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'This Is Blackmail': New Orleans Denied Flood Funds Over Opposition to Abortion Ban
WOMEN’S RIGHTS - Progressives are sounding the alarm about the lengths to which GOP officials appear willing to go to advance their deeply unpopular and reactionary agenda after Louisiana's State Bond Commission,
Republicans & Democrats: The Best Lack All Conviction as the River Goes Brown
GUEST COMMENTARY - Liberals and moderates complain endlessly about the awfulness of Trumpian Republifascists in their families, workplaces, and communities and of course in United States politics.
Roaming Charges: Dizzy Miss Lizzy, the Last Spin
GUEST COMMENTARY - Your partners in crime hit me up for nickels and dimes, The man you were loving couldn’t never get clean, It felt out of place, my foot in his face, But he should’ve stayed where his money was green… – Bob Dylan, Where Are You Tonight?
The Biden-Trump Persecution of Julian Assange
FREEDOM OF SPEECH - For a good while one could blame Trump for the prosecutorial monstrosity perpetrated on journalist Julian Assange.
Shareholders Push Back: Corporate Money Seen as Undermining Elections
BUYING ELECTIONS - Shareholders are pressuring some of the largest American corporations to account for political spending that may be aiding voter suppression or election interference.
I’ve Seen Big Brother and Its Face is Microsoft and Meta
ACCORDING TO LIZ - The self-aware global defense platform from 1984’s The Terminator did not start exterminating mankind in 1997.
Ron Desantis Replaced Elected Attorney With One Bringing Back “Biking While Black” Policy
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IRS: We Will ‘Absolutely Not’ Target Everyday Americans with a New Army of Agents
OUR TAXES - Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig vowed in a recent letter that the agency would “absolutely not” use the 87,000 new employees funded by the Inflation Reduction Act to target middle-class Americans.
The Inflation Reduction Act - Is it Enough Soon Enough?
GUEST COMMENTARY - Could somebody please get an extension ladder to help Senator Schumer down from the ceiling?
Donald Trump vs Nancy Pelosi - Who’s More Dangerous?
THE VIEW FROM HERE - The nation faces an unrecognized dilemma. Who is more dangerous to America – Donald Trump who is definitely a narcissistic histrionic or Nancy Pelosi who is probably a narcissistic psychopath?
What the GOP Really Loves Is Money, Power, and Hate
THE REPUBLICAN REPUBLIC - If this was just routine political corruption by a few rogue politicians, it would be a problem but not a crisis—however—this cynical embrace of strongman oligarchy has put America itself at risk.
Rent is Skyrocketing Everywhere, and US Tenants Are Paying the Price
HOUSING CRISIS - As the median rent spikes to $2,000 across the country, housing justice activists double down on efforts to counter price-gouging landlords.
Mainstreaming Christian Nationalism, Despite Its History of Violence
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The Next Republican President Could Stack The Civil Service With Loyalist Hacks
GUEST COMMENTARY - The Trump era was marked by the administration loading the federal judiciary with a seemingly endless number of right-wing extremists, many of whom weren’t remotely qualified to serve a lifetime on the bench.
Special Report: 'Abusive' Eviction Tactics by Corporate Landlords During Pandemic
US HOUSE REPORT - "These firms are buying up a lot of housing, and they're particularly buying up housing in places that have relatively weak tenant protections," said one eviction expert. "And I don't think that that is coincidental."
How Democracy Destroys Integrity
THE VIEW FROM HERE - In order to consolidate power, power needs to vanquish the rule of law.
From Gettysburg to Insurrection
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Will Civilization Collapse Because It's Running Out of Oil?
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Electric Cars: To Generate Corporate Profits Or Combat Climate Change?
PLANNING WATCH - Automobile companies in Asia, Europe, and the United States are investing over $500 billion in electric cars, led by two German car companies, Daimler and VW.