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Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, who now holds major stakes in TikTok and CBS News, shares a laugh with President Donald Trump at the White House in January.

Right-Wing Moguls Dominate Social Media. One Legal Fix Can Help Stem the Tide. Right-Wing Moguls Dominate Social Media. One Legal Fix Can Help Stem the Tide.

Revising Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act would make outlets more accountable for the content they platform.

Oct 10, 2025 / Dean Baker

Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 7, 2025.

Pam Bondi’s Shameless Message to Democrats Pam Bondi’s Shameless Message to Democrats

You have no power.

Oct 8, 2025 / Joan Walsh

Tennessee State Representative Justin Pearson joins the Tennessee delegation as they cast their votes during the Ceremonial Roll Call of States on the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 20, 2024. in Chicago, Illinois.

Why Justin Pearson Wants to Unseat a 10-Term Democratic Incumbent in Congress Why Justin Pearson Wants to Unseat a 10-Term Democratic Incumbent in Congress

The Tennessee state representative explains why he is facing off against Steve Cohen to be the Democratic nominee to represent the Memphis area in Washington.

Oct 8, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

A grimly determined Russell Vought in an AI video circulated by President Donald Trump.

Will Russell Vought Be the Grim Reaper of the Government Shutdown? Will Russell Vought Be the Grim Reaper of the Government Shutdown?

Trump’s OMB director has suggested he’ll institute mass firings and agency closures, but no one in the White House seems to grasp the economic impact of such moves.

Oct 6, 2025 / Max B. Sawicky

President Barack Obama addresses a Joint Session of Congress concerning healthcare.

The Government Shutdown Is Based on a 16-Year-Old Lie The Government Shutdown Is Based on a 16-Year-Old Lie

In 2009, Republicans falsely claimed that the Affordable Care Act would benefit undocumented immigrants. They’re still peddling the same bullshit.

Oct 1, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

President Donald Trump displays his executive order establishing the Trump Card for HB-1 visa applicants at the Oval Office on September 19.

The Alternate-Universe Version of Trump’s Executive Putsch The Alternate-Universe Version of Trump’s Executive Putsch

What would a Democratic presidency armed with Trump’s limitless power look like?

Sep 24, 2025 / David Faris

House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks to reporters alongside other House and Senate Appropriation Democratic committee members including Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer in the Ohio Clock Corridor of the US Capitol in July 2025 in Washington, DC.

Hakeem Jeffries Is the Kind of Democrat Voters Have Lost Faith In Hakeem Jeffries Is the Kind of Democrat Voters Have Lost Faith In

With most New York Democrats endorsing their party's candidate for mayor, the two minority leaders in Congress remain holdouts.

Sep 16, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) departs after a press conference following the House Republicans weekly caucus meetings on Capitol Hill on September 09, 2025

The GOP’s Bloated Pentagon Budget Is Indefensible The GOP’s Bloated Pentagon Budget Is Indefensible

The House just approved $892.6 billion in military spending—continuing the march toward $1 trillion defense budgets.

Sep 12, 2025 / John Nichols

Representative Ro Khanna speaks during a news conference with alleged victims of Jeffrey Epstein outside the Capitol on September 3. Khanna and Representative Thomas Massie have introduced the Epstein List Transparency Act to force the federal government to release all unclassified records from the cases of Epstein and his associate, Ghislaine Maxwell.

Sisterhood Could Be Powerful Sisterhood Could Be Powerful

The victims of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislane Maxwell’s sex-trafficking scheme are increasingly banding together—and could wind up outing more famous Epstein customers on their own....

Sep 3, 2025 / Joan Walsh

Trump speaks in the foreground while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent watches behind him.

Shocking: The Trump Administration Grabs the Third Rail With Both Hands Shocking: The Trump Administration Grabs the Third Rail With Both Hands

Our grandparents would urge us all to defend and strengthen Social Security.

Aug 19, 2025 / June Hopkins, Henry Scott Wallace, and James Roosevelt Jr.

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