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Block Island Wind Farm, foundations
Environment

The Workers Caught in Trump’s Offshore Wind Crackdown

Abigail Riely 09/01/26

The Trump administration’s war on renewable energy is jeopardizing exactly the kind of jobs that the president claims to want to create.

Firefighters, wildfire, Spain
Environment International

Fossil Fuel Emissions Could Triple the Destruction of European Wildfires by 2100

Julia Conley 09/01/26
Primary Election, Voting Ballot, Mail-in ballot
Elections

Whistleblower Details How USPS Plans to Rig the Midterms

Klaus Marre 09/01/26
Donald Trump, World Economic Forum
Elections

Trump’s Midterm Endgame

Michael D. Sellers 08/31/26
Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, video, 1.5 trillion, defense budget
US Politics

The Dems’ Secret Weapon: Growing Alarm Over the Military

Russ Baker 08/31/26

Deep Dives

private prosperity zones

Saturday Hashtag: #PrivateProsperityZones

Sean Ogden
Karoline Leavitt, briefs, media

Leavitt Leaves Her Toddler in the Lurch

Jonathan D. Simon
JFK's assassination evidence

When Claude is Wrong: Why AI Must Be Challenged

Russ Baker
Benjamin Netanyahu, leading the way, Donald Trump, 2025

More Bombing Won’t Stop Iran From Turning Into a Quagmire

William T. Dowell

Economy

Hands Off, Tariffs, Madison, WI
Economy

In Bid to Increase Costs for Americans, Trump Aims to Escalate Canada Trade War

Klaus Marre 08/24/26

American consumers are paying the price for Donald Trump not understanding how trade and tariffs work. 

TARIFFS ARE A TAX, Canada
Economy

US, Canada Trade Accusations Over Collapse of Tariff Talks

Klaus Marre 08/22/26
Economy, dollar, close up
Economy Opinion

Congrats, America, the US Debt Hit $40,000,000,000,000

Klaus Marre 08/20/26

Government Integrity

Donald Trump, General Motors
Government Integrity

What If Trump Thinks the AI Slop He Is Being Fed Is Real?

Klaus Marre
Donald Trump Jr., 2024 AmericaFest, Phoenix Convention Center
Government Integrity

Don Jr.’s Investment Firm Is About to Miraculously Lose Some Documents

Klaus Marre
Takatz Bay, Baranof Island, AK
Environment

Conservationists Say Trump Gutting of Roadless Rule Is Corporate Giveaway

Stephen Prager
Todd Blanche, Great American State Fair
Government Integrity

Blanche Destroys Illusion of an Independent DOJ in Bonkers Interview

Klaus Marre

Apprentice Stories

Anti-ICE protest, Broadview USCIS Processing Center
Apprentice Stories

‘Broadview Six’ Defendant Opens Up About the Toll of Being Targeted by DOJ

Annie Goode 08/13/26

The experience of being charged with a felony by the Trump Administration for protesting ICE left Michael Rabbitt, a member of the “Broadview Six,” shaken but not ready to give up.

National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, 2026
Apprentice Stories Elections

How Close Is the US to a National Popular Vote?

Annie Goode 08/08/26
Ralph Norman, House, Senate, Save America Act
Apprentice Stories Elections

With Midterms Looming, Trump’s SAVE Act Push Is Running Out of Time

Quinlan Forrest 07/23/26

Elections

Primary Election, Voting Ballot, Mail-in ballot
Elections

Whistleblower Details How USPS Plans to Rig the Midterms

Klaus Marre
Donald Trump, World Economic Forum
Elections

Trump’s Midterm Endgame

Michael D. Sellers
U.S. voting, November midterm elections, mail-in ballots, executive order, new rules, federal lawsuit, 24 states
Elections

Trump’s Scheme to Suppress Mail-in Votes Is on Hold Again

Klaus Marre
Darline Graham, swearing in ceremony, Lindsey Graham, South Carolina
Elections

Darline Graham Is (Probably) Donald Trump’s Type

Klaus Marre

Editors' Picks

science, botany, conservation, trees, Dutch Elm disease, boosting resistance

Disease That Decimated American Elms May Help Bring Them Back

Whowhatwhy Editors
astronomy, dark matter, Kennedy Space Center, new space telegraph, successful launch

