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October 23, 2024 at 12:30 AM

How Did Elon Musk Become the Richest Person on Earth?

How Did Elon Musk Become the Richest Person on Earth?     Sam Pizzigati October 22, 2024 Counterpunch Taxpayers like himself, Boot notes, are subsidizing the “fire hose of falsehoods” that now appear on X, the former Twitter, the social media app that Musk b…

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October 23, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – October 22, 2024

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – October 22, 2024     October 22, 2024 xxxxxx Getting out the vote in Pennsylvania South Shore residents speak about the impact of the Obama Center before a September meeting of the Chicago City Council. The neighb…

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October 23, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Go See ‘The Apprentice’ Before It’s Too Late

Portside Culture Go See ‘The Apprentice’ Before It’s Too Late     Eileen Jones October 15, 2024 Jacobin Trump supporters will never go see 'The Apprentice' and anti-Trumpers won’t be able to bear two hours watching the bane of their existence rise to…

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October 22, 2024 at 4:50 AM

Israel’s War Against the World

Israel’s War Against the World     Medea Benjamin and Nicolas Davies October 17, 2024 LA Progressive Israel’s relationship with the UN and the rest of the world is at a breaking point, and U.S. obstruction offers no solution to this crisis—it only fuels it. …

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October 22, 2024 at 1:05 AM

This Week in People’s History, Oct 23–29

This Week in People’s History, Oct 23–29     xxxxxx Wrist-Slaps for Racist Terrorists (1964), Stop Global Warming! (2009), An ‘October Surprise’ for the Ages (1924), Nothing New About ‘Lock ‘em Up!’ (1994), Integrated Schools – ‘Just Around the Corner’ (1969…

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October 22, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Meet Lucie Castets, the French Left’s Nominee for Prime Minister

Meet Lucie Castets, the French Left’s Nominee for Prime Minister     Harrison Stetler October 18, 2024 Jacobin After the New Popular Front won July’s French elections, it nominated Lucie Castets for prime minister. Emmanuel Macron ignored the result. Castets…

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October 22, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Exonerated Five Sues Donald Trump for Jogger Case Remarks Made at Presidential Debate

Exonerated Five Sues Donald Trump for Jogger Case Remarks Made at Presidential Debate     Terry Tang October 21, 2024 Amsterdam News "Defendant Trump falsely stated that plaintiffs killed an individual and pled guilty to the crime. These statements are demon…

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October 22, 2024 at 12:00 AM

At the Grocery Store, Blinded by the Light of the ‘Health Halo’

Portside Culture At the Grocery Store, Blinded by the Light of the ‘Health Halo’     Dani Blum October 20, 2024 New York Times Health halo refers to the perception that a food product is generally good for us based on a single claim, casting sublimin…

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October 22, 2024 at 12:00 AM

After Nasrallah

After Nasrallah     Adam Shatz October 11, 2024 London Review of Books Hizbullah is not a personality-driven organisation, or claims not to be, but in Nasrallah it had a leader of unusual gifts. Hassan Nasrallah - Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Wi…

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October 21, 2024 at 6:30 AM

Sunday Science: Sperm Can’t Unlock an Egg Without This Ancient Molecular Key

Sunday Science: Sperm Can’t Unlock an Egg Without This Ancient Molecular Key     Elizabeth Preston October 17, 2024 New York Times Using Google’s AlphaFold, researchers identified the bundle of three sperm proteins that seem to make sexual reproduction possi…

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October 21, 2024 at 4:45 AM

Is This Israel’s First Apartheid War?

Is This Israel’s First Apartheid War?     Oren Yiftachel October 15, 2024 972 Magazine Far from lacking a political strategy, Israel is fighting to reinforce the supremacist project it has built for decades between the river and the sea. Israeli so…

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October 21, 2024 at 4:20 AM

34 Million Seniors in Medicare Advantage Plans Face Rude Awakening

34 Million Seniors in Medicare Advantage Plans Face Rude Awakening     Emma Curchin October 15, 2024 CEPR Insurers are dropping plans and slashing benefits. , CEPR   October 15 marks the first day of open enrollment in Medicare Advantage (M…

