At conference for far-right Christians, activists plot ending abortion pill access, same-sex marriage, and mandating religious test for…

Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley was star of the program

Oct 6 • Peter Montgomery

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Flimsy GOP attempts to show ‘distance’ from Donald Trump should fool no one

As Republicans face a likely midterms wipeout, Democrats must be unsparing in reminding voters that there is little daylight between a radicalized GOP…

Oct 1 • Jim Carroll

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September 2026

Trump cabinet member Brooke Rollins claims second Trump presidency is serving God

Agriculture Secretary warns of ‘existential threat’ to America of Democrats winning elections

Sep 24

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Independent Voters Hate Trump

And there is little path to recovery

Published on Stephen Clermont's Substack • Sep 23

Third Way “war” on democratic socialism betrays a basic misreading of U.S. politics

An increasingly fascistic Republican Party, not ideas that lie within the continuum of pro-democracy policies, is the true threat to America

Sep 22 • Jim Carroll

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Non-religious people still need to think about meaning and selfhood

J. Eric Oliver on knowing yourself without gods

Sep 8 • Matthew Sheffield

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August 2026

Indefensible U.S. attacks on Latin American vessels are even more outlandish than previously understood

Reports that a covert CIA program was behind the sinking of three Ecuadorian fishing vessels should raise public alarm bells about an out-of-control…

Aug 20 • Jim Carroll

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How scientists are fighting the Trump administration’s attempts to silence them

Sylvia Chou and Alexa Romberg on how scientists are supporting each other and realizing that being apolitical is a luxury belief

Aug 19 • Matthew Sheffield

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Trump’s Reflecting Pool vendetta became too ridiculous for Jeanine Pirro

The Justice Department's dismissal of laughable charges against a former Olympic athlete shouldn't obscure the basic fact of the president's abuse of…

Aug 5 • Jim Carroll

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July 2026

How corporations took over the federal courts

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy on how ‘corporatocracy’ works and why

Jul 22 • Matthew Sheffield

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Renewed ICE killings are inevitable result of mass deportations rooted in incendiary claims of immigrant invasion

Democrats must pair opposition to ICE lawlessness with unsparing attacks on the GOP's dehumanizing anti-immigrant hatred and propaganda

Jul 20 • Jim Carroll

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Trump’s insane elections speech was really about excusing future authoritarianism

Bizarre primetime address presented no evidence, but did lay groundwork for censorship and infringing on states’ rights to administer elections

Jul 17

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