Splinter

Established in 2017, this platform aimed to provide a distinct perspective, elevate marginalized voices, highlight systemic injustices, and hold politicians accountable when needed. Although it garnered a large following of left-leaning supporters on social media and successfully navigated a $100 million defamation lawsuit, the site closed its doors after just two years—much to the dismay of your friend's racist uncle. However, Splinter has made a comeback under new independent management, continuing its mission to expose the truth, because it's still important to share it.

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Oh Hey, It Suddenly Might Be Profitable for Oil Companies to Drill More, Weird

4 days ago | splinter.com | Dave Levitan

In response to the oil price spike, Trump issued a classically absurd dictat, yelling on Truth Social: “EVERYONE, KEEP OIL PRICES DOWN. I’M WATCHING YOU.” He followed that up with a slightly more directed, if confusing, rant: “To The Department of Energy: DRILL, BABY, DRILL!!! And I mean NOW!!!”It is not, of course, the DOE that does the drilling.
The Heat is Coming for Half the Country

4 days ago | splinter.com | Dave Levitan

As of around 9 am on Monday, the National Weather Service has issued either a heat advisory, extreme heat watch, or extreme heat warning for all or parts of 30 states, from the eastern edges of Nebraska and Texas through the coasts of South Carolina, Maine, and everywhere in between.
Sen. Ron Wyden Is Making Productive Threats to Trump’s Collaborators

1 week ago | splinter.com | Jacob Weindling

Any corporate executive who signs off on a bribe to Trump should be prepared to explain their crimes in front of Congress and to the public when Democrats retake power[image or embed] — Senator Ron Wyden (@wyden.senate.gov) June 20, 2025 at 6:59 AMThis is good, and more Democrats should follow his lead.
These NBA Playoffs Had to Go the Distance

1 week ago | splinter.com | Dave Levitan

The Pacers being here at all is remarkable, given the NBA’s history. Before the season started, Basketball Reference had their championship odds at 66-1 — 17th highest in a league with 30 teams. That’s worse odds than other recent Finals gate-crashers, like the Mavericks last year, the Heat against both the Nuggets and the Lakers, or anyone else dating back decades.
The Iraq War Was So Much Dumber Than This

1 week ago | splinter.com | Jacob Weindling

Congress officially renamed French fries to “freedom fries” for Pete’s sake. Freedom fries! Just say that phrase without feeling like a part of your brain just permanently shut off. You can’t do it. Americans gathered at the French consulate to protest their opposition to our war of choice, and they poured tons of expensive wine down the drain.
Climate Change Is Coming for Our Crops

1 week ago | splinter.com | Dave Levitan

Researchers from the US and China estimated the impacts of climate change on six staple crops across more than 12,000 regions of the world; in total, that covers two-thirds of all the crop calories humans produce. They found that each one degree Celsius of warming reduces the overall food production by a huge number — 550 trillion calories, every year, which averages out to a decline of 120 calories per person per day, or 4.4 percent of recommended consumption.
Trump’s War with the Fed Heats Up

1 week ago | splinter.com | Jacob Weindling

Today is Fedsday, where the Federal Open Market Committee meets to decide whether they will change the Fed Funds Rate. This rate has an enormous impact on interest rates, and President Trump is keenly aware of it. He ranted about Fed Chair Jerome Powell at his little flagpole ceremony today, calling him “a stupid person” while claiming that “I’ve been so nice to” a man he said he wanted to fire two months ago.
SCOTUS Allows GOP War on Trans Kids to Continue

1 week ago | splinter.com | Dave Levitan

The court ruled in US v. Skrmetti that Tennessee’s restrictions on hormones, puberty blockers, or other care can stand, arguing that the law “is not subject to heightened scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.” In her dissent for the three liberal justices, Sonia Sotomayor wrote that the decision “authorizes, without second thought, untold harm to transgender children and the parents and families who love them.
The US Has Been Waging War Against Iran for Decades

1 week ago | splinter.com | Roqayah Chamseddine

The campaign to destabilize and isolate Iran has been a defining feature of US and Israeli foreign policy for decades, rooted in a broader strategy to suppress any regional power that challenges US hegemony. In 1953, the United States, in collaboration with British intelligence (MI6), orchestrated a coup—known as Operation Ajax—that overthrew Iran’s democratically elected Prime Minister, Mohammad Mosadegh. The plan, overseen by US President Dwight D.
Tucker Carlson Corners Ted Cruz on Iran and Squishes Him Like a Bug

1 week ago | splinter.com | Jacob Weindling

This is wild, man. Close your eyes and try to hear it in Mehdi Hasan’s voice and the fact-based aggression and indignation feels familiar. I need to be clear that I am not setting up a future “I do not in fact, have to give it to ISIL” post here. Just because someone knows how to do journalism does not make them a journalist.