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Yes, I know. Before we get into it, there have been many holocausts. There was the Armenian Genocide. The Rwandan Massacre. The Ethnic Cleansing of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Guatemalan Genocide. The Killing Fields of Cambodia. The Ukrainian Famine of...

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been eviscerated over her refusal to help after ICE detained her nephew’s mom. The White House official has gone radio silent since Bruna Ferreira—who is the mother of Leavitt’s nephew—was swept up by...

UPDATE: The $8000 per month figure is per year, not per month and kicks in when she turns 62. But I’m still mad that we have to pay for it. I lost my job recently. As a 62-year old female my chances of being hired in my industry is slim to none. Add in...

SACRAMENTO — A Sacramento Federal Judge has issued an injunction blocking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from cutting down more than 700 trees, including some heritage oaks, along the Lower American River. The injunction by the U.S. District Court...

UPDATE for Thanksgiving Eve (If you didn’t read yesterday’s post, just scroll down) Am I the only one who forgot ONE INGREDIENT and had to go to the store again today (or do without)? I started the day making the herbed olive oil. Just chopped the...

Ukraine says it agrees with much of the provisions of the revised peace plan that Europeans have developed. Russia says Ни за что. It seems to me that Ukraine agreeing to limit the size of the armed forces to 800k is not much of a concession since...

A small but unusually forceful bloc of left-wing senators has begun openly challenging Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s strategy for the 2026 midterms—and his entire posture toward President Donald Trump. It’s an early, unmistakable sign of internal...

I thought you were an establishment liberal/market socialist! And now you’re posting a diary titled Marxist‑Curious?” Well… yeah. Marxism is a mixed bag. Setting aside its political program, the economic analysis within the Marxist tradition has proven...

In a world afire in climate crisis and simultaneously hungry for food and energy, agrivoltaics—the pairing of solar panels with farming and ranching — has been hailed as a miracle solution. But this encouraging technological fix is also a political...

Although I contributed to, and made calls on behalf, of our local Congressman here in Upstate New York, I have not been overjoyed by Josh Riley’s performance since taking office in January. But I was willing to cut him some slack, considering that our...