As we continue to be force-fed AI, the voting public needs to find a way to push back against this onslaught against both personal autonomy and the democratic process. By Tom Valovic Reprinted under a Creative Commons License from Common Dreams, Oct 1 2025 AI is everywhere these days. There’s no escape. And as…
Today, every one of the fuse lines that set off past explosions is once again being laid by a Republican president and party that have abandoned any pretense of economic stewardship or patriotism by Thom Hartmann Reprinted from Common Dreams of Aug 01, 2025 Republicans may be fixing to crash the economy again—Republican presidents oversaw 10…
Members of Congress, now providing such easy rhetoric in public statements to justify huge and ongoing military support to Israel, would not be so complacent if they had to dig their own dead children out of the rubble. by Norman Solomon The vast majority of Congress members have refused to call for a ceasefire…
THOM HARTMANN Jan 04, 2024 Common Dreams Why don’t Americans know who’s manipulating our political system and why? While many trace the beginning of the modern rightwing fascist-friendly MAGA-type movement to the 1954 Brown v Board decision and the way it put the John Birch Society on steroids, another interesting origin story for today’s GOP base…
Editor’s Note: I should have written, “Our Tax Dollars Are Financing War Crimes in Gaza. What Are We Doing About It?” So far, all I’ve done is publish a few informative articles. Oh, and I donate money to antiwar.com (published by the Randolph Bourne Institute) when I can. In other words, pathetically little. Soon,…