Great News, America! Elon Musk Is ‘Crawling’ Through Your Social Security Data
The first step to getting rid of Social Security or completely remaking it is to get Americans to mistrust a widely popular system. Elon Musk is trying to do just that.
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The GOP’s Epic Quest to Blame Dems for Looming Shutdown Begins
While Democrats frequently bail out Republicans before they can shut down the government, this should not be one of those times.
Trump Wants Revenge for How Putin and He Were Mistreated by US Law Enforcement
Trump and Vance teamed up against Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in an effort to browbeat him into accepting a bad ceasefire deal with Putin.
Republicans Dominate List of Top Congressional Performance Artists in February
For a second time this year, we compiled a list of lawmakers who are most brazenly seeking attention.
Economists Divided Over Impact on Egg Prices of Trump’s Late-Night Baseball Rant
What will be the impact on grocery prices of putting Pete Rose in baseball’s Hall of Fame? We asked the world’s leading experts… and the answers may not surprise you.
What Everybody is Missing about Bob Dylan’s JFK Song
A story from the WhoWhatWhy Archive that will never grow old.
Fascists Versus ‘the Law’
The Dems shouldn’t bring a brief to a gunfight.
Robber Barons 2.0: Trump, Musk, and America’s New Gilded Age
Not democracy’s end but the Gilded Age reborn. Trump’s McKinley obsession reveals imperial ambitions and endless corruption.
One Small Thing: Using Your Skills to Resist
In addition to throwing shards of glass into the abyss, it’s time to start homing in on what you specifically can bring to this fight. We all have something.
What the Anti-Trump Resistance Can Learn From German Nazis
Here is what the anti-Trump resistance has to remember: Determined individuals have made even Adolf Hitler pause one his evil schemes.
Soccer Players Risk Heat Stress in World Cup Stadiums
Rapidly traveling between climate zones, all with different average temperatures, humidities, and oxygen levels, will place additional stress on players, staff, and spectators.
What Trump Is Trying To Do
Purging the Pentagon and putting all deadly force in the hands of ultra-loyalists is about one very alarming thing.
Musk Suggests Trump Should Be Fired
When Elon Musk said that those government employees should be cut from the federal payroll who are not essential or who are doing their jobs poorly, surely he must have meant Donald Trump.
Comedy at a Crossroads: Why the World Needs Bill Hicks More Than Ever
We lost a comedic prophet 31 years ago: Bill Hicks, who, with wit and rage, preached about the need for us to evolve. We didn’t listen.
Trump to Chief Archivist of the United States: ‘You’re Fired!’
If facts, records, and history matter, so does an honest, non-politicized National Archives: A message from the National Archives Union.
DOGE or DODGE? White House Refuses to Provide Answers on Musk’s Pet Project
Even though Elon Musk just loves tweeting about DOGE’s “successes,” the White House really doesn’t like to answer questions about who is in charge.
‘It’s About Control’: Why Trump Changed Denali’s Name to Mount McKinley
America has always stripped the land of its original Indigenous names. It’s had surprising climate implications.
The Task Ahead: Pull In the Dissatisfied Trump Voters
Moral purity is nice, but a still-standing country is nicer.
Trump’s Anniversary Gifts to Putin: Lies and a UN Vote
On the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Donald Trump only had gifts for Vladimir Putin.
Prosecuting Trump Criminality — Let’s Start Documenting Now
The US will need its own Nuremberg Tribunal.
Trump Effect: Likely New German Leader Seeks ‘Independence’ from US
While Donald Trump celebrates the victory of Germany’s right-of-center party, its leader made it clear that his country can no longer rely on the US as an ally.
Friday February 28 No-Shop Blackout: The Start of Something Big?
Can shoppers save our country by not shopping?
Will Elon Musk Deport the Statue of Liberty?
Co-President Musk is crippling agencies that treat immigrants, people of color, women, and LBGTQ Americans as people with rights under the Constitution.
WhoWhatWhy Obtains Trump Email Explaining to Musk What He Did This Week
Elon Musk wants government employees to email their managers about what they did this week. Here is Donald Trump’s email to him.
