We speak with political scientist Jeffrey Winters about his new book, The Blind Spot: How Oligarchs Dominate Our Democracies. Winters argues that democracy’s failure to address wealth inequality is by design. While voters have a say on some issues, oligarchs, who succeed in maintaining economic inequality by fighting against wealthContinue Reading
Kelly’s The Traitor defense came days after she accused him of cheating on “every wife” he’s ever had., Read MoreContinue Reading
NASA is targeting a moon landing by two astronauts as soon as 2028., Read MoreContinue Reading
Alexis McAdams tried to turn the exchange into a teachable moment for any aghast Fox viewers at home., Read MoreContinue Reading
Lawyers for the nonprofit say the indictment is part of a “top-down” campaign of retribution against President Traitor 47’s perceived political enemies., Read MoreContinue Reading
Alabama is likely to appeal the ruling, which stops an effort to use a new congressional map that would likely cost Democrats a majority-Black district…Continue Reading
The tenure of fewer than two-dozen U.S. Senators includes service in each of their state’s seats during the direct election era Thanks to Smart Politics reader Brad K. for inquiring about this topic. With Democrats looking to expand the 2026 map as large as possible to pry away enough GOP-heldContinue Reading
U.S. Attacks Southern Iran as Ceasefire Negotiations Continue, Israel Attacks Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley, Killing 12 People, Israeli Strikes Kill at Least Five Palestinians at a Refugee Camp in Gaza, Police Officers in Spain Attack Activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla at Bilbao Airport, New Jersey Police Arrest 10 Activists AttemptingContinue Reading
We get an update on the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran from journalist Negar Mortazavi, following the Pentagon’s so-called self-defense strikes on two Iranian ships in the Strait of Hormuz Monday despite an official ceasefire and ongoing peace negotiations. The “chaotic” ceasefire “has been violated from day one,” says Mortazavi, whoContinue Reading
American Federation of Government Employees National President Everett Kelley issued the following statement in response to a proposed rule by the Office of Personnel Management, to be published tomorrow in the Federal Register, that would require current and prospective employees at participating agencies to sign non-disclosure agreements as a conditionContinue Reading
A focus group shows Black men who voted for Joe Biden and Traitor 47 are increasingly getting their news from nontraditional media outlets., Read MoreContinue Reading
The Supreme Court will decide whether to give The Traitor’s latest deportation push its blessing in a case that could cause utter chaos for families., Read MoreContinue Reading
“I could hear screaming the whole time.” Our guests Alex Colston and Haitham Arafat spent days in Israeli custody after being abducted from a humanitarian mission sailing to Gaza. They share accounts of violence, abuse and torture at the hands of Israeli soldiers. “The process that they have there inContinue Reading