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October 21, 2024 at 4:10 AM

Playing Hardball

Playing Hardball     Arkadi Gerney, Sarah Knight October 18, 2024 The American Prospect Rebalancing conflicts over state policy will require that blue states wield power differently. , Illustration by Alex Nabaum   This article appears as p…

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October 21, 2024 at 3:50 AM

In the Shadow of King Coal

In the Shadow of King Coal     Sarah Jones October 8, 2024 Dissent While the coal industry is in terminal decline, it still shapes the culture of central Appalachia. Still from King Coal, Courtesy of Requisite Media   Writer and director El…

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October 21, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Former WWE Writers Allege Hostile, Abusive Workplace Under Vince McMahon

Portside Culture Former WWE Writers Allege Hostile, Abusive Workplace Under Vince McMahon     Matt Schimkowitz October 20, 2024 AV Club Six former WWE staffers paint a hostile picture of working under McMahon, calling him the leader of a "kingdom rul…

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October 20, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Boeing Workers To Vote on New Wage Deal

Boeing Workers To Vote on New Wage Deal     David Shepardson October 19, 2024 Reuters New deal includes $7,000 ratification bonus, enhanced retirement contributions Offer could end month-old strike Boeing negotiated proposal came after talks with Acting U.S.…

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October 20, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Trump’s Most Unsettling Spectacle Yet

Trump’s Most Unsettling Spectacle Yet     Sidney Blumenthal October 18, 2024 The Guardian Trump’s planned rally at Madison Square Garden will be the ultimate act of ego and the climax of his Hitlerian rhetoric ‘Trump’s climactic rally will not be i…

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October 20, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Hurricanes Milton and Helene Were Intensified by Climate Change, Researchers Find

Hurricanes Milton and Helene Were Intensified by Climate Change, Researchers Find     Michael Riojas October 16, 2024 EcoWatch Hurricanes Helene and Milton are following the trend of these storms becoming supercharged and more likely to form, according to a …

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October 20, 2024 at 12:00 AM

It Won’t Just Be Haitians Who Suffer From Anti-Immigrant Lies

It Won’t Just Be Haitians Who Suffer From Anti-Immigrant Lies     Chisom Okorafor October 8, 2024 Other Words Politicians are attempting to redefine who counts as an “American,” with my Black immigrant family and people like us on the outside. , (S…

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October 20, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Letter From a Childless Cat Lady

Letter From a Childless Cat Lady     Rebecca Jamieson October 7, 2024 Isthmus Vance claims that childless people are “sociopathic” and have no stake in our country’s future. Isn’t caring for those who aren’t related to us the exact opposite of sociopathic? …

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October 19, 2024 at 2:05 AM

Friday Nite Videos | October 8, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | October 8, 2024     October 18, 2024 xxxxxx This Working Class Waitress Could Decide Who Controls Congress. Ted Cruz and Colin Allred Debate Abortion. Family Feud Election 2024 Cold Open | SNL. Judge Sets Republican Election Officials St…

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October 19, 2024 at 1:40 AM

Make America Healthy Again?

Make America Healthy Again?     Katelyn Jetelina, Jess Steier and Kristen Panthagani October 16, 2024 Your Local Epdemiologist RFK, Jr.'s plan sounds catchy, but won’t move the national needle. To build a healthier, freer America for all, focus on what truly…

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October 19, 2024 at 1:20 AM

You Don’t Need Words To Think

You Don’t Need Words To Think     Gary Stix October 17, 2024 Scientific American Brain studies show that language is not essential for the cognitive processes that underlie thought "Thinker thinks about how to take sun burst shot", by davidyuweb, l…

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October 19, 2024 at 12:40 AM

Federal Judge to Ron DeSantis: “It’s the First Amendment, Stupid”

Federal Judge to Ron DeSantis: “It’s the First Amendment, Stupid”     Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern October 18, 2024 Slate Federal judge shoots down Ron DeSantis’ war against free speech Ron DeSantis, Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0)   …

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October 19, 2024 at 12:20 AM

What the Movement for Palestine Can Learn From the Fight Against Apartheid

What the Movement for Palestine Can Learn From the Fight Against Apartheid     Waleed Shahid October 18, 2024 The Nation The successful push to change US policy toward South Africa provides a useful blueprint for our current moment. Ron Dellums spe…

