Trump wants to kill whistleblowers who expose government corruption & incompetence
President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that government whistleblowers who leak confidential information to the news media should face execution, escalating his rhetoric against national security disclosures as the midterm elections approach. Speaking to a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in Bullhead City, Arizona, Trump targeted recent disclosures concerning incompetent military operations in Iran,…
Clean Air Act, Dirty Politics: Trump pardons are a reality TV spectacle in Wasilla
In a spectacle that combined presidential authority with campaign-trail theater, President Donald Trump stood before a roaring crowd of supporters in Wasilla, Alaska, and transformed the Article II pardon power into a political stage prop. Flanked by cameras and cheered on by Alaska’s congressional Republicans, Trump summoned two local diesel mechanics — Zachary Czubak and…
American policing’s architects sold brutal militarization instead of protection
The armored vehicles, the camouflage uniforms, the language of “warriors” and “battlefields” — these were not accidents. They were choices, made by people who believed, with apparent sincerity, that they were helping. The story of how American policing became militarized is not a simple tale of bad actors or cynical power grabs. It is a…
Social Security 3.6% COLA increase accelerates date when benefits will fall 25%
Nearly 72 million Social Security recipients will see a 3.6% increase in their monthly checks starting in January 2027, the Social Security Administration announced Wednesday, giving retirees their largest benefit boost since 2023 while accelerating long-term solvency pressures on the program’s trust funds. The annual cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, will raise the average retiree benefit…
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