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Nuclear power is the most apocalyptically dangerous non-solution to the climate crisis we could imagine.  One nuclear accident could take out most of a continent. Germany knows this, and that’s why they’re winding it down together with fossil fuels. Trump’s … Continue reading →

Trump was less manic at the debate than I expected–although he did descend into hysteria toward the end. Which leads me to believe that on this occasion he had been given sedatives rather than stimulants in the vain hope that … Continue reading →

Trump will be drugged at tonight’s debate. Higher than a kite, he will be a study in obstreperous mania. He won’t answer any of the rmoderators’ questions, but will steer everything back to his two or three talking points: The … Continue reading →

A new report issued by Village Preservation demonstrates the way that NYC landmark designations have ground to a halt; there are fewer under the Adams regime than any under any previous mayor since the Landmarks Presevation Commission was established in 1965. … Continue reading →

In The Guardian, Rebecca Solnit writes that “The first thing to say about the hate and scorn currently directed at the mainstream  US media is that they worked hard to earn it. They’ve done so by failing, repeatedly, determinedly, spectacularly … Continue reading →

A.G. Sulzberger takes to the pages of the Washington Post to insist that when the Times is asked to practice journalism, it is actually being asked to practice electioneering. That’s now become the go-to dodge for the corporate media when … Continue reading →

at the demented babble that gushed out of Trump during their “interview.” But Levin didn’t dare interrupt, which just made it all the more damning for Trump.  He demonstrated that it is time for him to go into Assisted Living–not anywhere … Continue reading →

No, Mr. Trump,American Jews do not recognize Netanyahu as their president. And a significant percentage of Israelis realize that he’s not their president, either. Jack Johnson at Common Dreams reports that “The strike was called by Histadrut, Israel’s largest trade union. … Continue reading →

No, he’s not just urning his head from to side to read (haltingly, because he’s functionally illiterate) the teleprompter. He can barely face America head on, or maybe he can’t control his head movements or he’s too dilapidated to hold … Continue reading →

or the Dems will be wiped out in the 20226 midterms, the way they were in 1994 and 2010. Contrary to how the corporate media and Establishment Dems spun those losses, they occurred largely because both Clinton and Obama abandoned … Continue reading →