The Logic of Destruction And how to resist it

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Trump's Truly Sh*tty Economy And 10 things Democrats should pledge to do about it when they’re back in power

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The Chicago Invasion After-Action Report ‘Blitz’ or FUBAR?

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What Are We Going to Do With 300 Billion Pennies? The government has no plan.

A whole bunch of things here that I hadn't really thought about. Apparently no one in government has, either.
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What a photograph.

“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”

Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

November 14, 2025 In a transparent attempt to distract from the many times his own name appears in the documents from the Epstein estate members of the House Oversight Committee released Wednesday, President Donald J.

November 14, 2025

Wait, Are the Epstein Files Real Now? The White House’s responses get curiouser and curiouser.

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November 12, 2025 It turns out Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and House Democrats were right to call it the “Epstein Shutdown” for the last several weeks on social media and in interviews.

November 12, 2025

November 9, 2025 In order to pressure the Democrats to cave to Trump’s demands that they sign on to the House Republicans’ continuing resolution to fund the government, the administration has been refusing to fund the...

November 9, 2025

FBI Informant Who Lied About the Bidens Covertly Released From Jail Alexander Smirnov pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and was sentenced to six years in jail.

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November 7, 2025 The repercussions from Tuesday’s vote, in which Democratic candidates were victorious across the country, continue to echo.

November 7, 2025

Trump Says U.S. Visas Can Be Denied to Fat People From Now On New State Department guidance encourages embassies and consulates to deny visas to people with obesity or other health issues.

He has nothing more important to do, I guess.
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Trump Admits on Live TV That He Told CEO to Give Him Piece of Company This should be the headline from the entire press conference.

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November 6, 2025 “None of this is complicated,” political data specialist Tom Bonier wrote yesterday about Tuesday’s dramatic Democratic victories around the country.

November 6, 2025

November 5, 2025 New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a member of both the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, began his victory speech last night with a nod to Eugene V.

November 5, 2025

The Hideous Symbol of MAGA Corruption The ballroom can trigger long overdue reforms

The Hideous Symbol of MAGA Corruption
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FBI Begs ICE Agents to ID Themselves as Criminal Imposters on the Rise This is what happens when federal officers wearing masks just grab people off the streets.

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Most Americans Are Seeing the Dangers of Trump’s Authoritarianism PRRI's new American Values Survey shows more fear of dictatorship than approval for a "strong leader"

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Here’s How the AI Crash Happens The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.

AI data centers are a bubble in the making. A massive crash is not unlikely.
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November 1, 2025 Yesterday I wrote that President Donald J.

November 1, 2025

The Next Terrorist Attack And What Comes After (Updated)

The Next Terrorist Attack
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Authoritarian Cults: Disengagement, Denial, and Saving Face “Freedom – of thought and the press – is a meaningless word," the University of Padua student Maria wrote bitterly in her diary.

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The largest war ship in the world has been moved to the Caribbean, along with other ships, bombers, amphibious vehicles and more.

That’s a lot of firepower to stop small vessels carrying drugs.

It looks a lot more like preparation for war.

Congress needs to get involved before it’s too late.

October 30, 2025 House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) continues to try to pin the upcoming catastrophic lapse in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding on the Democrats.

October 30, 2025

Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article) Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.

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October 28, 2025 In the election of 1920, Americans handed a landslide victory to the Republicans and their presidential candidate Warren G.

October 28, 2025, with Liza Donnelly of Seeing Things:

Hurricane Melissa Nears Record Intense Jamaica Landfall As Category 5 | Weather.com Melissa will make history in Jamaica with landfall soon, packing catastrophic flooding, landslides and destructive winds. It will then target eastern Cuba and the southeast Bahamas. Here's the very la...

This is going to be a humanitarian disaster, and I have no confidence that our current administration will step up and do much to help.
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The U.S. Is Preparing for War in Venezuela More U.S.-military firepower is headed to the Caribbean as Trump escalates his anti-Maduro rhetoric.

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It is So ‘Disconcerting’ that We Have No Congress Republicans refuse to do their jobs

It is So ‘Disconcerting’ that We Have No Congress
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You Won’t Believe Who Trump Is Naming Ballroom After. Well, You Might. Donald Trump wants to name the ballroom after his favorite person.

Donald Trump wants to name the ballroom after his favorite person. Himself! trib.al/j1ExRxv