Unlike the 1890s, when there were still papers engaging in serious journalism, today’s yellow journalism is ubiquitous across media consumed by the majority of Americans.
Politics, Corruption & Criminality
Disinformation is a key tool that fascists use to undermine democracies, ours included. New House Speaker Mike Johnson has been instrumental in sabotaging efforts to restrain election lies.
A lawsuit filed this year by Noelle Dunphy, a former employee of Giuliani, asserts that Giuliani was offering people pardons for $2 million, the money to be split 50/50 between him & Trump.
Ron DeSantis has not commented on his plans for healthcare should he get elected to the White House. But examining his record gives a good idea of what to expect.
George Santos is not only a colossal liar, he's also really bad at it. Oddly enough, it is that fact that that may finally rebound on him the most.
According to the Tories, how dare these lefty lunatics trouble the judicious, enlightened, and sober Conservative government with their nonsensical attempts at equity and inclusion?
The same bad actors who are calling for racist, homophobic, and transphobic book bans are also calling for climate denial in science textbooks.
Christmas at the White House in 2020 was a special time. Friends, family and supporters all getting together to celebrate the season, and plan a coup.
Florida's legislature passed a hurricane relief bill blocks local governments from making wiser land use regulations after the extreme destruction of Hurricane Ian.
Project 2025 is a dangerous and unconstitutional attempt to move us towards an authoritarianism guided by Christian nationalism.
After spending most of this year trying to attack Ohio majority authority over the constitution itself, and failing, Ohio Republicans spent the next three months lying to Ohio voters—trying to get them to give up their rights.
The voting public hates the brinkmanship practiced by Congress. So why does Congress run right up to the edge of the cliff—and sometimes beyond it—for every funding resolution?
Internal materials reveal the right-wing group, Alliance Defending Freedom, is far along with a strategy to bring their "war on woke" to the Supreme Court.
Religious charlatans like Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson, exploiting a basic human urge to know the unknowable, to touch the mystery of life, are the most dangerous of all the various types of con men on Earth.
As one of Mike Johnson's first acts as speaker, he's chosen to protect serial liar and indicted fraudster George Santos. That speaks volumes about his willingness to stand up to corruption.
Florida's Scott, Trump, Rubio, and DeSantis all claim to love Jesus. Non-wingnut Christians frown on collective punishment, guilt by association, and indiscriminate slaughter of non-combatants, but End Times folks are OK with all of that.