• Corruption • Cyber Security • Democracy • Disinformation • Legal

    Trump Is Screwing with the Midterms. Will He Succeed?

    The Big Picture and Jay Kuo

    The Big Picture

    Will Trump screw with the midterms? Will they be free and fair? Will we even have them?

    Published On: 01/20/2026

  • Joe Rogan speaking during podcast episode

    Culture • Democracy • Disinformation • Technology • White Supremacy

    Joe Rogan Trained Men to Accept Authoritarianism

    W. A. Lawrence

    Glass Empires by W. A. Lawrence

    Rogan spent years grooming Trump’s base to equate toxic masculinity with strength and authoritarianism with safety. In 2026, that conditioning is locked in with force.

    Published On: 01/20/2026

  • Democracy • Legal • Recommended • Resistance • Violence

    I talked Trump out of invoking the Insurrection Act. He’ll do it this time — but we can stop him.

    Miles Taylor

    defiance.news

    America needs to prepare for the coming constitutional crisis. However, it's not hopeless. It's time to go on legal offense.

    Published On: 01/16/2026

  • Democracy • Human Rights • Violence • White Supremacy

    Why Has ICE Turned Minneapolis Into a Battlefield?

    Thom Hartmann

    The Hartmann Report

    Why the largest-ever ICE operation isn’t just about immigration, but about who gets to walk freely in America’s cities and who pays with their lives…

    Published On: 01/15/2026

  • Culture • Democracy • Disinformation • Europe • Social Media

    ‘It’s frightening’: How far right is infiltrating everyday culture

    Ashifa Kassam

    The Guardian (December 27, 2025)

    ‘It’s frightening’: How far right is infiltrating everyday culture
    Extremist messaging now woven into music and YouTube videos, with one expert saying: ‘You can be radicalised sitting on your couch’

    Published On: 01/09/2026

  • Democracy • Global • Human Rights • Violence

    Spheres of Influence

    Anne Applebaum

    Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum

    This is a criminally short-sighted policy. For seventy years, American prosperity and influence have been based on a network of allies who worked with us, not because they were coerced, but because they shared our values.

    Published On: 01/06/2026

  • Democracy • Global • Human Rights • Violence

    America the Rogue State

    Chris Hedges

    The Chris Hedges Report

    Our decaying empire stumbles forward like a wounded beast, unable to learn from its disasters, crippled by arrogance and incompetence, torching the rule of law and fantasizing that indiscriminate industrial violence will regain a lost hegemony.

    Published On: 01/05/2026

  • Democracy • Featured • Legal • Violence

    The ‘Putinization’ of US foreign policy has arrived in Venezuela

    Julian Borger

    The Guardian

    Trump is no longer bending the rules – he is demolishing them, with consequences far beyond Caracas.

    Published On: 01/03/2026

  • Cyber Security • Democracy • Digital Rights • Disinformation

    The Threat from America

    Carole Cadwalladr

    How to Survive the Broligarchy

    The next days and weeks are a test. What, if anything, will survive the blast zone of what is not just a military campaign but a targeted disinformation strike?

    Published On: 01/03/2026

  • Corruption • Democracy • Disinformation • Resistance

    The Disappearing Thin Red Line

    George A. Polisner

    Leadership Matters

    For decades, Republicans have relied on a rebranded cycle of political marketing—Silent Majority, Reagan Revolution, Moral Majority, Tea Party, MAGA—all designed to divide voters along emotional fault lines while stealthily consolidating wealth and power at the top.

    Published On: 12/29/2025

  • Corruption • Democracy • Legal • Resistance

    The 2026 Election Has Already Been Rigged and I Can Prove It

    Christopher Armitage

    The Existentialist Republic

    What would you do if watching an election be cancelled or stolen in real time?

    Published On: 12/17/2025

  • Democracy • Legal

    The Government Can Empty Your Bank Account Tomorrow. No Judge Required

    W. A. Lawrence

    Glass Empires By W. Lawrence

    How Miller's Legal Architecture Ensures Constitutional Protections Arrive After They Matter.

    Published On: 12/15/2025

  • Artificial Intelligence • Democracy

    The AI industry’s $100 million play to influence the 2026 elections

    Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby and Noel Sims

    Popular Information

    LTF has already secured more than $100 million, including $50 million from venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz and another $50 million from OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman.

    Published On: 12/11/2025

  • Democracy

    Democrats, Look in the Mirror

    Marianne Williamson

    TRANSFORM with Marianne Williamson (12/01/25)

    Nothing less will be sufficient.

    Published On: 12/10/2025

  • Democracy • Legal

    Humphrey’s Who? The Big SCOTUS Case Few Understand

    The Big Picture and Jay Quo

    The Big Picture

    A decision over who Trump can fire will reshape how our entire government functions.

    Published On: 12/09/2025

Recommended

  • 01/16/2026

    I talked Trump out of invoking the Insurrection Act. He’ll do it this time — but we can stop him.

    America needs to prepare for the coming constitutional crisis. However, it's not hopeless. It's time to go on legal offense.

  • 01/07/2026

    Let’s Make the End of CPB the Start of Public Media’s Revival

    When one door closes, they say, sometimes you have to bring a lot of people to push another one open. Let’s make a plan and meet on the sidewalk. 

  • 01/07/2026

    ICE Agents Can Be Charged With Murder

    As a killing in Minneapolis is documented, the law clearly stipulates that federal agents do not have universal immunity.

  • 01/06/2026

    The Antidote to Fear is Courage

    These documents imply that the ​“terrorists” are the brave teachers, neighbors, librarians, and community members blowing whistles, protecting students, keeping books on shelves, advocating for trans rights, and organizing for economic and social equity.

  • 01/05/2026

    Meet Paul Singer, the Billionaire Trump Megadonor Set to Make a Killing on Venezuela Oil

    “Paul Singer’s shady purchase of Citgo has everything to do with this coup.”