As Americans Grow Weary of Musk & DOGE, Trump Wants Him to Be ‘More Aggressive’
Americans aren’t enthusiastic about Elon Musk and DOGE. But President Donald Trump wants him to keep going.
The Ramparts of Specificity
What’s the appropriately revolutionary response to the government layoffs?
One Small Thing: In the Resistance Marathon, We Need to Run Together
Time to hit the streets and find like-minded fellows along the way. There may not be centralized leadership yet, but doing small things each day can get us there.
Sein Kampf — Elon Musk Takes His Struggle for Far-Right Supremacy to Germany
After buying himself an American president, Elon Musk now hopes that his endorsement can install a far-right government in Germany… or that he can at least sow chaos in Europe’s largest economy.
Trump Courts the ‘Truce of the Bear’
Putin may seem charming to those he’s courting, but let’s not forget that he’s the one raining missiles on innocent women and children on a daily basis in Ukraine.
A Silent Threat Underground: Deregulation Fuels the Spread of Forever Chemicals
The Trump administration has already rolled back planned limits on PFAS chemicals, which have been linked to cancer and other health problems.
America’s Cultural Revolution From Self-Awareness to Self-Righteousness
America’s rapid transformation from a nation that could laugh at itself to one consumed by judgment and cynicism, threatens the future of democracy itself.
White House Knife Fight? Trump, Musk, Bannon, Jared, and a Four-Year-Old
Mapping the internecine warfare in and out of the Oval Office.
Happy ‘GOP Owns Every Bad Thing Kash Patel Does Day’ to All Who Celebrate
When, and not if, Kash Patel abuses his office, let’s not forget that it was Senate Republicans who are responsible for every one of his misdeeds.
Does Putin Own Trump? Examining Their Long, Tangled, One-Sided Relationship.
Try coming up with a better explanation for what is going on.
Trump Serves a Powerful Reminder That Putin Owns Him
Donald Trump launched a full-scale verbal attack on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday that left no doubt as to whose side the US president is on.
Musk Is Gutting a Government Created to Protect Most Americans
DOGE has been erasing whole government departments without bothering to think about the impact their loss will have on millions of Americans who depend on their services.
Americans Distrust Musk With Their Data and Their Money
Americans are wary of Elon Musk’s access to their data and his influence over how their tax money should be spent.
Art of the Extortion — Trump’s Indecent Proposal to Ukraine
Donald Trump is using Ukraine’s dire situation to make a buck. Others should take note that US foreign policy is going to be highly transactional going forward.
Canada OKs ‘Massive’ $20 Billion Loan for Trans-Mountain Pipeline
Critics say support for TMX means struggling Canadians end up paying the price as global fossil fuel companies “reap the rewards.”
What’s Our Appropriate Response to Donald’s Insanity?
When he says you are fired. We sit down and say let’s see you enforce that. And then we do it again. We strike. We occupy. We encamp. We sanctuary.
Open Letter to DOJ: Listen to Tom Homan and Go After AOC!
Tom Homan wants the Department of Justice to look into whether Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) committed a crime by telling people about the Constitution. We think they should go for it. What’s the worst that could happen?
Stopping Trump and Musk Will Require Everyone
Whether you fight with words alone, or join marching crowds, or weaponize your wallet, you have more power than you may realize. Just use it!
Celebrating a President Like No Other
On this Presidents’ Day, we celebrate our nation’s most unique leader… and we all know who we are talking about.
With Friends Like These… The ‘Free World’ Has to View Trump as an Adversary
The US is no longer a friend to Canada, the UK, or the EU. It’s time for them, and the rest of the world, to act accordingly.
Republicans Object to Papal Lessons on the Teachings of Jesus
Trump and Vance are mad at Pope Francis for lecturing them about caring for immigrants.
Trump’s Crazy Social Media Post Isn’t the Problem
Donald Trump wants to be king, and Republicans are not even batting an eye.
JD Vance Teaches Europeans a Lesson… in Hypocrisy
In his first foreign trip as vice president, JD Vance delivered a masterclass in hypocrisy and antagonizing America’s longstanding allies.
Trump’s Make America Great Again Plan: Dismantle the Constitution
A shadow government Is rising — how far will it go?