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Find Someone Who Loves You as Much as Donald Trump Hates Wind Turbines
The federal government’s decision to halt construction on a nearly completed wind farm can be traced back to Donald Trump’s main passions: Golf, saying crazy things, and hating wind turbines.
Trump’s Nonsensical Drug Pricing Promise Reveals More Than a Low IQ
Even though Donald Trump sounds like a complete idiot when he vows that he could lower drug prices by 1,500 percent, he repeats this mathematical impossibility. The question is why. We came up with some troubling reasons.
Parts of New Orleans Are Sinking
Areas near the airport, along floodwalls, and in nearby wetlands are subsiding because of a combination of natural and anthropogenic forces.
Trump Troopers: New Executive Order Seems to Create a Federal Brute Squad
Ominous and vague language included in Donald Trump’s latest executive order on placing the nation’s capital under his control by utilizing armed forces makes us wonder what the endgame is.
Facing the Very Real Possibility That Donald Trump Is a Madman
The rest of us no longer have the luxury of tuning out to preserve our mental health.
What More Does Trump Have to Do to Prove He Wants to Be a Dictator?
Donald Trump said he’d be a dictator and he acts like one. Why won’t Americans believe him?
Under a Vindictive Trump, Journalism Is Becoming a High-Risk Occupation
For the first time ever, we have been forced to have frank conversations with American job applicants about the risks journalists now face.
Finally, a Democrat Is Giving the Republicans a Taste of Their Own Medicine
Trump’s communication style is schoolyard-ugly. Newsom is posting in Trump’s voice to reveal the ugliness. Conservatives are falling for it again.
If You Are Not Working to Defend America, You Are Helping Trump Destroy It
An authoritarian takeover isn’t some kind of game that you can sit out… because the destruction of the United States as we know it will affect you and everybody you care about.
Donald Trump Knows a Nice Piece of Grass When He Sees One
Two kinds of people could claim to know more about grass than the other 8 billion humans on the planet: actual grass experts (and we don’t even know who those might be) and mentally ill weirdos.
Trump, Putin, Epstein: It’s Not a Hoax
A decades-long trail of money and kompromat that isn’t just scandal — it’s a threat to the world order and to democracy itself.
UN-backed Group Confirms Famine in Gaza; Israel Rejects Findings
According to the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, Gaza is now officially experiencing a famine. While Israel rejects that conclusion, it will heap more international pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s regime.
Plastic-Eating Fungi: A Glimmer of Hope in the Fight Against Plastic
A group of scientists are investigating the possibility that marine fungi could be used to break down polyurethane.
What Really Happened in TrumPutin’s Alaska Speed Date?
A Nobel Prize and shades of Yalta?
Court Filing Serves as Reminder That Fox News Is the GOP’s Propaganda Arm
Fox News played an integral part in radicalizing conservatives to the point that they turned to authoritarianism. History will judge the network harshly. But we hope a jury in the Smartmatic defamation case will do so first.
Trump Wants ‘Out of Control’ Museums to Stop Teaching About the Evils of Slavery
Donald Trump thinks that museums shouldn’t teach Americans about the evils of slavery and is directing his lawyers to conduct a review of them to ensure that they teach only the kind of history he approves of.
Let’s Have a Closer Look at Epstein, Shall We?
Also Trump and Putin’s Alaska Adventure, and RFK Jr Backs Off
Prompted by Putin, Trump Plans Illegal Election Power Grab
Donald Trump on Monday revealed a wholly unconstitutional plan to rig the 2026 midterms by eliminating mail-in voting.
One Small Thing: Be Seen and Be Heard
People just joining the fight now or still on the sidelines need to see us work.
Trump’s ICE Thugs Think They Are the Good Guys
An explosive mix is brewing in Washington, DC.
Red State Governors Send Troops to DC to Help Trump Distract From Epstein
Whether the goal is to rough up liberals, hunt down brown people, or help Donald Trump obscure his relationship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, Republican governors are glad to dispatch troops to help the president occupy the nation’s capital.
