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July 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM

The General Theory of Enshittification

The General Theory of Enshittification     Paul Krugman July 24, 2025 Paul Krugman Substack Once almost everyone was using the internet, it became possible for businesses in a variety of areas to build up customer bases sustained by strong network effects.…
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July 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM

Science and Democracy Under Siege

Science and Democracy Under Siege     Darya Minovi, Kristie Ellickson , Jules Barbati-Dajches, Rachel Cleetus July 21, 2025 Union of Concerned Scientists From Jan. 20 to June 30, we documented 402 attacks on science–actions by an elected official or politi…
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July 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM

The Icemen Cometh

The Icemen Cometh     Jonathan M. Winer July 24, 2025 Washington Examiner Our democracy isn’t on autopilot. The machinery will not repair itself. Judges, executives, university presidents, media and tech leaders, donors, lawyers—those with some power—must …
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July 26, 2025 at 12:10 AM

How Zohran Mamdani Should Govern

How Zohran Mamdani Should Govern     Waleed Shahid July 21, 2025 The Nation If Mamdani becomes mayor, he’ll have the chance to prove something few American socialists have ever gotten close enough to power to demonstrate: that progressive values aren’t jus…
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July 26, 2025 at 12:10 AM

The Icemen Cometh

The Icemen Cometh     Jonathan M. Winer July 24, 2025 Washington Examiner Our democracy isn’t on autopilot. The machinery will not repair itself. Judges, executives, university presidents, media and tech leaders, donors, lawyers—those with some power—must …
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July 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Night Owl

Portside Culture Night Owl     Patrick Daly California poet Patrick Daly reflects on the reach, and limits, of the imagination, where nature, art and politics intertwine in often disturbing ways. , Broadstone Press       In memoriam …
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July 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM

McCarthyism and Its Victims: Here We Go Again?

Portside Culture McCarthyism and Its Victims: Here We Go Again?     Paul Buhle July 24, 2025 Portside Repression is certainly in the air, its effects likely to be as chilling as intended: people are afraid and have good reasons to be afraid. Reviews …
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July 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM

American Jews Were Played — Now What?

American Jews Were Played — Now What?     Rabbi Jay Michaelson July 18, 2025 Jewish Daily Forward It is now obvious that antisemitism was never the real reason for the Trump administration’s attacks on universities. What lessons can we learn from this grea…
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July 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Trump’s Epstein Fiasco Takes Darker Turn As Dem Senator Drops New Bomb

Trump’s Epstein Fiasco Takes Darker Turn As Dem Senator Drops New Bomb     Greg Sargent July 23, 2025 The New Republic Sen. Ron Wyden has some ideas for Pam Bondi to pursue, if she’s interested in getting to the bottom of the Epstein scandal. His investiga…
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July 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Zohran Mamdani vs. Donald Trump

Zohran Mamdani vs. Donald Trump     Aziz Huq July 24, 2025 Jacobin It’s clear that Donald Trump will aim to make governance as difficult as possible for Zohran Mamdani’s potential New York City mayoralty. But Mamdani has a range of options available to cou…
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July 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM

How Will Health Care Change for YOU From the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”?

How Will Health Care Change for YOU From the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”?     Rachel Madley July 23, 2025 HEALTH CARE un-covered Here are the dates that things will change, and what the changes means for Americans. Below is a guide that describes what cha…
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July 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits- July 24-Readers Comments: Working-Class Social, Economic Attitudes; Academic Scholarship on Israel, Palestine; Mpls Selects Democratic Socialist; Dem Youth Wing Passes Amendment Opposing Ongoing Genocide in Gaza; Deportations Destroys Jobs

Tidbits- July 24-Readers Comments: Working-Class Social, Economic Attitudes; Academic Scholarship on Israel, Palestine; Mpls Selects Democratic Socialist; Dem Youth Wing Passes Amendment Opposing Ongoing Genocide in Gaza; Deportations Destroys Jobs     July 24, 20…
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July 24, 2025 at 7:10 AM

Israeli Knesset Hosts Conference on Plan To ‘Occupy Gaza’ and ‘Relocate Gazans’

