Robert Reich at his substack on Trump making the world safe for tyrants. shorturl.fm/geUj7

From TomDispatch this morning: Women as the enemy in Donald Trump's second term as president -- Karen Greenberg, "Trump's War on Women, Bodies, Roles, and Futures at Risk" tomdispatch.com/trumps-war-o...

From TomDispatch last evening: If you need a definition of “suicidal” at both a national and a planetary level, Donald Trump's energy plans obviously should be it -- Tom Engelhardt, "What Planet Are We On? How Did I End Up Living in Donald Trump's Suicidal America?" tomdispatch.com/what-planet-...

As Jake Johnson reports at Common Dreams, in the age of Trump, it pays (and that's the exact word for it) to be a billionaire. shorturl.fm/9GSiv

From TomDispatch last evening: If you need a definition of “suicidal” at a national and a planetary level, Trump's energy plans obviously should be it -- Engelhardt, "What Planet Are We On? How Did I End Up Living in Donald Trump's Suicidal America?" tomdispatch.com/what-planet-...

Jonathan Freedland of the Guardian on the year to come for Trump (an election defeat in Congress, let's hope) and for Benjamin Netanyahu who might before October lose his office completely. shorturl.fm/Vv300

From TomDispatch last evening: If you need a definition of “suicidal” at a national and a planetary level, Trump's energy plans obviously should be it -- Engelhardt, "What Planet Are We On? How Did I End Up Living in Donald Trump's Suicidal America?" tomdispatch.com/what-planet-...

The latest from @borowitzreport.bsky.social on the news nightmare at CBS's 60 Minutes.

David Smith offers a look at how Trump and the Republicans are falling politically in this country.

@jricole.bsky.social on Trump's distinctly illegal military strike on Nigeria recently.

@billmckibben.bsky.social on just why it's so crucial in, among other things, climate-change terms, to beat MAGA everywhere we can next year in election 2026.

The New York Times on the never-ending nightmare in Gaza.

Responsible Statecraft on Donald Trump's newest battleships and why they are guaranteed to fail (just as the previous three did).

Trump is still threatening to take... yes, Greenland.

@nickturse.bsky.social reminds us that, in the context of Trump's airstrikes in Nigeria on Christmas, the U.S. military has been grimly involved in Nigeria for a long time.

The Future According to Trump by Alfred McCoy

Ending the American Dream by 2029? Eye of Newt and Toe of Frog in Trump's USA by Alfred McCoy

Alfred McCoy at TomDispatch today: Imagining America's place in the world in 2029 in the wake of Donald J. Trump.

William Hartung at TomDispatch today: President Donald Trump, Secretary of “War” Pete Hegseth, & the rest of their crew seem willing to make war in the Western Hemisphere while ignoring the military’s warring activities elsewhere on the planet.

Talking Diplomacy, Promoting Conflict by William Hartung

The "President of Peace" Prepares for War by William Hartung

A child born today is, in truth, being delivered into the slow-motion climate equivalent of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and, for such a kid, there’s unlikely to be any ducking and covering, says @tomdispatch.bsky.social.

John Feffer's new piece cuts through the hype: BRICS isn't challenging the global system - it's mostly a club of autocrats asking for better seats at the capitalist table while talking like revolutionaries. tomdispatch.com/the-multipol... (4/7) @tomdispatch.bsky.social @ips-dc.org

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order Is Illegal? Don't Ask Donald Trump! by Nan Levinson | Dec 17, 2025 @tomdispatch.bsky.social https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2025/12/17/whos-responsible-when-a-military-order-is-illegal/

From TomDispatch last evening: William D. Hartung, "The 'President of Peace' Prepares for War, The Donroe Doctrine Hits Home" tomdispatch.com/the-presiden...

Robert Lipsyte, Has Sports Been Trumped?

Robert Lipsyte at TomDispatch today: In a Trumpian world where White Christian males have renewed their manifest destiny of ruling over everything, sports as we once imagined it is gone.

A Farewell to Sports: Winning and Losing Are Not So Clear Anymore by Robert Lipsyte

From TomDispatch this morning: Robert Lipsyte, "A Farewell to Sports, Winning and Losing Are Not So Clear Anymore" tomdispatch.com/a-farewell-t...

Doin'-the-Right-Thing Rag: Who's Responsible When a Military Order Is Illegal? by Nan Levinson

Nan Levinson considers what it means to resist the Trumpian and Hegsethian military world from the inside.

Nan Levinson at TomDispatch today: U.S. military enlistees, reservists, and part-time military members have the power -- as individuals and supportive groups -- to resist what they know to be wrong when Trump and Hegseth order them to do something.

Surprising Lessons for the U.S. Resistance to Trump In Sudan's Recent History by Rebecca Gordon

Rebecca Gordon at TomDispatch today: A military takeover after a citizen uprising has happened before in other countries. We can’t let it happen here in the United States.

Today Rebecca Gordon takes us to that “shithole country” Sudan & reminds us that the world out there, whatever its own horrific problems, still has a few lessons to teach us as we try to get ready to take out the presidential garbage in Nov 2026 and 2028.

A look at just how Trump's tariffs could be helping to take down the U.S. economy (and so, of course, Republican hopes for election 2026) and how bizarrely the president's reacting to the situation.

A list of the 12 billionaires who have been involved in one fashion or another with Trump the second time around. Yikes! www.washingtonpost.c...

Retired Air Force Lt. Col. and historian Bill Astore on how all of us, except Native-Americans, are, in some fashion, of immigrant background and why Trump and crew should be the ones to leave this country.

A list of the 12 billionaires who have been involved in one fashion or another with Trump the second time around. Yikes! www.washingtonpost.c...

A look at just how Trump's tariffs could be helping to take down the U.S. economy (and so, of course, Republican hopes for election 2026) and how bizarrely the president's reacting to the situation.

@liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org at TomDispatch today: The behavior of Roman Emperor Nero & Trump may be reminiscent of each other because using and abusing sex by those in power has been a pillar of past authoritarian systems.

The Bible Condemns Rich Predators, Not Poor Trans Lovers by @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org

Is Trump the New Nero? The (Immoral) Politics of Authoritarianism (and the Bible), Then and Now by @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org

From TomDispatch this morning: Liz Theoharis, "Is Trump the New Nero? The (Immoral) Politics of Authoritarianism (and the Bible), Then and Now" tomdispatch.com/is-trump-the...

Next Spring the Supreme Court is going to consider a case in which Trump is trying to end birthright citizenship (and essentially do away with the 14th Amendment of the Constitution).

The Guardian on how, in Gaza, despite all the talk about truces, ceasefires, and the like, the Israelis are continuing to kill an unnerving number of Gazans (especially children) in an increasingly partitioned region!

A look at the latest case in which the Supreme Court conservative majority will likely give President Trump yet more authority and power. (It never ends, does it?).

Tom Engelhardt at TomDispatch today: Thought of a certain way, our planet is indeed experiencing the slow-motion, climate-change equivalent of nuclear war and yet it’s hardly even news.

Retired Air Force Lt. Col. and historian Bill Astore at his substack on "our" president (from hell). —Tom

No Ducking and Covering for Us by Tom Engelhardt