“. . . .Two days after the horrifying events of the Capitol insurrection on January 6, 2021, Twitter announced that it was suspending Trump’s account permanently, in accordance with its policy on inciting violence. The daily clamor MORE
Adeline Chen, Senior Producer at CNN, speaks of reproductive rights in the context of her recent miscarriage. For nearly every day of 2022, I’ve become all too aware of the emotional and physical cost of MORE
The following focuses on an opinion article by Jack Shafer, Politico’s senior media writer. Two Politico reporters plastered the internet this week with the scoop of their lives, puncturing the Supreme Court’s sacrosanct veil of MORE
The threats to democracy by the uprising of authoritarianism cannot be stopped by election defeats alone, says Ruth Ben-Ghiat, an expert on authoritarian leaders. A criminal conviction is the one sure way to defeat the MORE
Hunter Biden is causing a lot of trouble for Joe Biden, but where is there legal trouble? Vox broke down the investigation into three topics. Taxes, money laundering, and whether he was a registered foreign MORE
“The brutal war crimes being documented in Ukraine are a warning Americans should heed.“ Over the past several days, reporters and social-media users have documented what appear to be some truly horrific outrages perpetrated on the Ukrainian MORE
“Rather than take a side, these campaigns create decision paralysis that leads to inaction” As war envelops Ukraine, Russian sources have strived to create a miasma of disinformation about the invasion. Among ample efforts to MORE
From mid-December 2018 through early March 2020, Mick Mulvaney, a former member of Congress from South Carolina, served as President Trump’s acting chief of staff. On Mulvaney’s watch, the White House took a wrecking ball to checks MORE
The first step toward ending our voting wars is to recognize that every citizen should play a role in shaping our nation’s destiny. In the wake of changes that made voting more convenient, and resulted MORE
Fiona Hill, an expert on Vladimir Putin after many years of studying Putin and European history, had some sobering thoughts on the Ukraine conflict. Hill provided an extensive interview with Politico to discuss what she MORE
The following is adapted from an opinion piece in Common Dreams by Thom Hartmann. Earlier this week we talked about a bipartisan bill that would overhaul the United States Postal Service, see here. What follows MORE
By Angus King, Senator from Maine When I was Governor of Maine, I used to have a standing bet with my fellow Independent Governor, Jesse Ventura of Minnesota, about which of our states would have MORE
“In short: We are chilled to our bones at the thought of a coup succeeding next time,” they wrote. Retired two-star U.S. Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton co-authored a recent op-ed about the fear that a MORE
From the co-founder of the COVID Tracking Project, Erin Kissane: On and around major holidays, thousands of people whose labor makes testing and data-reporting pipelines function go home. As a result, testing slows, and reporting MORE
Manchin’s blockade of the bill is poised to have serious, real-world consequences. If passed, the legislation would have extended the expanded child tax credit, which was distributed to families across the country in monthly payments MORE
During the 2016 presidential campaign, the Republican Party was embarrassed when a tape of Donald Trump was released in which the then-GOP nominee saw heard bragging about sexual assault with the memorable lines “grab ’em by the pussy” and MORE
The 2021 election reinforced the difficult path that lies ahead for Democrats in their efforts to keep unified control of Washington, particularly with President Biden’s numbers having declined. And the jockeying for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination began MORE
The 18-year-old who shot three men at a protest took the stand and resorted to a tried-and-true strategy for white men in trouble. What Kyle Rittenhouse displayed in a Kenosha, Wisconsin, courtroom this week as he MORE
It has been more than two weeks since the House voted to hold Steve Bannon in criminal contempt for defying a Congressional subpoena, but Attorney General Merrick Garland has yet to take any action against Donald Trump’s former top adviser—and evincing little MORE
All is not so happy at the happiest place on Earth. The guests of the Magic Kingdom are restless. Despite reopening more than six months ago, Disney World and Disneyland have yet to restart their MORE
The emotionally and morally bankrupt 45th *Resident of the United States issued a statement on the death of General Colin Powell barely 24 hours after his passing. Powell, 84, died on Monday after serving as MORE
Earth scientists at the turn of the century, Gavin Schmidt among them, were enthralled by a 56-million-year-old segment of geologic history known as the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM). What most intrigued them was its resemblance to our MORE
T.S. Eliot wrote that the world ends “not with a bang but a whimper,” but I fear our great nation is careening toward a third manner of demise: descent into lip-blubbering, self-destructive idiocy. How did MORE
Perhaps it’s time to scrap the insinuation that Mike Pence was the hero who bravely saved democracy on January 6 when he refused Trump’s relentless press to overturn the states’ electoral votes in the 2020 MORE
Meanwhile, Sean Spicer, also among the Trump loyalists being shown the door, is threatening to sue the Biden administration. More than six months after taking office, President Joe Biden is finally doing what he probably should’ve done MORE