Donald Trump has a lot to say about President Biden’s age for someone who’s been blundering around the country recently. It’s all over the media…Trump slurring his way through speeches that found him mixing up Biden and Barack Obama, Hungary and Turkey, and apparently Hamas with…wait for it… “hummus?!” Is he just hungry? Or is there something more going on? If he wants to discuss senility in Presidential candidates, by all means, let’s…!

Speaker of the House “MAGA” Mike Johnson and his fellow Republicans added the environment to their extensive hit list yesterday. They’ve passed a bill to both terminate fish restoration in California’s Central Valley and compel Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland to deem it complete when it isn’t. Yes, it’s for the rea$on$ you think it is & with zero regard for the environment.

Opening arguments began this week in Colorado in the case to compel the CO A.G. to remove Trump from the ballot in both 2024’s Primary & General Elections. Based on the 14th Amendment, it’s one of at least two such state cases, along with Minnesota, that could eventually reach the Supreme Court.

American oligarchs have always known that their “warnings” about making people “dependent on government” and/or “lazy” were scams. With new Universal Basic Income (UBI) experiments, cities across America (and around the world) are proving how wrong the old Republican canard really is. Let’s put it to bed once & for all and start working out innovative ways for government to help low-income working people rise above poverty.

New Speaker of the House “MAGA” Mike Johnson says if you want to know what his beliefs are, read the Bible…that’s his world view. So, does this mean he recommends the murder of misbehaving children? What about the banning of the disabled from church services? Plus, he (& his wife) really seem to have a problem with LGBTQ people. Further, his name appears to be associated with a dangerous, anti-democratic, extremist group. By their fruits ye shall know them?

If a palm tree (or several hundred of them) blows over in paradise and the
media ignores it, did it really happen? The recent lashing of Acapulco
at the hands of Cat 5 Hurricane Otis barely made a blip in the American
news media landscape. This, despite the world clearly being in the midst of a climate crisis and despite costs estimated to top $10 billion. The question is…WHY?

Many of America’s oligarchs believe they’re arguing for policies that will produce a “better” America. Or, at least, their definition of it …an America that works for oligarchs, their families and their businesses. Oligarchy is neither a stable political or economic system. It’s a bump in the road from democracy to fascism or some other form of authoritarianism and it tears nations apart. Do we really want this for America?

There’s literally no other defendant in America who could get away with threatening judges, the judges’ staff, the jurors, and witnesses without going to jail. So…what gives? Why is everyone still handling Donald Trump with kid gloves? Might it be the same reason the GOP didn’t impeach him when they had the chance?

They say everything’s bigger in Texas–apparently this includes the audacity of elected officials in Lubbock County. These ‘representatives of the people’ passed an ordinance making it illegal for their pregnant female constituents to cross county lines en route to other states seeking reproductive healthcare. Good luck enforcing that one, right? Maybe, except it IS Texas…

Geeky Science: New research shows that some of the best treatment for cancer (and most certainly the cheapest!) can be attained as easily as walking out your front door. The evidence is clear and nothing short of remarkable…

Geeky Science: Most of us love to get lost in a song we love, but what if there’s a benefit beyond the goosebumps music can bring? Researchers discovered a link between music– specifically, that with an established emotional connection to the listener– and their ability to withstand pain.

Things are not going well for the Russians, Phil Ittner tells us, but Ukraine, too, is still under constant daily attack. Weapons sent from America are beginning to help Ukraine turn the tide. Plus, the training of Ukrainian F-16 pilots represents additional help on the way. Ukraine-based veteran war correspondent Phil Ittner gives us the latest, as well as his take on what the new Speaker of the House means for Ukraine funding.

If America is to recover any semblance of meaningful democracy in our country, we have to cut out the cancer of big money in our political system. We MUST overturn Citizens United. It won’t be easy, but it’s the most important thing we can do over the next two or three years. This one action alone will have a huge impact on, and must necessarily predate, positive action on pretty much every other issue.

Ever tireless, former Ohio state senator and activist Nina Turner just launched We Are Somebody, a nationwide workers’ organization that seeks to provide power and resources to working people.

Don’t worry about Justice Clarence Thomas living high on the hog, it’s probably only basic American rights at stake. In the latest of several reported economic & ethics-related scandals surrounding Thomas, what started out as a sweetheart loan deal from a healthcare exec turned into a free luxury motorcoach. Score!! The question is, when will he finally be reprimanded?