8+ hour, 38+ min ago   (738+ words) “What if I told you everything you know is a lie?” – Morpheus, The Matrix What if I told you that everything that you have been told about transgender issues was a lie? That none of the “just asking questions,” “protecting…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1213+ words) It looks like Republicans settled on a talking point about why the SAVE America Act is totally necessary to stop non-citizens from fraudulently voting by the millions and zillions — and you will not be surprised to learn that it is…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1241+ words) “We are holding Canada responsible for the fact that they are not properly maintaining their Forests, and Brush therein, and the United States is being unnecessarily invaded by filthy, polluted, and unhealthy air, the quality of which is dangerous, and…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (969+ words) CAMDEN, Me. — Here in Maine, Susan Collins yard signs are rare. Over the course of three days, driving about 150 miles, I saw just one featuring her simple, patented appeal: “Susan Collins: Our Senator.” But don’t assume the dearth of pro-Collins…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (743+ words) Donald Trump is the face of hate. He is the face of war. He is the face of a pandemic. And now he is the orange, sagging face of explosive diarrhea. This month, there has been a major outbreak of…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (704+ words) Whenever President Trump does something alarming, disturbing, or seemingly ill-considered, his opponents immediately begin trading theories about what his true motivations are. Is today’s crazy statement or decision just a ruse to distract the public from something else, probably Jeffrey…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1252+ words) The nation is suffering through another spasm of shootings by ICE agents. It feels like we’re right back where we were in January, when federal agents went on a lawless, deadly tear in Minnesota. This time, however, the violence is…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1208+ words) Depending on when you read this, Trump may be bombing Iran, claiming a peace deal is imminent, threatening to commit more war crimes against the civilian population, teasing a ground invasion, or some combination thereof. Nothing, though, has really changed....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1314+ words) “Where’s my Roy Cohn?” Trump wailed in 2017, after Jeff Sessions heeded his ethical obligation to recuse himself from the Russia investigation. Nine years later, Trump has finally found his Roy Cohn, but with a prodigious aptitude for sycophancy substituted for…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (554+ words) “How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.” “What brought it on?” “Friends,” said Mike. “I had a lot of friends. False friends.” Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises Graham Platner’s misbegotten Senate…...