The president clearly prefers graft and plunder to full-scale wars. But he’s also easily tricked.
Florida
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Narco-Terrorist Elite
Why is Marco Rubio so hell-bent on making Iran-Contra again?
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Florida Electricity Consumers Burdened With Historic Rate Hike
The state’s largest electric utility picks a fine time to land in the middle of the affordability debate and the 2026 campaign season.
Posted inTAP
Marco Rubio’s Sales Pitch: War in Venezuela
Right-wing exiles in South Florida want regime change. Rubio is selling it with a false narrative about drug trafficking.
Posted inEconomic Policy
New Reforms, Same Old Florida Home Insurance Market
Inflated ratings, weak oversight, and bare-bones consumer protections continue to leave homeowners exposed to the worst of Florida’s fragile, undercapitalized insurance market.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Obamacare Boiler Room
Perhaps no Florida health care scam has so concisely illustrated the burning need to rethink our broken health care system.
Posted inPolitics
Republicans Escalate Their War on America’s Cities
While some establishment Democrats attack their leftward drift
Posted inLaw and Justice
FEMA Withholds Homelessness Grants While Building Migrant Prison Camps
The resetting of priorities will have tragic consequences.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Meet the Disaster Capitalists Behind Alligator Alcatraz
Incompetent and militarized ‘emergency response’ is on track to be a trillion-dollar industry by the end of Trump’s second term.
Posted inEducation in America
The Culture War Comes Home to Florida International University
Gov. Ron DeSantis installs another far-right ally to lead one of the state’s top schools as he tightens his control over public universities and colleges.