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December 30, 2022 at 1:00 AM

One Place the ‘Red Wave’ Arrived in 2022: Southern Legislatures

One Place the ‘Red Wave’ Arrived in 2022: Southern Legislatures     Chris Kromm December 2, 2022Facing South Republicans may not have enjoyed big victories like many expected in the 2022 midterm elections, but the predicted "red wave" did materialize in at least one …

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December 30, 2022 at 1:00 AM

Tidbits – Dec. 29, 2022 – Reader Comments: Trump Ethics; Labor’s Medicare Privatization; Franco Harris and Vietnam Peace Movement; 9 to 5, Organizing Woman Workers; GOP’s Santos Clause; AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conf

Tidbits – Dec. 29, 2022 – Reader Comments: Trump Ethics; Labor’s Medicare Privatization; Franco Harris and Vietnam Peace Movement; 9 to 5, Organizing Woman Workers; GOP’s Santos Clause; AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conf     December 29, 2022x…

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December 29, 2022 at 3:10 AM

More Than 6,000 Children Killed, Hurt by Gunfire in 2022: Report

More Than 6,000 Children Killed, Hurt by Gunfire in 2022: Report     Bill Hutchinson and Ahmad Hemingway December 26, 2022ABCNews Guns have become the leading cause of death for American kids , Natalie Chaney   More than 6,000 children have been killed o…

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December 29, 2022 at 3:05 AM

An Obituary for Originalism

Portside Culture An Obituary for Originalism     Stephen Rohde November 23, 2022Los Angeles Review of Books This book is a detailed critique of the judicial philosophy to which the current majority of the Supreme Court of the United States adheres. , …

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December 29, 2022 at 2:45 AM

Eco-Fascism, Uncovered

Eco-Fascism, Uncovered     Ruxandra Guidi December 27, 2022Sierra Magazine El Paso, Texas, witnessed the first violent outburst of US eco-fascism—and is also a living rebuttal to the hateful ideology , Illustrations by Shonagh Rae   THE CIELO VISTA WALMA…

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December 29, 2022 at 1:35 AM

xxxxxx Moderators: What We Know About 2023

xxxxxx Moderators: What We Know About 2023     xxxxxx Moderators December 28, 2022xxxxxx It ain’t over. For sure, we are in for an epic clash in 2023 between the demands for inclusive, multiracial democracy and an even more MAGA-fied Republican party. Our job is to h…

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December 29, 2022 at 1:30 AM

Study Ties Abortion Restrictions to ‘Significant’ Jump in Suicide Rates for Young Women

Study Ties Abortion Restrictions to ‘Significant’ Jump in Suicide Rates for Young Women     Jessica Corbett December 28, 2022Common Dreams "This association is robust—and it has nothing to do with politics," said one co-author. "It's all backed by the data." S…

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December 29, 2022 at 1:05 AM

Will Blue States Eventually Have To Surrender Their “Woke” Agendas?

Will Blue States Eventually Have To Surrender Their “Woke” Agendas?     Thom Hartmann December 28, 2022The Hartmann Report Will the billionaires and corporations behind ALEC and other groups fighting racial, gender, income, and educational equality in America succeed…

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December 29, 2022 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – December 28, 2022

Global Left Midweek – December 28, 2022     December 28, 2022xxxxxx Taking inventory for the new year of transformation and action March Against Expensive Cost of Living and Climate Inaction, Paris, October 2022. Credit, Fight the Fire   EU/Qatar Scandal…

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December 28, 2022 at 2:00 AM

Committee Report Focus 5 Essential Reads on the Symbols They Carried On Jan. 6

Committee Report Focus 5 Essential Reads on the Symbols They Carried On Jan. 6     Jeff Inglis Freelance Editor, The Conversation US December 23, 2022The Conversation The Conversation asked scholars to explain what they saw – including ancient Norse images and more r…

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December 28, 2022 at 1:55 AM

The Top 10 Inequality Victories of 2022

The Top 10 Inequality Victories of 2022     Sarah Anderson December 19, 2022Inequality.org Champions of a more egalitarian society made important strides, building the power of workers while reducing the power of wealthy tax dodgers and greedy pharma execs. , …

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December 28, 2022 at 1:55 AM

Altercation: Getting Real on Crime and Punishment

Altercation: Getting Real on Crime and Punishment     Eric Alterman December 23, 2022The American Prospect Republicans and New York’s ‘Democratic’ mayor demagogue on the issue, even as many real Democrats fail even to engage it. New York Mayor Eric Adams holds…

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December 28, 2022 at 1:55 AM

