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“With wise leadership from the White House helping to midwife a sensible agreement among the big players, to guide passage of effective [AI] legislation, and to negotiate a sound agreement with the Chinese, we may indeed be able to…In other words, we're totally screwed, aren't we?” -Marc Robbins
September 13, 2026 at 9:12 PM
“With wise leadership from the White House helping to midwife a sensible agreement among the big players, to guide passage of effective [AI] legislation, and to negotiate a sound agreement with the Chinese, we may indeed be able to…In other words, we're totally screwed, aren't we?” -Marc Robbins
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget:
“This proposal is fiscally dangerous, economically backwards, and fundamentally unserious.It’s hard to understand how anyone could look at our current fiscal and economic situation and think we need to borrow another $1.2 trillion to send everyone cash.”
“This proposal is fiscally dangerous, economically backwards, and fundamentally unserious.It’s hard to understand how anyone could look at our current fiscal and economic situation and think we need to borrow another $1.2 trillion to send everyone cash.”
September 10, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget:
“This proposal is fiscally dangerous, economically backwards, and fundamentally unserious.It’s hard to understand how anyone could look at our current fiscal and economic situation and think we need to borrow another $1.2 trillion to send everyone cash.”
“This proposal is fiscally dangerous, economically backwards, and fundamentally unserious.It’s hard to understand how anyone could look at our current fiscal and economic situation and think we need to borrow another $1.2 trillion to send everyone cash.”
“Many in Trumpworld see immigrants as a threat to American culture. This is exactly backwards. The essence of American culture is dynamism and creativity, fed by a steady influx of newcomers with fresh perspectives … Mr Trump’s vision of a fortress America is profoundly unAmerican.” -The Economist
August 27, 2026 at 7:26 PM
“Many in Trumpworld see immigrants as a threat to American culture. This is exactly backwards. The essence of American culture is dynamism and creativity, fed by a steady influx of newcomers with fresh perspectives … Mr Trump’s vision of a fortress America is profoundly unAmerican.” -The Economist
This article lays out how elite impunity is the core problem we face. Natalie Harp’s White House role is just one of many examples.
"She has unique proximity to the enormous power of that office, she is absolutely up to something unhealthy for the republic, and no one has done anything about it for over a year and a half." www.liberalcurrents.com/a-republic-o...
August 25, 2026 at 1:13 PM
This article lays out how elite impunity is the core problem we face. Natalie Harp’s White House role is just one of many examples.
"For Canada, the choice came down to either severe but temporary economic instability or binding itself to a pseudo-democratic fiscal basketcase of a nation, whose only apparent foreign policy objective has become domination for the gratification of its president’s slapdash vanity." -Stephen Marche
August 24, 2026 at 2:19 PM
"For Canada, the choice came down to either severe but temporary economic instability or binding itself to a pseudo-democratic fiscal basketcase of a nation, whose only apparent foreign policy objective has become domination for the gratification of its president’s slapdash vanity." -Stephen Marche
“Just as the great challenge of the 20th century was to provide broad-based material plenty, the great challenge of the 21st century may be to make everyone feel high-status at the same time — or at least to create a world where status differences don’t lead to mass resentment.” -Noah Smith
August 24, 2026 at 12:32 PM
“Just as the great challenge of the 20th century was to provide broad-based material plenty, the great challenge of the 21st century may be to make everyone feel high-status at the same time — or at least to create a world where status differences don’t lead to mass resentment.” -Noah Smith
"If Democrats manage a trifecta in 2029...they need to prioritize democracy and power, not policy. Power makes policy possible, and...using the power granted by laws and elections is necessary to make democracy work." -Nicholas Grossman in Liberal Currents
August 23, 2026 at 5:25 PM
"If Democrats manage a trifecta in 2029...they need to prioritize democracy and power, not policy. Power makes policy possible, and...using the power granted by laws and elections is necessary to make democracy work." -Nicholas Grossman in Liberal Currents
“The crisis in the United States is not the general corruption of both parties; it is the specific corruption of Trump and his enablers. And the solution is simply to replace the corrupt, racist authoritarian with a governing party that respects the rule of law, equality, and basic decency.” J Chait
August 21, 2026 at 12:28 PM
“The crisis in the United States is not the general corruption of both parties; it is the specific corruption of Trump and his enablers. And the solution is simply to replace the corrupt, racist authoritarian with a governing party that respects the rule of law, equality, and basic decency.” J Chait
“But the far-left is far from taking over the Democratic Party the way the far-right Trumpist cult has taken over the Republican Party, and, for all of the ideological blind spots of the far left, it has not evinced a MAGA-like hostility to American democracy.” -Max Boot
August 14, 2026 at 2:35 PM
“But the far-left is far from taking over the Democratic Party the way the far-right Trumpist cult has taken over the Republican Party, and, for all of the ideological blind spots of the far left, it has not evinced a MAGA-like hostility to American democracy.” -Max Boot
"The government could stifle the heresy of climate change as the Church held the line against heliocentrism for centuries, but still the Earth continued to revolve around the sun, and today we teach our children to admire Galileo and Copernicus." -Garrison Keillor
August 14, 2026 at 10:33 AM
"The government could stifle the heresy of climate change as the Church held the line against heliocentrism for centuries, but still the Earth continued to revolve around the sun, and today we teach our children to admire Galileo and Copernicus." -Garrison Keillor
“The $423 million…this year for projects at the White House and the National Mall is more money than… allotted to Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, Mammoth Cave, Zion, and Joshua Tree National Parks, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and the Statue of Liberty complex combined.” HC Richardson
August 13, 2026 at 8:21 PM
