“Most countries in the world are organized around an ethnicity.” This was said to me matter-of-factly by a friend, someone quite sympathetic to the idea […]
Month: July 2026
Trump’s Next Move To Get Republicans Destroyed Is Cutting Healthcare For 25 Million Seniors
When Trump and his party cut Affordable Care Act subsidies and cost millions their coverage while increasing costs for tens of millions of others, it […]
Gov. Andy Beshear Turns The Tables On Republicans Who Are Hiding Mitch McConnell
Sen. Mitch McConnell’s staff and family have continued to refuse to provide a real update on the Senator’s health after he was reportedly found unconscious […]
The IRS Is Imploding
In many years of paying taxes, I’ve never had a problem with the IRS. So, I was surprised to receive a letter dated May 25 […]
Orange, Morrison plan €3bn French data centre joint venture
Orange has partnered with global infrastructure investor Morrison to create a jointly controlled data centre company in France. As a result, the 50/50 venture will […]
Trump teleprompter operator out of job after speech-betting scandal: report
Gabriel Perez, President Donald Trump’s longtime teleprompter operator, has lost his government job following an investigation into insider betting on the president’s speeches. Perez earned […]
Critics rag on Trump after struggling to toss a Tic Tac into his mouth: ‘Like a magnet’
Critics were chuckling on Tuesday when President Donald Trump appeared to struggle to eat a Tic Tac during the funeral service for late Sen. Lindsey […]
Mavericks Without a Cause
The memoirs of John Fetterman and Joe Manchin offer revealing insights into two figures granted outsized importance by our broken political system.
So Who’s Spending It, and Where’s It Going?
While us campaign finance sickos breathlessly await the August 1 filing deadline, we can occupy a bit of our time by tracking the mass media […]
Germany’s Merz says EU budget needs cut of ‘several hundred billion’ euros
DUBLIN — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday the European Commission’s original EU budget proposal of almost €2 trillion should be slashed by hundred […]
British Tories beef with France after vessel fires shots near MP
LONDON — A British politician on Tuesday accused French authorities of trying to “intimidate” him after shots were fired near him during a coast guard […]
Astronauts’ brains retain memory of gravity even after months in space, study finds
Researchers working with 11 astronauts discovered that even in weightlessness, the brain continues to behave as if gravity is still present – a finding that […]
Lesvia review – the rise and fall of an amazing lesbian community on Sappho’s actual island home
Director Tzeli Hadjidimitriou grew up on Lesbos, and her elegant debut feature explores how the Greek poet’s birthplace became a hub for lesbians A fine-boned, […]
Zelenskyy, Trump Meet At White House At Crucial Moment In US-Ukraine Relations
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had “a good meeting” with US President Donald Trump on July 28. The meeting, which had been expected to be one […]
Kenya: Court Lifts Shisha Ban in Major Blow to Government Crackdown
Capital FM] Nairobi — The High Court has lifted the ban on shisha, ruling that continued enforcement of the prohibition is unlawful and unconstitutional after […]
A For-Profit Hospital Slashed Costs. Then a Patient Froze to Death on Its Roof.
Chelsea Adolphus had been bleeding for a week. She told Danny Gyal, her best friend, that it was like a period that wouldn’t end. It […]
With spirit of Anchorage dead, no new ideas to end Ukraine War
On the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers meeting in Manila, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The […]
AI race loss fears behind Trump’s planned September hosting of Xi
Managing the risks of frontier artificial intelligence (AI) models and protecting intellectual property are set to top the agenda when United States President Donald Trump […]
Lawsuit Over Social Media Allegations of Hair Accessory Design Theft (with a Race Dimension) Can Go Forward
From today’s decision by Judge Ann Aiken (D. Ore.) in Owen v. Askew, the allegations from plaintiff’s complaint: Plaintiff Kursten Owen is an Oregon resident […]
Americans Placed $166B in Sports Bets in 2025 — Double Amount Spent on the Arts
Americans spent nearly $170 billion on sports bets in 2025, representing more than double the amount Americans spent on movies, books, music, and museums combined […]