My Grandpa Was Two
Stopping in Trempealeau, Wisconsin, during a trip along the Mississippi, historian and poet Peter Carroll contemplates the flow of time.
Federal Workers Declare Five-Alarm Fires at Agencies
Labor Notes
Federal unionists at dozens of workplaces are sounding the alarm to Congress and the public about Trumps cuts
FAQ for Senior Military Officers at Hegseth’s Quantico Meeting
Just Security
In an unprecedented move, Pete Hegseth has summoned all U.S. generals and admirals from around the globe to an in-person meeting. The purpose is not clear. Here are some questions these military leaders should be asking, and some answers.
The Roberts Court Is Winning Its War on American Democracy
The New Republic
Chief Justice John Roberts has now overseen 20 years of increasingly illiberal rulings by the Supreme Court. Presidential immunity, for example, did not exist until Donald Trump asked for it and the Roberts court gave it to him.
Recognizing Palestine: What Israeli Leaders Should Tell Israelis, if They Had the Guts
Haaretz
In lockstep with Netanyahu, opposition leaders lined up to condemn Israel's closest allies who recognized the State of Palestine. If they had the guts, they'd tell the truth: that death, destruction and 'Super Sparta' need not be their fate.
The Kimmel Saga: Evidence the Tide May Be Turning
Paul Krugman Substack
It's clear that Trump is rushing to lock in permanent power. But there is hard evidence that he may not enjoy the success that Vladimir Putin and Victor Orban did. Is the Jimmy Kimmel affair the harbinger of a failed Trumpian putsch?
Trump And Vance Cannot Be Happy With The New South Park
Jon, Jon, and Tommy break down South Park’s latest skewering of FCC Chair Brandon Carr, Trump's attempted satanic baby infanticide, and Bibi Netanhayu
What Mark Zuckerberg Is Hiding About His AI Chatbots
Social media fueled the loneliness epidemic — now Big Tech wants to sell us their "cure"
Pregnancy Is Insane
The challenges of pregnancy rival any Olympic competition, yet when successful pregnancy results in an extraordinary achievement
Bombshell Development in the Epstein Scandal
When Adelita Grijalva is sworn in as a member of Congress next week, she will be the crucial 218th vote to force a vote on release of the Epstein files. What comes next?
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