Jair Bolsonaro declared Brazil’s next president

A far-right, pro-gun, pro-torture populist has been elected as Brazil’s next president after a drama-filled and deeply divisive election that Continue reading →

Mail bomb suspect made numerous references on Facebook to Russian associates and echoed pro-Kremlin views

A Facebook account apparently belonging to the man charged with sending pipe bombs to prominent Democrats this week included references Continue reading →

Suspect in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting charged with 29 counts in deaths of 11 people

PITTSBURGH — A man armed with a semiautomatic assault-style rifle stormed the Tree of Life synagogue here Saturday and shot Continue reading →

Trump, the Pied Piper of a sick America

By Robert A. Vella Remember the legend of the Pied Piper? The Pied Piper of Hamelin (German: Rattenfänger von Hameln, Continue reading →

Mueller has evidence suggesting Stone associate knew Clinton emails would be leaked

WASHINGTON — Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office has obtained communications suggesting that a right-wing conspiracy theorist might have had advance Continue reading →

Bombs Sent to Biden and Robert De Niro, Latest in Wave of Explosives Sent to Trump Critics

Two additional pipe bombs, one addressed to former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and the other to actor Robert Continue reading →

Former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker thinks ‘we’re in a hell of a mess’

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, who has reached legend status in the world of central banking, isn’t optimistic about Continue reading →

Tuesday Commentary: Supreme Court order, Trump’s plans, State voting impediments, and Christian suckers

By Robert A. Vella The right-wing U.S. Supreme Court is at it again.  Reinvigorated with its newest partisan hack, the Continue reading →