A graphic design grad reverse-engineers the White House war propaganda and finds the same playbook every president has used – make you afraid of the right things so you stop asking questions.
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Trump Gutted the CDC and Now There’s One Person Left to Handle a Rabies Crisis
The CDC paused rabies and poxvirus testing because Trump fired half the lab staff. One person is left on the rabies team. One.
Read MoreOhio’s “Protect the Children” Drag Bill Was Co-Sponsored by a Man Accused of Climbing Into Bed with a Minor
Ohio passed a drag ban to protect children. One cosponsor was accused of climbing into bed with a minor. The bill’s author rallied with neo-Nazis.
Read MoreNetanyahu Just Passed a Death Penalty Law That Applies to Palestinians but Not Jewish Israelis
Israel’s Knesset voted to make the death penalty mandatory for Palestinians but optional for Jewish Israelis convicted of the same crime. Two legal systems, one land, zero pretense.
Read More8 Million People Showed Up Saturday. The Number That Actually Matters Is 11.5 Million.
Eight million people turned out Saturday for No Kings. That’s 2.4% of the country. The threshold where governments historically can’t hold is 3.5%. The movement is 3.5 million people short.
Read MoreElizabeth Warren Asks Billionaires for Two Pennies on the Dollar and You’d Think She Proposed Guillotines
Warren’s Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act asks for 2 cents per dollar above $50 million. It would raise $6.2 trillion – enough to fund universal child care, free college, and Medicare expansion.
Read MoreThe Poundcake Verdict
Afroman wore a flag suit to federal court, played raid footage on a projector, and beat seven armed deputies who sued him for making fun of them.
Read MoreNo Plan, No Exit
A senator walked out of a classified war briefing and said the plans are “incoherent and incomplete.” Here’s what’s actually happening – and why your gas prices are just the beginning.
Read MoreThe Quiet War: How American Sanctions Have Killed 38 Million People and Almost Never Worked
A Lancet study found US and EU sanctions killed 38 million people over 50 years – 51% of them children under five. The success rate? Thirteen percent.
Read MoreThe War Powers Act Is a Joke and Everyone Knows It
Congress has voted eight times on Iran war powers since June. Eight failures. The War Powers Act hasn’t stopped a president from going to war since World War II, and it won’t start now.
Read MoreTennessee’s Kill Bill: The State That Can’t Keep Mothers Alive Wants to Execute Them Instead
Tennessee has the worst maternal mortality rate in the country. Their solution? Execute women who get abortions. HB 570 would classify abortion as homicide, making patients eligible for the death penalty. Pro-life, they say.
Read MoreProtests Don’t Win Overnight, They Build the System That Does
No Kings rallies are recruiting grounds, not final battles I’ve seen a lot of people say that the No Kings Protest really didn’t move the needle, and they don’t see… Read More