The Inauguration of the Oligarchs

The Inauguration of the Oligarchs

In Mother Jones, David Corn writes, today the three wealthiest men in the U.S.—Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg—”are scheduled to be at the Capitol as honored guests for Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration, seated where four years ago Christian...
Facebook’s About-Face on Fact-Checking

Facebook’s About-Face on Fact-Checking

The “news” is not just bad these days; far too much of it is perniciously and intentionally false.  More and more Americans have come to rely on the free “news” that shows up on social media sites like Tik-Tok, Facebook and X. But even though hate speech,...
Up is Down and Down is Up

Up is Down and Down is Up

On this date, January 6, four years ago, the U.S. democracy in the United States essentially faced a revolt by those who refused to believe that Joe Biden had won the 2020 election.  Partisans of the now duly re-elected President, Donald Trump, keep telling us that...
Ticky Tacky Trumpy Treasures!!!!

Ticky Tacky Trumpy Treasures!!!!

Breaking news: “The Trump Store has a gift for every patriot on your Christmas list.” That’s a quote from Cat Zakrewski in the Washington Post on Christmas Day, 2024.  The Trump Store?  “It’s a little late for this year’s celebrations, but you can get a...
Gaslighting the Gulag: Assad’s “Humanitarian” Asylum

Gaslighting the Gulag: Assad’s “Humanitarian” Asylum

Even as the world witnessed newly liberated Syrians desperately searching Syria’s notorious Saydnaya Prison where Basshir Al Assad had routinely jailed and tortured many (or even any) who vocally opposed his tyrannical rule, Vladimir Putin granted Assad asylum in...