1+ hour, 27+ min ago  (1057+ words) Last Thursday, the case against the "Broadview 6" imploded in spectacular fashion. In a dramatic courtroom hearing, Judge April Perry revealed shocking misconduct by the US Attorneys Office in the indictment of individuals protesting ICE's Midway Blitz dragnet. The government tried…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (583+ words) In the finale of Amazon Prime series "The Boys," a new character is briefly introduced: G'nter Van Ellis, the richest man in the world, amateur astronaut, and father of 17 children. After suggesting the acquisition of slaves to work in his…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1057+ words) Last week, Trump's Food and Drug Administration just about tore itself apart in a paroxysm of confusion and chaos. First, Commissioner Dr. Martin Makary resigned. He was replaced by Kyle Diamantis, a crony of Donald Trump Jr. who has no…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1343+ words) Media commentary about artificial intelligence often veers into doomerism or grifty hype. Chris Hayes is trying for something more thoughtful. Hayes " who you might know from his MS NOW show, exquisite Bluesky posts, and/or his "Why Is This Happening?...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1235+ words) During the Trump administration's siege of Minnesota, federal agents behaved with the sort of impunity that comes from the assurance there will never be any consequences for their violent, criminal actions. While it is true that it is very difficult…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (963+ words) It was just a couple of weeks into his war in Iran that President Trump began demanding other countries solve the problem he had created. "Many Countries," he said on social media on March 14, "will be sending War Ships, in…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1283+ words) Decades after Richard Nixon went to China, America needs a president with the strategic mindset of Nixon (but not his amorality) to deal with a Chinese regime that has become a hub of authoritarianism across the globe. Instead, we have…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (164+ words) Public Notice | Aaron Rupar Josh Marshall on how US democracy can be saved "You simply can't do it with the filibuster and this Supreme Court in place." Josh Marshall, founder of Talking Points Memo and a longtime friend of this…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1155+ words) Eleven years after Donald Trump came down that escalator in Trump Tower, Republican lying has become normalized to a disturbing degree. But even so, there's something about how his second-term appointees make a mockery of the truth that's especially galling....

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (830+ words) President Donald Trump went after Ivy League schools with a vengeance straight out the gate during his second term, demanding hundreds of millions to settle sham investigations and restore federal funding. Those attacks, however, are about hurting schools that Trump…...