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Will the Russians continue to bombard Ukraine’s nuclear plants? The fate of Europe as well as Russia hangs in the balance. What type of “green” technology has the potential to render a continent uninhabitable?

From a correspondent who attended last night’s season premiere of Ariadne auf Naxos at the Met: “This immense 35-year-old talent sings Ariadne at the Met now (sadly to shockingly empty houses). It is a remarkable performance, utterly devoid of artistic … Continue reading →

Old Mitch makes us all clutch our sides when he says there is no room for white supremacists in the Republican party.

His relentless, remorseless, ruthless lying has atomized America. Let students of treason and authoritarianism “so note.”

I mean, if he’s going to embark on a book-promotion blitz, he might as well face a little accountability, no? Barr betrayed this country, turning the Department of Justice into a personal law firm for Herr Trump. Barr obstructed justice … Continue reading →

On view at the CPAC conference today: while the world burns and floods around us, Trump describes global warming as “the ocean’s may rise, over the next 300 years, one one-hundredth of an inch, giving you slightly more seafront property.”

What was said about Ukraine? What assurances did Trump give? Or are we still deluding ourselves that looking forward means never looking back? Democratic Congress members asked for the transcripts after Biden took office and were rebuffed with that preposterous … Continue reading →

and that’s one reason he hates her. Plus, he’s a raging, frothing misogynist and racist.

to hide the truth about her record? The new confirmation will be refreshing indeed. And Biden has actually learned a lesson from past Democratic stumbles. Amanda Marcotte writes at Raw Story that Democrats “all too often think that the way … Continue reading →

Biden made the right choice. Michelle Childs was too corporate-tilted. Ketanji Brown Jackson will provide a real counterweight to the right-wing corporatist extremists in the Supreme Court majority. Lndsay Graham, of course, is already exercising his predilection for shrieking hypocrisy: … Continue reading →