Trump Wants to Bulldoze Big Bend. He’s Already Looted the Rest of the Park System.
The national park barely sees any border crossings. But that's not the point.
Susan J. Demas
Pro-democracy political commentary, photography, nonfiction and the Hiker's Corner from Susan J. Demas, CEO & Executive Editor of Lincoln Square.
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ICE’s Shock and Awe | The Slog
Trump's war on the press escalates, how we can fix SCOTUS (for real), and the parasocial style of American politics.
Democrats Should Stop Freaking Out About Third Way
The party has some real challenges heading into November. But this isn’t one of them.
Out of Missiles, Out of Excuses | The Slog
The Iran war has been disastrous on more fronts than we knew.
Stop Letting Trump Write Your Headlines
The corporate media's ubiquitous "Trump says" framing is coverage fit for the king he imagines himself to be.
Trump’s New Red Scare Isn’t About 2026. It’s About 2028.
Now that enough voters are clearly fine with the DSA that “socialist” doesn’t pack the punch that it used to, Trump has to reach for a scarier word.
We’re Cooked: How Social Media Melts Your Grip on Reality
Between bots, stealth AI content, and foreign influence operations, none of us are as savvy as we'd like to think about our online media diet.
Orwellian ‘Overseas Operations’ | The Slog
Turns out that’s Pentagon-speak for hiding your dead.
We Learned All the Wrong Lessons from COVID. This Week’s Fauci Hearing Proves It.
MAHA isn’t a wellness movement. It’s a suicide pact, run by people who are either sociopathically indifferent to the death toll or willfully blind to it.
Donald Trump Is Acting Like a Man Running Out of Time
And the corporate media is too scared to say so.