Boric Says Chile Will Open Embassy in Occupied Palestine

Boric Says Chile Will Open Embassy in Occupied Palestine     Brett Wilkins December 27, 2022Common Dreams "We cannot forget a community that is suffering from an illegal occupation, a community that is resisting, a community that is seeing its rights and dignity viol…

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December 28, 2022 at 1:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – December 27, 2022

Media Bits and Bytes – December 27, 2022     December 27, 2022xxxxxx Year end reflections on the ever-changing world of communications Credit, Shutterstock   The Crypto-Populist Pyramid Scheme Media Trends at the Year’s End A New Addition to the Labor Pr…

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December 28, 2022 at 1:00 AM

She Said Misses an Opportunity To Expose Harvey Weinstein’s Elite Enablers

Portside Culture She Said Misses an Opportunity To Expose Harvey Weinstein’s Elite Enablers     Liza Featherstone December 21, 2022Jacobin She Said, the new film about the exposure of Harvey Weinstein, keeps its focus on the disgraced movie producer and poster …

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December 27, 2022 at 1:10 AM

Could Getting Rid of Old Cells Turn Back the Clock on Aging?

Could Getting Rid of Old Cells Turn Back the Clock on Aging?     Amber Dance December 21, 2022Knowable Magazine Researchers are investigating medicines that selectively kill decrepit cells to promote healthy aging — but more work is needed before declaring them a fou…

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December 27, 2022 at 1:05 AM

Mindful Eating

Portside Culture Mindful Eating     Editors, Harvard T. H. Chan The Nutrition Source December 1, 2022Harvard T. H. Chan The Nutrition Source Eating mindfully means using all of your physical and emotional senses to experience and enjoy your food choices which c…

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December 27, 2022 at 1:05 AM

How Global Warming Makes It Freezing Cold

How Global Warming Makes It Freezing Cold     Thom Hartmann December 26, 2022The Hartmann Report Last Friday, with this recent bomb cyclone, 53.7% of the nation was covered in snow; more than any time since record-keeping began -- As the oil industry knowingly lies t…

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December 27, 2022 at 1:00 AM

Anti-Apartheid Activist Chris Hani Wasn’t Killed by ANC Leaders

Anti-Apartheid Activist Chris Hani Wasn’t Killed by ANC Leaders     Ronnie Kasrils December 19, 2022Africa Is a Country Author RW Johnson's latest aberration is a mix of fiction and lazy research that misrepresents anti-apartheid struggle leaders. Chris Hani's…

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December 27, 2022 at 1:00 AM

Wild Inflation? Not Anymore.

Wild Inflation? Not Anymore.     Mark Weisbrot December 13, 2022Los Angeles Times (Opinion - OpEd) A closer look shows we’re already approaching normal. Gas prices soared earlier this year, hitting California especially hard. But prices have fallen steeply rec…

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December 27, 2022 at 1:00 AM

Can the Left Disagree Without Being Disagreeable?

Can the Left Disagree Without Being Disagreeable?     Vijay Prashad December 20, 2022CounterPunch We need to be far more generous with each other, able to hold conversations without resort to insults and abuses. Out of disagreement comes understanding. But out of mal…

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December 26, 2022 at 2:05 AM

Earth’s Magnetic Field Supports Biblical Stories of Destruction of Ancient Cities

Earth’s Magnetic Field Supports Biblical Stories of Destruction of Ancient Cities     Elizabeth Fernandez December 2, 2022Big Think The Earth’s magnetic field is far from constant. We can track its shifts in rocks that melt and then resolidify. Archaeological finds c…

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December 26, 2022 at 1:40 AM

Big Tech’s Monopoly on Congress

Big Tech’s Monopoly on Congress     Chris Lehmann December 22, 2022The Nation Lawmakers have tried to introduce legislation seeking to advance antitrust reform. Google, Amazon, and Meta have spent millions fighting it. Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer …

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December 26, 2022 at 1:20 AM

Guinea-Bissau’s Liberation Struggle Transformed the Face of World Politics

Guinea-Bissau’s Liberation Struggle Transformed the Face of World Politics     Rui Lopes, Víctor Barros December 23, 2022Jacobin A movement led by Amílcar Cabral fought against Portuguese rule in Guinea-Bissau and won independence against seemingly overwhelming odds.…

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December 26, 2022 at 1:05 AM

Democrats Frittered Away the Lame-Duck Session

Democrats Frittered Away the Lame-Duck Session     David Dayen December 21, 2022The American Prospect A lackadaisical approach led to failure for numerous bipartisan bills, and kept alive Republican goals to take the debt limit hostage in 2023. Senate Majority…

