Why Trump Is Allowing Food Stamp Funding to Run Out Why Trump Is Allowing Food Stamp Funding to Run Out
I warned that Trump and congressional Republicans could use a shutdown to deny SNAP benefits, but was told there was no way our political system would allow that to occur.
Oct 30, 2025 / Joel Berg
See No Evil? Canadian Government Media Blurs Out the Swastika on a Ukrainian Soldier. See No Evil? Canadian Government Media Blurs Out the Swastika on a Ukrainian Soldier.
Canada’s shameful refusal to acknowledge its support of the far right yesterday and today.
Oct 27, 2025 / Lev Golinkin
Destroy the Metrics, Destroy the Truth Destroy the Metrics, Destroy the Truth
Trump’s decimation of public health systems isn’t about efficiency, cost-saving, or even ideology. It’s about building a world without truth or the possibility of accountability.
Oct 27, 2025 / Eric Reinhart
Trump’s Argentina Bailout Is Bad for America but Great for His Hedge Fund Cronies Trump’s Argentina Bailout Is Bad for America but Great for His Hedge Fund Cronies
Propping up Javier Milei’s austerity regime shows that Trump’s true loyalty is to neocolonial plutocracy.
Oct 24, 2025 / Jeet Heer
The Crazy-Making Destruction of the East Wing of the White House The Crazy-Making Destruction of the East Wing of the White House
Demolishing the people’s entrance to the People’s House is part of Trump’s plan to destabilize and devastate his opponents.
Oct 24, 2025 / Joan Walsh
King Trump’s Deepest Fantasy: Crapping on America King Trump’s Deepest Fantasy: Crapping on America
The president’s scatological No Kings post expresses the ugly emotion fueling his authoritarian rule.
Oct 20, 2025 / Jeet Heer
History’s Lessons for the Second Committee for the First Amendment History’s Lessons for the Second Committee for the First Amendment
Jane Fonda is reviving the Hollywood advocacy group to meet the high-stakes challenges to free expression in the Trump era.
Oct 20, 2025 / Ben Schwartz
JD Vance Thinks That Tomorrow Belongs to Hitler-Loving Young Republicans JD Vance Thinks That Tomorrow Belongs to Hitler-Loving Young Republicans
In a post-shame era, racist slurs and Nazism can be shrugged off.
Oct 17, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Welcome to the Age of the Robertsmander Welcome to the Age of the Robertsmander
The chief justice has let partisan gerrymanders flourish, and created the conditions for near-permanent minority rule.
Oct 17, 2025 / David Daley