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Windmill, farm, wind energy
Environment

Trump Strikes a Blow Against His Greatest Enemy

Klaus Marre 12/22/25

Donald Trump’s obsession with offshore windmills is costing Congress a chance to reach a deal on legislation that would benefit the country’s energy infrastructure. 

Russ Baker, Founder, CEO, Editor-in-Chief, WhoWhatWhy
US Politics

Review of a Week’s Mayhem: Oil Grabs, Mass Shootings, and a Little Wag-the-Dog

Russ Baker 12/22/25
Best Friends Forever, Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein
Epstein

Trump Will Never Shake Epstein Suspicion Like This

Klaus Marre 12/22/25
Donald Trump, National Security Strategy, 2025
Politics

A Second Look at Trump’s Latest National Security Strategy

William T. Dowell 12/21/25
Workers add Trump's name, Donald J. Trump, Kennedy Center
US Politics

What’s in a Name? Trump Doesn’t Care, as Long as It’s His

Klaus Marre 12/21/25

Deep Dives

Trump Tower, Epstein

Stumper: Why Was Jeffrey Epstein Obsessed With Donald Trump Back in 2011?

Russ Baker
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, filibuster scene, Jimmy Stewart

Shutdown Post-Mortem: Straightening Out the Democrats’ Circular Firing Squad

Jonathan D. Simon
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

Journalism & Media

Donald Trump, addresses the nation, Christmas, New Year, 2025
Journalism & Media

Prime-Time Trump: Just Lyin’ and Yellin’ in the Rain

Jonathan D. Simon 12/19/25

The networks may be cowards, but Wednesday night they did us all a big favor.

Zohran Mamdani, scaffolding policy
Journalism & Media US Politics

Who Is Zohran Mamdani? And How Do You Know?

Russ Baker 11/03/25
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

One Small Thing

People, working together, hands
One Small Thing

One Small Thing: Keep On Keeping On

Darlena Cunha
Ditch Doge, Hands-Off Protest
One Small Thing

One Small Thing: Keep Hounding Everyone

Darlena Cunha
Camp Blanding, Starke, FL, Alligator Alcatraz
One Small Thing

One Small Thing: Be Seen and Be Heard

Darlena Cunha
Workers, install, Alligator Alcatraz, sign
One Small Thing

One Small Thing: No One Is Alone

Darlena Cunha

Government Integrity

Binance CEO, Changpeng Zhao, Web Summit 2022
Government Integrity

Dear Reader, I Hereby Pardon You

Klaus Marre 12/12/25

Donald Trump’s use of the pardon power is a reflection of the president himself… and that’s not a good thing. Fortunately, even his authority has (some) limits. 

Pete Hegseth, hosts, drone demonstration, Pentagon
Government Integrity

Hegseth Does Not Know the Meaning of the Word ‘Exoneration’

Klaus Marre 12/04/25
Donald Trump, dancing, democracy burns
Government Integrity US Politics

Donald Trump: King or Tyrant-in-Waiting?

William T. Dowell 10/24/25

International

aasai herder, watches over, cattle
Environment

The New Scramble for Tanzania’s Savanna

Theophile Simon
Soldiers, small farmhouse, Ukraine
Ukraine

Trump’s Unpredictability and Pro-Kremlin Sympathies Rattle Nerves in Ukraine

Joseph Roche
peace prize
International

Inaugural FIFA Peace Prize Recipient Threatens Venezuela

Klaus Marre
large locust, Ukrainian field
Environment

Locusts and Landmines Threaten Ukraine’s Farmland

Ruchi Kumar

Epstein

Best Friends Forever, Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein
Epstein

Trump Will Never Shake Epstein Suspicion Like This

Klaus Marre 12/22/25

If the Trump administration is trying to convince Americans that there is nothing to see in the Epstein files, it is doing a terrible job.

Lisa Phillips, speaks, news conference, Epstein survivors
Epstein US Politics

DOJ Ignores Epstein Transparency Law

Klaus Marre 12/19/25
Epstein, Trump, protest posters, Washington, DC
Environment Epstein

Jeffrey Epstein, Climate Change Doubter

Sara Peach 11/25/25

Health & Medicine

The Xylom, RFK Jr,_Climate Change Art
Environment

On a Sweltering Planet, ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Puts Kids’ Health at Risk

Lisa Patel, Grace Wickerson
Rick Scott, 2021 Student Action Summit
Health & Medicine

Trump’s Secret Super-Duper Health Care Plan Takes Shape

Klaus Marre
Russell Vought, Adolf Eichmann, accountants
Health & Medicine

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

Angela Rasmussen
Donald Trump, deployment, National Guard, Washington, DC
Health & Medicine

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

Klaus Marre

Economy

Donald Trump, Yokosuka Naval Base
Economy

In Prime Time Trainwreck, Trump Promises Americans the Moon

Klaus Marre 12/18/25

Donald Trump gave Democrats an early Christmas gift on Wednesday night by promising Americans an economic boom that is unlikely to materialize.

VP JD Vance, podium, speaking
Economy

JD Vance Test Drives the Lies That Republicans Hope Will Win the Midterms

Klaus Marre 12/16/25
Brooke Rollins, Turning Point USA
Economy US Politics

Trump Announces Bailout for Farmers Hurt by Trump

Klaus Marre 12/08/25
Donald Trump, tariffs
Economy

Trump Inadvertently Admits That US Businesses Pay for His Tariffs

Klaus Marre 11/24/25
Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump, Melania Trump, Bill Gates
Business US Politics

Our Craven Country: Why Corporations Keep Bowing to Trump

Neal Gabler 10/16/25

Podcast

Jeff Schechtman, Podcast, Best-of, WhoWhatWhy, 2025

WhoWhatWhy’s Top 10 Podcasts of 2025 — Part 1

Jeff Schechtman
Gun violence

It’s Not Always About Guns or Monsters

Jeff Schechtman
Elon Musk, government workers, cuts, chainsaw, rage

Fired by Email: What It Felt Like To Be Targeted by DOGE’s Federal Purge

Jeff Schechtman
map, history, United States, 1921

What If the America We Think We Live in Never Existed?

Jeff Schechtman

Cartoon

Donald Trump, Martin Luther King Jr, MLK, memorial

Where Will It End? What Other Monuments Will Donald Trump Spoil With His Name?

DonkeyHotey
Media, Dumpster Fire

Saturday Hashtag: #LegacyMediaFail

Sean Ogden
Marco Rubio, State Department, Font, Times New Roman, Calibri

Font of Wisdom

Jon Richards

Editors' Picks

climate change, global warming, renewable energy, California, electrical grid, transformation

How California Became A Clean Energy Powerhouse

Whowhatwhy Editors
U.S. healthcare, Affordable Care Act, Congress, enhanced subsidies expiring, plan B

Millions of Soon-To-Be Uninsured Americans Searching for Health ‘Plan B’

Whowhatwhy Editors
Media, Dumpster Fire

Saturday Hashtag: #LegacyMediaFail

Sean Ogden
science, psychology, brain, swearing, pain, strength, new finding

Does Swearing Make You Stronger? Science Says Yes.

Whowhatwhy Editors
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