September 2026

Behind the hollow promises of cheap gas lies a lawless, century-long colonial land grab that is already bleeding cash and setting up a historic disaster.

“They believe a person with a disability who can’t work is a waste!” former Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley told AlterNet last month, his voice reflecting deep anger. “That an elderly person is a waste! That an orphan child is a waste!”I thought of my interview with O’Malley as I spoke …

The “political fallout” has repercussions not only for President Donald Trump, but for Republicans in general — including top Trump administration officials like Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Professor and former United States Secretary of Labor Robert Reich worked himself into a frenzy Friday evening, worrying that President Donald Trump is too mentally muddled to be making international economic decisions without meticulous guidance.Speaking with MS NOW anchor Jonathan Capehart, Reich …

The New York Times reports the Pentagon hit roughly 50 members of the Joint Staff with polygraph tests in an aggressive war on potential leakers.“U.S. government investigators have taken the extraordinary step of subjecting … members of the U.S. military’s Joint Staff to polygraph tests over leaks t…

Former Democratic strategist and permanent White House gadfly James Carville exploded during his Friday Politicon podcast, telling discouraged voters not to doubt the reckoning headed for President Donald Trump after the November elections deliver one or both chambers of Congress to Democrats.Carvil…

It was quick, but here it is. The New York Times reports The Tetris Company, which owns the rights to the classic video game, denounced a Trump administration produced Tetris clone that has the player blocking people from crossing the U.S.-Mexican border.“Build the Wall, the White House version of T…

Former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Ty Cobb was a member of President Donald Trump’s first administration legal team, so he feels he speaks with some familiarity when describing his old employer.This does not mean his familiarity is in any way flattering, however. While speak…

AllRise New reporter Adam Klasfeld reports Judge Indira Talwani blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ‘experiment’ that could result in valid ballots being tossed.“[T]he court finds […] that immediate implementation of the Final Rule issued less than seventy days before the November 202…

Economist Justin Wolfers said the U.S. economy created 162,000 jobs in August, more than most economists expected, but President Donald Trump managed to lock out the jobs he most campaigned on creating.“This is an administration that talks about big boofy blokes in hard hats and steel-toed boots. Ma…