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    Secular, progressive analysis of current events, decision makers and ideas animating contemporary thought

  • How Exposing Russian Disinformation Led to Death Threats

    The story of how an American refugee seeking shelter from criminal charges in Moscow, Russia Today and certain Republican congressional representatives colluded to harass and threaten a media operation that exposed Russian disinformation. https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/commentary-how-we-became-the-target

  • Hartmann again, because…

    …when I need a summary of the current situation from an informed and savvy perspective, Hartmann is often my first stop. He’s been around long enough to see the entire arc of conservatism from Reagan to oligarchy and a nationalist cult. He knows the players, their histories, the context of their comments. He has the…

  • The Press: What Has Happened to the Lifeblood of our Democracy?

    Thom HartmannMay 28, 2024 How did America reach this point where about half our country thinks up is down, black is white, and Republicans are best trusted with our money and national security?

  • Will the Congressional Putin Caucus Give Ally Ukraine to a Bloodthirsty Dictator?

    If we fail to aid Ukraine and Russia succeeds in overwhelming that country, expect Putin to head to Moldova and Poland or the Baltic states next: his generals and his #2, Dmitry Medvedev have said so… Thom HartmannApr 09, 2024 https://open.substack.com/pub/thomhartmann/p/will-the-congressional-putin-caucus-0b9

  • The GOP is Working to Jam the Machinery of Democracy

  • Today’s Top Three

    Secular, progressive analysis of current events, decision makers and ideas animating contemporary thought

  • How Exposing Russian Disinformation Led to Death Threats

    The story of how an American refugee seeking shelter from criminal charges in Moscow, Russia Today and certain Republican congressional representatives colluded to harass and threaten a media operation that exposed Russian disinformation. https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/commentary-how-we-became-the-target

  • Hartmann again, because…

    …when I need a summary of the current situation from an informed and savvy perspective, Hartmann is often my first stop. He’s been around long enough to see the entire arc of conservatism from Reagan to oligarchy and a nationalist cult. He knows the players, their histories, the context of their comments. He has the…

  • The Press: What Has Happened to the Lifeblood of our Democracy?

    Thom HartmannMay 28, 2024 How did America reach this point where about half our country thinks up is down, black is white, and Republicans are best trusted with our money and national security?

  • Will the Congressional Putin Caucus Give Ally Ukraine to a Bloodthirsty Dictator?

    If we fail to aid Ukraine and Russia succeeds in overwhelming that country, expect Putin to head to Moldova and Poland or the Baltic states next: his generals and his #2, Dmitry Medvedev have said so… Thom HartmannApr 09, 2024 https://open.substack.com/pub/thomhartmann/p/will-the-congressional-putin-caucus-0b9

  • Hello World

    Salience News grew out of being a news junkie with a coffee addiction and an endless curiosity. The supply of rabbit holes is unlimited; time is not. It’s helpful to have curated sources of info available quickly and easily. Salience News is that source for progressive voters. It does one thing simply – present the…

  • From the FDR Memorial, a reminder

    Written in stone, built to last – as it needs to be.

  • The GOP Can’t Be Saved, and Everyone Needs to Cease Pretending It Can Be

    “The GOP has been neither an active nor proactive political force for years. It is reactive and reactionary — it adopted the politically traumatizing, hysterical and paranoid mythologies disseminated throughout the right-wing infotainment system, often crafted in the deepest and darkest bowels of the rabbit-holed internet, and then regurgitated them.” – Rich Logis https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/31/2198860/-I-m-An-Ex-MAGA-Activist-The-GOP-Can-t-Be-Saved-and-Everyone-Needs-to-Cease-Pretending-It-Can-Be

  • Are We Preaching to the Converted?

    “…it is essential that there is an accounting of what is taking place. Future generations must know what Trump and his allies did and tried to do. They must see contemporaneous resistance and fighting back. There should be a public record of a diverse and determined set of voices who stood up and declared in…