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Brooke Rollins, Turning Point USA
Economy US Politics

Trump Announces Bailout for Farmers Hurt by Trump

Klaus Marre 12/08/25

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins was trying to figure out during a meeting at the White House why the production costs of American farmers keep going up. As it turns out, the answer was literally staring her in the face.

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

Media Dance Around the Big Story: How, Under Trump, the Rich Run the Country

Russ Baker 12/08/25
Marjorie Taylor Greene, West Palm Beach, FL
US Politics

Rule of Fear: MTG’s ‘60 Minutes’ Interview Shows How Trump Keeps GOP in Line

Klaus Marre 12/07/25
Donald Trump, Moron Doctrine, Venezuela
Cartoon

Donald Trump Is America’s First Pirate President

DonkeyHotey 12/07/25
Sculptures, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Scholl Siblings, Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl
Opinion Rights & Liberties

Heroes and Villains — History Will Be the Ultimate Judge of Trump and MAGA

Klaus Marre 12/07/25

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

International

MBS_Elon_Musk_US-Saudi_Investment_Forum_3x2.jpg
International

Saudi Arabia Emerging as a Global Powerhouse

James M. Dorsey 12/06/25

Rare earth minerals, weapons, consumer goods, and chips join oil as sources of the kingdom’s regional and global leverage.

Trump, FIFA Peace Prize
International

Trump Wins Consolation Peace Prize Created to Stop Him From Ruining World Cup

Klaus Marre 12/05/25
Pete Hegseth, Admiral Frank M. Bradley
International Justice

Was the Killing of the Two Survivors of US Attack ‘Just’ Murder or a War Crime?

William T. Dowell 12/03/25

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

Elections

Aftyn Behn, Tennessee, special election, campaigning
Elections

TN Special Election Ends Up Not Too Close, But Too Close for Comfort for GOP

Klaus Marre 12/03/25

While the GOP held on to its seat in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District on Tuesday, the final result shows that Republicans face considerable political headwinds going into 2026 and will likely lead to a slew of retirement announcements in the coming weeks.

Poll workers, count ballots, Detroit
Elections

They Do Audits, Don’t They? A Hard Look at What They Say Makes Elections Secure

Christopher Bystroff 12/03/25
Election Day morning, Fairfax, VA, 2025
Elections US Politics

Election 2025: The Verdict Was Clear but Will the Midterms Be Free and Fair?

Jonathan D. Simon 11/08/25

US Politics

Brooke Rollins, Turning Point USA
Economy

Trump Announces Bailout for Farmers Hurt by Trump

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

Media Dance Around the Big Story: How, Under Trump, the Rich Run the Country

Russ Baker
Marjorie Taylor Greene, West Palm Beach, FL
US Politics

Rule of Fear: MTG’s ‘60 Minutes’ Interview Shows How Trump Keeps GOP in Line

Klaus Marre
Caldor Fire, Eldorado National Forest
Environment

California Endures Whipsaw Climate Extremes as Federal Support Withers

Aaron Cantú

Ukraine

Vladimir Putin, Steve Witkoff
International

Who Is Steve Witkoff, and Why Is He in Charge of Negotiating Ukraine’s Future?

Craig Unger 11/26/25

And who is the mysterious “mutual friend” who got Witkoff to do a favor for a Russian mobster?

The Dogs of Mariupol, Tom Mutch,
Ukraine

Tom Mutch’s ‘The Dogs of Mariupol’

William T. Dowell 10/04/25
Donald Trump, hosts, Volodymyr Zelenskyy White House, ceasefire, Petteri Orpo, Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz, Ursula von der Leyen, Giorgia Meloni, Keir Starmer, Alexander Stubb, Mark Rutte
Ukraine

Trump Says Ukraine Can Win All of Its Territory Back

Klaus Marre 09/23/25

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

Environment

Caldor Fire, Eldorado National Forest
Environment US Politics

California Endures Whipsaw Climate Extremes as Federal Support Withers

Aaron Cantú 12/04/25

Data and aid to fight landslides fueled by bigger fires and intense storms are imperiled under Trump.

Microsoft, Azure, datacenters, Wenatchee, WA
Environment Technology

How to Make Data Centers Less Thirsty

Naveena Sadasivam 12/02/25
Dixie Fire, Northern California
Culture Environment

What Catastrophes Get Our Attention, and Why It Matters

Kedrick James and Derek Gladwin 11/27/25
Epstein, Trump, protest posters, Washington, DC
Environment Epstein

Jeffrey Epstein, Climate Change Doubter

Sara Peach 11/25/25
The Xylom, RFK Jr,_Climate Change Art
Environment Health & Medicine

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

Lisa Patel, Grace Wickerson 11/19/25

Podcast

map, history, United States, 1921

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

Jeff Schechtman
How to, talk, family, during the holidays

Eat, Don’t Talk: Why You Did Not Win That Thanksgiving Argument

Jeff Schechtman
Andreessen Horowitz, Palantir, Anduril, Flock Safety, Tesla, Fanduel, Draft Kings, Polymarket, Cheddr, DoubleSpeed, Cluely

Who’s Building Our Tech Future? Innovation Without a North Star

Jeff Schechtman
ICE, Chicago

What’s Really Happening in Latino Communities

Jeff Schechtman

Cartoon

Donald Trump, Moron Doctrine, Venezuela

Donald Trump Is America’s First Pirate President

DonkeyHotey
Ai art, Black Friday Sale, AI Generative Video Software, Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil.

Saturday Hashtag: #NewRealityDiscount

Sean Ogden
Threat Under the HIgh Seas, Boat Strikes

At Least They Care

Ted Rall

Editors' Picks

science, nature, biodiversity, rare wild animals, white lynx photographed

Rare White Iberian Lynx Captured on Film by Amateur Photographer

Whowhatwhy Editors
Ai art, Black Friday Sale, AI Generative Video Software, Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil.

Saturday Hashtag: #NewRealityDiscount

Sean Ogden
climate crisis, global warming, winter weather, average temperatures, increases, NOAA, map, new report

Seasonal Suppression: How Much Winter Has Warmed in Your City

Whowhatwhy Editors
science, climate crisis, global warming, meteorology, cirrus clouds, creation, discovery

Scientists Uncover Surprise Origin of Wispy Cirrus Clouds

Whowhatwhy Editors
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