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  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
August 12, 2026 at 3:02 AM

Politics as mass delusion

Politics as mass delusionThe accelerating global climate catastrophe should be driving decisions at the local, national, and international level—yet neither elected leaders, nor journalists, nor even voters seem to care͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏   …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
June 2, 2026 at 10:17 PM

Cracks in the armor

Cracks in the armorAs the war on Iran continues to drag the global economy into a ditch, the Israeli-American Axis of Evil is fraying—and administration officials are revealing their mounting desperation͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
May 16, 2026 at 12:12 AM

Nakba day: a commemoration that deserves more attention

Nakba day: a commemoration that deserves more attentionOnly a few decades ago, a zionist terror campaign displaced thousands of Palestinians, allowing an ongoing parade of horrors—including a continuing genocide relying on bipartisan support from the U.S.͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏  …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
May 9, 2026 at 7:54 PM

Californians have a chance to do something big

Californians have a chance to do something bigDemocracy in America has collapsed under the weight under a corporate two-party duopoly that California has a unique and rare chance to reject by electing Butch Ware as our next Governor.͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏   …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
April 30, 2026 at 12:56 AM

The Supreme Court degrades democracy yet again, reviving Jim Crow

The Supreme Court degrades democracy yet again, reviving Jim CrowContinuing a long line of cases, the Court once again degraded democracy today by hamstringing one of the few remaining parts of the Voting Rights Act that survived earlier attacks. Meanwhile, further͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­…
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
April 27, 2026 at 12:20 AM

What did last night's attack on the White House Correspondents Dinner reveal?

What did last night's attack on the White House Correspondents Dinner reveal?Double standards among journalists, political figures, and foreign heads of state all indicate a profound bias favoring the president—despite his longstanding role in encouraging political violence.͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏   …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
April 25, 2026 at 6:34 PM

Propaganda is everywhere

Propaganda is everywhereEven foreign newspapers trying to see through the illusion of American exceptionalism inadvertently reinforce it͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏  …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
April 24, 2026 at 1:59 PM

Lies and admissions in the War on Iran (podcast)

Lies and admissions in the War on Iran (podcast)Listen now (8 mins) | Our president’s propensity to lie through his teeth has been proven time and again. What are the implications of that pattern for America’s ongoing World War?͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏ …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
April 24, 2026 at 1:03 AM

Lies and admissions in the War on Iran

Lies and admissions in the War on IranOur president’s propensity to lie through his teeth has been proven time and again. What are the implications of that pattern for America’s ongoing World War?͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
April 14, 2026 at 6:03 PM

A letter from a voice you won’t hear on TV

A letter from a voice you won’t hear on TVWe hear entirely too much from our country’s corrupt politicians, and not nearly enough from those forced to contend with their belligerence͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
April 1, 2026 at 9:48 PM

This is not an April fool’s joke

This is not an April fool’s jokeIt’s not even funny, but it might make you laugh—for now͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏ …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
March 9, 2026 at 12:28 PM

Hurtling into the abyss

Hurtling into the abyssHow deep does it go?͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏    …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
March 6, 2026 at 3:14 PM

Welcome to World War III

Welcome to World War IIIThe past week has witnessed a dramatic escalation in global violence driven by a new "axis of evil" led by Trump and Netanyahu͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏  …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
February 28, 2026 at 4:22 PM

The sorry state of an ignorant, corrupt union

The sorry state of an ignorant, corrupt unionTwo speeches this week highlighted just how dumb this country is, after legions of professional observers revealed their ignorance about the Supreme Court͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏  …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
January 19, 2026 at 2:45 PM

When will America finally heed MLK?

When will America finally heed MLK?A 20th century prophet venerated as a “civil rights hero” tried to warn this country generations ago of the crises our leaders have chosen to invite, rather than avert͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­…
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
January 17, 2026 at 3:22 PM

Taking off the mask

Taking off the maskExtrajudicial assassinations of peaceful activists reveal the reality of martial law, and the consolidation of authoritarianism͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­…
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
January 3, 2026 at 4:06 PM

Yet another war with bipartisan roots

Yet another war with bipartisan rootsBombing Venezuela would be bad enough without the revolting complicity of the liberal establishment͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏  …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
December 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM

The double standards of partisan outrage

The double standards of partisan outrageListen now (11 mins) | Pete Hegseth is a national embarrassment, but he’s far from the only one—and his enablers include renowned Democrats͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏ …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
November 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM

The best news you’ll read all weekend

The best news you’ll read all weekend Just before a holiday tragically celebrating the indigenous genocide across North America, a Native American tribe in California got back a piece of their land͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏    …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
November 24, 2025 at 3:31 AM

Maybe Trump did deserve the Nobel Peace Prize

Maybe Trump did deserve the Nobel Peace PrizeListen now (9 mins) | My reasoning might surprise both his supporters and his critics͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏ …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
November 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM

Senate sellouts enrage Democrats—but why act surprised?

Senate sellouts enrage Democrats—but why act surprised?Listen now (13 mins) | The Democratic Party has spent decades making concessions to the GOP, but a new generation of emboldened voters might be done settling for scraps͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­…
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM

Pelosi finally retires after forcing conservative politics on congressional Democrats for decades

Pelosi finally retires after forcing conservative politics on congressional Democrats for decadesListen now (10 mins) | “Journalists” are re-writing history today to serve a powerful political dynasty, cement a cult of personality, and further degrade the vestiges of democracy—and none of that is ab…
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
October 17, 2025 at 12:12 AM

(More than) A Dozen Ways that Trump’s policies are destroying the U.S. economy (Part III)

(More than) A Dozen Ways that Trump’s policies are destroying the U.S. economy (Part III)The American economy is suffering a death by a thousand self-inflicted cuts—including one that rises to the level of unconstitutionality͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏    …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
October 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM

Who made the Gaza peace plan possible?

