Tuesday, January 7, 2025

■ Today's Top News 


Trump Won't Rule Out Military Force to Seize Control of Panama Canal, Greenland

Trump claimed both the canal and the Danish territory are needed for U.S. "economic security."

By Julia Conley



Trump-Appointed Judge Orders Biden DOJ to Conceal Jack Smith Report

"Delay is the name of the game here," said one legal analyst. "If they can just stop the clock until January 20th, then... the attorney general will be a Trump appointee and they can kill the whole thing."

By Jake Johnson



CFPB Bans Medical Debt From Credit Reports—But GOP Wants to Reverse It

The agency "effectively dared the incoming Trump administration and its Republican allies in Congress to undue rules that are broadly popular," wrote one healthcare reporter.

By Julia Conley



Facebook Follows X Down Path to Becoming Right-Wing 'Cesspool' by Ending Fact-Checking Efforts

"Zuck isn't just kissing the ring, he's slobbering all over it," said one media reporter.

By Eloise Goldsmith



Climate Experts Urge Democrats to Embrace 'Green Economic Populism' for 2028

"We must replace the Prius economy with one focused on affordable green housing, higher wages, cheap clean energy, lower commuting costs, and expanded mass transit. States, cities, and towns can get the ball rolling."

By Jessica Corbett



Sanders Pledges to 'Do All That I Can' to Block Biden's $8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel

"The U.S. must not send more bombs to Netanyahu's extremist government," said U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders.

By Jake Johnson



Garland Urged to 'Show Any Smattering of Spine' and Release Jack Smith Report on Trump

"This is his last chance to do something right," said one activist.

By Jake Johnson


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■ Opinion


Beware Elon Musk and His Attempts to Steer the World Toward the Neo-Fascist Right

It will not be the first time in history that someone is seduced by the thrill of unconstrained power, although it may be the first time that so much of it is concentrated in one unelected megalomaniac.

By Robert Reich


'Nobody Can Embargo Sunlight': Jimmy Carter and the US Solar Revolution That Wasn't

Why didn't we listen? We could so easily have listened.

By Bill Mckibben


Why the Typewriter Resurgence Matters for Democracy

From Taylor Swift to Tom Hanks, typewriters are cool again, signaling that we're all searching for ways to break free from the reactive and often toxic impulses of communication through our screens.

By Sheryl Oring