Back in the late 90s, I was active in progressive Tennessee politics for a couple of years, when I lived in Knoxville. It was the most active I've been in my life in terms of real organizing and such. Something about living in a place like...
A few weeks ago, I wrote up the grave post of William Johnson, an early Supreme Court justice. In it, I referenced the Embargo Act, Jefferson's idiotic decision to deal.
US fighter shot down over Iran: Iran shot down a U.S. fighter jet over the country, U.S. officials and Iranian state-affiliated media said on Friday. The fate of the plane’s.
The United States has a long history of concentration camps, for Native Americans and for Japanese Americans. We now have concentration camps for immigrants. People are dying in our concentration camps. The March 4, 2026, edition of the Arizona Daily Star put the facts succinctly: “A Haitian asylum seeker...
You appoint Pete Hegseth because you want more war crimes and a much whiter and maler senior office class, and that's what you get: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has taken.
Iran is not convinced that the war will be over in two weeks. Iran is responding to the threat of a ground operation on its soil by stepping up defenses.
The primary justification for Trump's tariffs was that it is worth it for everyone to pay higher prices if it would bring back more manly-man blue collar jobs (or at least what New York/Florida billionaires imagine to be such.) The problem, as has long been evident,...
It's the new Republican anti-establishment economic populism, you wouldn't understand: President Donald Trump on Wednesday said it’s “not possible” for the federal government to fund Medicare, Medicaid and child care.
Per top FEMA official: A top FEMA official is doubling down on his claim that he has been teleported against his will. Gregg Phillips is in charge of response and.
It basically doesn't matter which fascist scumbag is Attorney General under Trump, so I get no particularly joy from this news or even find it interesting. The only part I am interested in is the confirmation process for a new AG if Trump picks someone even...
It's hard for me to get past the fact that the internet is the worst invention in human history and that social media is the particularly cancerous part of it..
Good comment from rm about what a lot of people are saying was the greatest wartime (or peacetime) speech any president has ever given: Here's that sense of unreality again..