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Bodies, Iranian, protesters, Kahrizak District
Podcast

Iran’s Maximum Moment: Why This Uprising Is Different

Jeff Schechtman 02/06/26

The largest massacre in modern history happened in 48 hours. Shay Khatiri on what comes next in an Iran on the brink.

Tulsi Gabbard, Trump, Cabinet meeting
Elections

Fulton County, Gabbard Hold Key to Trump’s Attempt to Rig the Midterms

Klaus Marre 02/06/26
Ice Agent, poses for pictures, Worst of the Worst, Minneapolis
Opinion Rights & Liberties

With Leverage on Their Side, Dems Lay Out Demands for Reining in ICE

Klaus Marre 02/05/26
Billboards, London, Picadilly Circus
Environment

Whistleblowers Warn That Ad Industry Is Fueling Online Hatred and Climate Crisis

TJ Jordan 02/05/26
USS Abraham Lincoln, Multinational task force
International

Bridging Gaps in US-Iran Talks Is Easier Said Than Done

James M. Dorsey 02/04/26

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

ICBM test launch
International

Nuclear Arms Race Looms After Last Weapons Control Treaty Expires

Klaus Marre 02/05/26

For the first time in decades, no nuclear arms treaty is in place after a deal between the US and Russia that had capped the number of deployed nuclear warheads expired on Thursday.

USS Abraham Lincoln, Multinational task force
International

Bridging Gaps in US-Iran Talks Is Easier Said Than Done

James M. Dorsey 02/04/26
sign, Tel Aviv, Cyrus The Great Is Alive
International

Trump Gets to Claim He Made Peace, Israel Gets Billions, Palestinians Get Death

Klaus Marre 02/04/26

Economy

Narendra Modi, Kennedy Center
Economy

As Americans Pay for Trump’s Tariffs, the Rest of the World Makes Deals

Klaus Marre
Donald Trump, Jerome Powell, Federal Reserve
Economy

The Upside to Threatening Powell: A Blueprint for Post-Trump Accountability

Klaus Marre
Farmworker, Suvarna Yadav, collapsed, extreme heat
Environment

Extreme Heat Turns Work Deadly

Sanket Jain
Donald Trump, addresses the nation, Christmas, New Year, 2025
Economy

In Biden Redux, Trump Tries to Convince Americans Their Struggles Aren’t Real

Klaus Marre

Environment

Billboards, London, Picadilly Circus
Environment

Whistleblowers Warn That Ad Industry Is Fueling Online Hatred and Climate Crisis

TJ Jordan

Anonymous group of senior executives say major ad agencies are “enabling harm rather than doing good.”

Smoke plume, 2016 Rey Fire, California
Environment Health & Medicine

Wildfire Smoke Linked to 17,000 Strokes Annually in the United States

Emily Gardner 02/03/26
Donald Trump, delivers remarks, Donald J. Trump and John F Kennedy Center
Environment

One Year of Trump: How the US Reversed Climate Progress, at Home and Abroad

Martina Igini 01/29/26

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

Epstein

Good Trouble Protest, Anti Trump, Epstein Files, DC
Epstein

The Week in Epstein News: Trump, Comer, the Clintons, and Some Ford Worker

Klaus Marre 01/17/26

With so much happening in the US and around the globe, let’s not forget about Jeffrey Epstein and the Trump administration’s efforts to keep documents related to the disgraced financier hidden.

Best Friends Forever, Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein
Epstein

Trump Will Never Shake Epstein Suspicion Like This

Klaus Marre 12/22/25
Lisa Phillips, speaks, news conference, Epstein survivors
Epstein US Politics

DOJ Ignores Epstein Transparency Law

Klaus Marre 12/19/25

US Politics

Donald Trump, delivers remarks, Donald J. Trump and John F Kennedy Center
US Politics

The Absolutely Typical and Totally Crazy Day of Donald J. Trump

Klaus Marre
ICBM test launch
International

Nuclear Arms Race Looms After Last Weapons Control Treaty Expires

Klaus Marre
First Lady, Melania Trump, Chequers, UK
US Politics

‘Melania’, Minneapolis, Moguls, Midterms: Many Battles, One War

Russ Baker
IRS building, Washington, DC, sign
Opinion

Let’s Just Give Trump His $10 Billion

Klaus Marre

Justice

They Branded Her A Domestic Terrorist Before They Even Knew Her Name, protest sign
Rights & Liberties US Politics

Are You a Domestic Terrorist?

Jill Filipovic 01/30/26

The ominous government memo you may not have heard about that brands you an enemy of the state.

Heinrich Himmler, Greg Bovino
Rights & Liberties

Sorry, Greg Bovino, the Gestapo Boot Fits

Klaus Marre 01/26/26
Kristi Noem, observes, immigration enforcement efforts, Chantilly, VA
Rights & Liberties

Republicans Abandon Second Amendment

Klaus Marre 01/25/26
Emergency Vigil and March, Renee Nicole Good, Minneapolis
Rights & Liberties US Politics

Trump’s Gestapo Executes Minnesota Man

Klaus Marre 01/24/26
Benny Johnson, 2025 AmericaFest
Rights & Liberties US Politics

DOJ & Right-Wing Influencers Hope to Rally MAGA Around a Church Protest

Klaus Marre 01/20/26

Podcast

Bodies, Iranian, protesters, Kahrizak District

Iran’s Maximum Moment: Why This Uprising Is Different

Jeff Schechtman
Greenpeace International, action, UN Climate Change Conference, COP28, Expo City Dubai

The Climate Fight Without America: Why Hope Isn’t Optional

Jeff Schechtman
Jonathan D Simon, Election Integrity, 2008

Democracy’s Pulse Is Beating — But For How Long?

Jeff Schechtman
Police, guard, US, Supreme Court

What the Hell Happened to Police and Criminal Justice Reform?

Jeff Schechtman

Cartoon

Melania movie, box office flop

Show of Force

Jon Richards
Donald Trump, Melania, Oscars, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Be Prepared for Armageddon If the Melania Movie Doesn’t Win an Oscar

DonkeyHotey
stock market, manipulation

Saturday Hashtag: #GlobalFinancialTremors

Sean Ogden

Editors' Picks

science, insects, beetles, ants, symbiosis, chemical invisibility cloaks, life-saving tactic

These Beetles Sport Chemical ‘Invisibility Cloaks’ & Will Die if They’re Removed

Whowhatwhy Editors
US economy, wealth inequality, inflation, spending gap. new study

Wealthy Ramp Up Spending As Other Americans Tread Water

Whowhatwhy Editors
space exploration, NASA, manned moon mission, Artemis II rocket, hydrogen leaks, launch postponed until March

Unable To Tame Hydrogen Leaks, NASA Delays Artemis II Launch Until March

Whowhatwhy Editors
climate change, global warming, extreme weather, southern Australia, North America

Snowstorms in North America; Record Heat In Australia. Is This Climate Change?

Whowhatwhy Editors
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