In Mother Jones, David Corn writes, today the three wealthiest men in the U.S.—Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg—”are scheduled to be at the Capitol as honored guests for Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration, seated where four years ago Christian...
The “news” is not just bad these days; far too much of it is perniciously and intentionally false. More and more Americans have come to rely on the free “news” that shows up on social media sites like Tik-Tok, Facebook and X. But even though hate speech,...
On this date, January 6, four years ago, the U.S. democracy in the United States essentially faced a revolt by those who refused to believe that Joe Biden had won the 2020 election. Partisans of the now duly re-elected President, Donald Trump, keep telling us that...
My wife and I were at the base of an amazing waterfall in central Costa Rica, and we watched a series of tourists taking “selfies” against a backdrop of rushing water. It reminded me how many people now act like they have to compete with each other to get the “perfect...
“President-elect Donald J. Trump is keeping secret the names of the donors who are funding his transition effort, a break from tradition that could make it impossible to see what interest groups, businesses or wealthy people are helping launch his second term.” From...
