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Marc Andreessen, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Silicon Valley
Podcast

The Radicalization of Silicon Valley: Democracy Is Optional

Jeff Schechtman 11/07/25

Tech oligarchs abandon democracy, embrace Trump. Performance or conviction? When they control the platforms shaping reality, does it matter?

Speaker, Mike Johnson, official portrait, 2024
Elections

GOP Lives in Denial After Election Night Shellacking

Klaus Marre 11/07/25
Bust, Socrates, Western Australia
US Politics

Cassandra to Socrates to Spider-Man: The Trump/MAGA Resistance Evolves

Doug Ecks 11/06/25
Earth, stars
Environment Opinion

How Habitable Will Earth Be When We Search for Life Beyond Our Planet?

Raissa Estrela, Ph.D. 11/06/25
Trump and Infantino
Culture International

FIFA Creates Consolation Peace Prize – First Recipient Is a Total Mystery

Klaus Marre 11/05/25

Deep Dives

Virginia Roberts Giuffre, David Boies, Jeffrey Epstein.

Epstein: Dirty Secrets Emerge From a Painful Book — and the Powerful Squirm

Russ Baker
Peter Thiel, Antichrist, The Devil, Greta Thunberg

The Church of Silicon: Peter Thiel’s Gospel of Unfettered Power

Russ Baker
Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, generals, admirals, flag officers

What Would Happen if the Generals Refused to Follow Orders?

Russ Baker
Pete Hegseth, Haranguing, Military Leaders

Two Key Takeaways From Quantico

William T. Dowell

Journalism & Media

Zohran Mamdani, scaffolding policy
Journalism & Media

Who Is Zohran Mamdani? And How Do You Know?

Russ Baker 11/03/25

Those worried about him might be surprised by a closer look.

Washington Post, building, sign, Washington, DC
Deep Dives Journalism & Media US Politics

WaPo Editorial Board Canonizes Kirk: It’s Just Another ‘Business Decision’

Jonathan D. Simon 09/17/25
Donald Trump, podium
Journalism & Media

Under a Vindictive Trump, Journalism Is Becoming a High-Risk Occupation

WhoWhatWhy Staff 08/24/25

International

Trump and Infantino
Culture

FIFA Creates Consolation Peace Prize – First Recipient Is a Total Mystery

Klaus Marre
Palestinians in the ruins of Gaza on February 22, 2025.
International

Trump’s Middle East Reality Check

James M. Dorsey
sign, Tel Aviv, Cyrus The Great Is Alive
International

After Gaza Hostage Release, What’s Next for Donald Trump and the Middle East?

William T. Dowell
Donald Trump, announcing, Gaza, peace plan
International

Triumphant Trump Basks in Deserved Accolades in the Middle East

Klaus Marre

Environment

Earth, stars
Environment

How Habitable Will Earth Be When We Search for Life Beyond Our Planet?

Raissa Estrela, Ph.D. 11/06/25

As we prepare to look for life in other solar systems, we should also look inward at what we’re doing to our home planet.

Total, sign, Laurent Vincenti
Courts Environment

Oil Giant Total’s Net Zero Claims Broke the Law, Court Rules

Emily Sanders 11/04/25
Democrats, climate change
Environment US Politics

Why Democrats Aren’t Talking About Climate Change Much Anymore

Kate Yoder 10/30/25

Elections

Speaker, Mike Johnson, official portrait, 2024
Elections

GOP Lives in Denial After Election Night Shellacking

Klaus Marre
Nope sign, No Kings, Washington, DC
Elections

Americans Deliver a Poll Trump Can’t Ignore (but Probably Will)

Klaus Marre
East Wing, White House, demolition
Elections

The Handwriting on the Rubble: The East Wing and Election 2026

Jonathan D. Simon
Yes on 50, sign, crowd
Elections

Yes on Prop 50: Californians Vote and America Hangs in the Balance

Nathan Max

Health & Medicine

Russell Vought, Adolf Eichmann, accountants
Health & Medicine

The Death of Public Health: The Senseless Wholesale Axing of Vital CDC Offices

Angela Rasmussen 10/18/25

Another Friday night massacre, but this time it’s not just an essential federal public health agency that will die.

