Bonus Episode. Thoughts on the verdict: It’s not a solemn occasion, it’s time to joyously celebrate our last bastion of democracy, the jury system. Why sentencing should be swift and severe, The GOP is dead, it’s MAGA now. Is there hope for voters to tire of this rot and finally end it?  www.charlesbursell.com

Populism is here to stay and it’s time for the Left to embrace it, or else. Also: startling poll results on low/no information voters, and the macroeconomic numbers don’t match consumers’ lying eyes. www.charlesbursell.com

As births drop below the so-called “replacement” rate, Capitalists are panicking about having enough workers. Here’s an idea: How about we replace the profit and growth model with an economic system that works for people instead of the other way around. www.charlesbursell.com

Vintage Ads, Content and the Inner Monologue, Swimming In the Pool, Riding with Sarah. www.charlesbursell.com

Candidate Joe on genocide, tariffs, and debates, The Orange Menace takes a break from court to commit another major crime, Johnson debases the Speakership, some campus administrations do the right thing, Israeli atrocities continue, The Chuck E. Cheese Band takes its final bow.  www.charlesbursell.com

Generations Party, A List of Things to Do Instead of Scrolling, Hope (by Carsie Blanton), Marketsplaining.  www.charlesbursell.com

Tipping culture, AI job loss, wage slave investing… we’re forced to play a competition/profit game nobody asked for. The alternative? Cooperation and Mutual Aid!   www.charlesbursell.com

Shorts Number One, Labor of Love (Carsie Blanton), The No Laws Law, People Who Think They Know Things. www.charlesbursell.com

Political executions, detention camps, abortion bans, white supremacy, state violence, the trashing of civil rights and the US Constitution, dictatorship and the end of democracy. What a MAGA Presidency and Congress would bring. Extended excerpts from TIME’s “How Far Trump Would Go”  www.charlesbursell.com