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October 19, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Peaches

Portside Culture Peaches     Peter Neil Carroll January 1, 2019 Something Is Bound to Break Poet Peter Neil Carroll offers a wry and humorous look at the interplay between his progressive ideals and life’s daily joys. ,   Peaches   …

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October 18, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Rabbi Is Calling for Ceasefire in Gaza – How I’m Honoring My Dad, a Holocaust Survivor

Rabbi Is Calling for Ceasefire in Gaza – How I’m Honoring My Dad, a Holocaust Survivor     Rabbi Elliot Kukla March 6, 2024 Teen Vogue A member of Rabbis for Ceasefire explains why they interrupted the UN General Assembly earlier this year. A January poll fo…

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October 18, 2024 at 12:05 AM

The Incomprehensible Scale of Trump’s Deportation Plans

The Incomprehensible Scale of Trump’s Deportation Plans     Melissa Gira Grant October 17, 2024 The New Republic Donald Trump has vowed to launch a mass operation that could involve a force larger than the U.S. Army — and he promises that it will be a “blood…

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October 18, 2024 at 12:05 AM

No Matter What, Palestinians Will Never Give Up

No Matter What, Palestinians Will Never Give Up     Ahmad Ibsais October 16, 2024 The Nation The last year has shown that our love of life, and our fight for our freedom, will never be extinguished. A man plays with a baby as Palestinians struggle …

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October 18, 2024 at 12:00 AM

BREAKING: The GOP’s New Lawsuit Against Mifepristone

BREAKING: The GOP’s New Lawsuit Against Mifepristone     Jessica Valenti October 16, 2024 Abortion, Every Day With just weeks before the presidential election, three Republican-led states have quietly filed an amended complaint against the FDA in the hopes o…

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October 18, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Oct. 17 – Reader Comments: Swing State Confidential; Ta-Nehisi Coates-Letter From Israel; Palestine–the Last Year; While You Were So Worried Socialism Would Take Your Freedoms; CIA Says No Evidence Iran Has Decided To Build a Nuclear Weapon

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October 18, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Problems With Polls

Portside Culture The Problems With Polls     Samuel Earle September 29, 2024 The New York Review of Books Political polling’s greatest achievement is its complete co-opting of our understanding of public opinion, which we can no longer imagine withou…

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October 17, 2024 at 6:55 AM

Seriously? Stein? Sawant? Suicide?

Seriously? Stein? Sawant? Suicide?     Michael Albert October 15, 2024 ZNet There are enough people who hate Trump but may vote for Stein or West or some other third candidate or not vote at all to perhaps move some swing states into Trump’s column. That cou…

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October 17, 2024 at 6:45 AM

Weaponizing Words: The GOP’s Plot To Undermine Democrats & Democracy

Weaponizing Words: The GOP’s Plot To Undermine Democrats & Democracy     Thom Hartmann October 16, 2024 The Hartmann Report When language becomes a political weapon, democracy becomes the victim… , Image by kinkate from Pixabay   Have y…

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October 17, 2024 at 6:35 AM

Far Right’s Vision for Local Governing Has Come to Life in Texas

Far Right’s Vision for Local Governing Has Come to Life in Texas     Robert Downen and Jeremy Schwartz October 11, 2024 ProPublica Tim O’Hare’s leadership in Tarrant County, Texas, gives a glimpse of far-right priorities: cutting programs for at-risk youth, …

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October 17, 2024 at 6:10 AM

Biden (Finally) Threatens To Halt Arms to Israel Over Gaza Carnage

Biden (Finally) Threatens To Halt Arms to Israel Over Gaza Carnage     Jessica Corbett October 15, 2024 Common Dreams "We should not wait 30 days," one group argued. "U.S. law requires ending the weapons NOW." President Biden with Secretary of Stat…

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October 17, 2024 at 2:10 AM

The Definitive History of Neo-Nazi Edgelords

Portside Culture The Definitive History of Neo-Nazi Edgelords     Jordan S. Carroll October 9, 2024 The Los Angeles Review of Books This book is a history of the far right wing movement in the United States, told in the form of a political biography…

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October 17, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek — Focus on Asia

