Mark Sumner
Humanity is deep into a struggle over Earth's basic resources. That fight isn't humans vs. AI. It's 99.99% of humanity against the 0.01% willing to do anything to stay in power.
The only way to secure justice for Epstein's victims is by naming all those who took part in, or blithely ignored, his crimes.
Taking away the Epstein list is like telling MAGA that Christmas isn't coming and Santa isn't real.
Andor touches me where I am—in an authoritarian regime where most people continue to behave as if they still live in the country they've always known.
Donald Trump is trying to effectively destroy NASA. Don't let him.
There's a big change hidden in Trump's bill, one that will be much more damaging to Musk—and to everyone, than the loss of EV tax credits.
There has never been a greater war on the American dream than the one that Donald Trump and his supporters in Congress and the courts are waging at this moment.
Trump wants violence. He wants bodies in the streets.
It's time to forget the idea of Ukraine joining NATO. NATO should be more concerned about whether it gets to join Ukraine.
I don't know anyone who would make a good candidate for JROTL, mostly because the whole concept is painfully stupid. However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say.
There is not one voter, not anywhere in America, who is asking for this. The only ones demanding an apology from Democrats are the asshats who want a big ol' pat on the back for being so gosh-darn clever.
Sending the wrong person to prison isn't a mistake. Exiling sick children isn't a mistake. Abusing and humiliating young women isn't a mistake. It's all part of a test ... and America is failing.
Donald Trump is immensely unpopular. But you know what the public really hates? Indecision and inaction. That's what they see right now from the Democratic Party.
Food safety programs, childhood vaccination programs, and research on emerging diseases are cheap defenses against huge threats. Unfortunately, they are also the subject of right-wing conspiracy theories embraced by the unholy trinity of Trump, Musk, and Kennedy.
The two young women from Germany had intended to visit a trail in Hawaii ... The only green they encountered was the prison jumpsuits they were forced to wear after their clothing was stripped away.
Even the biggest believers have finally had to confess that the real Elon doesn't live up to the hype. In the process of screwing everyone else, Musk has screwed himself.
The trade war is still escalating, but the United States has already lost. No other nation will again think of the United States as either a trusted ally or a safe harbor in a financial storm.
Rusmeysa Ozturk's name was put on a blacklist by a group that is reveling in its power to destroy anyone, for any reason.