22+ hour, 6+ min ago   (722+ words) the idea, if implemented, would give Tehran cash flow and control that it didn't command before the war.Exclusive | Iran Estimates $40 Billion Windfall From Reopening Hormuz With Gulf States – WSJ share.google/llg3n5fNl7qJ… So it’s still a gosh-darn war. NEW: Recent…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (299+ words) It’s one of those places that might’ve fallen off the map entirely, but for a mention in one of the most beloved Czech works of literature and film. I found a nice, sad, little video about the life of the…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (262+ words) Foreshadowing the truth of a 2028 JD Vance administration, Vance does the usual ret-conning exemplified by sucking up to EU right-wing political parties. GOPhascism will be more nuanced once Trump is gone. Vance said this week, "the United States never targets…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (266+ words) Unhingery continues as Trump threatens with no justification, declaring the Strait of Hormuz a US territory because his clueless MAGAs believe anything’s possible in imperial Trumpland. "Privately, Trump is having discussions with senior aides about whether to declare the Iran…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1769+ words) The attacks from the MAGAtroids; the attacks ON the MAGATroids; outreach to disgruntled MAGAtroids; turning attacks back on the attackers; more and even better polls; invitations to do the work. What’s not to like? Trump knows El-Sayed’s lead is fake…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (348+ words) The Republican Party has long been the home of racists and hate mongers who openly advocate discrimination and white supremacy. They welcome organizations like the Ku Klux Klan into their political family and unabashedly campaign for their votes. Much of…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (793+ words) The war that followed October 7, 2023, did more than reshape military and diplomatic calculations across the Middle East. It also exposed a changing media landscape, where the lines between journalism, political advocacy and strategic messaging have become increasingly difficult to separate....

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (820+ words) “History is not a straight line.It’s a pendulum. It swingsback and forth.”— Abigail Adams “All progress is precarious, and thesolution of one problem brings usface to face with another problem.”— Martin Luther King Jr. “Never forget that a political,…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (282+ words) Never thought I would agree with neo-fascist gadfly Tucker Carlson on much of anything, but he seems to have come full circle from his former support of Trump and his policies, and now is actually calling for Trump’s immediate impeachment…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1043+ words) I’m damn tired of ‘pro-Israel’ being used by both media and, especially, in social media as an insult or point of indignation. It creates the assumption that the opposite of ‘pro-Israel’ is no Israel which is as ludicrous and unrealistic…...