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A longer, well-referenced version of this post with graphs and illustrations was posted yesterday on my site Examined. Here is the 1000 word version! I hope it helps you :) ~ Nasal saline irrigation might be one of medicine's most underappreciated...

This comic was inspired by a recent ProPublica analysis that found inspections of overseas food plants had dropped significantly under Trump despite unsanitary conditions found at several facilities.

In the last month, we have seen significant weakening of the felon and his enablers. A brief summary of some of the evidence of the increased weakness: The elections in November proved that. And,

No matter what holiday people celebrate this time of year is usually celebrated. The days are getting super short and the harvest is in. For us Americans, Thanksgiving is in the rearview mirror and ...

Some gems of the New Wave. Please include your own favorites in the comments. Brian Eno & David Byrne, “America Is Waiting” x ...

Racial Xenophobia and the GOP are not sustainable in 2026, even as one Florida representative favors the “remigration” trope supporting deportation of naturalized citizens. Florida district 3 Representative Kat Cammarck (R-FL): "1/6th of people in the...

Hello! I’m among those filling in for the intrepid Oz Perspective while he’s indisposed. Here we go!

Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected the US-Ukrainian peace proposal during his meeting with a US delegation in Moscow on December 2 and remains highly unlikely to accept any compromises short of his original war goals. Because Trump’s plans are...

For todayâs music therapy, some simply beautiful poetry and compositions for contemplating the night sky, nature, and inward peace, for all religions, pagans, agnostics, and atheists: 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and �...

This December is shaping up to be a really busy one for me. Tonight and next Tuesday, I am attending two hockey games. Weeknight games are rare for me now that my sister switched to a school in the ...

Donald J. Trump's not looking too well these days. Which is worrisome for a whole list of reasons. He's the president after all. Head of state and all that. His vice president, and presumed successor is J D Vance, who wears eyeliner and puts his foot...

Good evening, Kibitzers! I hope everyone had a lovely holiday weekend! I was unusually organized (maybe because I’m retired now and I don’t have to cram every single thing into a few “days off”), so now I have a ton of food made from Thanksgiving...

During his televised Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, President Donald Trump claimed that concerns about the affordability of goods and services are a “fake narrative.” Trump also falsely claimed ...

During a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, President Donald Trump launched into a racist rant against Somali immigrants that was reminiscent of his earlier “shithole countries” tirade ...

The White House can’t seem to take a hint: Artists don’t want their music all over the Trump administration’s egregiously cruel deportation videos.� Sabrina Carpenter is the latest musician ...

Tina Peters is the one-time Mesa County (CO) clerk who was convicted in August 2024 on three counts of attempting to influence a public official; conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation; official misconduct; violation of duty; and failure to comply...

“Remembering and honoring John Brown” Commentary by Black Kos Editor Denise Oliver Velez While scrolling through my Bluesky feed yesterday I saw this post:

A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related |� Watch Mark Kelly drop a few bombs of his own on pathetic Pete ...

As sure as the sun will rise, the Justice Department is going to figure out a way to reindict former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James—because why let a little ...

There was the usual cabinet meeting today, where the occasion was used as a press opportunity. In this instance, ‘narco-terrorist’ remains a misnomer, the 2 September mission’s Target Engagement Authority (TEA) was the SecDef, and both Trump and...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is seizing on the fatal shooting of a National Guard member in Washington—using the tragedy to push for a sweeping new travel ban that goes well beyond ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson tried to cover for Donald Trump after the president called Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz “ seriously retarded " during a Thanksgiving Day rant online. Johnson was asked about ...

A third oil tanker came under attack near the coast of Turkey. Two others were crippled in an earlier strike. Also, a fourth tanker has been slowly sinking off the coast of Senegal in West Africa. An update from the tanker off the coast of Senegal: 2/...

So many people have vested interests in maintaining the status quo that change is difficult at best. Depending on the magnitude of the change, it can be nearly impossible. Take, for instance, America’s body politic before Trump. Our government had, for...

There are harmful administrative decisions that have immediate but reversable negative consequences. But what of decisions that are reversable in policy only – those whose effects will almost ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday blamed a military commander for the apparent war crime the U.S. military committed in September in the Caribbean Sea, saying that it was Admiral Mitch Bradley,

Will Admiral Bradley get keelhauled with a steam catapult? IT’S STILL HEGSETH’S ORDERS and the WHITE HOUSE gets its firewall. Pete Hegseth: "[Trump] changed the rules of engagement [and] untied the hands of war fighters…We don't need burdensome rules...