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A cartoon by Mike Luckovich. Related |� Hegseth blames scapegoat for apparent war crimes he bragged ...

The rising cost of living is squeezing Americans, with polls finding that roughly three-quarters say prices are higher than they were a year ago and that nearly half blame President Donald Trump for ...

The New York Times and its veteran intelligence reporter, Julian E. Barnes, filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon on Thursday, accusing the Defense Department of trampling on reporters’ First Amendment rights through a sweeping new set of reporting...

The Department of Defense inspector general’s report on the Signalgate scandal reveals that Secretary of State Pete Hegseth’s actions endangered the lives of American troops by revealing key ...

The Daily Bucket is a regular series from the Backyard Science group. Here we talk about Mother Nature in all her glory, especially the parts that live nearby. So let us know (as close as you are ...

Republicans are in a full-on panic following Tuesday's special election in Tennessee's 7th District, after the GOP ...

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Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson faced questions Wednesday over his party’s disastrous underperformance in Tuesday’s special election in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District—one that ...

Steven Lee Cropper (October 21, 1941 – December 3, 2025), sometimes known as "The Colonel", was an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. You may not know his name, but you know his sound, from Dock on the Bay (which he co-wrote with Otis...

Apparently unsatisfied with his original racist rant against Somali immigrants, President Donald Trump doubled down on it during a Wednesday press conference in the Oval Office. He launched into a ...

During a Cabinet meeting Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance argued that it was unfair to expect the Trump administration to address issues like affordability in the first 10 months of President Donald ...

Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington excoriated Republicans during a Wednesday Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing.� ...

Earlier this year, Maureen Comey was abruptly—and, let’s face it, wrongly—terminated from her job as a federal prosecutor for the extreme misdeed of being former FBI Director James Comey’s daughter. It also probably didn’t help that she worked on the...

Even by the standards of this year’s rolling political chaos, you’d expect House Republicans to at least try to project unity—if only to pretend their razor-thin majority isn’t hanging by a ...

A new report released Wednesday shows that small businesses experienced a six-figure drop in employment in the month of November as millions of Americans struggle with a worsening economy under ...

When I get to stand in for the Jolly Old Elf himself, I do what I can to make everyone feel happy, welcome and special, no matter how they might otherwise be feeling in this hustle-bustle holiday world. I think I mostly succeed, but there are some kids...

Mutual Aid groups have been growing since the Pandemic and the #Snap shut down really showed what they can do. So much that AP news is covering them. When formal systems stop working, neighbors turn to each other in what many call ‘mutual aid’ “One of...

Happy Moonday, Peeps!!� Hope everyone had a safe and healthy Fangsgibbing!� After a short week, this one might seem a bit longer, but….nahhhh.�� We can haz funz!� All ob uz! ...

Welcome to my Picture of the Day. I’m showcasing photographs I have taken over the past 49 years. I hope my images can give your brain a short break from the chaos. You will be able to find ...

I hope everyone had a fine holiday weekend. I made a ton of stuffing this year, and turned some of the leftovers into Leftover Stuffing Bread Pudding, with a bit of queso Oaxaca added for that ...

Sleep Maybe it’s my age, but I�hear complaints about sleep problems from most of the people with whom I speak. It’s recommended that adults get 7-8 hours of sleep per day. Cats should get ...

conditioning As this administration violates norms nearly every day, what matters most is its consistency. Each new transgression adds to a body of anti-democratic moves that condition us to accept aberrance and become inured to it. What was once...

This week, we’re helping a kindergarten in a Texas border town get some computer-based learning games, and a 6th grade on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana get supplies for science projects. We hope that readers who support quality public school...

We began posting Good News Roundups (GNRs) in 2017. Our writers collect upbeat news about the nation and world, news that we do not get from down-beating corporate media. Choosing not to flee or freeze, with the help of Good News Roundups we engage...

Welcome to my Picture of the Day. I’m showcasing photographs I have taken over the past 49 years. I hope my images can give your brain a short break from the chaos. You will be able to find ...

Per NBC news, state Sen. Michael Bohacek is voting against the upcoming redistricting bill. Source: www.nbcnews.com/… It’s not clear yet what impact this will have on the vote tally or its efforts, but Bohacek was quite blunt about his reaction to...