The Force That Holds Atoms Together May Be Driving the Universe Apart Our best model of the cosmos has a glaring mathematical problem, but we may have found an answer. www.popularmechanics.com/space/deep-s...

Ethiopia’s election is a test of the African Union’s credibility. Don’t allow ballot become a weapon of conflict addisstandard.com/ethiopias-el...

The imperial vision of Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed The prime minister’s ambitions threaten both his country and the Horn of Africa www.economist.com/leaders/2026...

Ethiopia’s 2026 Election “Dead on Arrival”? Prof. Merera Gudina, political scientist, veteran opposition figure, and chairman of the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), speaks candidly about Ethiopia’s upcoming election, the deepening political crisis in Oromia. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZi0...

Ethiopia heads to the polls: Elections under the shadow of war and dissent • FRANCE 24 Englis www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXFg...

Ethiopia’s PM won a Nobel Peace Prize, stoked a civil war - and is set for re-election edition.cnn.com/2026/05/31/a...

What's at stake in Ethiopia's elections? | Inside Story www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f9I...

Ethiopia is heading to the polls, but not everyone can vote bbc.com/news/article...

Trump Urges Canceling Freedom 250 Concerts After Artists Drop Out The president had earlier said on social media that he should take the place of “these highly paid, Third Rate ‘Artists,’” saying he gets “larger audiences than Elvis.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/a...

Congress quietly tries to intertwine US and Israeli militaries www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

Welcome to Project 2029 America needs an alternative: New ideas at a time of dramatic change. Big ideas that meet the scale of profound challenges. Bold ideas in a moment crying out for so much more than just tinkers. That’s the mission of Project 2029. www.project2029foramerica.org/post/welcome...

Project 2029 Restore and Improve the US Agency for International Development (USAID) A new admin must re-establish an improved, more efficient, and politically independent USAID that will not only function more effectively but also focus on four important goals: www.project2029.me/restore-and-...

Editorial: From Promise to Precarity: Ethiopia’s foreign policy drift and the imperative of strategic reversal addisstandard.com/from-promise...

Editorial: From Promise to Precarity: Ethiopia’s foreign policy drift and the imperative of strategic reversal Access to the sea is a challenge,not a casus belli.Framing it as a matter of survival militarizes diplomacy, alienates partners, and legitimizes counter.. addisstandard.com/from-promise...

Ethiopia’s election is a test of the African Union’s credibility. Don’t allow ballot become a weapon of conflict addisstandard.com/ethiopias-el...

Ethiopia to vote on June 1 as Abiy’s ruling party eyes landslide victory www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/...

American workers just took home their smallest share of the nation's wealth since 1947 — even as corporate profits soar. Why? This chart has the answer.

Gad Saad Is Very Mad That His Books Are Bad and Sad Suicidal Empathy is the unreconstructed grievances of red-pilled Twitter given physical form. jacobin.com/2026/05/saad...

A Lebanese Harvard graduate's speech on Lebanon and Palestine "The past few years have laid bare the most profound contradictions. In the very classroom is where we learned to recognize dehumanization as a danger to medicine. We were told to stay silent." youtu.be/XQbLjEzRPS4?...

Why Peter Thiel Is Decamping to the End of the World The billionaire’s new roots in Argentina are said to be partly motivated by concerns about the future of the United States and shared beliefs with Argentina’s right-wing leader. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/w...

Ethiopia Is About to Hold Another Sham Election Since Ethiopia adopted ethnic federalism in 1995, six general elections have been held—and the ruling party has won them all. The June 2026 vote is set to follow suit, but the stakes are more precarious than ever. martinplaut.com/2026/05/29/e...

"You cannot understand how Abiy governs without grasping the central place religion holds in his worldview," writes Tom Gardner in The Abiy Project. The book argues Abiy's Pentecostal/prosperity gospel beliefs shape his leadership style, blending messianic self-view with centralized power.

high hubris Ethiopia: The unravelling of Abiy Ahmed, from peace prize to prosperity gospel From the start, Abiy’s rule been shaped by Pentecostal faith. He built his Prosperity Party on prosperity‑theology ideals that link wealth and health to divine favor www.theafricareport.com/420050/ethio...

Editorial: Ballots without trust are ballots against peace and prosperity! addisstandard.com/editorial-ba...

5 things to watch in Ethiopia’s election under the shadow of conflict Tigray’s exclusion, insecurity in Amhara and Oromia, and questions over opposition participation and electoral credibility will shape Ethiopia’s 1 June vote. www.theafricareport.com/420174/five-...

