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July 10, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – July 9, 2024

Media Bits and Bytes – July 9, 2024     July 9, 2024 xxxxxx Tech and disability, the French Murdoch, and more media flashes , Creator: alexsl | Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto   Saying ‘Conservative’ When They Mean ‘Fascist’ Social Media …

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July 9, 2024 at 6:05 AM

America Finally Has an Answer to the Biggest Problem With EVs

America Finally Has an Answer to the Biggest Problem With EVs     Matteo Wong July 8, 2024 The Atlantic Used electric cars are not just cheap—they are cheaper than similar gas cars. , afdc.energy.gov   For more than 40 years in a row, Ford’…

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July 9, 2024 at 3:25 AM

This Week in People’s History, July 10–16

This Week in People’s History, July 10–16     xxxxxx No Job Is Worth Dying For (1974), Two Big Nights of Folk Music (1959), How Long Can a Stone Roll? (1962), The Hate That Hate Produced (1959), Long Live the 14th of July! (1789), No Nukes in Africa! (2009),…

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July 9, 2024 at 12:05 AM

SCOTUS Channels Jim Crow Jurisprudence

SCOTUS Channels Jim Crow Jurisprudence     James Downie July 4, 2024 MSNBC The spirit and reasoning of the majority in Trump v. U.S. immunity case evokes the worst of post-Civil War jurisprudence. US Supreme Court, by zacklur (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) …

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July 9, 2024 at 12:00 AM

New Map Captures Immigrant Influences on Food

Portside Culture New Map Captures Immigrant Influences on Food     Aviva Bechky June 17, 2024 San Francisco Chronicle Stories of migration through food is a powerful way to challenge typical narratives; food can be a gateway to understanding where pe…

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July 9, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Impact of India’s 2024 Election on Workers, Farmers, and Minorities

The Impact of India’s 2024 Election on Workers, Farmers, and Minorities     Chandan Kumar July 8, 2024 Transform!Europe The outcome of the 2024 election can be succinctly summarised as a reaffirmation of democracy, rather than a rejection of the BJP or Modi …

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July 9, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Supreme Court’s War on Regulation Is Going To Tank the Economy

The Supreme Court’s War on Regulation Is Going To Tank the Economy     Timothy Noah July 3, 2024 The New Republic The right-wing justices declared open season on regulations that don’t just protect the environment, health, and safety, but the economy too. …

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July 8, 2024 at 7:25 AM

Sunday Science: A Pill To Treat Sickle Cell Disease? Compound That Activates Fetal Gene Raises New Hope

Sunday Science: A Pill To Treat Sickle Cell Disease? Compound That Activates Fetal Gene Raises New Hope     Robert F. Service July 4, 2024 Science Drug strategy, shown to produce hemoglobin in lab animals, could rival costly, risky gene therapies An ex…

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July 8, 2024 at 7:05 AM

France Election: Surprise Win for Leftwing Alliance Keeps Le Pen’s Far Right From Power

France Election: Surprise Win for Leftwing Alliance Keeps Le Pen’s Far Right From Power     Angelique Chrisafis July 7, 2024 The Guardian Marine Le Pen’s National Rally falls into third place despite strong showing in first round of voting Le Pen s…

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July 8, 2024 at 6:45 AM

Anti-War Protests, a Chicago DNC: Is It 1968 All Over Again? Some Historians Say No

Anti-War Protests, a Chicago DNC: Is It 1968 All Over Again? Some Historians Say No     Rachel Treisman May 14, 2024 NPR The wars, the issues, and the protests, differ in key ways. Delegates from New York demonstrate in favor of the anti-war plank …

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July 8, 2024 at 6:10 AM

Divided and Undecided, 2024’s America Rhymes With 1924’s

Divided and Undecided, 2024’s America Rhymes With 1924’s     Dan Berry July 5, 2024 New York Times Hearing echoes of Independence Day a century ago, when Americans were clashing over race, religion, immigration and presidential candidates. The 1924…

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July 8, 2024 at 5:20 AM

How To Beat Trump in a World of Unreason

How To Beat Trump in a World of Unreason     Eric Reinhart July 5, 2024 The Nation To counter authoritarian drift, Democrats can’t just swap out nominees. They need to be bold. An image of President Donald Trump looms over crowds of supporters befo…

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July 8, 2024 at 2:55 AM

The Whole Time? The Boys Has Been Making Fun of Trumpers the Whole Time?!

