
We Don’t Have to Anthropomorphize Animals to Care About Them
Assigning human qualities to animals is dangerous for them — and for us.

Assigning human qualities to animals is dangerous for them — and for us.

Donald Trump wants to install a partisan hack as the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. We applaud that move because the less credibility the incoming commissioner has, the more difficult it will be for the president and his administration to lie about the country’s economic situation.

In a drought of support, pour on the bullshit.

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A new State Department report on human rights across the globe seems to absolve Donald Trump’s allies of serious abuses, and it makes no mention of the dozens of journalists killed in Gaza last year

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Expert says nonprofit partners provide a “fairy dust” of legitimacy to beef industry.

Russ mulls a potpourri from the grab bag of consciousness.

A federal judge on Monday ruled to keep materials sealed that were used to indict Ghislaine Maxwell. In his stinging opinion, the judge left little doubt that the administration’s effort to make them public was little more than a ploy to appear transparent.

Both the federal takeover of the capital’s police force and the press conference where it was announced were classic Trump… and that’s not a good thing.

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Will the Journal and its parent company, Dow Jones, stand tall for journalistic integrity, as they have in the past?

Israel claims a prominent reporter it killed on Sunday was a terrorist. The Committee to Protect Journalists says his death is part of a disturbing pattern of smearing journalists covering the war in Gaza.

What was meant to be a partisan attack from Vice President JD Vance will only make MAGA supporters want to see the Epstein files even more.

With science, facts, and reality often not on their side, Donald Trump and his supporters turn to anecdotes to defend policies driven by sentiment rather than sense.

The president spends a lot of his time worrying about the tragic lack of gold ornaments on every surface in the White House.

Changing the world, one faceless statistic at a time.

It seems we didn’t have enough chaos and blood on the national carpet.

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Trump’s attacks on higher education are driving students to Europe and other welcoming countries.

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When government systems collapse under complexity, democracy itself breaks down — fueling the populist frustration reshaping American politics today.

The FBI is supposed to solve actual crimes, not harass state lawmakers who are standing up for democracy. Sadly, Director Kash Patel and Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) seem to feel differently.

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Like MAGA, major fossil fuel polluters and their PR enablers evade accountability by spinning the world they want you to see.

The Trump tariffs are finally here. While the president is celebrating, regular Americans should be prepared to start paying a lot more for the things they need.

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One of the key jobs of presidents is to face facts and make tough decisions based on them. But, since Donald Trump rejects any facts that run counter to the fake reality in which he lives, his decisions will invariably be tainted by madness.

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One family’s concern is a warning sign for kids around the world.

By manufacturing “controversies” to keep their audiences enraged instead of engaged, Fox News and right-wing influencers are trying to distract conservatives from issues that matter much more to them.

With the current regime, what is especially disconcerting is our inability to predict anything — aside from Trump’s constant pivots for self-advantage.

Top Republican officials in Texas want to impose draconian penalties on Democrats trying to prevent the GOP from further rigging the state’s congressional map.

Every American is hurt because the US government currently seems to have only the interests of Donald Trump in mind.

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Changing the world, one faceless statistic at a time.

Telling Americans that the next election is the most important in their lifetimes isn’t being alarmist, it’s being realistic about the danger Donald Trump and his GOP pose to democracy.

Numbers that make President Trump look like a loser drive him insane.

While failing to generate even $1 million in revenue during the second quarter of the year, Donald Trump’s media company still managed to raise $2.4 billion during that time.

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Donald Trump reacted to a terrible jobs report by firing the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which puts in question the nonpolitical work of the agency going forward.

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As it turns out, the (mediocre) jobs reports that Donald Trump and his allies were celebrating in May and June were way off. On Friday, more accurate figures painted a gloomy picture.

The journalist who first published Epstein’s black book reveals a network of corruption and systemic coverup reaching the highest levels of power.

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In Appalachian Tennessee, mines shut down and couldn’t pay their debts. Now a new one is opening under the guise of an “energy emergency.”

The executive order with which Donald Trump tries to justify punitive tariffs imposed on Brazil shows some striking similarities to the tactics the president is employing in the US.

It ain’t over ’til …

Now that he has claimed full credit for the economy after it grew 3 percent in the second quarter, Donald Trump and his allies will no longer be able to blame Joe Biden when things go south.

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