Political activist David Hogg is facing a pretty clear conflict of interest. He’s part of a grassroots organization that will try primarying Democrats out of office in the coming congressional elections. He’s also the vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee. The DNC does many things, but ...| Alternet.org
It’s even worse than I’d imagined.Trump's been “flooding the zone” with so many outrageous (and often illegal) initiatives that many people are overwhelmed, demoralized, and just plain freaked out. That’s the intent. This morning, a woman I didn’t know was about to pass me on the sidewalk and then s...| Alternet.org
— Let’s just call these mass firings at Justice and the FBI what they are. Donald Trump is a lawless man who is ripping apart the FBI to turn it into a banana republic-style group of enforcing thugs who will only do his will. They will spare his friends and persecute his enemies. We’ve seen this ove...| Alternet.org
Donald Trump's 2024 campaign is distancing itself from Project 2025, a far-right blueprint by the Heritage Foundation, despite Democratic pushback.| What is Project 2025 -
Before his 2022 campaign, Sen. JD Vance praised controversial essays by the far-right Heritage Foundation, which now plagues him.| What is Project 2025 -
During a huge rally with her new presidential running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, in Philadelphia on Tuesday, August 6, Vice President Kamala Harris cautioned supporters that she is still running an "underdog" campaign against GOP nominee Donald Trump. Harris' message to supporters was clear: Be ...| Alternet.org
In her new book "A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy," former Christian fundamentalist Tia Levings describes her negative experiences in the far-right Quiverfull movement — which teaches that Christian women are obligated to have as many babies as possible and be totally submiss...| Alternet.org
First, a bit of personal history.Two weeks before October 19, 1987, I warned publicly that “in two weeks, the stock market will lose 20 percent of its value.” Then, on October 19, 1987, the S&P; 500 had the biggest one-day fall in its history — dropping 20 percent.I was immediately deluged with lett...| Alternet.org
I hear it frequently on my radio/TV program: Americans are baffled about what’s happened to Donald Trump.He used to seem so formidable, a very real threat to American democracy, the pal of dictators around the world. Now even Putin is dissing him, cutting the very prisoner deal with President Biden ...| Alternet.org