Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Democratic strongholds appear to have backed one conservative issue at the polls with multiple blue states voting in favor of measures banning transgender athletes from competing in girls’ sports in the midterms. On a bleak and crushing night for Donald Trump and the Republican party, the President was provided a small respite from defeat as…

Melania Trump stepped into the spotlight on Thursday, just two days after voters delivered a crushing rebuke to her husband in the midterm elections. The First Lady hosted Russian and Ukrainian officials in the White House’s Cross Hall to celebrate the six-day truce she brokered in the war-ravaged city of Oleshky. The event marked the…

Never-Before-Seen Footage of the Twin Towers’ Collapse Released After 22 Years More than two decades after the September 11, 2001 attacks, newly shared personal footage of the World Trade Center has drawn renewed attention to the importance of eyewitness records, historical preservation, and collective remembrance. The video, reportedly filmed by Kei Sugimoto and kept privately…

Unverified social media posts claiming that President Donald Trump had been shot in Washington, D.C., have highlighted the speed at which false breaking-news reports can spread across digital platforms. The posts reportedly described a shooting near the president’s motorcade, presenting the allegations as a developing emergency. However, the supplied account says no credible confirmation of…

One Secret Service agent sustained a gunshot wound during the confrontation with the suspect. President Trump later stated that the agent was struck by a “very powerful gun” but survived the encounter without life-threatening injuries, attributing the agent’s safety to protective body armor worn at the time. The President publicly commended the law enforcement response,…

WASHINGTON — In an unsparing post-election address that cut through the lingering din of national vote-counting, former President Barack Obama delivered a sharp, comprehensive indictment of the Trump administration, characterizing the midterm election results as a definitive public repudiation of the White House’s executive conduct, economic vision, and governing ethos. Speaking from Washington as certified…

WASHINGTON — In a major legal setback for the Trump administration’s defense policies, a federal appeals court on Monday ruled 2-1 that portions of the Pentagon’s restrictive transgender military policy are unlawful, finding that they appeared to be “driven by the bare desire to harm a politically unpopular group.”The decision by a three-judge panel of…

WASHINGTON — In a landmark decision that severely limits the extraterritorial reach of the American judiciary, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that foreign plaintiffs cannot use historic federal human rights laws to sue American corporations for allegedly aiding and abetting abuses committed on foreign soil.The 6–3 ruling in Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe represents…

Former Vice President Kamala Harris’s name continues to come up when discussions focus on who will become the 2028 Democratic presidential nominee. But several people who were once close to her are casting doubt. Harris continues to signal that she may run for president in 2028; however, a number of people who previously worked closely…