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The big picture

Newspaper headlines have called Donald Trump’s victory “decisive,” “massive,” “resounding,” “historic,” and “sweeping.” None of those things are true. Recent public opinion polls reveal that Trump’s professed policy agenda is very unpopular.

Down to the wire

How the Democratic Message Is Shrinking Trump. Palestinian American Lawmaker Gives Speech the DNC Wouldn't Allow. Undecided Voters Say Harris' Speech Made Up Their Minds. Law and Order: The Case of Donald Trump. Single Use Planet | Documentary.

Donald Trump, J.D. Vance, and crew are determined to fully reject that Green New Scam (as Republicans now love to call it), which means the two of them are intent on making you, me, and everyone else on this planet sweat, sweat, sweat.

As a major proponent of global warming, Trump apparently thinks it benefits him to be perceived as a savior of jobs in the coal industry, not because he can do much to protect coal jobs, but it allows him to appear to be supporting workers.

The world is drowning in plastic. Experts say we need to stop making so much. But the plastics industry peddling a "solution" that works like magic. Don't be fooled.

Deep-Sea Mining | John Oliver. They Might Incarcerate Me: The Ballad of Donald Trump. Hitler and the Nazis | Documentary. Dear Mamma: a Transgender Journey in Letters. Why Do So Many Americans Support a Neofascist?