Bolsonaro weaponizes Trump playbook
Bolsonaro is already threatening to ignore the results of the upcoming election if he loses
On burning books (or book companies)
"It’s painful to see who has the ability to cancel out so much else that should truly matter"
Mastriano: Charge murder for abortions
Mastriano has tried to downplay his abortion comments, claiming "my views are kind of irrelevant"
How climate change supercharged Ian
As the coast braces for "historic" devastation, Ian likely won't be the last storm supercharged by a warming world
Silas House on climate dystopia and dogs
The Appalachian writer spoke to Salon about going dystopian for his latest novel, which also imagines a new life
Yes, there’s a major butter shortage
Here's what you can do about it . . .
A time-honored Jewish New Year tradition
Celebrate the Jewish New Year with this time-honored tradition
A love letter to Chicago’s tavern pizza
I’m not here to offer hot takes; I simply want to declare that the Chicago-born pie I hold dearest is tavern-style
Ex-GOPer: Gohmert, Gosar "unhinged"
Louie Gohmert and Paul Gosar "seemed to be joined at the brain stem," Denver Riggleman wrote in his new book
"Moron": Don-DeSantis cold war heats up
Trump privately rages that DeSantis is a "phony." DeSantis dismisses the former president as a "TV personality"
Ex-Oath Keeper spox dishes on Jan 6 plot
"If Trump had walked down to the Capitol building," he said, "we'd be living in a different reality"
Truth Social merger partner loses $130M
Digital World Acquisition changed its address in filing disclosing it's lost $138 million of $1 billion investment
Texas AG Paxton: A GOP coward bully
Tying with Josh Hawley for the "running Republicans" trophy, the anti-choice lawyer cites fear of a process server
Leaked video: Stone called for violence
Trump's longtime adviser now insists he was “only kidding" when he made the remarks
Meadows texted voting machine plotter
Trump's chief of staff texted with Phil Waldron, a staunch election conspiracist linked to Michael Flynn
Sinema: Give GOP more filibuster power
Fellow Democrats lashed out at Sinema over the speech: "Bad history, bad policy, and bad politics"
How to prosecute Boss Trump: RICO case
Donald Trump has run a criminal enterprise for more than 40 years. We can't allow him to get away with any of it
Why Trump went full QAnon: Desperation
Author Mike Rothschild says Trump may be fading, but the QAnon cult is spreading — and could bring "mass violence"
Fascism: It's really back this time
A neofascist party will likely take power in Italy — and if economic collapse continues, there will be more
US democracy is “ripe to be exploited"
"We have not only these undemocratic features but a whole number of vulnerabilities," political scientist says
Texas GOP pushes "patriotic education"
Historians are not wild about the Texas GOP's view of state history
Donald Trump and the rise of "QMaga"
GOP is "now willing to follow Trump further into the depths of fearmongering and madness," columnist writes
NASA spacecraft collides with asteroid
The DART satellite successfully crashed. Can we apply its lessons in time to protect Earth from an asteroid impact?
About that "House of the Dragon" beef
"The Princess and the Queen" depicts that the searing hatred between former best friends can burn down a realm