Dec 18, 2020
Joe Biden nominated Pete Buttigieg to be Secretary of Transportation. US journalists took a literal beating this year from cops, and a metaphorical beating from the DOJ. There’s a backlog for the endangered species list thanks to mass extinction caused by climate change. We could be getting more stimulus checks, after...
Dec 11, 2020
The ex-lobbyist running the EPA could condemn more than 10,000 people to death because he won’t strengthen soot emission rules, as recommended. The Trump administration brags about helping weapons manufacturers. Cash bail is banned in LA County. Follow the blood money right to Joe Biden’s Defense Secretary pick.
Dec 4, 2020
Joe Biden’s administration is getting ready to sell bland corporate centrism to the left through his OMB pick. The anti-labor record of a leading Democrat gets new scrutiny with committee chairs up for grabs. Not so reassuring: Trump tells top officials to avoid “World War 3” while ratcheting up aggression against...
Nov 20, 2020
Biden’s student debt cancellation plan is a joke. An interview with an independent journalist attacked by fascist goon Trump supporters in DC last weekend. SCOTUS takes aim at farm workers. An aging oil pipeline is at the center of an environmental struggle in Michigan.
Nov 13, 2020
Capitalism is giving us asinine non-solutions like the Hyperloop when we need some damn trains. The wave of political repression in response to anti-police uprisings continues. The worst anti-worker ballot initiative to pass on election day could be coming soon to your state. Trump is purging the Pentagon and replacing...