Who made the Gaza peace plan possible?Listen now (10 mins) | An international debate over the Nobel Peace Prize overlooked voices standing in solidarity and bearing witness to international crimes͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
September 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM

Stumbling into the thought police

Stumbling into the thought policeListen now (9 mins) | I was silenced once in retaliation for raising my voice in public, before being silenced again this week when raising it privately͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏  …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
September 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM

It’s not about Kirk, or Kimmel, or Colbert

It’s not about Kirk, or Kimmel, or ColbertListen now (7 mins) | Legions of conservatives and liberals alike have recently raised alarms about freedom of expression, after turning a blind eye to far worse abuses endured by their neighbors for decades͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏ …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
September 18, 2025 at 4:25 AM

Why celebrate a “happy” Constitution Day?

Why celebrate a “happy” Constitution Day?As the document that inspired the world to emulate its example falls to ruin at the hands of maniacs, outrage seems more fitting than celebration͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏ …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
September 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM

A shot heard 'round the world

A shot heard 'round the worldThe assassination for Charlie Kirk accelerates more than one alarming trend, as America continues to stumble into the abyss it has been digging for generations͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­…
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
September 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM

Trump’s arbitrary assassinations were enabled by Democrats

Trump’s arbitrary assassinations were enabled by DemocratsObservers reacted to Trump’s assassination of suspected drug traffickers presumptively described as terrorists, forgetting how Obama and his enablers cheered analogous drone strikes͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏    …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
September 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM

Organized labor is the key to overcoming the cruelty of capital

Organized labor is the key to overcoming the cruelty of capitalFrom the genocide in Gaza to Trump’s attacks on democracy in America, organized labor can help restore the rule of law—and needs your solidarity today͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏  …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
August 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM

The rise of the fragile “tough guy”

The rise of the fragile “tough guy”From police to our president, and the federal goon squads he has deployed from Los Angeles to DC, we all seem to exist at the whim of supposed “tough guys” whose reputations belie their weakness͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏…
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
August 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM

Promises made, promises betrayed

Promises made, promises betrayedThe president mouths rhetoric about “freedom,” while degrading it from DC to LA͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­…
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
August 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM

Return of the Jedi

Return of the JediThe Israeli genocide in Gaza continues to grow more horrifying with every passing day—yet the global grassroots movement to end it has victories worth celebrating and building upon͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏   …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
July 30, 2025 at 2:07 AM

The empire strikes back

The empire strikes backIsraeli officials detained—and physically assaulted—a visionary Black U.S. labor leader standing in solidarity with international human rights in exile͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­…
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
July 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM

The audacity of ignorance

The audacity of ignoranceClimate denialism invites death & destruction, as institutional ignorance invites more preventable risks in the future͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
July 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM

A nation of morons

A nation of moronsWatching American celebrate July 4 felt grotesque given the right wing revolution dragging America back to the darkest parts of its past͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
June 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM

Trump admits his own idiocy

Trump admits his own idiocyFrom immigration to foreign policy, Washington repeats a pattern of foolish policy pronouncements revealing governance by opinion ignoring facts and reality͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏    …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
May 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM

A dozen ways that the Trump administration is destroying America’s economy (Part II)

A dozen ways that the Trump administration is destroying America’s economy (Part II)The Trump administration’s attack on the U.S. economy stretches well beyond tariffs͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­…
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
May 12, 2025 at 6:54 AM

We all got some presents for Mother's Day this year

We all got some presents for Mother's Day this yearA holiday formed as a plea for peace coincides with a ceasefire in one theater of an emergent world war, and a global role for an American leader standing in antithesis to the president͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏…
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
May 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM

A dozen ways that the Trump administration is destroying America's economy (Part I)

A dozen ways that the Trump administration is destroying America's economy (Part I)The candidate trusted by confused voters to improve the nation’s economy is doing precisely what he said he would—and no one should be surprised by the results͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏ …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
April 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM

A Constitution in crisis

A Constitution in crisisOur courts were co-opted before, but are now being reduced to observers by an executive branch hellbent on destroying the rule of law͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏  …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
April 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM

Racist Democrats Finally Face the Music

Racist Democrats Finally Face the MusicA scandal in Oakland City Hall exposed one of my critics, as well as the racism that infects journalism even in supposedly “liberal” cities͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏  …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
March 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM

“Flooding the zone” forced me to rediscover my roots

“Flooding the zone” forced me to rediscover my rootsA conundrum, and a succinct poem depicting America in 2025͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏…
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
February 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM

Our courts can’t defend democracy

Our courts can’t defend democracyThe rule of law died long before Trump came to office. How it happened helps explain his return to Washington.͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏  …
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
February 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM

Wow

WowI really didn’t see this coming͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­…
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
February 2, 2025 at 1:08 AM

Voices of insight in a time of ignorance

Voices of insight in a time of ignoranceI'm indebted to a series of writers whose work has informed and inspired mine͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏…
  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
January 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM

Trump returns to Washington with a blitzkrieg

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  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
January 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM

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  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
January 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM

The west coast wildfires reveal Washington’s failures

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  Shahid Buttar · [email protected]
January 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM

From New York to Los Angeles

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