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October 5, 2024 at 1:20 AM

The Christian Radicals Are Coming

The Christian Radicals Are Coming     Stephanie McCrummen October 1, 2024 The Atlantic The movement that fueled January 6 is revving up again. ,   In the final moments of the last day, some 2,000 people were on their feet, arms raised and c…

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October 5, 2024 at 1:10 AM

Conspiracy Spreaders Who Don’t Believe Their Lies

Conspiracy Spreaders Who Don’t Believe Their Lies     H. Colleen Sinclair October 4, 2024 The Conversation Our research has found that some of the people sharing conspiracies online don’t believe their own content. They are opportunists: the extremists, the …

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October 5, 2024 at 12:50 AM

The GOP House Gerrymander, and What Can Be Done About It

The GOP House Gerrymander, and What Can Be Done About It     Michael Waldman October 2, 2024 Brennan Center for Justice Rampant rigging has blocked fair representation, especially in the South. Nearly all population growth over the past decade took place in …

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October 5, 2024 at 12:30 AM

Holy Grift! The OK Trump Bible Miracle

Holy Grift! The OK Trump Bible Miracle     Jessica Corbett October 4, 2024 Common Dreams "Ryan Walters' multimillion-dollar school Bible scheme appears to be a grift to funnel taxpayer dollars to Donald Trump and his allies." ,   Journalist…

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October 4, 2024 at 12:20 AM

Take Trump’s Plan To Jail the Supreme Court’s Critics Seriously

Take Trump’s Plan To Jail the Supreme Court’s Critics Seriously     Jay Willis October 1, 2024 The New Republic The right to criticize the powerful is a cornerstone of democracy. In Trump’s America, it’s cause for a prison sentence. Then President …

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October 4, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Arab and Muslim Americans Could Decide Outcomes in Swing States

Arab and Muslim Americans Could Decide Outcomes in Swing States     María Constanza Costa October 1, 2024 Prism Muslims distraught by Democrats arming Israel may stay home or vote uncommitted, potentially affecting the party’s chances in key states, research…

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October 4, 2024 at 12:05 AM

The Polling Imperilment

The Polling Imperilment     Rick Perlstein September 25, 2024 The American Prospect Presidential polls are no more reliable than they were a century ago. So why do they consume our political lives? "When we refer to “political junkies,” polls are pretty much…

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October 4, 2024 at 12:00 AM

How Immigration Became a Lightning Rod in American Politics

How Immigration Became a Lightning Rod in American Politics     Gaby Del Valle September 25, 2024 The Nation Anti-immigrant think tanks and advocacy groups operated on the margins until Trump became president. Now they have molded not only the GOP but also D…

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October 4, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Oct. 3 – Reader Comments: Israel Blocked Humanitarian Aid to Gaza; GOP Anti-Worker Policies; Remembering Peter N. Carroll; Alva L’nez Jones Buxenbaum, Educator and Activist; Books About Palestine; Campus Free Speech Crises, 1964/2024; More

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October 3, 2024 at 5:45 AM

Large Majority of Americans Want To End Electoral College

Large Majority of Americans Want To End Electoral College     Jessica Corbett September 26, 2024 Common Dreams The polling follow a Republican push to change Nebraska rules to boost GOP nominee Donald Trump's chances of winning in November. , CNN …

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October 3, 2024 at 5:35 AM

US Judge Sides With Pro-Palestinian Students Over Canceled 7 October Vigil

US Judge Sides With Pro-Palestinian Students Over Canceled 7 October Vigil     Sam Levine October 2, 2024 The Guardian University of Maryland cannot block Students for Justice in Palestine from holding campus event for Gaza, judge rules Students at…

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October 3, 2024 at 5:25 AM

Who Will Care for Americans Left Behind by Climate Migration?

