What the hell is going on in Texas? Trent and Caitlin welcome Houston culture reporter Gwen Howerton about the Texas senate primaries, censorship in prisons, […]
Category: North America
News from US, Canada and Mexico
Birthright Citizenship Day
First off, let me warn you I’m still feeling under the weather and suffering a lot of brain fog. But I’ll do my best. Today […]
Alleged DC pipe bomber lawyer hit with contempt claim for doxing ex-Capitol cop
Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., are moving for a contempt of court judgment against the lawyer representing Brian Cole, the man accused of planting the […]
Shockwaves as hospitals and medics targeted in brutal Iran war fallout
The US-Israeli war on Iran and the resulting regional conflict have unleashed a wave of deadly attacks on healthcare workers and infrastructure across the Middle […]
“They weren’t there for us”: Trump vows to leave NATO after allies refuse to enter Iran War
President Donald Trump is threatening to leave NATO, calling the alliance of nations “a paper tiger” in a recent interview with The Telegraph. The announcement […]
“Won’t be able to stop us”: Democrats, GOP both declare victory as DHS funding deal moves forward
Republican leaders in Congress said on Wednesday the eight-week-long partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security would soon come at an end. Democratic lawmakers […]
A DNA Archive Critical to Identifying Missing Migrants Itself Goes Missing
This story was originally published by High Country News and The Border Chronicle. In 2016, Irma Carrillo Nevares swabbed the inside of her cheek and […]
Mike Johnson Caves And Agrees To Pass Democratic Bill To Open DHS With NO Funding For ICE
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson tried to play the tough guy after the Senate passed a bill to fund DHS without any funding for […]
Hollywood Stars Join Together to Defend the First Amendment
Jane Fonda and Joan Baez lead a free speech demonstration in Washington, D.C., recollecting the abuses of the McCarthy era.
See, The Problem with the Titanic Was Not Enough Captains
Last week, the unions representing staff and faculty at Vermont State University kind of tossed a grenade in the punchbowl. Not that anybody noticed, even […]
Poilievre calls for cancellation of multibillion-dollar high-speed rail project
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the federal government to cancel a proposed high-speed rail line between Toronto and Quebec City. Speaking […]
Off and Running (The State of Liberal Currents #1)
To all of our subscribers, I hope this newsletter finds you well. This marks the first State of Liberal Currents, the successor to the old […]
Overcoming Indifference
Every once in a while, I encounter a book that speaks clearly to the questions that keep me up at night. In 2025, that book […]
Rubio Ironically Says Iran Should Spend Money on Its People, Not on the Military
Secretary of State Marco Rubio lectured Iran in interviews this week, saying that the country should be spending money on supporting its people rather than […]
Trump Order Gives US Postal Service Unprecedented Control Over Mail Voting
President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued a second executive order on elections, this one giving the U.S. Postal Service unprecedented oversight over who is voting […]
There is no one left to sell Trump’s war
Tonight, on April Fools’ Day — the first night of Passover, with the bond markets closing early tomorrow ahead of Good Friday — Donald Trump […]
Trump’s Justice Department dropped 23,000 criminal investigations in shift to immigration
In the first days after Pam Bondi was appointed attorney general last year, the Department of Justice began shutting down pending criminal cases at a […]
Protests over Trump’s ‘damaging and dangerous’ term spark outside US Embassy
An anti-Donald Trump protest has taken place outside the US Embassy in London, England today (April 1). Protestors from the campaign group Fossil Free London […]
Trump’s legal nemesis makes major prediction about president’s pet Supreme Court case
President Donald Trump’s executive order eliminating birthright citizenship is going to go down in flames at the Supreme Court, former ethics czar and impeachment attorney […]
America Has Gone More Than a Year Without a Surgeon General. Has Anyone Noticed?
On Sunday, Jerome Adams, who served as surgeon general during President Donald Trump’s first term, publicly criticized Casey Means, Trump’s current nominee for the position. […]