2025 Archives

When pundits blame tone instead of truth, they let one party weaponize threats and lies without consequence… As a guy who regularly gets death threats because of my media presence, I shouldn't have to say that killing people — or even threatening them — for their politics is wrong. But here it is, for the record: nobody in America should die for their politics. That said, in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination — the guy who downplayed slavery, demonized Black and brown people, promoted the racist antisemitic Great Replacement Theory, attacked queer people, made degrading comments about women, said gun deaths were fine because that's the price we must pay for the Second Amendment — the media is afraid to say anything about the state of our politics other than "we need to stop violence-provoking political rhetoric on both sides." As if there were two sides here.

But today, Americans tremble as elected leaders kneel to greed, fear, and authoritarianism's dark shadow… Because of the decision made this week by the doughiest white boy on the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, to allow racial profiling by ICE, 65 million Hispanic Americans now live in terror of the police, carrying their passports and dreading traffic stops or shopping at Home Depot. If you're not a criminal, you shouldn't fear government. Instead, as Jefferson often pointed out, government should fear you.

Could soldiers, not citizens, end up deciding our elections? Last week, Trump posted a stolen valor war meme on his failing, Nazi-infested social media site, with the bonespurs-draft-dodger wearing a US Army Cavalry hat and the slogan, paraphrased from the movie Apocalypse Now: "'I love the smell of deportations in the morning…' Chicago is about to find out why it's called the Department of War."

The Best of the Rest of the News. — Trump seems to delight in the suffering and even deaths of others, a characteristic common among sociopathic dictators, so it shouldn't surprise us that he wants to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War. — Trump is preparing to hand Europe over to Russia if Putin decides to go for it. — "Weird Stephen" Miller, who Trevor Noah calls "Sméagol in a suit," is, according to The Washington Post, running Trump's militarized takeover of Washington DC. — Trump has some problems with his base; when James O'Keefe goes after you, look out. — CNN has uncovered audio of Bob Kennedy describing Trump supporters as "belligerent idiots," "outright Nazis," "cowards," and "bootlickers," while also comparing Trump to Adolf Hitler. — A Democrat introduces a bill to eliminate taxes on social security. Didn't Trump promise that? What will the GOP do now? — We're the only developed country in the world where we've handed our nation's healthcare off to massive for-profit corporations, and, wow, are they ever raking it in! — The economy continues to slide toward recession as Trump's tariff taxes bite and his attacks on the Fed cause the rest of the world to move away from US investments. — NATO's chief is warning that China and Russia are preparing for a "long-term confrontation." — Republicans are pushing a gun ban to create a national registry of Trans people they can harass and perhaps one day imprison. — Trump's newest nominee, the guy who he wants to take over the Bureau of Labor Statistics (because he fired the previous director for telling the truth about unemployment) turns out to behave like a racist, sexist bigot. — Hunters in a Farmer's World: Where are ADHD Traits Not Just Useful, but Essential? — Wisdom School: Should Lithium Become Part of the Standard Toolkit Against Alzheimer's?