Donald Trump, deployment, National Guard, Washington, DC
Health & Medicine US Politics

The Media Should Be Much More Curious About Trump’s Health

Klaus Marre 09/07/25
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, exercising, Pentagon Athletic Center
Health & Medicine

RFK Jr. Is a One-Trick Pony

Paul Offit 08/26/25

Economy

Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump, Melania Trump, Bill Gates
Business

Our Craven Country: Why Corporations Keep Bowing to Trump

Neal Gabler
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, CMA CGM Brazil
Economy

IMF Predicts Slowdown as Trump’s Tariffs & Volatility Impact the Global Economy

Klaus Marre
Farmworkers, pick strawberries, Fort Valley, GA
Immigration

Trump Administration Identifies Huge Threat to Affordable Food Supply: Itself

Klaus Marre
President Xi Jinping, Rwanda
Economy

Trump Reignites Trade War with China

Klaus Marre

Justice

Total, sign, Laurent Vincenti
Courts Environment

Oil Giant Total’s Net Zero Claims Broke the Law, Court Rules

Emily Sanders 11/04/25

The ruling is the first court judgment against an oil company for statements about its role in combatting the climate crisis.

Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi
Rights & Liberties

Federal Judge Tells Noem and Bondi to Stop Lying So Much

Klaus Marre 10/28/25
Chicago, No Kings, march, June 14, 2025
Rights & Liberties US Politics

On No Kings Day, Why Protest Matters

Daniel Malmer 10/16/25
No Kings Day, sign, Kings don't belong in America.
Rights & Liberties US Politics

Republicans Are Terrified of the ‘No Kings’ Mass Protest

Klaus Marre 10/15/25
ICE raid, apartment, Chicago
Rights & Liberties US Politics

Fascism Now: Regime’s Blackhawk Helicopter Descends on Chicago Apartment Complex

Lucian K. Truscott IV 10/04/25

Podcast

Marc Andreessen, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Silicon Valley

The Radicalization of Silicon Valley: Democracy Is Optional

Jeff Schechtman
Ted Kaczynski, Luigi Mangione, young men

The Assassin Next Door: Luigi Mangione and America’s Angry Young Men

Jeff Schechtman
Economic Storm

When the Bubble Bursts: The Economy Can’t Be Spun

Jeff Schechtman
Earth Day 1970, 20 million people participated

Why The ‘No Kings’ March Won’t Change Anything — Until It Does

Jeff Schechtman

Cartoon

Donald Trump, Epstein Ballroom, East Wing

Constitutionalist Design

Jon Richards
Kristi Noem, Greg Bovino, ICE, Terror, Halloween

Kristi Noem’s DHS Is Scaring Families to Create Content for Social Media Posts

DonkeyHotey
Shadow, US Debt Crisis, Cayman Islands, Hedge Funds

Saturday Hashtag #ShadowDebtCrisis

Sean Ogden

Editors' Picks

U.S. economy, labor, unemployment, pace of hiring, jobless boom

Not Hiring: Job Market Leaves Unemployed in Limbo as Economy Threats Multiply

Whowhatwhy Editors
climate crisis, global warming, Brazil, COP30 summit, UN chief Antonio Guterres, climate goal fail

UN Chief Scolds Nations for Failing Climate Goals Ahead of COP30 Summit

Whowhatwhy Editors
science, ecosystem, biodiversity, trees, gardens, insects, caterpillars, survival

Give Caterpillars a ‘Soft Landing’ Under Your Trees.

Whowhatwhy Editors
science, health, doomscrolling, managing anxiety, meditation, path to peace

The Best Meditation Apps to Quit Doomscrolling and Find Peace Instead

Whowhatwhy Editors
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