Now that Democrats have won the midterm elections, voters’ patience for improvement on problems like staggeringly high energy prices will be exceedingly short.
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I Will Gladly Pay You After Election Tuesday
The sweeps in the 2026 midterm elections were dramatic, but they wonât change in any meaningful way the affordability crisis that is afflicting millions of American voters.
Dead Scare
Trump and his Republicans repeatedly warned in ads and speeches that a Democratic victory in the midterm elections would bring socialism or even communism to America. Sadly, that hasn’t happened and probably won’t. Too bad the GOP won’t be made to apologize for their groundless threats. Also too bad the Democrats aren’t a left party.
War Oopsie
Given the many wars that the United States has fought in the past, the current obsession with Iran is based on and marketed with paranoid projection—what if they did this, what if they did that?—and some kind of psychotic unwillingness to simply live in peace with the rest of the world. Eventually, we’ll realize this truth but by then it’ll be too late.
Blue Wave
The Democrats’ anticipated Blue Wave is exciting for American voters eager to see Trump’s excesses curbed and Republicans humbled. But it won’t address inflation, stagnant wages, AI disruption, the Ukraine War, or the many other crises impacting their lives. Democrats will spend the next year holding oversight hearings and impeachment procedures.
How Do You Take Your Genocides?
In the aftermath of the Israeli elections, both major political blocs are trying to form coalition governments with smaller parties. For the brutalized Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, the outcome means dealing with a far-right extremist regime intent on killing them either way.
Vote Counted, Not Counted
One of the paradoxes of American electoral politics is the obsession with making sure that your vote is counted—i.e., tallied—rather than working to ensure that our votes actually count by being taken into account by elected representatives.
Stop the War; Fight More
It’s a tradition that goes back at least to the Vietnam War: when the United States finally admits it’s losing a war, it calls for peace talks but, in order to try to get a better position at the negotiating table, ramps up the killing machine right beforehand. It’s not fooling anyone and it only makes the adversaries angry, but they’re trying the same thing in Iran.
When I Was Your Age, I Walked Through Gallons of Tear Gas
For Americans on the Left, especially Boomers and Gen Xers who remember the actual activism of the 1960s and 1970s, there’s a longing to see their children follow the example of students in France and throughout Europe, who are leading inspiring demonstrations and confronting police fearlessly in their quest to build a better society.
I Support You, I Don’t Like You
Democrats are poised to win the midterms. But it’s only because voters want to send a message: they’re angry at the Republicans for not using their majority to improve their quality of life. Democrats are just as likely to ignore the anger of the voters—and face their wrath in the not-too-distant future.
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Will Europe Derail Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks? | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas
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LIVE: MWF 9-11 am Eastern time & 9-10 am Tues-Thurs & Streaming Anytime Conflict reporter/writer/cartoonist Ted Rall and political analyst Jamarl Thomas deprogram you from mainstream media every weekday at 9 AM ET. • U.S. envoys emerge from Ukraine War talks with Putin and announce Europe will join the next round of negotiations. But Russia digs in against any European role and rejects peacekeepers, setting up potential deadlock. Today we also discuss: • Gadi Eisenkot races to form Israel’s next government and rebuild the shattered U.S. alliance. Trump slashes military aid, blames Israel for Republican midterm losses, and public support collapses over Gaza and the Iran war. • Missiles and mines slam oil tankers across the Strait of Hormuz, unleashing vast oil slicks visible from space. The pollution coats beaches, poisons mangroves and coral, and threatens dolphins, turtles, and fish with generational damage. Yet Trump declares “no deal necessary” with Iran and sidelines JD Vance. What next? • Former Chihuahua…
Read More55 Mississippi | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas
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LIVE: MWF 9-11 am Eastern time & 9-10 am Tues-Thurs & Streaming Anytime Conflict reporter/writer/cartoonist Ted Rall and political analyst Jamarl Thomas deprogram you from mainstream media every weekday at 9 AM ET. • Democrat Scott Colom clinches a dramatic Senate victory in Mississippi, narrowly toppling Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith and bringing Democratic control of the Senate up to 55 seats with Alaska still being counted. The historic triumph marks the state’s first Black senator since Reconstruction and first Democratic win in decades, fueled by intense Black voter energy and cost-of-living fury. Today we also discuss: • After 11 Democratic lawmakers “miss” a pivotal procedural vote to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, allowing Republicans to shelve the effort by a slim 211-204 margin, progressive voters are furious. The absences are blamed on traffic and conflicting events (AIPAC gala!), as colleagues apologize for letting down voters. • Continuing its genocide, Israeli forces bomb Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza with a deadly airstrike,…
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I was either nine or ten. So it was either 1972 or 1973. The first time I saw the blood in the bathtub was the middle of the night, when I was peeing. There was a shower curtain but my mom hadn’t pulled it over. I didn’t know what was going on, but that isn’t weird when you’re a kid. Mostly, or at least very often, you experience and observe things you can’t categorize. They just happen. Sometimes you later come to understand. That time my mom stayed out on a date with a man much later than usual, and she explained that she’d gone to watch “special Swedish movies,” she may have attended a swingers party. It took decades for that one to click into place. It wasn’t every night. Then again, I usually slept through most nights, so maybe it was. But it was there—the blood—my mom’s blood—several more times, always at night and not ever in the…
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I just released a new book today: “No More Mr. Nice Guy: Cartoons on War, Empire & Other Delusions.” It’s a 160-page collection of full-color cartoons spanning my career from the 1990s through the present about imperialism, foreign policy, war, interventionism, all that jazz. You can order it for just under $25 from your local bookstore, or via Amazon: Or you can buy an autographed copy right here at Rall.com/Books. Prices include shipping and depend on your location.
Read MoreHegseth Lives (with Help from “Democrats”) | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas
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Live at 9 AM Eastern & Streaming 24-7 Thereafter: • House Republicans derail the impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. They vote 211-204 to bury the resolution in committee, refusing accountability for unauthorized wars against Iran, Yemen and Venezuela, civilian murders, and free-speech retaliation. Behind the story is a bombshell revealing that “back to brunch Democrats” are ignoring voters: 11 House Democrats who skipped the Hegseth vote could have pushed the impeachment forward! Coincidence: all collect big pro-Israel AIPAC money. Just seven voting against the referral would have flipped the 211-204 vote. Top taker Haley Stevens pulls in $15.9 million; other Zionist Dems range from $551K down to $21K. Editorial cartoonist Ted Rall and political analyst Jamarl Thomas deprogram you from mainstream media every weekday at 9 AM Eastern time. Today we also discuss: • Is this the US or Chile under Pinochet? ICE disappears thousands of detainees into its gulags from its public locator and hides them from lawyers…
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