Who Will Care for Americans Left Behind by Climate Migration?     Abrahm Lustgarten October 2, 2024 ProPublica As people move away from flooding and heat, new research suggests that those who remain will be older, poorer and more vulnerable. Homes …

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October 3, 2024 at 4:55 AM

Illinois’ Elimination of Cash Bail One Year Later

Illinois’ Elimination of Cash Bail One Year Later     Lisel Petis October 1, 2024 MyJournalCourier Fear still fuels the bail reform debate, but new data from Illinois show that holding on to cash bail may make communities less safe. , Public Policy…

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October 3, 2024 at 12:55 AM

Donald Trump, Sexual Predator

Portside Culture Donald Trump, Sexual Predator     Lloyd Green October 27, 2019 The Guardian This book and this review are nearly five years old. Their relevance remains undiminished. ,   All the President's Women: Donald Trump and …

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October 3, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – October 2, 2024

Global Left Midweek – October 2, 2024     October 2, 2024 xxxxxx News and analyses from parties and movements worldwide Amilcar Cabral, African revolutionary. Credit, OSPAAAL   Taking on the Right Behind the Left’s Victory in Sri Lanka Rus…

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October 2, 2024 at 12:05 AM

On the Dangers of Israel’s Assassination of Nasrallah

On the Dangers of Israel’s Assassination of Nasrallah     Paul R. Pillar September 29, 2024 Responsible Statecraft Israel seems to forget that Nasrallah was a more effective version of the last Hezbollah leader it assassinated in 1992 A mourner hol…

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October 2, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Biden Urges Port Operators To Increase Wages for Workers

Biden Urges Port Operators To Increase Wages for Workers     Michael Sainato October 1, 2024 The Guardian Strike – first by port workers on US east coast since 1977 – threatens to shut down ports from Maine to Texas Members of the International Lon…

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October 2, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Climate Change Does Not Care About Your Borders

Climate Change Does Not Care About Your Borders     Kate Aronoff September 30, 2024 The New Republic Already we can draw two big lessons from Hurricane Helene’s catastrophic fallout. A woman stands on a flooded street in front of downed power lines…

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October 2, 2024 at 12:00 AM

4 What We Can Learn From Gen Z Workers

4 What We Can Learn From Gen Z Workers     Sonali Kolhatkar October 1, 2024 https://independentmediainstitute.org/economy-for-all/ Gen Z is left to deal with massive systemic failures—climate change, pandemics, and genocide—as individuals. Why are we shocked…

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October 2, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – October 1, 2024

Media Bits and Bytes – October 1, 2024     October 1, 2024 xxxxxx Local paper bursts lies about Haitian immigrants – Who’s listening? ,   The Suppression of Trump’s Vance Dossier Sam Altman’s AI Manifesto Doc Goes to the Heart of MAGA Viol…

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October 1, 2024 at 2:20 AM

This Week in People’s History, Oct 2–8

This Week in People’s History, Oct 2–8     xxxxxx ‘We’re the Black Survivors’ (1979), A Martyr’s Birthday (1889), Canada Takes a Big Step Toward Bilingualism (1969) ,   ‘We’re the Black Survivors’ 45 YEARS AGO, on Oct. 2, 1979, Bob Marley a…

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October 1, 2024 at 12:05 AM

How the Fossil Fuel Industry Helps Spread Anti-Protest Laws Across the US

How the Fossil Fuel Industry Helps Spread Anti-Protest Laws Across the US     Hilary Beaumont and Nina Lakhani September 26, 2024 The Guardian Lobbyists and lawmakers have coordinated to enact new laws that increase criminal penalties for peaceful protests …

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October 1, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Ron DeSantis Accused of ‘Intimidation Campaign’ Against Abortion Rights

Ron DeSantis Accused of ‘Intimidation Campaign’ Against Abortion Rights     Joseph Contreras September 29, 2024 Guardian Florida voters report law enforcement personnel visits that appear to be part of drive to block passage of Amendment 4 "Ron DeS…

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October 1, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Race That Can’t Be Won

The Race That Can’t Be Won     Jessica T. Mathews September 25, 2024 The New York Review A new nuclear arms race is beginning. It will be far more dangerous than the last one. Russian soldiers loading a short-range ballistic missile launcher during…

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October 1, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Brett Favre’s Last Shot

Brett Favre’s Last Shot     Dave Zirin September 24, 2024 Wisconsin Examiner There will be apologists for the game who will no doubt say that one cannot “blame football” for Favre’s condition. They sound like the tobacco company executives disavowing any con…

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October 1, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Tyson Foods Sued in Latest Meatpacker ‘Greenwashing’ Claim

Portside Culture Tyson Foods Sued in Latest Meatpacker ‘Greenwashing’ Claim     Andy Coyne September 19, 2024 Just-Food The Environmental Working Group (EWG) filed suit against Tuson Foods claiming it is making “unsubstantiated environmental claims” …

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September 30, 2024 at 8:45 AM

