Friends,Tonight, Trump is throwing an 80th birthday bash for himself (he says it’s in honor of the 250th birthday of the United States) with a “Freedom250” Ultimate Fighting Championship cage match on the South Lawn of the White House at 8 p.m. ET.It will be a bloody gladiator fight taking place ins…
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Friends,The trustees of the Social Security fund said Tuesday that the fund will be depleted by late 2032, a year earlier than the trustees’ projection last year of 2033. If nothing is done, benefits will automatically be cut six years from now.The common understanding is that Social Security’s shor…
If you’re GenX or older, then you’re old enough to remember the excitement around America’s Bicentennial in 1976. I was only seven years old, and my memories are hazy from that time, but I do recall that my family spent the celebration at a resort in upstate New York. I can’t remember which one, bu…
My 62nd birthday was this past Friday. I celebrated by running nine miles with a guy from my gym who is 32 years younger than me and has the most insane 90-minute workout regimen you’ve ever witnessed. I’m proud to be 62. But after June 12, it all goes downhill.That’s because two days after my birth…
ICYMI, the Republican Party has been heavily invested in trying to control the American population by controlling women’s reproductive rights for decades. I will forever contend that no government has the right to micromanage the bodies of its constituents, and I also will never understand how the …
The Pentagon was locked down Thursday and partially evacuated after a hazardous materials alarm triggered a full emergency response, gas masks, hazmat teams, the works. Multiple floors and corridors were locked down and others evacuated before sources confirmed to CNN it was a false alarm. Officers …
American political history is rife with examples of corruption. The period after the Civil War was known then as the Great Barbecue, when ethics broke down in public life. There were embezzling treasurers, bribe-giving lobbyists, purchased newspapermen, and swindlers at the public trough. But the Tr…
No matter how the US’s illegal military assault on Iran ultimately turns out, Trump’s war was lost before it even started. The war was justified by a flagrant lie and constitutes among the worst, most irresponsible misuses of American military power in modern history.Trump’s claim that Iran posed an…
Last week, the Michigan League for Public Policy shared deep concerns about a bill that would put young workers in our state at risk by eliminating Michigan’s youth work permit system.House Bill (HB) 5727 seeks to roll back a state system set to be implemented this year by the Department of Labor a…
Nick Anderson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist.