November 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM EST
GOP goes all-in on culture war""and it's not going great

In yet another sign the electorate is rejecting MAGA's culture-war politics, Democrats swept school board elections in Texas, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. "From Texas to Pennsylvania to Ohio, Democrat-backed candidates ran successful campaigns in some of the nation's largest school systems and in political battlegrounds," reported Politico. "They emphasized test scores and bus safety over debates about which bathrooms transgender students use and banning books from school libraries. The result was a set of election results at the local level that accentuated the punishment meted out against Republicans by swing voters earlier this month."

 

November 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM EST
Cartoon: Treason!

A cartoon by Drew Sheneman. Related | Trump threatened him with death. Now the Pentagon will probe him.

 

November 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM EST
29 times Fox News made us cringe in disgust this year

President Donald Trump is attached at the hip to Fox News, the right-wing propaganda network. The relationship goes back more than a decade, when Fox held a regular commentary slot open for Trump to promote the racist birther conspiracy about then-President Barack Obama. In that time, Fox has been a ceaseless promoter of Trump, his ideas, and his rhetoric while serving as a weapon to attack his enemies and the truth. Fox's devotion to Trump runs so deep that the network paid out nearly $800 million because it pushed his lies about winning the 2020 presidential election.

 

November 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM EST
An incomplete list of Musk's insane promises for his robots

If you believe Elon Musk""though, honestly, why would you?""he is going to build eleventy billion humanoid robots that will do literally everything, ushering in an unprecedented era of peace and prosperity. 

Did we mention that""since Elon's cultural reference points seem to be those of a tween who is convinced that, because he read one science fiction book, he is light-years beyond his peers""the dumb robots are named Optimus? As in Prime? Sigh. 

 

November 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM EST
An incomplete list of Musk's insane promises for his robots

If you believe Elon Musk""though, honestly, why would you?""he is going to build eleventy billion humanoid robots that will do literally everything, ushering in an unprecedented era of peace and prosperity. 

Did we mention that""since Elon's cultural reference points seem to be those of a tween who is convinced that, because he read one science fiction book, he is light-years beyond his peers""the dumb robots are named Optimus? As in Prime? Sigh. 

 

November 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM EST
An incomplete list of Musk's insane promises for his robots

If you believe Elon Musk""though, honestly, why would you?""he is going to build eleventy billion humanoid robots that will do literally everything, ushering in an unprecedented era of peace and prosperity. 

Did we mention that""since Elon's cultural reference points seem to be those of a tween who is convinced that, because he read one science fiction book, he is light-years beyond his peers""the dumb robots are named Optimus? As in Prime? Sigh. 

 

November 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM EST
Cartoon: Kash Patel's girlfriend, your ride is here

A cartoon by Jack Ohman. Related | Kash Patel and Kristi Noem take corruption to new heights""literally

 

November 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM EST
Not serious enough to turn on the siren, toddler's 39-mile ambulance ride still cost over $9,000

By Tony Leys for KFF Elisabeth Yoder's son, Darragh, was 15 months old in August when he developed what at first looked to his parents like hand, foot, and mouth disease. The common viral infection generally clears up in less than a week, but Darragh's condition worsened over several days. His skin turned bright red. Blisters gave way to skin peeling off his face.

 

November 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM EST
11 times Karoline Leavitt earned her 'propaganda princess' nickname

Since stepping into the role of White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt has revealed herself to be shameless enough to earn the moniker of "propaganda princess." No matter the Trump administration's erratic, absurd, and authoritarian moves, Leavitt is there, ready to lie and yell at reporters for daring to seek the truth. And so much of it has been caught on video.

 

November 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM EST
Here's why Latino voters are turning away from Trump

We already knew Latino voters were drifting from President Donald Trump, pushed not just by his hard-edged deportation agenda""firing tear gas at families, kids detained during school hours, courthouse arrests""but by the broader climate of fear his immigration machinery produces. However, new polling points to a sharper, more immediate reason for the shift: Trump has made daily life punishingly expensive, and Latino voters are feeling the pinch.

 

November 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM EST
Black Music Sunday: Jimmy Cliff crossed his final river at age 81

Black Music Sunday is a weekly series highlighting all things Black music, with over 290 stories covering performers, genres, history, and more, each featuring its own vibrant soundtrack. I hope you'll find some familiar tunes and perhaps an introduction to something new. I was born in 1947, and like many people from my generation, I was introduced to Jimmy Cliff via the movie "The Harder They Come." I didn't grow up in a Black home exposed to reggae or other Caribbean music forms other than calypso via Harry Belafonte.  

 

November 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM EST
Cartoon: Just like Jesus would have wanted

A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related | How Trump has exploited pardons and clemency to reward allies and supporters