Portside Culture The Whole Time? The Boys Has Been Making Fun of Trumpers the Whole Time?!     Alex Abad-Santos June 25, 2024 Vox Why fans keep missing the point of The Boys. Homelander (Antony Starr) in The Boys, season four. , © Amazon Co…

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July 7, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Egypt’s Dark Decade Was Built Upon Sisi’s Dangerous Bargain

Egypt’s Dark Decade Was Built Upon Sisi’s Dangerous Bargain     Ahmed Abdeen June 3, 2024 Middle East Eye In exchange for loyalty, the president allows the military to drain public finances, while propping up a genocidal Israel in service of the West. …

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July 7, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Trump Trying To Distance From Project 2025

Trump Trying To Distance From Project 2025     Bret Wilkins July 5, 2024 Common Dreams "Trump is now desperately trying to run from his deep ties to Project 2025... MAGA extremists' radical wish list for a second Trump term," President Joe Biden's campaign s…

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July 7, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Mississippi’s Legislative Maps Discriminate Against Black Voters, Federal Court Rules

Mississippi’s Legislative Maps Discriminate Against Black Voters, Federal Court Rules     Rachel Selzer July 3, 2024 Democracy Docket “[T]he court rightly held that the Mississippi Legislature used the redistricting process to dilute the power of Black voter…

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July 7, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Protests Matter in Election Years—and This Year’s Had Plenty

Protests Matter in Election Years—and This Year’s Had Plenty     Ben Manski and Michael T. Heaney June 21, 2024 The Progressive The protests of the excluded and alienated will count on and beyond Election Day. The relative momentum of movements is likely to…

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July 6, 2024 at 12:15 AM

Friday Nite Videos | July 5, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | July 5, 2024     July 5, 2024 xxxxxx How to Replace Biden. Trump’s Second Term | John Oliver. The Legacy of Slavery in America. Why the Mandelbrot Set Matters. Why Humans Are Vanishing. To view a video click an image below, …

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July 6, 2024 at 12:05 AM

How To Stop Fascism

How To Stop Fascism     Timothy Snyder July 5, 2024 Thinking About ... Those who wish to preserve the American constitutional republic should also recall the past.  A good start would be just to recall the five basic political lessons of 1933. Recalling hist…

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July 6, 2024 at 12:05 AM

This Palestinian-Israeli Lawmaker Still Believes in the Two-State Solution

This Palestinian-Israeli Lawmaker Still Believes in the Two-State Solution     David B. Green January 11, 2024 Haaretz Ayman Odeh was 16 when he was called in for chats with the Shin Bet security service. In his 40s, he was Israeli Jews' favorite Arab politi…

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July 6, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Turn a Historic Tory Defeat Into a Change of Course for Britain

Turn a Historic Tory Defeat Into a Change of Course for Britain     Morning Star Editorial Board July 5, 2024 Morning Star The left needs to put pressure on this government from day one, to ensure commitments to abolish anti-union laws and boost workers’ rig…

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July 6, 2024 at 12:00 AM

We Finally Know Why Some People Got COVID While Others Didn’t

We Finally Know Why Some People Got COVID While Others Didn’t     Marko Nikolic and Kaylee Worlock May 28, 2024 The Conversation In our "challenge study," one gene produced much more of a specific protein in volunteers who did not develop a sustained COVID i…

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July 6, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Independence Day

Portside Culture Independence Day     W. D. Ehrhart Poet Ehrhart questions how our Declaration of Independence can be true, even as the nation moved toward democracy, perhaps a warning that Constitutional originalism is equally absurd. , …

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July 5, 2024 at 12:10 AM

What Joe Biden Could Do: Resign and Make Kamala Harris President

What Joe Biden Could Do: Resign and Make Kamala Harris President     Garance Franke-Ruta July 1, 2024 The New Republic If Biden steps aside, yes, he could endorse his veep. He could also make a far more dramatic and potent gesture. He needs to reach back to …

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July 5, 2024 at 12:05 AM

‘It’s Time To Give Peace Another Chance’: Thousands Gather for Israeli-Palestinian Peace Conference in Tel Aviv

‘It’s Time To Give Peace Another Chance’: Thousands Gather for Israeli-Palestinian Peace Conference in Tel Aviv     Linda Dayan July 2, 2024 Haaretz 'Its Time: The Great Peace Conference' an arena was filled with hope for the future for Israelis and Palestin…

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July 5, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Frederick Douglass on July 4th – a Timeless Critique of Democracy in This Country (Full Speech)

Frederick Douglass on July 4th – a Timeless Critique of Democracy in This Country (Full Speech)     Frederick Douglass July 5, 1852 Owl Eyes What to the Slave Is the Fourth July? by Frederick Douglass speaks to the frustrations spurred by the gap between the…

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July 5, 2024 at 12:05 AM

French Centrists Must Decide: Support the Left – or Hand the Keys of Power to the Far Right?

