"A River Runs Through It" was published 50 years ago. Its road to publication probably wouldn't be any easier today. And its road to fame would be much harder.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/b...
Another "fuck you" from Trump to the working and middle classes of America:
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/b...
"I can't think for you, you'll have to decide
Whether Judas Iscariot had God on his side." (Bob Dylan)
There is no longer an election denial movement. That movement has become the federal government.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Vastly more people feel the economic consequences of war. Wars bring more than death.
Fascism is the identity politics of the right.
"31 percent of Republicans under 50 identify their own views as racist, and 25 percent say their views are antisemitic"
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/o...
Long history of anti-Catholicism by white supremacists.
Hungary, Iran. JD Vance can't succeed at anything.
Corruption is inflationary.
We can talk about threats to democracy. But corruption is a message that resonates more loudly.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/w...
OK, so the US will have to send troops in to prop up Orban.
Yes, Viktor Orban is the guy JD Vance praised as "one of the only true statesmen in Europe." This is exactly what that means
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
An economy that gives good jobs to young men has failed to materialize.
A loose cannon is not a superpower.
Can't wait until he spouts this malarkey in 2028.
anyway please remember that curtis yarvin and peter thiel and marc andreessen and elon musk and sam altman and mark zuckerberg told everyone who would listen donald trump was a brilliant statesman who was going to make the world safe for innovation after the stifling regulation of the biden years
Trump's war has driven the Iranian opposition into the arms of the Iranian government.
Trump's post is embedded in the story, just as it is in many postings on this site. How much clearer does it have to be? Do something more useful.
The problem with the Democratic Party brand is that it has one.
Where will Trump find an AG as craven and obsequious as Pam Bondi?
What we have here is a failure to communicate.
"The price of oil was down when Trump started speaking and had gone up by the time he finished."
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...
The first duty of the American government is to protect and defend the US Constitution, not undermine it with autocracy and corruption.
Axolotls are having a moment.
Collective punishment is a war crime.
Trump has learned the conduct of war at the feet of Vladimir Putin.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
True of old school cruise control. Adaptive cruise control reacts faster than a human driver.
