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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

The Great Distractor: Auditioning for Trump’s Spectacle

California Gov. Newsom said Trump sent in the National Guard, “Because they want a spectacle.” Exactly.Trump's getting killed on the economy, so the Distractor-in-Chief changes the ... READ MORE

The Great American Tariff Scam: Starring Donald Trump as the Savior Who Sells You OutIt’s not just bad economics. It’s a calculated con that’s costing us jobs, factories, and our future…

Trump just doubled tariffs on steel and aluminum from 25% to 50%, and it’s steelworkers who will pay with their jobs. Stay with me, and I’ll explain these weird, weird... READ MORE

Trump’s Tariff Terrorism Leads to Steel Layoffs

He did it again. Today, President Donald Trump doubled  the tariff on steel and aluminum from 25% to 50%.And it’s the steelworkers who will pay with their jobs. Stay with me, and I’ll explain these weird, weird... READ MORE

TRUMP IS TURNING JAPANESE, I really think so

Trump’s tariff terrorism leads to steelworker layoffs.Stay with me, and I’ll explain these weird, weird facts: ... READ MORE

Jake Tapper — A Journalist? (That’s News to Me!)

Jake Tapper is a gossipmonger and a putz, not a journalist. In 2001, Tapper was assigned by Salon to work with me to develop a ... READ MORE

Marching Backwards? 60 years after Bloody Sunday

We cannot take progress for granted. Indeed, 60 years after Bloody Sunday, I feel like we are marching backwards. With new laws allowing the return of Ku Klux Klan voter challenges, how do we defeat the forces that would watch democracy bleed to death and applaud? ... READ MORE

60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday: Selma’s Youngest Marcher Speaks

This Sunday marks the 60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the march over the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, where John Lewis was beaten close to death marching for the right for Black people to vote in America. Here is Lynda Blackmon Lowery, the youngest marcher, beaten so badly by cops that ... READ MORE