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Kherson: Human Safari — Zarina Zabrisky’s haunting documentary exposes Russian war crimes in Ukraine“While the world is asleep, we are dying here.”

Kherson: Human Safari is both a frontline documentary and a work of resistance art — a powerful and poetic film created inside the war-torn city of Kherson, the city that does not fear. The film exposes one of the most horrifying aspects of ... READ MORE

Elon Musk: Pollution Salesman

Elon Musk is not in the car business; he is a pollution salesman. As a car company, Tesla is effectively bankrupt. This past quarter Tesla’s reported profits were only $405 million, a profit shown only because he sold “emissions credits” to GM and other car companies to the tune of $595 million. In other words, he’s not... READ MORE

Kherson: Human Safari“While the world is asleep, we are dying here.”

Kherson: Human Safari is both a frontline documentary and a work of resistance art — a powerful and poetic film created inside the war-torn city of Kherson, located by the Black Sea on the Dnieper River. The city that does not fear. The film exposes one of the most horrifying aspects of ... READ MORE

Trump’s Next Power Grab Doesn’t Need a Mob

Forget Jan 6th. Trump’s next move is smarter, and far more dangerous: use the courts, AI, and right-wing militias to erase millions of Americans from the vote — legally. It’s not a theory. It’s a plan. James Carville isn’t a man prone to panic, but when he says, “I would not put it at all past [Trump] to try to call martial law or declare... READ MORE

Elon Musk: The Pollution Salesman

Elon Musk is not in the car business; he is a pollution salesman. As a car company, Tesla is effectively bankrupt. This past quarter Tesla’s reported profits were only $405 million, a profit shown only because he sold “emissions credits” to GM and other car companies to the tune of $595 million. In other words, he’s not... READ MORE

I’d vote for a robot over JD Vance. Would a robot?

Robots with AI can make a strong case they are more fit than humans to choose our leaders. What if the AI bots figure that out?Democracy is a terrible method for choosing our leaders. Maybe it’s time to turn over these choices to G.O.D., that is the GenerativeAI Overseer of ... READ MORE

Let My Robots Vote!

Robots with AI can make a strong case they are more fit than humans to choose our leaders. What if the AI bots figure that out?Democracy is a terrible method for choosing our leaders. Maybe it’s time to turn over these choices to G.O.D., that is the GenerativeAI Overseer of ... READ MORE

The Only Thing Worse Than FEMA is NO FEMA

Last Tuesday, Trump announced plans to phase out FEMA after this year’s hurricane season. As our investigations have shown, the only thing worse than FEMA is NO FEMA — Trump’s plan to... READ MORE

Are You Sick of Winning Yet?

The supposed reason we are blocking migrants is to create more jobs for Americans. Problem is, my... READ MORE

The Ruins of Truth: Putin’s Silent Graves and Kafka-esque CourtsA Russian Nobel Laureate on War Crimes and Accountability

Murder-crat Vlad Putin has seduced Trump into all but abandoning Ukraine to slaughter by rocket and drone. As our special East Europe correspondent explains, Russians themselves (those with a conscience) face horrific ... READ MORE