Israeli Knesset Hosts Conference on Plan To ‘Occupy Gaza’ and ‘Relocate Gazans’     Stephen Prager July 23, 2025 Common Dreams "There is a purpose to this war, and it’s a criminal one," wrote Israeli journalist Gideon Levy in Haaretz this past weekend. …
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July 24, 2025 at 6:55 AM

USDA Ends Key Support for Black Farmers Amid Trump Anti-DEI Orders

USDA Ends Key Support for Black Farmers Amid Trump Anti-DEI Orders     Aallyah Wright July 17, 2025 Capital B The agency will no longer use the term “socially disadvantaged,” saying it has sufficiently addressed historic discrimination. The U.S. …
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July 24, 2025 at 6:40 AM

Oligarchs, Outlaws & the End of Journalism: Reagan’s Real Legacy in Trump’s GOP

Oligarchs, Outlaws & the End of Journalism: Reagan’s Real Legacy in Trump’s GOP     Thom Hartmann July 23, 2025 Hartmann Report The CBS merger isn’t a business deal — it’s a pay-to-play scheme fueling America’s slide into oligarchy… , …
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July 24, 2025 at 6:25 AM

Trump and Kennedy Throw Head Start Into Reverse

Trump and Kennedy Throw Head Start Into Reverse     Mark Kreidler July 17, 2025 Capital & Main How the administration seeks to use the venerable children’s care program as an anti-immigrant weapon. ,   Candice Williams never had to be…
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July 24, 2025 at 4:45 AM

History Lesson

Portside Culture History Lesson     Laleh Khalili June 24, 2025 Jewish Currents Adam Kirsch’s On Settler Colonialism is an anti-woke screed disguised as serious scholarship. ,   On Settler Colonialism Ideology, Violence, and Justi…
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July 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – July 23, 2025

Global Left Midweek – July 23, 2025     July 23, 2025 xxxxxx Wins, losses and deep thoughts End the Blockade. In solidarity with the people of Cuba and Nicaragua in their heroic struggle - July 19 and 26 [screenprint poster]. Credit, Malaquias Mont…
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July 23, 2025 at 3:30 AM

Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’ Takes the Tension of the Pandemic to a Violent End

Portside Culture Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’ Takes the Tension of the Pandemic to a Violent End     Phil Harrell July 17, 2025 NPR The film is essentially broken into two halves: the rising tension of the region's pandemic policies and the early Black …
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July 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Why Academic Scholarship on Israel and Palestine Threatens Western Elites

Why Academic Scholarship on Israel and Palestine Threatens Western Elites     Joseph Massad Middle East Eye No institution in the liberal West is safe from pro-Israel repression, especially universities whose knowledge production has dismantled the official…
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July 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Democrats Act Like Elections Are Complicated. They’re Not

Democrats Act Like Elections Are Complicated. They’re Not     Sean Mason July 22, 2025 Jacobin Yet another study confirms what we already know: economic populism is the only way for Democrats to win working-class voters. A voter walking to the vo…
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July 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The Long Anti-Zionist History of the American Jewish Left

The Long Anti-Zionist History of the American Jewish Left     Benjamin Balthaser July 21, 2025 Jacobin In the last year and a half, thousands of left-wing American Jews have protested Israel’s crimes against Palestinians. They are taking part in a long tra…
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July 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Countdown Clock Begins for Giant Health Insurance Premium Increases

Countdown Clock Begins for Giant Health Insurance Premium Increases     David Dayen July 22, 2025 The American Prospect In around 90 days, millions of Americans will learn about out-of-pocket cost hikes of more than 75 percent on average. , Graem…
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July 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – July 22, 2025

Media Bits and Bytes – July 22, 2025     July 22, 2025 xxxxxx SOS PBS NPR ,   The Bell is Tolling for Public Broadcasting CBS and Colbertgate Against Fascist Infiltration in Digital Space AI Plunges Ahead NYPD, FDNY and Columbia Cross a Li…
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July 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM

This Week in People’s History, Jul 23–29, 2025

This Week in People’s History, Jul 23–29, 2025     xxxxxx Ever Try to Throw a Rock 85 Yards? (1970), Vietnam Stands Up to U.S. Bombs (1965), Big Win for Civil Disobedience (1960), Nazis Are Like Pirates (1935), Ink-Stained Wretches’ Safety Net (1935), The Roa…
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July 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM

