Friday, April 4, 2025

On the CFPB’s birthday, stand against sharks

The CFPB has provided an extraordinary amount of help to millions of Americans in just six years. Now it needs our help.

Hallelujah, Trump rushes to aid the needy!

“Free at last, free at last! Thank Donald Almighty, we are free at last,”... to gouge again.

The smearing of Cori Bush for being truthful about the Gaza war

Such formulaic manipulation has long been fundamental to claims that the Israeli government represents “the Jewish people” and criticisms of its actions are “antisemitic.”

Apple Champions Privacy; Government Seeks to Trash It

Apple is, for now, fighting the US government's effort to force it to decrypt a San Bernadino terrorist's iPhone, arguing correctly that doing so would jeopardize encryption of all iPhones. But the company has a history of cooperating with the FBI in handing over phone and computer data of users, so why is it fighting this time?

Benjamin Netanyahu Wants Israeli Forces to Use Live Fire Against Rock-Throwing Demonstrators (Video)

Activists in Jordan are protesting Israel's newest assertion of authority over Muslim sacred space in Jerusalem, the al-Aqsa mosque complex. Will Israeli's aggressiveness at al-Aqsa further destabilize the Middle East?

States are doing a terrible job enforcing laws meant to protect farmed animals

Lack of law enforcement leads to needless suffering for sentient beings.

Trump smashes a hornet’s nest with a giant club, opens a door to a...

A large number of America’s most respected psychiatrists have stated that this president is mentally unstable; that he is, therefore, unfit to be the U.S. .president, and must be removed from office.

New Hampshire results leave Progressives up against the wall

Either Donald Trump or Joe Biden is headed for a second term.

How Many Thousands of US Troops Would GOP Hopefuls Send to Iraq and Syria?...

Many GOP presidential hopefuls "wouldn’t rule out U.S. boots on the ground" in Iraq, or Syria for that matter. So if a Republican takes office come 2016 we can almost be guaranteed a return of combat troops to the Middle East.

What’s the matter with Eastern Europe?

Welcome to the birthplace of Trumpism.