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December 26, 2022 at 1:00 AM

Palestinian-French Rights Lawyer Hammouri Deported by Israel

Palestinian-French Rights Lawyer Hammouri Deported by Israel     Joseph Stepansky December 18, 2022Aljazeera Hammouri had been held in Israeli administrative detention based on ‘secret evidence’ without charges since March. Salah Hammouri has been deported by …

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December 26, 2022 at 1:00 AM

How TV Shows Changed Their Abortion Plotlines After Dobbs

Portside Culture How TV Shows Changed Their Abortion Plotlines After Dobbs     Lorena O’Neil December 15, 2022Jezebel We're seeing more scenes of people having to cross state lines for an abortion, running up against gestational limits, and other barriers mimic…

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December 25, 2022 at 1:05 AM

From Bowling Alone to Posting Alone

From Bowling Alone to Posting Alone     Anton Jäger December 5, 2022Jacobin Robert Putnam’s Bowling Alone chronicled the growing loneliness and isolation of wealthy societies. Twenty years later, the problem is far worse than he could have imagined. , George W…

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December 25, 2022 at 1:05 AM

Fusion Energy: The Nuclear Weapons Connection

Fusion Energy: The Nuclear Weapons Connection     Karl Grossman December 23, 2022CounterPunch My CounterPunch focused on the radioactivity involved in fusion—that it is not “clean” despite what the press release of the Department of Energy asserted. Nuclear fu…

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December 25, 2022 at 1:00 AM

A Working-Class Christmas Story Christmas

A Working-Class Christmas Story Christmas     Kathy M. Newman November 19, 2022Working Class Perspectives For one season, American capitalism lies to us about what it values. The American Christmas Movie promises us that love matters more than money, that cruel bosse…

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December 25, 2022 at 1:00 AM

How Dangerous Are the Reichsbürger?

How Dangerous Are the Reichsbürger?     Phil Butland December 13, 2022The Left Berlin The recent coup attempt may have seemed farcical, but the growing Nazi threat in Germany is very real, he recent coup attempt may have seemed farcical, but the growing Nazi t…

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December 25, 2022 at 1:00 AM

NYC’s Mayor Has No Answer for Homelessness – He Should Ask Frontline Workers

NYC’s Mayor Has No Answer for Homelessness – He Should Ask Frontline Workers     Bob Hennelly December 11, 2022Work-Bites “Demonizing the homeless is not new. There is no more manifest example of the failure of the system than bullying the vulnerable and criminalizin…

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December 24, 2022 at 2:25 AM

Friday Nite Videos | December 23, 2022

Friday Nite Videos | December 23, 2022     December 23, 2022xxxxxx The Best of Trevor Taking on Conservatives. How Iran's Repression Machine Works. Feliz Navidad | Grandpa Elliott Tribute. Inside Trader Joe's Workers' Fight for a Union Contract. Trump's White House …

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December 24, 2022 at 1:15 AM

Could Democrats Really Elect a Moderate Republican Speaker?

Could Democrats Really Elect a Moderate Republican Speaker?     Robert Kuttner December 23, 2022The American Prospect It’s a long shot, but not out of the question. Kevin McCarthy - Caricature, by DonkeyHotey (CC BY 2.0)   Republican House leader Kevin M…

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December 24, 2022 at 1:05 AM

Charlene Mitchell, 92, Dies; First Black Woman To Run for President

Charlene Mitchell, 92, Dies; First Black Woman To Run for President     Clay Risen December 23, 2022New York Times Charlene Mitchell led a long and multi-faceted political career, including first Black woman to run for President, leader of the movement against racia…

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December 24, 2022 at 1:05 AM

U.S. Life Expectancy Falls for Second Straight Year As Drug Overdose and COVID Deaths Take Toll

U.S. Life Expectancy Falls for Second Straight Year As Drug Overdose and COVID Deaths Take Toll     Ambar Castillo December 22, 2022Stat News A baby born in the U.S. in 2021 has a life expectancy at the lowest level since 1996. Native Americans, Black people and Hisp…

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December 24, 2022 at 1:00 AM

A Pageant of America in 52 Poems

A Pageant of America in 52 Poems     Jerry Dyer December 23, 2022xxxxxx Each state appears here in alphabetical order. With a poem for the District of Columbia, and a poem serving as Preface, 52 poems. But This Land invites (and even demands) that its organization an…

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December 24, 2022 at 1:00 AM