Global Left Midweek — Focus on Asia     xxxxxx Special: A primer on Lebanon Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) general secretary A. Soundararajan (second from right) met protesting Samsung workers. Credit, ANI   Enemy of Nuclear Arms: Nob…

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October 16, 2024 at 12:20 AM

How We Can Counter the Far-Right’s Dangerous ‘Deep State’ Conspiracy Theories

How We Can Counter the Far-Right’s Dangerous ‘Deep State’ Conspiracy Theories     Anja Rudiger October 15, 2024 Common Dreams To mobilize people, we must have a compelling alternative vision for turning government into a force for equity and justice. …

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October 16, 2024 at 12:15 AM

A Mutiny Against the West’s Order

A Mutiny Against the West’s Order     Peter Mertens - Interview by Loren Balhorn October 11, 2024 Jacobin Western hegemony is in decline, the Left has to reckon with a new international balance of power. Peter Mertens, general secretary of the Workers’ Party…

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October 16, 2024 at 12:15 AM

Sean O’Brien’s Tantrum Against the Democrats

Sean O’Brien’s Tantrum Against the Democrats     Steven Greenhouse October 15, 2024 The American Prospect He appears to be hoping for a Trump victory, which would be a disaster for the Teamsters, but just maybe good for him. Sean O’Brien, president…

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October 16, 2024 at 12:15 AM

The Call Is Out for Mass Strikes in 4 Years

The Call Is Out for Mass Strikes in 4 Years     Sarah Lazare October 14, 2024 Workday Magazine These labor leaders are organizing for 2028. Cooperation across unions and sectors—if carried out on a large scale—would be unprecedented in the 21st century Unit…

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October 16, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – October 15, 2024

Media Bits and Bytes – October 15, 2024     October 15, 2024 xxxxxx New attacks on free speech for Palestine advocates Comics icon Tintin in action. Credit, Hergé   Addicted to TikTok Assigning Free Speech Rights The New Age of Viral Polit…

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October 15, 2024 at 2:45 AM

Breaking the Public Schools

Breaking the Public Schools     Jennifer C. Berkshire October 11, 2024 The American Prospect Red states are enacting universal education vouchers, threatening budget calamity and potentially degrading student achievement. , Illustration by Alex Nab…

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October 15, 2024 at 12:10 AM

GenZ and Kamala Harris: Is the Meet-Cute Enough?

GenZ and Kamala Harris: Is the Meet-Cute Enough?     Lauren Gambino October 12, 2024 The Guardian They call themselves ‘the coconut army’ and are out in droves to reach young people aged 18-29. Can they turn activism into votes? ,   It was …

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October 15, 2024 at 12:05 AM

This Week in People’s History, Oct 16–22

This Week in People’s History, Oct 16–22     xxxxxx Harpers Ferry, a Bridge Too Far (1859), Lynch Mob Gets Served (1894), A Frame-Up Falls Apart 15 Years Too Late (1989), George Washington’s Indigenous ‘Enemies’ (1779), Civil Servants In the Crosshairs (2020…

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October 15, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Indian Fighting Today: Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher

Indian Fighting Today: Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher     Winona LaDuke October 19, 2024 High Plains Reader There’s a long list of law firms who specialize in modern day Indian fighting. It’s usually to do with tribal jurisdiction over water, land, or children, …

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October 15, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Place Where War in the Middle East Will Be Won or Lost

The Place Where War in the Middle East Will Be Won or Lost     Nahal Toosi October 12, 2024 Politico The Biden administration is taking action in the West Bank, but it may be too late. Israeli soldiers take position in the West Bank. The Biden admi…

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October 15, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Hungry Work

Portside Culture Hungry Work     Lola Olufemi October 7, 2024 Vittles It was women who ran the hostel services and food kitchens in the League of Coloured Peoples in the 1930–50s; and women who made sure that the minutes of meetings and conferences w…

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October 14, 2024 at 6:00 AM

Sunday Science: How Mainstream Climate Science Endorsed the Fantasy of a Global Warming Time Machine

Sunday Science: How Mainstream Climate Science Endorsed the Fantasy of a Global Warming Time Machine     Wim Carton, Andreas Malm October 9, 2024 The Conversation Nearly all modelled pathways for limiting global heating to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels i…

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