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The Point of No Kings Is NO KINGS
2+ hour, 23+ min ago (1903+ words) by Rayne | Mar 28, 2026 | Culture, Trump 2.0 | 27 comments [NB: check the byline, thanks. /~Rayne] There will be coast-to-coast protest rallies today; the theme is No Kings. If you are participating, please be safe while exercising your First Amendment right to non-violent protest....
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1+ day, 13+ hour ago (13+ words) How Vladimir Putin Intends to Recruit Trump to Russia's Side in WWIII'Emptywheel...
The Two Subpoenas for Kash Patel's Communication Records
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (599+ words) by emptywheel | Mar 25, 2026 | 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection, Leak Investigations | 3 comments We can confirm that pursuant to my action, that that grand jury testimony has been released " the transcript [] publicly. I mean, cmon. The story remains that the FBI…...
America's Bookend Wars for Oil
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (1789+ words) by emptywheel | Mar 25, 2026 | 2024 Presidential Election, Energy Policy, War, WMD | 0 comments Whatever else the Iran War does, the energy and economic crisis Trump created will result in a remapping of the world, with results that are largely unforeseeable. One thing is…...
Deneen Is Wrong
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (723+ words) by Ed Walker | Mar 20, 2026 | Left Theory | 0 comments Index to posts in this series. In each of my prior posts I've looked at some of my disagreements and pointed at things I think he got dead wrong. In this post I…...
Mixing The Mixed Constitution
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (855+ words) by Ed Walker | Mar 14, 2026 | Left Theory | 0 comments Index to posts in this series Chapter Five of Regime Change by Patrick Deneen describes the mixed constitution, which is the second main principle of common good conservatism, along with the wisdom of…...
Fridays with Nicole Sandler
2+ week, 1+ day ago (208+ words) by emptywheel | Mar 13, 2026 | War | 9 comments P.S. I wish to apologize if he has a stuttering disability. I should have said nervous looking and sounding. Anna Bower provides a LINK to the Boasberg Opinion here [Definitely worth a read!]: 3/11/26 BOASBERG [Begins with…...
What We Talk About When We Talk About AI (Epilogue)
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1298+ words) by Quinn Norton | Mar 13, 2026 | Uncategorized | 12 comments (Go to Part five) AP Eleventh Grade History: Examining Recent History In the 2020s craze, AI CEO Sam Altman became a billionaire without his company ever making a profit. Much of that first architecture had…...
Trump Rewards Russia for Helping Iran Target US Service Members
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1019+ words) by emptywheel | Mar 13, 2026 | Ukraine, War | 0 comments Yesterday, Scott Bessent lifted sanctions on any Russian oil currently stranded at sea (including oil that Russia managed to "strand" at sea between Monday, when Trump spoke with Putin, and yesterday). This move comes…...
Pam Bondi Dropped Cases against Four Alleged Drug Dealers So She Could Hunt Don Lemon
3+ week, 10+ hour ago (1744+ words) by emptywheel | Mar 7, 2026 | 2016 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, Immigration, January 6 Insurrection, Religion, Weaponized DOJ | 14 comments Before Donald Trump started an illegal war against Iran, DOJ superseded the indictment against Don Lemon and others, adding 30 new alleged co-conspirators. Pam Bondi did so…...