New Report: Working-Class Social and Economic Attitudes

New Report: Working-Class Social and Economic Attitudes     Editors July 21, 2025 Jacobin A new study from the Center for Working‑Class Politics and Jacobin reveals where working-class voters stand on key issues and how they differ from wealthier Americans…
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July 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM

US Protesters to Dems: Fight With Every Tool Available

US Protesters to Dems: Fight With Every Tool Available     Kira Lerner, George Chidi and Rachel Leingang July 21, 2025 The Guardian Day of rallies across US hears demands for more united, organized and aggressive party opposing Republicans View i…
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July 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM

When Did People Start Eating Sweets for Dessert?

Portside Culture When Did People Start Eating Sweets for Dessert?     Timothy Ott January 16, 2025 historyfacts.com The rise of cafés and tea houses in post-French Revolution Paris popularized the concept of single-portioned desserts as did France'…
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July 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM

I’m a Veteran of Organized Auto Boycotts. My Advice to Tesla? Dump Musk

I’m a Veteran of Organized Auto Boycotts. My Advice to Tesla? Dump Musk     Ron Carver July 3, 2025 Common Dreams During the Great Recession, I organized a Toyota boycott that accidentally paved the way for Musk’s rise. Musk probably won’t tell that story,…
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July 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Trump’s About-Face on Ukraine

Trump’s About-Face on Ukraine     John Feffer July 16, 2025 Foreign Policy in Focus Trump thinks of himself as an unstoppable force. But Putin is an unmovable object who won’t be bullied because he is the ultimate bully. President Trump, Ukrainia…
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July 21, 2025 at 5:50 AM

Sunday Science: The Fight From Within: The Science of Immunotherapy

Sunday Science: The Fight From Within: The Science of Immunotherapy     Jess Steier, DrPH, Aimee Pugh Bernard, PhD, and Christy Kestner, PhD, MS July 17, 2025 Unbiased Science Harnessing the Body’s Defense System to Fight Cancer, Autoimmune Diseases, and M…
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July 21, 2025 at 5:00 AM

Trump’s Deportation Agenda Will Destroy Millions of Jobs

Trump’s Deportation Agenda Will Destroy Millions of Jobs     Ben Zipperer July 10, 2025 Economic Policy Institute Deportations will eliminate millions of jobs held by immigrant and U.S.-born workers according to research on increased immigration enforcemen…
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July 21, 2025 at 4:20 AM

Why Does Trump Hate Sesame Street?

Why Does Trump Hate Sesame Street?     Robert Reich July 15, 2025 Facebook Elmo Fired? Why is Trump so hell bent on defunding PBS? It's part of a larger plan - one where he can control not just what we do, but what we think. Why is Trump trying t…
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July 21, 2025 at 3:20 AM

Minneapolis DFL Convention Endorses Democratic Socialist Omar Fateh for Mayor Over Jacob Frey

Minneapolis DFL Convention Endorses Democratic Socialist Omar Fateh for Mayor Over Jacob Frey     Susan Du July 19, 2025 Minneapolis Star Tribune Incumbent Frey’s campaign said he’ll appeal Fateh’s Saturday victory in the party’s mayoral endorsement. …
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July 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM

The Court’s Liberals Are Trying To Tell Americans Something

The Court’s Liberals Are Trying To Tell Americans Something     Aziz Huq July 17, 2025 The Atlantic Justices Kagan, Jackson, and Sotomayor aren’t merely disagreeing with the majority’s technical readings of the law. , Photo-illustration by The At…
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July 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM

Cancelling Colbert, Bribery, an $8Bn Deal: What’s Going On at Paramount?