Success: NASA Launches Newest Space Telescope

Whowhatwhy Editors
climate crisis, biodiversity, conservation, warming oceans, whales, decoding sounds

How Decoding Beluga Whales’ Sound May Save Them — and Teach Us About Ourselves

Whowhatwhy Editors
U.S. voting, November midterm elections, mail-in ballots, executive order, new rules, federal lawsuit, 24 states

24 States Sue to Block New Postal Service Rules for Mail Voting Before Midterms

Whowhatwhy Editors

Epstein

Jeffrey Epstein, dock, Little Saint James Island
Epstein

Amid Blanche Confirmation Battle, NM Sues DOJ for Access to Epstein Docs

Klaus Marre 08/06/26

Before senators vote on Todd Blanche’s confirmation, they should look into allegations from New Mexico that his Department of Justice is delaying an investigation in the crimes Jeffrey Epstein and others may have committed at his Zorro Ranch near Santa Fe.

Painting, Jeffrey Epstein, minor child
Epstein Government Integrity

Epstein Survivors Urge Cornyn and Tillis to Oppose Blanche’s Confirmation

Klaus Marre 07/21/26
Jeffrey Epstein, sitting, wicker chair
Courts Epstein

New Mexico AG Rips DOJ for Failing to Assist in Probe of Epstein’s Zorro Ranch

Klaus Marre 07/15/26

Justice

Official senate portrait of Sen. Sherrod Brown.
Courts

Democrats Notch Big Win in Court Battle Over Political Ad Rates

Klaus Marre
President, Donald Trump, UFC Freedom 250, Ultimate Fighting Championship,
Courts

Trump Keeps Reminding Americans That He Was Found Liable for Sexual Abuse

Klaus Marre
Todd Blanche, Great American State Fair
Government Integrity

Blanche Destroys Illusion of an Independent DOJ in Bonkers Interview

Klaus Marre
Emil Bove, Todd Blanche, oath of office, Attorney General
Criminal Justice

Blanche Kills Irony in Front of Cops and Police Academy Cadets

Klaus Marre

International

Firefighters, wildfire, Spain
Environment International

Fossil Fuel Emissions Could Triple the Destruction of European Wildfires by 2100

Julia Conley 09/01/26

“Fire management,” said one researcher, “cannot replace climate mitigation.”

Flash floods, Nepal
Environment International

The Floods in Nepal May Be Sending Us a Message

William T. Dowell 08/29/26
Mark Carney, Remembrance Day
Environment International

Mark Carney’s AI Strategy Will Block Renewables From Canada’s Grid

Mitch Anderson 08/27/26
Houthis, Red Sea, Israel, Jordan
Iran

A New Wrinkle in Trump’s Iran War: The Houthis

Peyman Pejman 08/26/26
Hands Off, Tariffs, Madison, WI
Economy International

In Bid to Increase Costs for Americans, Trump Aims to Escalate Canada Trade War

Klaus Marre 08/24/26

Podcast

Trump supporter, Jesus, protest sign, January 6

The Religious Movement That’s Done With Democracy

Jeff Schechtman
Police, arresting dissidents, Moscow, Portland

The Rule of Law Dies When People Get Too Comfortable

Jeff Schechtman
boiling frog

A Timeline of Western Decline

Jeff Schechtman
private company, unicorn

1,500 Companies, $4 Trillion, and No One’s Allowed to Look Under the Hood

Jeff Schechtman

Cartoon

Elon Musk, Colossus, SpaceXAI, pollution, nitrogen oxides, formaldehyde

Musk’s Colossus Data Center Complex Is Poisoning the Air in Memphis

DonkeyHotey
Natalie Harp, Steven Cheung, Donald Trump, Oval Office, Human Printer, Bunny Boiler

Natalie Harp and Steven Cheung Are Trump’s Personal Ego-Strokers

DonkeyHotey
Wealth Tax, Billionaires, tax dodgers

Oligarchs Warn Against Oligarch Tax

Ted Rall
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