Wednesday, April 2, 2025

The 1 Percent’s Useful Idiots

Did Bernie Sanders let us down? It looks like we will have to carry out the political revolution on our own.
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Trump’s incredibly dumb bet on coal

If we really want to lead we have to go with the energy of the future, not the energy of the past.

Obama-Netanyahu Tiff Worsens: US Won’t Rule Out Using UN to Create Palestine

While it was rumored that Kerry was "gearing up for a third try at negotiations after the Israeli elections," it will no longer be. President Obama said bilateral talks are out of the question and he refuses to pretend otherwise.

Ten Ideas to Save the Economy #4: Bust Up Wall Street

Wall Street is back to many of its old tricks. But the bigger they get, the more likely it is that the government will bail them out if they get into trouble again. So what needs to be done to tame Wall Street?

The legacy of America’s first Wrestlemania president

Professional sports and professional wrestling tap into a primal level of tribalism that Trump has funneled into a form of nationalism.
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The biggest political party in America you’ve never heard of

Non-voters — those Americans eligible to vote but don’t — are in effect America’s biggest political party.

Harvard and Jeffrey Epstein

“Once Epstein was convicted, Harvard should have cut him off from further communication with the [Faculty of Arts and Sciences]. He didn't deserve more.”

Why Closing the Digital Divide Will Strengthen America and Help US Workers

With huge disparities in internet access across America, building out the information superhighway will be as essential as modernizing roads and bridges as the nation strives to rebound from the pandemic, grow a more powerful economy and forge a brighter future for all.

An End To Impunity For Dictators – And Their Backers – Makes The World...

The U.S. should definitely reflect on, and learn from, these guilty verdicts.

2008 All Over Again

“Britain’s withdrawal from the eurozone will damage not only the international banking system, but hamper Washington’s aggressive policies toward Russia and the Ukraine.”