• Democracy • Legal

    Texas GOP flexes power to shut down Democrats’ last tool of resistance

    Eleanor Klibanoff

    The Texas Tribune

    “To one degree or another, to be successful as a Republican, you have to emulate Trump’s speech, his attitude and take directions from the White House.”

    Published On: 08/12/2025

  • Democracy • Resistance

    Think Democrats Couldn’t Have Done Anything To Stop Trump’s DC Takeover? Think Again

    Sam Rosenthal

    Progressive Hub

    Democrats could have protected DC by granting statehood when they had the chance.

    Published On: 08/12/2025

  • Corruption

    The Number

    David D. Kirkpatrick

    The New Yorker

    How much is Trump pocketing off the Presidency?

    Published On: 08/11/2025

  • Culture • Recommended • Technology • Threat Management

    Why Are Silicon Valley’s Utopians Prepping for Collapse?

    Gil Duran

    The Nerd Reich

    Silicon Valley billionaires say tech will create a better future. So, why are many of them quietly preparing luxury doomsday bunkers?

    Published On: 08/09/2025

  • Democracy • Economy • Resistance

    A new generation of populists is showing Democrats how to defeat Trump

    Jared Abbott and Bhaskar Sunkara

    The Guardian

    In difficult races, Democrats are leaning into economic populism with promising results

    Published On: 08/07/2025

  • Culture • Democracy • Global • Human Rights • Recommended

    Hostile Takeover

    Kenny Ausubel

    Bioneers

    At this hinge moment when the climate emergency demands an immediate systemic civilizational overhaul, this retrograde counter-revolution is working to drill, baby, drill, make feudalism great again, and colonize Mars.

    Published On: 08/06/2025

  • Democracy • Disinformation • Journalism • Press Freedom

    Will journalism become impossible in the U.S.?

    Mark Jacob

    Stop the Presses

    Trump’s war on the free press follows foreign dictators’ playbook.

    Published On: 08/04/2025

  • Democracy • Disinformation

    Trump is Getting Desperate

    Paul Krugman

    Paul Krugman

    We're in an extremely dangerous moment.

    Published On: 08/04/2025

  • Legal • White Supremacy

    Supreme Court poised to permanently entrench Republican rule

    Brian Tyler Cohen

    Brian Tyler Cohen

    The latest move by SCOTUS is a "five alarm fire"

    Published On: 08/03/2025

  • Democracy

    Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse

    The New Republic and Greg Sargent

    The New Republic

    A Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by TNR signals top-level discussions about a potential escalation of the Pentagon’s domestic anti-immigration role, and lays out new details.

    Published On: 08/02/2025

  • Economy • Global

    Media coverage of Trump’s tariffs has grown more skeptical – but not nearly skeptical enough

    Dan Froomkin

    Press Watch

    The tariffs are not the product of serious policymaking. They are the irrational and capricious result of Trump’s delusional thinking.

    Published On: 08/01/2025

  • Legal

    The Rule of Law Is Dead in the US

    Elie Mystal

    The Nation

    The rule of law presupposes that there are rules that provide a consistent, repeatable, and knowable set of outcomes. That’s no longer the case.

    Published On: 07/31/2025

  • Corruption • Recommended

    The Inside Story of Eric Trump’s American Bitcoin

    Jessica Klein

    Wired

    A new crypto mining company is flexing the Trump name and connections to get ahead.

    Published On: 07/31/2025

  • Corruption

    Epstein’s Work for Leon Black Deserves IRS Probe, Wyden Says

    David Voreacos and Chris Strohm

    Bloomberg

    Wyden’s staff has pursued a “follow the money” strategy as it investigates the flow of funds in and out of Epstein’s accounts...

    Published On: 07/31/2025

  • Democracy

    Corporate America has largely abandoned its post-January 6 promises on democracy

    Esther Eriksson von Allmen

    CREW

    “By continuing to financially support anti-democratic lawmakers, these companies and trade groups fail to grasp the serious business consequences of such a dangerous political trajectory.”

    Published On: 07/29/2025

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