Top Stories
Stories in The Swamp that you'll love, handpicked by our team.
Review of 'A House of Dynamite'. Top Story - October 2025.
I grew up in a world in which Dr. Strangelove was a plausible movie, a world in which we lived with the Soviet Union, armed to the teeth with nuclear weapons, as were we, and our best chance that we wouldn't blow up the Earth, if not to smithereens, to an uninhabitable planet, was MAD -- the mutually assured destruction that a nuclear war would engender, which would stop we human beings from ever starting such a no-win war.
By Paul Levinsonabout a year ago in The Swamp
Capitalism Ate the Internet (and I'm Still Hungry). Top Story - October 2025.
The internet used to be stupid in the best way. We spent hours playing free minigames on sites that would give modern cybersecurity experts night terrors, their sleep paralysis demon in the corner asking, “What’s ‘Taters’, eh?”. (Boil ’em, mash ’em, stick ’em in a stew!) We watched pure stupidity to the tune of Charlie the Unicorn and Salad Fingers and Old Gregg. We thought we’d achieved the heights of comedy. And in some ways, we had.
By Autumn Stewabout a year ago in The Swamp
How the turn tables. Top Story - October 2025.
“Well. Well. Well. How the turn tables…” The awkward words uttered by Michael Scott. It’s a bastardized version of “how the tables have turned,” used to indicate a reversal or irony of a situation. And oh, how the tables have turned.
By Hayden Searcyabout a year ago in The Swamp
PACO Calling TACO - 4. Top Story - September 2025.
This conversation happened on Sunday, September 28, after Putin was briefed on the UN General Assembly sessions and Trump's post on Truth Social about "discussions with the Middle Eastern Community concerning Gaza."
By Lana V Lynxabout a year ago in The Swamp
Mental Health and Gun Control. Top Story - September 2025.
School buses line up on the curb. Little feet race off the bus and into the adjacent building. Excitement of new clothes, faces, and supplies buzzes the air. A school bell silences the youthful voices as the adult voices rise, delivering instructions for the young scholars to follow. The morning progresses seamlessly, unaware of unexpectant invasion on campus. A spray of popping echoes through the academic hallways, shattering the studious atmosphere within every room of the educational building. Scrapping of floors spills out in between each terrifying burst. Aggressive pounding replaces the popping briefly before the unwanted cascade of bullets striking wooden doors return. Blood curling scream deafen the popping for a few seconds before the restoration of silence.
By Iris Harrisabout a year ago in The Swamp
The True Us Versus Them in the United States. Top Story - September 2025.
The Truth and the Point Laid Out Here is the truth that everyone in the United States seems to have forgotten. To my dear Republicans, Democrats are not the only corrupt people in the world of politics. Yes, they are the most corrupt at the moment, but they are certainly not the only ones. Corruption exists on every side of the government. To my dear Democrats… get your shit together and wake up to reality and the evil that is taking place. It is no longer the Democrat party in action and belief. The Democrat party has become the American Communists Party. Very tragic.
By Timothy A Rowlandabout a year ago in The Swamp
SCOTUS vs LGBTQ. Top Story - July 2025.
What is the purpose of schools? To educate the next generation of citizens for our country. To prepare them to become a functional member of society. When you live in a country created from a diverse set of cultures, then schools need to prepare the next generation to collaborate with a diverse workforce. Most educators would agree with this ideology of education and design classrooms to accommodate a diverse range of students from any background and culture. On June 27, 2025 the Supreme Court ruled against diversity, excluding LGBTQ+ representation in public schools.
By Iris Harrisabout a year ago in The Swamp
What I Learned Growing Up in a Cult. Top Story - June 2025.
Earlier this week I was talking to a coworker about life. After a while, we somehow got on the subject of religion. I had to explain that I have an aversion to most organized forms of religion, having been raised in a church that at the time was very cult-like, and later after a split, the faction that stayed with the original leader went full cult. But that begs the question.
By Atomic Historianabout a year ago in The Swamp
School Choice is Desegregation. Top Story - June 2025.
My high school was ranked 32nd in the entire country during my attendance. Of course, those numbers are based on test scores and matriculation rates. When you walked the halls of Fort Myers Senior High School, you could feel the racial tensions and the weight of history pressing down. In fact, if you just walked the halls, you could see it on display.
By K.B. Silver about a year ago in The Swamp
TACO & PACO. Top Story - June 2025.
On June 1, 2025 Ukraine conducted a massive drone attack on strategic bomber airfields deep in Russia. So deep the drones had to be delivered in secret double ceiling containers by long-haul trucks. The operation had been planned for 1.5 years in complete secrecy and had been personally supervised by President Zelenskyy. The drone attack was incredibly successful as Ukraine claims it has destroyed 41 bombers, or roughly one-third of Russian strategic bomber fleet. Russia has downplayed the operation results claiming that only five bombers had been destroyed.
By Lana V Lynxabout a year ago in The Swamp
