy, Mount Airy Casino Resort
Economy

Final Pre-Election Jobs Report Adds to GOP’s Woes

Klaus Marre 10/02/26

Americans remain deeply skeptical of the state of the economy, and the last jobs report ahead of the midterms offers no help to Republicans hoping to dispel the concerns of voters.

New Deal Art, mural, Charles Ward
Labor Technology

Where’s the Labor in Labor Day?

William T. Dowell 09/05/26
Hands Off, Tariffs, Madison, WI
Economy International

In Bid to Increase Costs for Americans, Trump Aims to Escalate Canada Trade War

Klaus Marre 08/24/26

Environment

Electric heat pump, installation
Environment

Chevron Gave $150K to Bay Area Group Accused of Using AI To Fight Heat Pump Rule

Miranda Green
Flamingo Revolution, protests, Albania
Environment

The Flamingo Revolution: The Race to Save Europe’s Last Wild River

Ruchi Kumar
Off shore oil rig, Catalina Island
Environment

Fossil Fuel Companies Are Using AI to Find More Oil Instead of Cut Emissions

Sarah Hofmann
Cyril Ramaphosa, Emmerson Mnangagwa, tour, BeitBridge Border facilities
Environment

How Zimbabwe’s Regime Is Fueling a Dirty Lithium Boom

Andrew Mambondiyani

Editors' Picks

Science, astronomy, NASA, space exploration, James Webb telescope, dark matter discovery

Webb Telescope Reveals Massive Structure, Challenges Understanding of Universe

Whowhatwhy Editors
Science, oceans, biodiversity, conservation, artificial reefs, USS Kittiwake

It Cost $40K To Sink a Ship and Make a Reef.

Whowhatwhy Editors
Space exploration, NASA, Apollo 7, launch anniversary, first crew in space

Oct 11, 1968: Apollo 7 Launches — NASA’s 1st Apollo Astronaut Crew in Orbit

Whowhatwhy Editors
Science, biodiversity, oldest land animal, Jonathan the giant tortoise, DNA, genome study

At 194, a Tortoise Is the Oldest Living Land Animal. Its DNA May Explain Why.

Whowhatwhy Editors

Justice

Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, signs, bomb, Iran
Justice

From Gregg to Hegseth: America’s Long Fall From Grace

Jonathan D. Simon 10/10/26

It’s the 50th anniversary of Gregg v. Georgia, so perhaps it is fitting that we celebrate by giving full livestreamed expression to the barbarity that has long lurked in that “reasonable” decision.

Supreme Court Building, Washington DC, District of Columbia, Supreme Court Building
Courts Elections

SCOTUS Greenlights Use of Flawed Database to Determine Voter Eligibility

Klaus Marre 09/25/26
Trump, Blanche, DOJ, “Just Us”
Courts Journalism & Media

Judge’s Block of Trump’s WH Press Ban Also Highlights Limits of US Legal System

Klaus Marre, Jon Richards 09/24/26

Technology

Four Horsemen Of Inequity, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Technology

Saturday Hashtag: #4HorsemenOfInequity

Sean Ogden
Donald J. Trump hosted a luncheon on Super Intelligence (AI)
Technology

Trump Administration Finally Comes Up With Meaningful AI Policy

Klaus Marre
Off shore oil rig, Catalina Island
Environment

Fossil Fuel Companies Are Using AI to Find More Oil Instead of Cut Emissions

Sarah Hofmann
Mark Zuckerberg, Jen-Hsun “Jensen” Huang, Donald Trump, Elon Musk
Technology

Trump’s Infatuation With Naming Stuff Has One Major Advantage

Klaus Marre

Elections

Vote, sign, Election, Primary, Voting,
Elections

Trump Is Building an Election Trap: Millions of Americans May Not See It in Time

Thom Hartmann 10/09/26

From missing mail to armed federal agents and sweeping voter investigations, the warning signs suggest a democracy being squeezed before Americans even reach the ballot box.

Donald Trump, Blue wave, approval rating.
Elections

Why Computerized Election Theft Is Worse Than Martial Law

Jonathan D. Simon 10/06/26
ballot, drop boxes, West Hollywood
Elections

The 2026 WhoWhatWhy Voting Guide

WhoWhatWhy Staff 10/06/26
Pete Hegseth, Senate, Testify
Elections

Believe It or Not, Pete Hegseth Did Something Good

Klaus Marre 10/04/26
Firemen, fighting, Reichstag Fire
Elections

A Real October Surprise Would Be If Trump Didn’t Interfere in the Midterms

Klaus Marre 10/01/26

Podcast

Illustration, Enjoy Capitalism

How Fast Food Became the Laboratory for Modern Capitalism

Jeff Schechtman
sharing the same brain? Collaboration, AI,

AI Is Making Work Sadder: And What Happens When Everyone Shares the Same Brain?

Jeff Schechtman
Dan Osborn, James Talarico, Jon Ossoff, Angie Nixon, Abdul El-Sayed, Josh Turek, Troy Jackson

One Win Is Not a Lasting Majority

Jeff Schechtman
Antony J. Blinken, Israel's War Cabinet

In the War Room: How Israel’s Longest War Was Actually Conducted

Jeff Schechtman

Cartoon

Pete Hegseth, Bible, public executions

An Idea for ‘Christian’ Hegseth: Why Not a Crucifixion Instead?

Jon Richards
Americans done with Trump

Sideshow Don: An Unceasing Trump Has Pushed Many Americans Past Exhaustion

Ted Rall
Donald Trump, Xi Jinping, Nobel Peace Prize, boat deaths, Medicaid cuts, HHS Cuts, ICE deaths, Gaza deaths, pollution deaths, Iran civilian deaths, USAID deaths, Food cut deaths

President Trump Dreams of Nobel Gold While His Policies Kill People Worldwide

DonkeyHotey
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