A Group of Rats Is Referred to as a Mischief

Portside Culture A Group of Rats Is Referred to as a Mischief     Joseph Zaccardi May 1, 2022Salt Poetry Journal For poet Joseph Zaccardi, the Vietnam war lingers in memory for the fear it wrought among soldiers, but also the loss of camaraderie “after all the…

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December 23, 2022 at 1:20 AM

Changing the ‘World as It Is’ Into the ‘World As It Should Be’

Changing the ‘World as It Is’ Into the ‘World As It Should Be’     Mark Engler and Paul Engler December 15, 2022Waging Nonviolence Resolving the conflict between being visionary and being pragmatic is critical for those who want to transform society. Can we be both v…

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December 23, 2022 at 1:05 AM

Netanyahu Consistently Promised Voters a “Full-Fledged Right-Wing Government”

Netanyahu Consistently Promised Voters a “Full-Fledged Right-Wing Government”     Yossi Alpher December 19, 2022Americans for Peace Now (APN) Benjamin Netanyahu leads a new Israeli government, the most right-wing ever of all Israeli governments. What will happen next…

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December 23, 2022 at 1:05 AM

Labor Leaders Provide Cover for Privatization of Medicare

Labor Leaders Provide Cover for Privatization of Medicare     Ed Grystar December 13, 2022CounterPunch While a big victory, Medicare did not provide full coverage for all services, and from its inception, there has been a drive to privatize and hand it over to profit…

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December 23, 2022 at 1:05 AM

Josh Shapiro’s Campaign for Pennsylvania Governor Got a Boost From Daughter Sophia

Josh Shapiro’s Campaign for Pennsylvania Governor Got a Boost From Daughter Sophia     Rachel Janfaza December 13, 2022Teen Vogue Democratic candidates for governor were victorious in key battleground states in 2022. Their successes, like those of Democrats up and do…

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December 23, 2022 at 1:00 AM

Tidbits – Dec. 22, 2022 – Reader Comments: Georgia Victory, Electoral Politics, Electoral Strategy; Rail Workers; Doctors and Unions; After Dobbs; Ending ‘American War’: Promises, Realities, Impact of U.S. Peace Movement; Cartoons, More ...

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December 22, 2022 at 1:40 AM

The High Price of Delusion

Portside Culture The High Price of Delusion     Guy Miller August 1, 2022Against the Current This book explores the impact of modern conservative talk radio, which is a byproduct of the 1996 media deregulation legislation that President Bill Clinton signed into…

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December 22, 2022 at 1:05 AM

Trump May Be the Figurehead, but the Rot of January 6 Permeates the Republican Party

Trump May Be the Figurehead, but the Rot of January 6 Permeates the Republican Party     Grace Segers and Daniel Strauss December 19, 2022The New Republic The final hearing of the January 6 committee showed that the former president was far from alone in fomenting th…

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December 22, 2022 at 1:05 AM

How AI-Generated Text Is Poisoning the Internet

How AI-Generated Text Is Poisoning the Internet     Melissa Heikkiläarchive page December 20, 2022MIT Technology Review The proliferation of easily accessible and believable chatbots raises an important question: How will we know whether what we read online is writte…

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December 22, 2022 at 1:05 AM

Mussolini in Myth and Memory

Mussolini in Myth and Memory     Paul Corner December 18, 2022History News Network There is growing fascination and nostalgia for dictators, extreme right-wing government in some countries and “illiberal democracy” in others. Why is this? What has happened to permit …

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December 22, 2022 at 1:00 AM

The Regime Must Fall: Bahareh Hedayati’s Full Letter From Evin Prison

The Regime Must Fall: Bahareh Hedayati’s Full Letter From Evin Prison     Bahareh Hedayati December 18, 2022IranWire Bahareh Hedayati, an Iranian women’s rights and human rights activist who has been arrested and imprisoned several times, was last arrested on October…

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December 22, 2022 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – December 21, 2022

Global Left Midweek – December 21, 2022     December 21, 2022xxxxxx Workers vs neoliberalism — it's happening everywhere Garment workers in Bangladesh take part in a "Make Amazon Pay" demonstration on November 25, 2022. Credit, UNI Global Union/Twitter  …

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December 21, 2022 at 2:50 AM

Forecast 2023: Stormy, Chance of Lightning

Forecast 2023: Stormy, Chance of Lightning     xxxxxx Moderators December 20, 2022xxxxxx Could the clash between democracy and authoritarianism become even sharper in 2023? Yes – in fact, that may be the safest prediction we can make. Here’s how we – the moderators o…

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