Some thoughts about the Great Khan heading into Chicagoland's big Reverse Fort Sumter weekend.
More Pritzker, Less Newsom - Truthdig
The country needs righteous anger and sharp, rousing defenses of progressive values, not California centrism served with a side of meme.
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September 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Some thoughts about the Great Khan heading into Chicagoland's big Reverse Fort Sumter weekend.
I don't know what anyone else is doing for the Inauguration—or MLK Day—this Monday, but AOC should start running for president.
AOC ’28 Starts Now - Truthdig
Forget failed party norms about campaign calendars. It’s time to get to work.
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January 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I don't know what anyone else is doing for the Inauguration—or MLK Day—this Monday, but AOC should start running for president.
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A massive Dallas–Fort Worth subdivision and a school were built atop oil and gas drilling waste. A worker who helped spread the material is now speaking out.
A joint investigation by Truthdig and the @texasobserver.org
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Radioactive Oil and Gas Waste May Lie Beneath a North Texas Elementary School - Truthdig
A massive Dallas-Fort Worth subdivision and a school have risen atop layers of oil and gas drilling waste. One worker who helped spread the material is speaking out.
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February 11, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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For the holidays, Truthdig asked me to talk about the weird sensation of watching Hallmark gradually go woke(r) over the last five years just as one party is trying to turn the real world into it at gunpoint.
We’re All in the Snowglobe, Now - Truthdig
The Hallmark Christmas movie enters the 21st century.
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December 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
For the holidays, Truthdig asked me to talk about the weird sensation of watching Hallmark gradually go woke(r) over the last five years just as one party is trying to turn the real world into it at gunpoint.
I heartily endorse this movement or bandwagon.
February 16, 2026 at 3:23 PM
I heartily endorse this movement or bandwagon.
If you're already here, you've probably already come to this conclusion, but it's time to bail on Twitter for good.
The Case for Abandoning X - Truthdig
When everything around you is the Mad Hatter's tea party with swastikas, common decency itself begins to look demented.
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November 14, 2024 at 9:38 PM
If you're already here, you've probably already come to this conclusion, but it's time to bail on Twitter for good.
Every 7.5 minutes, an American man thinks about the Roman Empire. Albeit now with an increasingly dreadful sense of recognition.
When Nobody Comes to Fix the Bridge - Truthdig
The decline and fall of a superpower, one piece of collapsed infrastructure at a time.
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June 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Every 7.5 minutes, an American man thinks about the Roman Empire. Albeit now with an increasingly dreadful sense of recognition.
Cuba's minister of energy confirmed reserves are gone — with just enough diesel left to keep hospitals online. The UN has classified Washington's blockade a humanitarian crisis.
Cuba Announces That Its Fuel Reserves Have Been Depleted - Truthdig
The situation created by the U.S. blockade has been classified by the United Nations as a “humanitarian crisis” that affects the most vulnerable groups the hardest.
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May 24, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Cuba's minister of energy confirmed reserves are gone — with just enough diesel left to keep hospitals online. The UN has classified Washington's blockade a humanitarian crisis.
ICE's arrests have doubled, its budget has tripled, its illegalities have multiplied.
When the Media Turned Away, ICE Got Worse - Truthdig
Its arrests have doubled, its budget has tripled, its illegalities have multiplied.
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July 9, 2026 at 3:00 AM
ICE's arrests have doubled, its budget has tripled, its illegalities have multiplied.
Trump's occupation of DC is an expression of the idea that every unbreakable law and unpardonable act of violence becomes necessary if you first establish that you and your followers are complete and utter cowards.
Which Way, Western Wuss? - Truthdig
Hail, our self-proclaimed supermen, who feel threatened by anything and everything.
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August 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Trump's occupation of DC is an expression of the idea that every unbreakable law and unpardonable act of violence becomes necessary if you first establish that you and your followers are complete and utter cowards.
In Praise of City-Owned Grocery Stores www.truthdig.com/articles/in-...
In Praise of City-Owned Grocery Stores - Truthdig
As private grocers abandon low-income neighborhoods, Zohran Mamdani’s proposal offers a solution to failures that create food insecurity.
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August 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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The fact that Trump isn’t subject to regular calls to be at the very least convicted and imprisoned for the rest of his natural life is the one aspect of Beltway consciousness nearly as insane as he is.
The Art of Losing - Truthdig
This week’s threatened genocide and failed ceasefire are grim signs of our new normal.
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April 10, 2026 at 12:43 AM
The fact that Trump isn’t subject to regular calls to be at the very least convicted and imprisoned for the rest of his natural life is the one aspect of Beltway consciousness nearly as insane as he is.
The aftermath of this election online was really grim, and the one thing that seemed clear was that we need a better resistance this time.
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It's not a podcast, a pose or a profit-seeking enterprise. It's a daily grind of democratic exercise.
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December 23, 2024 at 7:14 PM
The aftermath of this election online was really grim, and the one thing that seemed clear was that we need a better resistance this time.
Everything about our Iran War being conducted by a party that can only lie, complain and punish feels like an overly elaborate exploration of @veryimportant.lawyer's theory that Everyone Is 12 Now.
The 12-Year-Old Superpower - Truthdig
We’re going to win the war because we’re special, we know karate and also our dad works for NASA.
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April 20, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Everything about our Iran War being conducted by a party that can only lie, complain and punish feels like an overly elaborate exploration of @veryimportant.lawyer's theory that Everyone Is 12 Now.
I thought they might keep it until Monday, but I wrote something about this today.
The Nihilism of Trump’s War Games - Truthdig
At home and abroad, demonstrating strength through punishment is more important than “victory.”
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February 28, 2026 at 6:59 AM
I thought they might keep it until Monday, but I wrote something about this today.
Welcome to hell
The Silicon White House - Truthdig
The president-elect’s coattails will pull Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen into the center ring of national policymaking — and score-settling.
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November 8, 2024 at 2:14 AM
Welcome to hell
You can’t have a six hour president. Biden has to go.
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Don’t Wait for Chicago. Replace Biden Now - Truthdig
The country is best served by the president’s immediate resignation or removal.
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July 2, 2024 at 9:32 PM
You can’t have a six hour president. Biden has to go.
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As Democrats contemplate a 2026 or 2028 run and wonder what message will most motivate voters, they need to understand that the minimum opening bid is vengeance.
Justice for All - Truthdig
To restore the rule of law, Democrats must enforce the constitution with brass knuckles like there’s nothing to lose. Because there isn’t.
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October 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
As Democrats contemplate a 2026 or 2028 run and wonder what message will most motivate voters, they need to understand that the minimum opening bid is vengeance.
If the Democrats were able to convey any messages last night, they began with "what the hell are we even doing here" and ended with "nothing."
Ping-Pong Paddles to a Gun Fight - Truthdig
The Democrats had a chance to do something bold last night. Almost all of them blew it.
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March 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
If the Democrats were able to convey any messages last night, they began with "what the hell are we even doing here" and ended with "nothing."
