Musical interlude
BANKS - Stay
BANKS - Stay
Assorted content to end your week.- Susan Glaser writes about the dictator cosplay arising from Donald Trump's military parade, while Jeet Heer is rightly more concerned about Trump's actual claim…
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Robert Reich warns that the Trump regime's use of extreme military force to suppress peaceful protest is just the first step toward a…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Anne Appelbaum discusses how the rise of authoritarian politics making elections around the world into existential crises - though it's worth highlighting the role…
Braced cat.
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- David Lurie discusses how Donald Trump is making flagrant corruption and theft legal for himself and his cronies, while inventing specious excuses to…
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- David Moscrop writes about the difficulty in trying to respond to a news stream constantly filled with horrors without breaking down. George Monbiot discusses…
Wallflowers - I've Been Delivered
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Amanda Marcotte writes that Joni Ernst's latest pro-death messaging is just another example of the Republican war on empathy and human decency. And…
Cat in action.
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Jessica Wildfire discusses the importance of not letting the Trump regime and its corporate backers take away people's righteous anger, while Ava Kofman…
Assorted content to start your week.- Denny Carter discusses how Alexandria Ocasia-Cortez is the ultimate "kitchen table" campaigner - even as she's wrongly treated as being out-of-touch by people who…
This and that for your Sunday reading.- A.R. Moxon discusses our role in observing and shaping the world around us with the help of the analogy of a submarine whose…
Florrie - Never Far From Paradise
Assorted content to end your week.- Allison Gill offers a reminder that every aspect of the U.S.' descent into fascism can be traced back to the increasing power of an…
This and that for your Thursday reading.- David Moscrop writes that "inequality" is a far too mild word for the extreme concentration of wealth and power in the U.S. (coupled…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Jon Milton et al. discuss how the first speech from the throne under Mark Carney was based on Donald Trump's wish list rather than…
Curled-up cat.
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Doug Cuthand offers a reminder that the need for forward-thinking climate action hasn't been reduced just because any discussion of the possibility has…
Lastlings - Holding Me Like Water (Juno Mamba Remix)