French Centrists Must Decide: Support the Left – or Hand the Keys of Power to the Far Right?     Cole Stangler July 1, 2024 The Guardian French voters face a stark choice when they head back to the polls on 7 July: do they want some type of coalition governm…

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July 5, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – July 4th – Reader Comments: No One Is Above the Law; About the Debate; Election 2024: A Chess Move, Not a Valentine; Israeli Army Reservists Refusing To Serve; Debra E. Bernhardt Labor Journalism Prize – How To Apply; Cartoons; More…

Tidbits – July 4th – Reader Comments: No One Is Above the Law; About the Debate; Election 2024: A Chess Move, Not a Valentine; Israeli Army Reservists Refusing To Serve; Debra E. Bernhardt Labor Journalism Prize – How To Apply; Cartoons; More…     July 4, 2024 xx…

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July 5, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Gerald McCarthy: Haunted Marine, VVAW Activist, College Professor

Portside Culture Gerald McCarthy: Haunted Marine, VVAW Activist, College Professor     Jan Barry May 27, 2024 Portside There were no words for what to say about the war for 19-year-old combat vets coming home in 1967. Words like post-traumatic stress…

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July 4, 2024 at 6:25 AM

The Right-Wing Network Manufacturing the War Against Higher Education

The Right-Wing Network Manufacturing the War Against Higher Education     Colleen Scerpella July 3, 2024 Center for Media and Democracy The current wave of legislation targeting higher education is a coordinated effort between wealthy elites, a network of ri…

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July 4, 2024 at 6:20 AM

‘The Land Theft Continues’: Israel Announces Biggest West Bank Seizure in Over 30 Years

‘The Land Theft Continues’: Israel Announces Biggest West Bank Seizure in Over 30 Years     Brett Wilkins July 3, 2024 Common Dreams The Israel-based activist group Peace Now says "2024 is by far the peak year for Israeli land seizure in the occupied West Ba…

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July 4, 2024 at 6:00 AM

Indigenous Activist Leonard Peltier, Convicted Over 1975 FBI Killings, Denied Parole

Indigenous Activist Leonard Peltier, Convicted Over 1975 FBI Killings, Denied Parole     Adria R Walker July 2, 2024 The Guardian Peltier, 79, in poor health and sentenced to life over two deaths in South Dakota, not eligible for another hearing until 2026 …

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July 4, 2024 at 5:45 AM

In Britain, the Left Is Standing With Jeremy Corbyn

In Britain, the Left Is Standing With Jeremy Corbyn     Interview with Jeremy Corbyn by Owen Dowling July 3, 2024 Jacobin In Thursday’s general election, Jeremy Corbyn is defending his seat from a private health care boss backed by Keir Starmer. The campaign…

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July 4, 2024 at 2:50 AM

Asset-Manager Firms Are Taking Over the Social Infrastructure on Which We All Depend

Portside Culture Asset-Manager Firms Are Taking Over the Social Infrastructure on Which We All Depend     Adam Almeida May 5, 2023 Jacobin This book looks at asset managers, the new capitalists that the author says "increasingly own and control our m…

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July 4, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – July 3, 2024

Global Left Midweek – July 3, 2024     July 3, 2024 xxxxxx News and analysis from parties and movements worldwide , "Greens, Socialists, Insoumise, Communists, Let's all unite, Let's go!" Front Populaire poster   How Bolivians Defeated the…

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July 3, 2024 at 12:35 AM

The Left Has Played a Key Role in the Palestinian Struggle

The Left Has Played a Key Role in the Palestinian Struggle     Francesco Saverio Leopardi July 2, 2024 Jacobin The rivalry between Fatah and Hamas has dominated Palestinian politics since the 1990s. Yet for many years, the main challenge to Fatah came from t…

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July 3, 2024 at 12:35 AM

Who’s Gonna Check the Supreme Court?