EU skips official observation of Ethiopia’s June 1, 2026 elections — just like in 2021 African Union (led by Uhuru Kenyatta) and IGAD stepping in, while major Western missions (EU, Carter Center) sit this one out.

In California’s Central Valley, Randy Villegas is hoping to win back Latino voters who cast ballots for Trump.

Ken Paxton is throwing everything he has at us. He’s called me a radical leftist. He’s called me a fake Christian. He’s even called me a vegan! I’m an 8th generation Texan — I've been eating BBQ since before Ken Paxton’s first indictment.

The Guardian view on Israel and Gaza: the threat of further humanitarian catastrophe Editorial As Donald Trump looks for peace with Iran, Benjamin Netanyahu’s government escalates elsewhere – and Europe stands by www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according to new United Nations climate projections. https://to.pbs.org/4uF8BKP

Conan O’Brien jokes he, too, is suing Harvard in commencement speech edition.cnn.com/2026/05/28/u...

Manifest destiny The imperial vision of Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed The prime minister’s ambitions threaten both his country and the Horn of Africa www.economist.com/leaders/2026...

Manifest destiny The imperial vision of Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed The prime minister’s ambitions threaten both his country and the Horn of Africa www.economist.com/leaders/2026...

Crises in Amhara, Tigray cloud Ethiopia's election 2026 The June 1 elections come as the country debates federalism, governance and national unity in polls that could define the country's democratic future. www.dw.com/en/crises-in...

AIPAC Is In A State Of PANIC www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ-s...

I don't think even Hitler's inner circle was doing this pathetic level of glazing

Trump is putting his face on federal buildings, national park passes, passports, and now his regime is reportedly trying to put it on a $250 bill. If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it?

"Whatever inspiration is, it's born from a continuous ‘I don't know.’" Nobel-winning Polish poet Wisława Szymborska on the creative power of uncertainty www.themarginalian.org/2017/03/27/w...

Ethiopia's Electoral Crossroads: Legitimacy, repression, and imperative of transitional governance addisstandard.com/ethiopias-el...

The Crowds, the Silence, and the Lie PP Tells Itself "History repeatedly shows that governments often collapse not because opposition..., but because rulers become incapable of recognizing how deeply dissatisfaction has already spread beneath enforced conformity." borkena.com/2026/05/26/e...

They are building a UFC arena on the White House lawn, because the world has gone insane, and there are chatbots in our skulls, and our eyes have been crossed out with black ink. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/they-are-b...

The next Democratic president should recognize a State of Palestine that is subject to clear benchmarks, including free and fair elections. - Senator Van Hollen www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/o...

The Pro-Israel Lobby Is Trying to Fly Under the Radar Amid widespread public disapproval of Israel’s atrocities across the Middle East, pro-Israel donors aligned with AIPAC appear to be resorting to new fundraising vehicles to covertly channel money to Dem candidates. jacobin.com/2026/05/isra...

New Texas Senate Poll from Public Policy Polling. (5/26) James Talarico: 45% Ken Paxton: 38%

Full interview: James Talarico on Texas Senate race, Ken Paxton and more Talarico called Paxton the "most corrupt politician in America" and slammed him for giving out "Epstein-style sweetheart deals to pedophiles." www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZXB...

In Opinion Texans “have spent decades in a no man’s land between a Republican Party that caters to its primary voters and a Democratic Party that won’t meet them where they are,” Jack Herrera writes. James Talarico “has a chance to offer them a politics that’s both Democratic and Texan.”

Eight years after he first took office, Ethiopia is gearing up for an election in June. Mr Abiy says it will be the most open and democratic poll in the country’s history. In reality it will be a sham. -The Economist www.economist.com/middle-east-...

Ethiopian Gov’t Arranges Election Briefing for Diplomats as Credibility Questions Linger With credibility questions mounting and activists calling for an opposition pullout, the Ethiopian government convened a briefing for diplomats and multilateral officials in Addis. borkena.com/2026/05/25/e...

The War in Ethiopia Isn’t Over How Peace Deals Are Leading to More Violence "Continued uncertainty about the country’s political future will only deepen Ethiopians’ frustration—and fuel violent resistance." www.foreignaffairs.com/ethiopia/war...

Shifting alliances... No one is listening to him anymore Leaders are canceling the USA and making trade deals with others Meanwhile many US citizens are struggling