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Cartoon

Font of Wisdom

Jon Richards 12/16/25

Woke typefaces get what’s coming to them.

Donald Trump, Podium, Memorial, Charlie Kirk
US Politics

Trump Finds a New Low; Can Republicans Find the Courage to Point It Out?

Klaus Marre 12/15/25
Elon Musk, Memorial, Charlie Kirk, AZ
US Politics

A Free-Speech Nobel Nomination for Musk and Other Head-Slapping Absurdities

Russ Baker 12/15/25
Donald Trump, delivering remarks, McDonald's Impact Summit
Economy Opinion

Trump’s A+++++ Economy Is a Tough Sell

Klaus Marre 12/14/25
Donald Trump, White House, reporters, protest, piggy
Cartoon

If the White House Press Corps Gave Trump a Taste of His Own Vile Medicine

DonkeyHotey 12/14/25

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

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

Ukraine

large locust, Ukrainian field
Environment

Locusts and Landmines Threaten Ukraine’s Farmland

Ruchi Kumar
Vladimir Putin, Steve Witkoff
International

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

Craig Unger
Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine, Peace Plan
Cartoon

Dictatored, Not Read

Jon Richards
The Dogs of Mariupol, Tom Mutch,
Ukraine

Tom Mutch’s ‘The Dogs of Mariupol’

William T. Dowell

Guns in the USA

Donald Trump, National Guard shooting
Guns in the USA

DC Shooting Offers Trump the Pretext He Was Looking For

Klaus Marre 11/30/25

Republicans generally ignore gun violence… unless a shooting features the “right” perpetrator/victim combination, in which case they will use isolated incidents to justify sweeping policy changes.

Teens For Gun Reform, Washington, DC
Guns in the USA

A Guide to (Not) Covering School Shootings

Klaus Marre 12/17/24
ghost guns, arms trafficking, NJ case
Guns in the USA Opinion

‘They’ Really Are Trying to Kill Donald Trump… and All of Us

Klaus Marre 09/15/24

Epstein

Epstein, Trump, protest posters, Washington, DC
Environment

Jeffrey Epstein, Climate Change Doubter

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

Trump Folds on Epstein Files

Klaus Marre
Best Friends Forever, Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, Sunset
Criminal Justice

Desperate Donald: Trump Tries New Tactic to Distract From His Epstein Ties

Klaus Marre
Ghislaine Maxwell mug shot
Criminal Justice

Club Fed: Dems Inquire Why Epstein Confidante Maxwell Gets VIP Prison Treatment

Klaus Marre

Environment

large locust, Ukrainian field
Environment

Locusts and Landmines Threaten Ukraine’s Farmland

Ruchi Kumar 12/11/25

Ecosystems have also come under threat from toxic plants whose spread has been difficult to control during the Russian invasion.

Polar bear, watches, US Coast Guard Cutter
Environment

Dismantling the Endangered Species Act Will Hurt a Lot More Than Just Wildlife

Sophie Hurwitz, Matt Simon 12/09/25
Caldor Fire, Eldorado National Forest
Environment US Politics

California Endures Whipsaw Climate Extremes as Federal Support Withers

Aaron Cantú 12/04/25

Culture

Friction, match, spark
Culture

The Great Un-Humaning: What We Lose When Everything’s Easy

Jill Filipovic
Starling_Murmuration_Daniel_Dencescu_3x2.jpg
Culture

When Birds Move as One — and We Struggle To

Russ Baker
Petit Désert, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, 1920
Art

ARS POETICA: A Conversation

Gerald Jonas
Dixie Fire, Northern California
Culture

What Catastrophes Get Our Attention, and Why It Matters

Kedrick James and Derek Gladwin

Justice

national guard in California
Courts

Judge Orders Trump to Relinquish Control of CA National Guard

Klaus Marre 12/10/25

Stating that Donald Trump wants a “blank check” instead of checks and balances, a federal judge on Wednesday ordered the president to return control of the California National Guard to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).

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
Senator, Mark Kelly, Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth
Justice US Politics

Pete Hegseth Opens Investigation of Mark Kelly: Kelly Responds

Michael D. Sellers 11/26/25
Epstein, Trump, protest posters, Washington, DC
Environment Epstein

Jeffrey Epstein, Climate Change Doubter

Sara Peach 11/25/25
person, shrouded in mystery
Criminal Justice US Politics

The Deep, Dark Secret Behind the Staying Power of the Epstein Story

Lucian Truscott IV 11/20/25

Podcast

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
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

Cartoon

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

Font of Wisdom

Jon Richards
Donald Trump, White House, reporters, protest, piggy

If the White House Press Corps Gave Trump a Taste of His Own Vile Medicine

DonkeyHotey
drone attacks, cartoon, Rall

Hurt People Hurt People

Ted Rall

Editors' Picks

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Koh Lipe: Thai Island Where Ocean Water Stays Swimming Pool Clear 80 Feet Down

Whowhatwhy Editors
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Humans Made Fire 350,000 Years Earlier Than Thought, UK Discovery Suggests

Whowhatwhy Editors
government, corporations, tracking citizens, shared databases

Saturday Hashtag: #TrackedBySharedDatabases

Sean Ogden
climate crisis, global warming, Pacific Northwest, unusual weather, atmospheric rivers, flooding

Blend of Unusual Weather Brings Trillions of Gallons of Rain to Northwest

Whowhatwhy Editors
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