2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (640+ words) U.S. government bond yields have jumped to new multiyear highs — which will result in higher costs for mortgages, car loans, student loans, and all other borrowing. In other words, the affordability crisis is growing even worse. Treasury secretary Scott Bessent isn’t…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (397+ words) Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will gather his cabinet in Banff, Alberta, today to consider whether Canada should continue to respond to Trump’s trade war and Canada’s former retaliation for his tariffs against Canada with more tariffs against U.S....

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (400+ words) I can’t call it an anniversary, because it’s not something to be celebrated. I can’t describe it as a commemoration, because it’s not something I want to recall or commemorate. Nor do the words eulogy or remembrance or memorial or…...

3+ day, 41+ min ago   (1130+ words) He’s not just an old crazy ego-maniac. He’s now clearly looney-tunes. Lake America, New America (because New Mexico is a “cheating state” he didn’t carry), “we own the moon”, the Arc de Trump? Take a look at Peter Baker’s column…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1057+ words) Jeff Bezos says raising his taxes is pointless. “You could double the taxes I pay and it’s not going to help that teacher in Queens,” he says. Well, he’s partly right. Bezos has gotten away with paying no income tax…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (811+ words) The Democratic establishment, along with AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, spent between $60 million and $70 million trying to prevent Dr. Abdul El-Sayed from winning Michigan’s Democratic primary — roughly 11 times the money backing El-Sayed. He won nonetheless and now faces…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (741+ words) With the midterm races officially beginning this week, a big question hanging over the Republican Party is how Trump will allocate his giant stash of super PAC money. As of July 31, MAGA Inc. had more than $400 million on hand, larger…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (628+ words) It’s one thing for Trump to usurp powers that belong to Congress — quite another for him to usurp places that belong to all of us. I’m talking about his renaming and demolishing what we share in common. Trump said he…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (150+ words) Trump and Republicans know they’ve run out of cards to play ahead of the midterms. Trump’s economy is shit. His deportation agenda is deadly. His war on Iran is a catastrophe. So what are they airing ads about? They’re aiming…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (689+ words) The latest casualty of Pete Hegseth’s disastrous tenure as Secretary of “War” is Dan Driscoll, who resigned Monday as Secretary of the Army after repeatedly clashing with the Heg. Driscoll isn’t a liberal in lion’s clothing. He’s an old friend…...