State of Emergency: Trump Creates Chaos to Grant Himself Extraordinary Powers
Donald Trump is declaring imaginary emergencies to amass more and more power. Occupying Washington, DC, is just the latest example.
Donald Trump Meets With His Mentor in the Dictator Business
Trump flew to Alaska for a three-hour meeting with Putin to discuss the Ukraine war. What else did the two old buddies discuss on the sly?
‘Because It’s Wrong’ — How We Might Save America From Donald Trump
Do we dare to dust off that old moral lens?
The Art of No Deal: For Putin, the Alaska Summit Was a Smashing Success
During their Alaska summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin once again played Donald Trump like a fiddle.
When Capitalism Met Autocracy: Russia’s Lost Promise and America’s Warning
Russia’s brief democratic promise died when Putin chose autocracy over capitalism. A chilling preview of what could happen in America today.
DC’s Attorney General Tells Police Chief to Ignore Bondi’s Takeover Order
Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday night tried to usurp the leadership of Washington, DC’s police department. However, her counterpart in the District of Columbia swiftly reacted and stated that her order is illegal and should be ignored.
We Don’t Have to Anthropomorphize Animals to Care About Them
Assigning human qualities to animals is dangerous for them — and for us.
Trump’s Pick of ‘January 6 Bystander’ for BLS Commissioner Is a Win for America
Donald Trump wants to install a partisan hack as the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. We applaud that move because the less credibility the incoming commissioner has, the more difficult it will be for the president and his administration to lie about the country’s economic situation.
State Dept’s Human Rights Report Omits Journalist Killings in Gaza
A new State Department report on human rights across the globe seems to absolve Donald Trump’s allies of serious abuses, and it makes no mention of the dozens of journalists killed in Gaza last year
How the Meat Industry Uses Environmentalists to Make Beef Seem Climate-Friendly
Expert says nonprofit partners provide a “fairy dust” of legitimacy to beef industry.
Trump, Chaos, Revenge, Skullduggery, War Crimes: Just Another Normal Week
Russ mulls a potpourri from the grab bag of consciousness.
Judge Rebukes Trump Admin, Rules to Keep Maxwell Grand Jury Documents Sealed
A federal judge on Monday ruled to keep materials sealed that were used to indict Ghislaine Maxwell. In his stinging opinion, the judge left little doubt that the administration’s effort to make them public was little more than a ploy to appear transparent.
Trump’s Takeover of DC’s Police Tells the Story of His Second Term
Both the federal takeover of the capital’s police force and the press conference where it was announced were classic Trump… and that’s not a good thing.
Trump Goes After Wall Street Journal in Major Test of Press Freedom
Will the Journal and its parent company, Dow Jones, stand tall for journalistic integrity, as they have in the past?
Committee to Protect Journalists Blasts Israel Over Killing of Reporter
Israel claims a prominent reporter it killed on Sunday was a terrorist. The Committee to Protect Journalists says his death is part of a disturbing pattern of smearing journalists covering the war in Gaza.
JD Vance Undermines Trump’s Case for Burying the Epstein Files
What was meant to be a partisan attack from Vice President JD Vance will only make MAGA supporters want to see the Epstein files even more.
Without Facts on His Side, Trump Turns to Anecdotes to Justify Policies
With science, facts, and reality often not on their side, Donald Trump and his supporters turn to anecdotes to defend policies driven by sentiment rather than sense.
Donald Trump’s Tacky White House ‘Upgrades’ Embarrass the Nation
The president spends a lot of his time worrying about the tragic lack of gold ornaments on every surface in the White House.
Full Frontal Gerrymandering: Trump’s Roided Up Play to Hold the House
It seems we didn’t have enough chaos and blood on the national carpet.
‘I Can’t Go Back’: Trump and the New American Brain Drain
Trump’s attacks on higher education are driving students to Europe and other welcoming countries.
When Democracy’s Operating System Crashes
When government systems collapse under complexity, democracy itself breaks down — fueling the populist frustration reshaping American politics today.
GOP Senator Celebrates the Weaponization of the FBI
The FBI is supposed to solve actual crimes, not harass state lawmakers who are standing up for democracy. Sadly, Director Kash Patel and Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) seem to feel differently.