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The problem isn't voter fraud, it's the frauds we're told to vote for.

The richest 0.1% produce more carbon pollution than nearly half of humanity. Meanwhile, working people lose their homes and livelihoods to climate disasters. The wealthy get richer destroying the planet while the rest of us pay the price. This is capitalism. www.commondreams.org/news/oxfam-0...

Trump’s aggressive rhetoric is increasingly masking weakness, and that weakness reflects a broader decline in American power.

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My latest article is a review of Nixon (1995) that connects Oliver Stone’s portrait of wounded pride and presidential power to Trump’s treatment of James Comey and Mike Pence. moviefinatics.com/2026/10/25/n...

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I paid zero dollars for these tickets

I am headed to the Sixers game. I won tickets at my work raffle. Everyone please clap.

RIP Tom Skerritt. One of those reliable actors. You know what I mean. Plug him anywhere.

If this AI bubble blows up they’ll come begging for our money after telling us what geniuses they are. Fuck that. Help the people losing their jobs and retirement savings. These billionaires made their bets. They can take the damn losses. www.commondreams.org/news/ai-bubb...

People are fighting to save their schools and public services. Trump’s answer is to blame immigrants and demand deportations. It’s vile. The wealthy keep taking more while working people are told to turn on their neighbors. We should be furious at the people making these cuts.

A handful of alleged voting violations doesn’t justify threatening election workers or putting thousands of ballots in doubt. Trump is already setting up his excuse to reject the results if Republicans lose.

No kings should mean no oligarchs either. Billionaires shouldn’t get to buy elections and write the rules for the rest of us. That power needs to be challenged whether Republicans or Democrats control Congress.

Ilhan Omar has every right to speak against Trump and live in her own country. Nobody’s citizenship should depend on loyalty to a president. You don’t have to agree with her politics to defend her rights.

Omar has been a citizen for over 25 years. Now Trump’s administration is looking for a way to deport her. Nobody should have to keep the president happy to keep their citizenship.

Opposing Trump doesn’t give Democrats a blank check to escalate the war in Ukraine. People want help paying their bills. They shouldn’t have their anger at Trump treated as permission for a wider war with Russia.

Trump’s DOJ wants California to hold up ballots based on a list of people it thinks aren’t citizens. If that list is wrong, eligible voters pay the price. Nobody should have to fight to get their vote counted because the government screwed up.

And if you don't love me now You will never love me again I can still hear you saying You would never break the chain

Washington always finds money for war. But when workers need healthcare or help putting food on the table we’re told the country can’t afford it. Why should we keep paying for wars we never asked for through higher prices and cuts to basic services?

My latest article looks at John Carpenter’s The Fog and the crime behind Antonio Bay’s founding. The town celebrates the men who built it with stolen gold. Father Malone discovers the truth and has to face what his grandfather helped do. moviefinatics.com/2026/10/14/t...

I’m tired of peace being treated as weakness.

A woman gets punched at a Trump rally while the crowd chants “USA.” Trump mocks her as police lead her out. How does anyone watch that and still claim this movement cares about free speech or opposes political violence? www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Call it fascism. People’s rights are being stripped away while we’re told to wait for the next election. Working people have to organize and fight back. The corporate interests that helped get us here aren’t going to save us.

Raiding Ilhan Omar’s home weeks before an election after years of Trump’s attacks should alarm everyone. Using federal power to intimidate political opponents threatens all of us.

Those beaches could have been closed. That’s what stays with me about Jaws. In my latest article I look at Brody’s guilt and a town that keeps ignoring the warnings because taking them seriously would hurt business. moviefinatics.com/2026/10/12/j...

Billionaires shouldn’t get more say in our future just because they can bankroll campaigns. Campaign finance reform is overdue. Real democracy means working people having power over both our government and the economy that shapes our lives.

Cowboys lost to an 0-4 team at home

Trump uses the fear of nuclear attacks to sell his war. Then his administration tells us socialism is the threat. Apparently healthcare and a decent life for everyone are more dangerous than endless war and a government that serves the rich.

My first article in quite some time examines the moral complexities and contradictions of Abel Ferrara's 1990 gangster classic King of New York. moviefinatics.com/2026/10/08/t...

Netanyahu reportedly received warnings before October 7. He can’t keep blaming everyone else while blocking an independent inquiry. The public deserves the truth. And no security failure can justify the mass killing of Palestinians.

Postal workers deserve safe conditions and pay for every hour worked. USPS is a public service worth defending.

Two-thirds of Americans support Medicare for All. How many more people have to go bankrupt or skip treatment before politicians listen? Healthcare should be a right. The insurance industry’s profits should never matter more than someone’s life.

Politicians choose war. We get higher gas prices and grocery bills. Then we’re told to wait for the next election to demand accountability. Democracy should mean having the power to stop a war before people die and working families get stuck with the bill.

May Dennis Hastert burn in hell

Helping the Saudis choose targets means helping wage the war. “Everything short of direct combat” doesn’t absolve Washington of responsibility. Yemenis have already endured years of bombing and hunger. End US support for this offensive. www.commondreams.org/news/us-back...

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AI should mean shorter hours and better lives. If companies can produce more with less labor then workers deserve to share the gains. Using that technology to destroy livelihoods while shareholders cash in is a choice workers have every right to fight.

There's nothing to be said about the Phillies

Hopefully yesterday was the spark the Phils needed

I voted already and voted Democrat. But continued dependence on the Democratic Party channels socialist organizing into strengthening a party committed to capitalism.

Phils win!!! We are still alive

A vote doesn’t have to be a pledge of loyalty. It can be a demand that politicians answer for the wars they start and the lives they destroy. But accountability can’t end at the ballot box. Keep the pressure on whoever wins.

Artists deserve a say in how their work is used and a secure living. A licensing deal between Disney and an AI company guarantees neither. AI should give people more time to create. Under corporate control it becomes another way to cut jobs and concentrate wealth.

Last night's game was over the minute Trump's Homeland Security used Dawkins footage. Kiss of death.

The far right feeds on real anger over falling living standards, then turns that anger against immigrants. Winning the midterms matters, but Democrats can’t defeat Trumpism by offering people the same politics that helped create this crisis.

More people are turning to food banks as it costs more to keep their trucks running. Trump cuts food assistance while his war drives up fuel prices; then families and volunteers are left to deal with the damage. www.commondreams.org/news/food-ba...

Growing frustration with Trump could benefit Democrats in November. Still, a change in congressional control won’t automatically resolve concerns about war, living costs and public services. Both parties should be judged by their policies and results.

Congratulations to the Phillies on making the postseason for 5 straight years

Somehow the Phillies are still alive

Workers in other countries aren’t our enemies. We’re told to accept layoffs and cuts while our governments pour money into war. We need to organize across borders and refuse to keep sacrificing our lives and livelihoods for the people getting rich off us.