I've been thinking about writing my feelings about seeing the Voting Rights Act come into being and then extinguished, but not for now. I'll let Will Bunch say some things (gift link). When the news broke Wednesday morning that the U.S. Supreme Court’s six conservative justices...
The chef's kiss is that this little monologue was delivered at The Villages in Florida: https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mksy2smrme2c Worth noting: The open extreme racism. Obama can't pass the cognitive test. Not Biden,.
To follow up on Paul's post about how while the Surf-and-Turf and Airport Scotch Too Exponsive voters might be sticking with Trump the Gas Too Exponsive voters aren't, and to.
Looks like Trump's latest attempt at state mafia capitalism is going to be defeated by a combination of his idiotic war and some bondholders with some memory of what generally happens to Donald Trump's business partners: Spirit Airlines is preparing to cease operations. The ailing budget...
Those were the days my friend: Meanwhile in right-wing fantasyland: MAGA is trying to deal with its affordability crisis simply by denying reality. Over the past few days multiple prominent.
Oil markets still ain't quite right: SoMEONE WAS sniffing the butane. Energy experts have long warned that the war in Iran was causing the biggest oil-supply shock in history. The closure.
This isn't even a half-baked idea -- it's more like I just started pre-heating the oven, so don't taze me bro -- but it's something that sprung into my mind after reading this really fascinating interview between John Guida and the cultural historian Jackson Lears (gift...
Here’s my reading list for April. This is last month’s list and you can follow it back from there. Professional Reading: Jim Morris, The Cancer Factory: Industrial Chemicals, Corporate Deception, and the.
On May 1, 2010, a group of 1,000 subcontractors from India and Nepal laboring in Iraq working for the U.S. military occupation went on a violent rampage against their terrible.
Never underestimate Mike Johnson's ability to find reasons to refuse to do his job: House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said Thursday that it is not necessary for Congress to weigh in on the Trump administration’s military action in Iran because the United States is currently “not at war.” “I don’t...
I have a new article in The Nation, with discussions of my 20 favorite leftist films for May Day! Watch em! Here's a chunk of them! Salt of the Earth (1954)..
Signs that Trump's cratering approval ratings are beginning to have an actual effect: U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed into law legislation funding Department of Homeland Security agencies including.