Media consolidation means that many Americans will have a choice between right-wing propaganda news and right-wing propaganda news.

Various US cities show the same decrease of the middle class.

A few of those who cease to be middle class become wealthy. Most become poor.

The US and Russia have both decided to support the Syrian Kurds, and told Erdoğan to get lost.

I consider this good news. It is good when the US and Russia have good relations and cooperate, when what they do together is good. The US government has stirred up lots of hostility towards Russia for no good reason.

Putin remains a tyrant and a trumpish liar. Other governments ought to condemn this, but that doesn't call for international hostilities.

Chelsea Manning is out of prison.

I was worried that the troll would find some excuse to prevent this.

US citizens: call on your congresscritter to support the COAST Act to ban offshore drilling on the Atlantic coast.