“The $423 million…this year for projects at the White House and the National Mall is more money than… allotted to Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, Mammoth Cave, Zion, and Joshua Tree National Parks, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and the Statue of Liberty complex combined.” HC Richardson
“The one meaningful difference [in confirming Todd Blanche vs Bondi, etc.] is with respect to the others senators could claim they were deferring to POTUS and hoping for the best, with Blanche they’ve seen how he operates in this role, abusing power, and they’ve chosen to ratify it.” -Gregg Nunziata
August 10, 2026 at 3:46 PM
“The one meaningful difference [in confirming Todd Blanche vs Bondi, etc.] is with respect to the others senators could claim they were deferring to POTUS and hoping for the best, with Blanche they’ve seen how he operates in this role, abusing power, and they’ve chosen to ratify it.” -Gregg Nunziata
“This isn’t a slippery slope, but a vertical drop. Trump has Congress kneeling, courts folding, and corporations cashing in. What’s left is us...We won’t fight this with hashtags, but with votes, lawsuits, and courage...Are we citizens of a republic, or spectators at its collapse?” -Scott Galloway
August 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM
“This isn’t a slippery slope, but a vertical drop. Trump has Congress kneeling, courts folding, and corporations cashing in. What’s left is us...We won’t fight this with hashtags, but with votes, lawsuits, and courage...Are we citizens of a republic, or spectators at its collapse?” -Scott Galloway
"The reason the government’s [reflecting pool] case fell apart is because Pirro had to code-switch. The case was brought under the rules of television, but had to be prosecuted under the rule of law." -JV Last in The Bulwark
August 3, 2026 at 9:49 PM
"The reason the government’s [reflecting pool] case fell apart is because Pirro had to code-switch. The case was brought under the rules of television, but had to be prosecuted under the rule of law." -JV Last in The Bulwark
"South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham has somehow jumped the queue, passing Mitch McConnell on the way to the place where Republican senators go at the end of a life full of compromises, betrayals, and cruelty." -Caitlin Green in Liberal Currents
July 31, 2026 at 6:06 PM
"South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham has somehow jumped the queue, passing Mitch McConnell on the way to the place where Republican senators go at the end of a life full of compromises, betrayals, and cruelty." -Caitlin Green in Liberal Currents
”In any kind of normally functioning political system…we would have a massive bipartisan call across the aisle…to say okay this guy is non compos mentis. We cannot leave the fate of the United States or the world in the hands of somebody who is completely irrational…” -Paul Krugman on Trump/Ankara
July 9, 2026 at 1:24 PM
”In any kind of normally functioning political system…we would have a massive bipartisan call across the aisle…to say okay this guy is non compos mentis. We cannot leave the fate of the United States or the world in the hands of somebody who is completely irrational…” -Paul Krugman on Trump/Ankara
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Graham Platner is a good looking sexual abuser with a drinking problem. So why hasn’t Trump given him a cabinet position?
July 8, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Graham Platner is a good looking sexual abuser with a drinking problem. So why hasn’t Trump given him a cabinet position?
July 4, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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Just a reminder that patriotism isn't holding a bible and wrapping yourself in the flag while you violate the Constitution and plunder the country.
Happy 4th of July, stay cool and safe!!
Happy 4th of July, stay cool and safe!!
July 4, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Just a reminder that patriotism isn't holding a bible and wrapping yourself in the flag while you violate the Constitution and plunder the country.
Happy 4th of July, stay cool and safe!!
Happy 4th of July, stay cool and safe!!
Irony is dead. Trump will continue to his efforts to oust Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve, saying that he would “take appropriate action immediately to make sure that someone who has committed wrongdoing will not be making vital decisions concerning the Welfare of the United States of America!”
June 29, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Irony is dead. Trump will continue to his efforts to oust Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve, saying that he would “take appropriate action immediately to make sure that someone who has committed wrongdoing will not be making vital decisions concerning the Welfare of the United States of America!”
"All honor to the people of Minneapolis, who, with the Trump administration at the height of its power and presumption, stood up against Trump and his army of goons, and who stood with their neighbors, for our country, and in defense of its principles." -William Kristol in The Bulwark
June 16, 2026 at 2:28 PM
"All honor to the people of Minneapolis, who, with the Trump administration at the height of its power and presumption, stood up against Trump and his army of goons, and who stood with their neighbors, for our country, and in defense of its principles." -William Kristol in The Bulwark
“the UFC event…captures something about this moment in our history. After all, it’s vulgar, it’s violent, it’s commercial, it’s grandiose, it’s tacky, and it dishonors a place once thought worthy of care and respect. In other words, it’s Donald Trump.” -William Kristol in The Bulwark
June 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
“the UFC event…captures something about this moment in our history. After all, it’s vulgar, it’s violent, it’s commercial, it’s grandiose, it’s tacky, and it dishonors a place once thought worthy of care and respect. In other words, it’s Donald Trump.” -William Kristol in The Bulwark
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Striking graphic in this latest Reuters piece, which finds that while President Trump and his family have profited by at least $2.3 billion since he retook the presidency, their more than a million investors have suffered $2.3 billion in net losses.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
June 9, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Striking graphic in this latest Reuters piece, which finds that while President Trump and his family have profited by at least $2.3 billion since he retook the presidency, their more than a million investors have suffered $2.3 billion in net losses.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...