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shutdown, Epstein files
Cartoon

Open for Business

Jon Richards 11/11/25

The shutdown brings new revelations.

Elon Musk, billionaires, income inequality
Art US Politics

Billionaires Rewrite the News. The Rest of Us Deal With Reality

Russ Baker 11/10/25
Tim Kaine, visits, Germanna Community College
US Politics

Cave (Wo)Men: Democratic Senators Fold in Shutdown Fight

Klaus Marre 11/10/25
Dancing through history, bingeing, Turner Classic Movies
Art

Bingeing on TCM: A Poem

Gerald Jonas 11/09/25
Donald Trump, Andrew Cuomo, dinosaurs
Cartoon

Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo Are Decomposing Before Our Eyes

DonkeyHotey 11/09/25

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

Elections

Election Day morning, Fairfax, VA, 2025
Elections

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

Jonathan D. Simon 11/08/25

How much can a small election tell us about a big one?

Speaker, Mike Johnson, official portrait, 2024
Elections

GOP Lives in Denial After Election Night Shellacking

Klaus Marre 11/07/25
Nope sign, No Kings, Washington, DC
Elections

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

Klaus Marre 11/05/25

Economy

Donald Trump, Numbers, Trillions, Fake
Economy

If Trump Has Raked in Trillions, Where Is the Money?

Klaus Marre
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

Government Integrity

Donald Trump, dancing, democracy burns
Government Integrity

Donald Trump: King or Tyrant-in-Waiting?

William T. Dowell 10/24/25

Seven million Americans took part in the “No Kings” demonstration. Satire ruled the day, but the damage Trump has already caused the US is not funny.

Field of grain, brown
Environment Government Integrity

Fact-Checking a Trump Administration Claim About Climate Change and Crops

Dana Nuccitelli 10/21/25
John Bolton, CPAC, 2018
Government Integrity

The Bolton Indictment: More of the Same, but Also Something New

Klaus Marre 10/16/25

Journalism & Media

Zohran Mamdani, scaffolding policy
Journalism & Media

Who Is Zohran Mamdani? And How Do You Know?

Russ Baker
Washington Post, building, sign, Washington, DC
Deep Dives

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

Jonathan D. Simon
Donald Trump, podium
Journalism & Media

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

WhoWhatWhy Staff
Donald Trump, Jeanine Pirro, speaking
Elections

Court Filing Serves as Reminder That Fox News Is the GOP’s Propaganda Arm

Klaus Marre

Rights & Liberties

Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi
Rights & Liberties

Federal Judge Tells Noem and Bondi to Stop Lying So Much

Klaus Marre 10/28/25

While it is welcome news whenever any member of the Trump administration is being held to account, it would be nice if the penalties for their illegal, unlawful, and inappropriate actions were a bit stiffer. 

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

Environment

Earth, stars
Environment

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

Raissa Estrela, Ph.D.
Total, sign, Laurent Vincenti
Courts

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

Emily Sanders
Democrats, climate change
Environment

Why Democrats Aren’t Talking About Climate Change Much Anymore

Kate Yoder
Fracking operation, East of Denver, CO, Rocky Mountains
Environment

Oil and Gas Companies Used Banned Toxic Chemicals Near the Rocky Mountains

Jennifer Oldham

International

Trump and Infantino
Culture International

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

Klaus Marre 11/05/25

Donald Trump may have lost an election on Tuesday, but we have an inkling that he might be in the running for FIFA’s new peace prize.

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

Trump’s Middle East Reality Check

James M. Dorsey 10/23/25
sign, Tel Aviv, Cyrus The Great Is Alive
International US Politics

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

William T. Dowell 10/15/25
Donald Trump, announcing, Gaza, peace plan
International

Triumphant Trump Basks in Deserved Accolades in the Middle East

Klaus Marre 10/14/25
President Xi Jinping, Rwanda
Economy International

Trump Reignites Trade War with China

Klaus Marre 10/10/25

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

shutdown, Epstein files

Open for Business

Jon Richards
Donald Trump, Andrew Cuomo, dinosaurs

Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo Are Decomposing Before Our Eyes

DonkeyHotey
DNC, candidates, too far left

A Complaint for All Seasons

Ted Rall

Editors' Picks

climate crisis, global warming, oceans, Great Barrier Reef, projection

Great Barrier Reef May Partially Recover if Global Warming Is Kept Below 2C

Whowhatwhy Editors
Cargill, Death Star

Saturday Hashtag: #AHiddenEmpireRules

Sean Ogden
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
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