Archive for June 2026
OF COURSE TRUMP SUPPORTERS GENUINELY BELIEVE HIS LIES ABOUT THE REFLECTING POOL
[ad_1] President Trump is making preposterous claims about what’s happening to the Reflecting Pool in D.C. He’s ordering people to be detained for imaginary crimes. President Trump said on Saturday that “multiple individuals” had been arrested for vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, and that problems with a more than $14 million renovation project had become so severe that the…Read More
Trump Goes Off the Deep End of the Reflecting Pool
[ad_1] With the Strait of Hormuz opened, or maybe not, Donald Trump is turning his attention to another body of water that has very much been on his mind: the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. And, it seems as though the president is wading into another controversy. If you only get your news from WhoWhatWhy (which we would find flattering), you…Read More
Woke-Bashing of the Week: Rupert Lowe’s war on woke turned up a notch days before the Makerfield byelection
In the final days before the Makerfield by-election, Rupert Lowe appeared to have settled on a straightforward electoral strategy, denounce anything remotely objectionable as ‘woke.’ The leader of Restore Britain spent the past week launching attacks against the supposed forces of wokeness, deploying the term so liberally that it increasingly seems to mean little more than “something Rupert Lowe disapproves…Read More
The Decline of a Once Great Radio Station Continues Apace
Here’s a phrase that’s probably never been said before: “Soon we’ll be longing for the golden days of Guy Page.” And here’s another: “Mary Beerworth is the sane person in this group.” Allow me to explain. Guy Page of the conservative “news” site Vermont Daily Chronicle has announced the end of his association with WDEV Radio, where he had been…Read More
Private Equity Bought the World – And Dug Capitalism’s Grave
[ad_1] Secret backrooms where deals are done in private: the realm of conspiracy theories? Or an increasingly large part of capitalism? Since the financial crisis, some of the big winners have been private equity firms. They’ve snapped up bargains on everything from high street brands, to care homes and nurseries – and maybe even the house you own. Hettie O’Brien is…Read More
RVSP For This Sunday’s Town Hall: Let’s add 4 new progressives to Congress
RVSP For This Sunday’s Town Hall: Let’s add 4 new progressives to Congress Tomorrow Join the Weekly Town Hall! RSVP here. Tuesday, in New York, progressive voters can help send three new progressives to Congress. Claire Valdez (NY-7) Brad Lander (NY-10) Darializa Avila Chevalier (NY-13) They are backed by NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Sen. Bernie Sanders, and the Progressive Democrats of America. Former Representative…Read More
THERE’S NOTHING INHERENTLY WORKING-CLASS ABOUT WANTING TO FIGHT THE VILLAINS
[ad_1] The New Republic‘s Greg Sargent recently wrote about some research conducted for the Democratic group American Bridge that tried to determine the kinds of party messages that might appeal to white working-class voters who’ve lost faith in Donald Trump. I know that Democrats always try to win over disaffected Republicans, and it rarely works — but it’s true that…Read More
The MAGA Merch Guide to Celebrating Dad
[ad_1] [Gift Guide] MAGA Merch Tells Us Who Dad Is There are few lists more confounding than a Father’s Day gift guide. This is largely by design. The not-so-subtle commentary embedded into the formula of these lists is that dads are inscrutable and that Father’s Day is a bit of a gag holiday. To scroll through a Father’s Day gift…Read More
They found a new park hiding in plain sight in the middle of Los Angeles
Hungry for greenery in a city short on parks, residents have reimagined San Vicente Boulevard. aquatic park,san vicente boulevard,idea,city,oren hadar,los angeles times,lane,advocate,eastbound traffic,way,l. a. need,new park,median strip,neighborhood,michael wacht Source link www.latimes.comRead More
President CHUMP! | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, June 20, 2026
[ad_1] Friends,On today’s episode of the Coffee Klatch, Heather and I discuss Trump’s outright surrender to Iran, his algae-infested Reflecting Pool, Democrats’ plan to tackle his staggering corruption, and much more. Please join us. [ad_2] Source link robertreich.substack.com In today’s episode of the Coffee Klatch, Heather and I tackle several pressing topics, including Trump’s perceived surrender to Iran and the…Read More