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I was flabbergasted when Trump welcomed Mamdani to the oval office and was actually civil to him, even “honored” to meet him. That was not on my bingo card. But Mamdani played nice too. As I thought about it this morning, it seems that he didn’t run...

Stochastic terrorism is a misnomer since it simply labels violent acts as less preventable and shifts causality to some version of a media effects argument, rendering its applicability superfluous or rhetorical in invoking public opinion that...

The Traitor and his band of noxious quislings are acquiring a stench worse than sour milk these days. And well deserved, too! This story on the fake social media influencers presents a nice opportunity for Democrats and those of us fighting the good...

If I didn’t put this in German I feel like it would be reused by the goons that think persecuting honest hard working people who have no criminal record other than being alive and coming here to escape the very cartel violence the President prattles on...

Trump is a fit-free zone, jawboning SCOTUS with his version of a smash-and-grab economy Trump thinks he’s an American ‘folk herp’ because he can perform stick at public events. Similarly, Nixon’s legacy was being the Republican crook who believed...

The results in Virginia this year were way beyond expectations on both the state-wide and house district levels. A significant part of this was our “run in every district” project in which Democrats fielded candidates in all 100 districts, racking up...

That was, of course, Emily Dickinson, who is probably glad she didn't live to deal with this bullshit.

In her Thanksgiving blog post for Letters from an American, Heather Cox Richardson highlighted a 1862 Thanksgiving Proclamation by New York State Governor Edwin D. Morgan. It was issued during a dark period in the American Civil War. The competing...

The Constitutional Crisis We're Living Through: What Remedies Do We Actually Have? We keep hearing about Trump's illegal orders—the unconstitutional executive actions, the lawless directives, the blatant violations of his oath. So what can actually be...

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I promise this isn’t about inciting violence!

This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Give Donald Trump credit. He may be the ultimate destroyer of an imperial power. I’m thinking, of course, of the United States....

The Quantum Handshake Metaphor This is an Open Thread / Coffee Hour and all topics of conversation are welcome. And as a suggested topic, today lets talk about transactional handshake metaphor ...

Donald Trump is outraged that a group of military Democrats informed the troops of their obligation to disobey illegal orders. He called it “treason”. Of course, there is nothing in the ...

Continuing on with our state wrapups where we’ve ended canvassing. � Hope Springs from Field PAC � [website ] came to � Georgia because, to be frank, that’s where we started, that’s where we’

A public company connected to a Trump-family backed crypto project has removed members of its top leadership, according to a government filing. Jonathan Hugh, who had been both acting CEO and chief financial officer at ALT5 Sigma ALTS -0.53% , and...

A cartoon by Pedro Molina. Related |� Watch RFK Jr. lose it when senator calls him out for 'making things up’

Effusions from the pen(keyboard?) for your enjoyment. The Shocking Truth About Gen Z Voters Is That They’re Pretty Great | The New Republic : �The kids aren’t terrible. How to find music you ...

Get a grip Activists, Commentators, Influencers etc… on the left. Now I don’t know if you’ve noticed but nothing gets done if it doesn’t have the blob’s seal on it. Therefor, you cannot expect elected folks not to meet with the blob if they need things...

The US House’s vote to release the federal records related to � Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes � marks a historic turning point. Not just in one of the most notorious criminal cases of our time, but ...

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Hundreds, maybe even thousands, of the biggest MAGA influencers on Twitter are about as American as the factory where a MAGA hat is made, which is to say, not at all. Twitter recently rolled out a feature that shows where an account is really from,...

[← Start here Part 1 ] [Previous Chapter] [Next Short Story Coming Soon→] [Start theCompanion Book Rooturn→] “The Great Moth Census of District 9”(A field report in three acts) ACT I: THE BOTANIST Dr. Eloise Tarn was the kind of woman who alphabetized...

Just noticed that Trump is now down with 19. No, not down in bed with a 19-year-old; she'd be too old for his pedophiliacal proclivities. I’m referring to The Economist / YouGov's latest Net Approval Rating from November 26, in which Trump hit minus...

Journalists and people who have legal permission are being rounded up into detention camps in swamps with miserable conditions that the leadership is proud of. They now take immigration cases and file for dismissal and then deport — no case — no...