climate change The Pentagon wants to spend $100 billion on a new nuclear arsenal Thom Dunn

fraud Congressional Budget Office will (eventually) investigate the millions of fraudulent anti-Net Neutrality comments sent to the FCC Cory Doctorow

UFOs New official US government UFO report released, and sightings are way up Thom Dunn

debt celing Can Biden issue a trillion-dollar platinum coin to instantly lift the debt ceiling? Mark Frauenfelder

Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow

politics U.S. budget deficit now $739 Billion, despite GOP promises and Trump tariffs Xeni Jardin

trump Trump wants to hand a $100,000,000,000 tax cut to the super-rich, without Congressional approval Cory Doctorow

trumpism Why "leftism" is parting ways with "liberalism" and what it means for the future of American politics Cory Doctorow

christ what an asshole Two sitting Senators were among the people whose identities were stolen in FCC comments from anti-Net Neutrality bots Cory Doctorow

News Health insurance premiums to go up 20% for many in 2018 if Trump makes good on threat to stop U.S. payments Xeni Jardin

Health Care Republicans are trying to pass Trumpcare in secret, here are simple resources to fight that Caroline Siede

News Trumpcare would leave 23 million fewer insured by 2026, CBO forecast of GOP health bill shows Xeni Jardin

mental illness It's Mental Health Awareness Month: Trumpcare's dangerous impact on mental health care Maureen Herman

trumpism The 2020 Census is headed for a "train wreck" thanks to Trump's mismanagement Cory Doctorow

politics Fact-checking Trump's plan for the first 100 days Cory Doctorow

usausausa America's infrastructure debt is so bad that towns are unpaving roads they can't afford to fix Cory Doctorow

politics 2,000 US doctors endorse Sanders' single-payer healthcare proposal Cory Doctorow

politics Why is Congress so clueless about tech? Because they fired all their experts 20 years ago Cory Doctorow

obama President Obama's final State of the Union address Xeni Jardin