Sunday Science: A.I. Pioneers Call for Protections Against ‘Catastrophic Risks’

Sunday Science: A.I. Pioneers Call for Protections Against ‘Catastrophic Risks’     Meaghan Tobin September 16, 2024 New York Times Scientists from the United States, China and other nations called for an international authority to oversee artificial intelli…

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September 30, 2024 at 7:55 AM

Operation Dixie Failed but Pushed Racial Equality Forward

Operation Dixie Failed but Pushed Racial Equality Forward     William P. Jones, Benjamin Y. Fong September 29, 2024 Jacobin The famous Operation Dixie campaign to unionize the South in the 1940s was mostly unsuccessful. Still, it left a positive mark on Amer…

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September 30, 2024 at 7:25 AM

Paid Sick Leave and Higher Minimum Wage on the Missouri Ballot

Paid Sick Leave and Higher Minimum Wage on the Missouri Ballot     Kay Mills Convergence “By challenging feelings of isolation and polarization, breaking down division, and creating long-term relationships, we can achieve our goal of building a democracy and …

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September 30, 2024 at 7:15 AM

How One Donor-Advised Fund Helps Leonard Leo Weaponize Philanthropy

How One Donor-Advised Fund Helps Leonard Leo Weaponize Philanthropy     Dan Petegorsky September 26, 2024 Inequality.org Donor-advised fund giant Schwab Charitable plays a pivotal role in Leonard Leo’s weaponized funding schemes. ,   In 202…

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September 30, 2024 at 7:00 AM

The Left Wins Presidential Election in Sri Lanka

The Left Wins Presidential Election in Sri Lanka     Atul Chandra, Vijay Prashad September 29, 2024 CounterPunch Whether Dissanayake will be able to deliver on this program of economic sovereignty is to be seen. However, his victory has certainly encouraged …

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September 30, 2024 at 12:00 AM

‘There Was Just This Beautiful Openness’: Behind the Scenes of Heartstopper’s Steamiest Season Yet

Portside Culture ‘There Was Just This Beautiful Openness’: Behind the Scenes of Heartstopper’s Steamiest Season Yet     Scott Bryan September 27, 2024 The Guardian For its third series, hit LGBTQ+ teen drama is entering the wild new world of sex – wh…

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September 29, 2024 at 12:05 AM

AFL-CIO Warns House GOP

AFL-CIO Warns House GOP     Olivia Rosane September 27, 2024 Common Dreams Do Not to Interfere With Longshoremen's Labor Battle In an aerial view, shipping containers are seen at the Port of Houston Authority on September 20, 2024 in Harris County,…

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September 29, 2024 at 12:00 AM

CEO Pay Declined in 2023

CEO Pay Declined in 2023     Josh Bivens, Elise Gould, and Jori Kandra September 19, 2024 Economic Policy Institute But it has soared 1,085% since 1978 compared with a 24% rise in typical workers’ pay , EPI   Overview • Read the Report Sum…

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September 29, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Should You Lose Your Right To Vote if You Have a Criminal Record?

Should You Lose Your Right To Vote if You Have a Criminal Record?     María Constanza Costa September 19, 2024 Nonprofit Quarterly The right to participate in the conduct of public affairs, which includes the right to vote and to be elected, is at the very h…

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September 29, 2024 at 12:00 AM

How Pandemic-Era Prison Life Shows the Stakes of Abolition

How Pandemic-Era Prison Life Shows the Stakes of Abolition     Justin A. Davis September 17, 2024 Waging Nonviolence Victoria Law’s new book is an accessible primer on abolitionist theory, told through intimate stories of prison life in the pandemic. …

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September 28, 2024 at 1:20 AM

Friday Nite Videos | September 27, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | September 27, 2024     September 27, 2024 xxxxxx Mark Robinson Could Tank Trump in NC. Paint It Orange | Song Parody). Winner | Movie. NY Mayor Eric Adams Indicted in Turkey Bribery Scheme | The Daily Show. What the Maker of Ozempic Does…

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September 28, 2024 at 1:00 AM

How New York’s Law and Order Mayor Ended Up Facing Prison

How New York’s Law and Order Mayor Ended Up Facing Prison     Michael Daly September 27, 2024 The Daily Beast “He was not a real cop,” said a retired NYC Transit Police officer who was as real as they come. ,   Four decades before he made h…

