The Ultimate Irony of Religion

A briefing from THE BRENNAN CENTER on how Trump is doing it, and to join the fight back. For months, we have warned of a drive by President Trump and his administration to undermine the 2026 election. It is unprecedented, outlandish. Now Trump himself is blaring his intent — and over the past week, the public issue has exploded. The fight for a free and fair vote is taking shape, starting on the…

Not only has Trump ignored the US economy as it pertains to the working class, even as his actions are sending the stock market—mostly owned by multi-millionaires/billionaires—to record-breaking highs, among his worst atrocities is purposely and indifferently traumatizing small children for life. Reading The Guardian recently, I came across an opinion piece by Moira Donegan, Republicans are the…

Contact your senators and reps to urge them to support/cosign the We the People Amendment (H.J.Res. 54). I am a member! Something important is happening in Washington right now — and most people only see it in fragments. Banks are increasing lobbying spending. Tech companies are flooding Washington with influence campaigns. Defense contractors and financial firms are expanding their political…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/03/us-congress-democrats-immigration-hearing *Note from Max T. Furr, owner of this blog. I read The Guardian every morning and trust it for three reasons: 1. It is funded mostly by subscribers; 2. The Guardian is a British news source and has no dog in the US political fight; 3. I have vetted enough news reports to know that The Guardian is…

LET THEM EAT CAKE! https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/02/trump-cost-ballroom-government-shutdown

Years ago, I used to wonder just how the good people of Germany in the 1930s allowed Hitler to take power, an allowance that directly resulted in the deaths of ~17 million people—military and civilian men, women and children. This included six million innocent Jews for having committed the crime of being born into the Hebrew culture. Of course, Hitler also had a strong influence on the other two…

Note: I am changing direction on this blog. I believe that promoting benevolent reciprocity and universal empathy is no longer effective because we humans remain too cognitively primitive to follow the only logical path to achieving peace and security, both socially and economically. Our evolutionarily inherited genetic behavioral traits of xenophobia, territoriality, aggression, dominance and…