Who’s Gonna Check the Supreme Court?     Hassan Ali Kanu May 29, 2024 The American Prospect This term illustrates that the Court often exercises unjustified power. Justices Sonia Sotomayor (bottom center) and Elena Kagan (bottom right) have dissent…

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July 3, 2024 at 12:30 AM

Black Economic Boycotts of the Civil Rights Era Still Offer Lessons on How To Achieve a Just Society

Black Economic Boycotts of the Civil Rights Era Still Offer Lessons on How To Achieve a Just Society     Kevin A. Young July 1, 2024 The Conversation By disrupting white businesses, often in a highly organized way, Black activists won social change. …

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July 3, 2024 at 12:30 AM

Ruling on Homelessness Raises Risks for Domestic Violence Survivors

Ruling on Homelessness Raises Risks for Domestic Violence Survivors     Jennifer Gerson July 1, 2024 Scheer Post Gorsuch continued “Grants Pass’s public-camping ordinances do not criminalize status. It makes no difference whether the charged defendant is cur…

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July 3, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – July 2, 2024

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – July 2, 2024     July 2, 2024 xxxxxx SCOTUS coup and education wars , Jen Sorensen   SCOTUS: The Damage is Done France’s Rising Right Brings Racist Resurgence The Promise of Public Power Trump’s New Insul…

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July 3, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Stream It or Skip It: ‘Problemista’ on Max, Julio Torres’ Wearingly Weird Comedy About the Immigrant Experience

Portside Culture Stream It or Skip It: ‘Problemista’ on Max, Julio Torres’ Wearingly Weird Comedy About the Immigrant Experience     John Serba June 29, 2024 Decider A portrait of the byzantine madness of America and its cold, dispassionate systems r…

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July 2, 2024 at 10:00 AM

This Week in People’s History, July 3–9

This Week in People’s History, July 3–9     xxxxxx Getting War in Asia Started (1979), A Rent Strike for the Ages (1839), Blood on the Embarcadero (1934), Go-Slow Asbestos Ban (1989), When “Intelligence” Was Wishful Thinking (2004), Just a Coincidence?, Nice…

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July 2, 2024 at 6:40 AM

The Supreme Court’s Imperial Presidency Is Now Here, Not Just Rhetorically but in Fact

The Supreme Court’s Imperial Presidency Is Now Here, Not Just Rhetorically but in Fact     Thom Hartmann July 1, 2024 The Hartmann Report Six Republicans on the Supreme Court just gave Trump - should he become president again - Putin-like powers... …

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July 2, 2024 at 2:05 AM

“With Fear for Our Democracy, I Dissent.”

“With Fear for Our Democracy, I Dissent.”     Sonia Sotomayor July 1, 2024 Supreme Court of the United States "The long-term consequences of today’s decision are stark. The Court effectively creates a law-free zone around the President. When he uses his offi…

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July 2, 2024 at 12:05 AM

French Parties Scramble To Strike Second-Round Alliances After National Rally Tops First-Round Results

French Parties Scramble To Strike Second-Round Alliances After National Rally Tops First-Round Results     July 1, 2024 Morning Star Over 300 constituencies could face three-way run-offs unless candidates withdraw by 6pm tomorrow A member of the Fr…

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July 2, 2024 at 12:00 AM

In Praise of MSG, the Unfairly Maligned Kitchen MVP

Portside Culture In Praise of MSG, the Unfairly Maligned Kitchen MVP     Mari Uyehara January 17, 2024 Food and Wine Magazine Japanese scientist Kikunae Ikeda isolated glutamic acid, naturally present in seaweed, tomatoes, Parmesan cheese etc; he dub…

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July 2, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Real ‘Deep State’

The Real ‘Deep State’     Franklin Foer May 29, 2024 The Atlantic Lobbying firms have disguised their influence so well that it’s often barely visible even to savvy Washington insiders. , Pablo Delcan   On march 18, news broke that Donald T…

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July 1, 2024 at 8:20 AM

Sunday Science: Do We Need Language To Think?

Sunday Science: Do We Need Language To Think?     Carl Zimmer July 19, 2024 New York Times A group of neuroscientists argue that our words are primarily for communicating, not for reasoning. A network of regions become active when the brain retriev…

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July 1, 2024 at 8:00 AM

Donald Trump Wants Coal Mining Jobs To Be a Big Election Issue and It Seems the Washington Post Is Prepared To Help

Donald Trump Wants Coal Mining Jobs To Be a Big Election Issue and It Seems the Washington Post Is Prepared To Help     Dean Baker June 24, 2024 CEPR As a major proponent of global warming, Trump apparently thinks it benefits him to be perceived as a savior …

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July 1, 2024 at 7:35 AM

The Effect of Class Consciousness on Political Preferences

The Effect of Class Consciousness on Political Preferences     D. W. Livingstone June 30, 2024 Jacobin Political preferences are often discussed through a one-size-fits-all middle-class lens. But empirical data shows that class significantly influences votin…

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