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September 28, 2024 at 12:35 AM

Kamala Harris Will Win the Popular Vote

Kamala Harris Will Win the Popular Vote     Michael Podhorzer September 26, 2024 Weekend Reading Sadly, the same cannot be said with confidence for the Electoral College battleground states. Harris needs the kind of high turnout from contingent new voters th…

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September 28, 2024 at 12:25 AM

How Your Brain Detects Patterns Without Conscious Thought

How Your Brain Detects Patterns Without Conscious Thought     Miryam Naddaf September 25, 2024 Nature Neurons in certain brain areas integrate ‘what’ and ‘when’ information to discern hidden order in events in real time. Neurons, confocal fluoresce…

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September 28, 2024 at 12:20 AM

The Gazan Infants Who Never Saw Their First Birthday

The Gazan Infants Who Never Saw Their First Birthday     Ibrahim Mohammad September 18, 2024 972 Magazine For thousands of Palestinian parents, the joy of giving birth rapidly turned to grief when their newborn babies were killed by Israel's bombardment. …

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September 28, 2024 at 12:00 AM

A New Permanent Affordable Housing Proposal

A New Permanent Affordable Housing Proposal     Omar Ocampo September 23, 2024 Inequality.org Recently introduced legislation would help break corporate America’s grip on our housing stock. ,   In its most recent year-end letter, the privat…

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September 28, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Who’s in Charge Here?

Portside Culture Who’s in Charge Here?     W. D. Ehrhart This poet has a skeptical say about the Higher Powers who control twelve-step programs. ,   Who’s in Charge Here? By W. D. Ehrhart The Twelve-Step Programs all are built on wh…

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September 27, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Damning Report Reveals How Antony Blinken Lied to Congress on Israel

Damning Report Reveals How Antony Blinken Lied to Congress on Israel     Hafiz Rashid September 25, 2024 The New Republic Leaked documents show that the secretary of state received two explosive reports on Israel blocking aid to Gaza—right before he told Con…

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September 27, 2024 at 12:05 AM

The Return of Ta-Nehisi Coates. A Decade After “The Case for Reparations,” He Is Ready To Take On Israel, Palestine, and the American Media.

The Return of Ta-Nehisi Coates. A Decade After “The Case for Reparations,” He Is Ready To Take On Israel, Palestine, and the American Media.     Ryu Spaeth September 23, 2024 New York Magazine Ta-Nehisi Coates's writing on race fueled a reckoning in America.…

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September 27, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Inciting Rioters in Britain Was a Test Run for Elon Musk. Just See What He Plans for America

Inciting Rioters in Britain Was a Test Run for Elon Musk. Just See What He Plans for America     Carole Cadwalladr August 18, 2024 The Guardian The presidential election is now two months away. What if the billionaire contests the result? What if he decides …

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September 27, 2024 at 12:00 AM

This Land Is Co-Op Land

This Land Is Co-Op Land     Amie Stager September 24, 2024 In These Times A hundred years ago, radical Finnish immigrants founded a cooperatively-owned park to escape political repression on Minnesota’s Iron Range. It’s still “a workingman’s paradise.” …

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September 27, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Sept 26 – Reader Comments: Truth About Springfield and Haitian Immigrants; Divided Labor Ranks and Elections; Choices and Profiles in Political Cowardice; Israeli Strikes on Lebanon Are a Further Escalation — U.S. Must End Military Aid Now

Tidbits – Sept 26 – Reader Comments: Truth About Springfield and Haitian Immigrants; Divided Labor Ranks and Elections; Choices and Profiles in Political Cowardice; Israeli Strikes on Lebanon Are a Further Escalation — U.S. Must End Military Aid Now     September …

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September 26, 2024 at 3:50 AM

American Jews Have Long Questioned Zionism

American Jews Have Long Questioned Zionism     Marty Blatt and Marjorie Feld September 23, 2024 Common Dreams In the name of Jewish and global sustainability and safety, American Jews must end their long standing, unquestioned allegiance to Zionism and Israe…

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September 26, 2024 at 3:40 AM

Student Faces Deportation After Suspension for Pro-Palestine Protest

Student Faces Deportation After Suspension for Pro-Palestine Protest     Matt Dougherty September 24, 2024 Ithaca Times The suspended student, a PhD candidate, is facing the possible revocation of his visa as a visiting foreign student. If his visa is revoke…

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