Portside Culture Cancelling Colbert, Bribery, an $8Bn Deal: What’s Going On at Paramount?     David Smith July 19, 2025 The Guardian The fallout from the Trump payoff comes as a merger threatens the company’s integrity and A-list talent, such as St…
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July 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Ken Saro-Wiwa Pardoned Posthumously but Oil Still Scars Nigeria’s Lands and Communities

Ken Saro-Wiwa Pardoned Posthumously but Oil Still Scars Nigeria’s Lands and Communities     Andrea Spinelli Barrile July 17, 2025 Il Manifesto Global In the mid-1990s Saro-Wiwa and MOSOP denounced the military junta for failing to enforce regulations on oi…
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July 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Health Insurers Push Huge Premium Hikes

Health Insurers Push Huge Premium Hikes     Veronica Riccobene, Helen Santoro July 18, 2025 The Lever Health insurance companies are asking state regulators to approve eye-popping rate increases nationwide — reaching 66 percent for some policies. …
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July 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Film Review: James Gunn’s Superman

Film Review: James Gunn’s Superman     Mitchell Plitnick July 18, 2025 Mondoweiss James Gunn’s new Superman movie, which draws an analogy between Israel and the villainous country of Boravia, demonstrates how Israel's idealized image in American culture ha…
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July 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM

With ‘The Fierce Urgency of Now,’ NAACP Convenes 116th Annual Convention

With ‘The Fierce Urgency of Now,’ NAACP Convenes 116th Annual Convention     Dorothy A. Clark July 15, 2025 The Bay State Banner For the first time in its history, the NAACP declined to invite the sitting president. Nor was Vice President JD Vance asked to…
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July 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM

What California History Has To Say About the New York Mayor’s Race

What California History Has To Say About the New York Mayor’s Race     Fred Glass July 13, 2025 The Stansbury Forum If Mamdani loses, the leadership of the Democratic Party will redouble its push to field empty neoliberal suits in 2026. Harriman’s defeat i…
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July 19, 2025 at 3:40 AM

Friday Nite Videos | July 18, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | July 18, 2025     July 18, 2025 xxxxxx Crossroads | Playing For Change. Jordan Klepper on the Trump-Epstein Relationship. Wall Street Jacked Up Your Electricity Bill. The Fiercest Debate in Linguistics. Three Phrases That Get You Arreste…
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July 19, 2025 at 1:50 AM

Jeffrey Epstein Is a Policy Issue

Jeffrey Epstein Is a Policy Issue     David Dayen July 15, 2025 The American Prospect There’s an incorrect belief that the Epstein case is somehow separate from the real concerns facing America, a conspiracist concoction. But it’s actually about the two-ti…
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July 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM

Trump Can Hurt PBS and NPR, but He Can’t Kill Them

Trump Can Hurt PBS and NPR, but He Can’t Kill Them     Josef Adalian July 17, 2025 New York Magazine Killing funding to CPB is expected to have devastating effects for many public radio and TV stations. CPB grants keep smaller stations — including many in …
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July 19, 2025 at 1:13 AM

80 Years After Trinity

80 Years After Trinity     Eric Ross July 17, 2025 TomDispatch In 1945, scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico worked feverishly to complete the first atomic bomb. Meanwhile, their colleagues at the University of Chicago mounted a final…
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July 19, 2025 at 12:50 AM

More Woody Guthrie Songs? Yes, From a Trove of Homemade Recordings.

More Woody Guthrie Songs? Yes, From a Trove of Homemade Recordings.     Jon Pareles July 14, 2025 The New York Times A new, intimate album will include 13 previously unheard songs, written, performed and recorded by Woody himself in a “home studio” that ee…
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July 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Electrodomestico

Portside Culture Electrodomestico     Prartho Sereno Marin County poet Prartho Sereno meditates on the ironic response of her mother's generation to the promises of technology. , Word Works Press   One day the iceman came no more. Ne…
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July 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM

Why Did This Farmworker Die in an Immigration Raid?

Why Did This Farmworker Die in an Immigration Raid?     David Bacon July 17, 2025 The Nation With Trump and Stephen Miller cheering on ICE’s terror tactics, Jaime Alanis Garcia’s fatal fall in the raid on Glass House Farms was the most recent example of a …
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July 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM

I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.

I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.     Omer Bartov July 15, 2025 The New York Times A professor of Holocaust and genocide studies comes to a painful conclusion about Israel’s actions in Gaza. My inescapable conclusion has become that Israel i…
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July 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Zohran Mamdani Has Awakened a Powerful New Political Force

Zohran Mamdani Has Awakened a Powerful New Political Force     Errol Louis July 16, 2025 New York Magazine Where all politics is tribal, Mamdani has emerged as a leader of New York’s South Asian community, 600,000 strong, which is now following its Irish, …