The donkey in the room (illustration by Lalo Alcaraz; source)by Gaius PubliusSam Seder once wisely said that during the Bush era, almost every Democrat and Democratic supporter looked like a solid progressive.
by Gaius PubliusI'm about to say the obvious, but with so many dots getting connected in this post-election, pre-Trump interregnum, I want to connect just these two and let the obvious sink in.Obama's push for TPP not only cost Clinton the election (among other factors, of course), it very likely cost Obama his legacy — all of it.Barack Obama has a number of what his supporters cal
Temperatures over the Arctic ocean are as much as 50 degrees F (30 Celsius) above normal. It's above freezing in places that are normally 20 below zero in degrees F. Arctic sea ice collapse on the Atlantic side has allowed warm storms to penetrate the central Arctic. This extreme heat is destabilizing the northern hemisphere's atmospheric circulation all the way up to the top of the stratosphere.
What rebellion looks like in Trump Country, and why people choose selling Oxy over flipping burgers (Spencer Platt/Getty Images; source)by Gaius PubliusThe good wages that my father and grandfather fought to win are gone.
From the Seattle Municipal Archivesby Gaius PubliusWe're getting off the Trump Train for a minute for something remarkable. I was bowled over by the results of this study and wanted to pass them on.
Bob Dylan wants shelter from the storm. Don't we all. (Recorded Roseland, October 19, 1994.) by Gaius PubliusI'm offering this news to you not because of its news value — the initiative is certain to fail, given the incoming Trump and the imminently outgoing Obama. Nor am I presenting it because Obama, he of the conflicted climate motivations, is acting like his noblest self.
by Gaius Publius"I know who leaked them [the DNC emails to WikiLeaks]. I've met the person who leaked, and they are certainly not Russian and it's an insider. It's a leak, not a hack; the two are different things."—Craig Murray, former British ambassador to UzbekistanThere's a full-court press in the press to tag the Russians in general and Putin in particular with ...
How can you miss what never leaves town?by Gaius PubliusComing out of the season of merry and bright we'll be coming into the full blast of news about "what Trump will do." One thing he's going to do is drastically lower taxes on the wealthy and on corporations. Another thing he'll do is declare a "tax holiday" on corporate profit that's (so-called) "held overseas", the (so-called) "unrepatriated" pile of cash that extremely favorable U.S.
