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May 15, 2023 at 12:00 AM

White House Plumbers Is a Hilarious Take on the Watergate Break-In

Portside Culture White House Plumbers Is a Hilarious Take on the Watergate Break-In     Eileen Jones May 10, 2023Jacobin In the new series White House Plumbers, a brilliant send-up of the Watergate scandal, Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux star as Richard Nix…

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May 14, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Biden Anxiety

Biden Anxiety     Harold Meyerson May 9, 2023American Prospect Though the public thinks he’s too old to serve a second term, Joe Biden keeps getting older. What should the Democrats do? President Joe Biden arrives to deliver his State of the Union address to a…

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May 14, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Medicare for All Legislation

Medicare for All Legislation     Bernie Sanders May 12, 2023Bernie Sanders Sanders Introduces Medicare for All with 14 Colleagues in the Senate , Gage Skidmore   More than 1 in 3 COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. linked to lack of health insurance. …

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May 14, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Dems’ Old Formula Is a Big 2024 Risk

Dems’ Old Formula Is a Big 2024 Risk     David Sirota May 10, 2023The Lever Dems’ are settling on the same playbook: shifting right, crushing a primary, and hoping demoralized voters are repulsed by the GOP ,   The Democratic Party’s political class has …

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May 14, 2023 at 12:00 AM

‘We Will Not Be Silenced’: Tlaib Headlines DC Nakba Event Despite McCarthy Meddling

‘We Will Not Be Silenced’: Tlaib Headlines DC Nakba Event Despite McCarthy Meddling     Brett Wilkins May 10, 2023Common Dreams The Michigan Democrat joined rights groups in a Senate committee room to mark the ethnic cleansing of more than 750,000 Palestinians during…

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May 14, 2023 at 12:00 AM

How Rep. James Clyburn Protected His District at a Cost to Black Democrats

How Rep. James Clyburn Protected His District at a Cost to Black Democrats     Marilyn Thompson May 5, 2023ProPublica Facing the possibility of an unsafe district, South Carolina’s most powerful Democrat sent his aide to consult with the GOP on a redistricting plan t…

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May 13, 2023 at 1:45 AM

Friday Nite Videos | May 12, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | May 12, 2023     May 12, 2023xxxxxx Tuberville on White Nationalists in the Military: ‘I Call Them Americans.’ The House of the Rising Sun | Wuaquikuna. MEMORIAL DAY MASSACRE: Workers Die, Film Buried. Native Americans Demand Accountability. Wher…

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May 13, 2023 at 12:05 AM

This Is What Would Happen if Biden Ignores the Debt Ceiling and Calls McCarthy’s Bluff

This Is What Would Happen if Biden Ignores the Debt Ceiling and Calls McCarthy’s Bluff     Robert Hockett May 9, 2023New York Times The current debt ceiling nonsense is a case of one faction of Congress being pitted against Congress itself. It's time to end this abs…

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May 13, 2023 at 12:05 AM

‘The Forever Prisoner’: Abu Zubaydah’s Drawings Expose the Depraved US Torture Policy

‘The Forever Prisoner’: Abu Zubaydah’s Drawings Expose the Depraved US Torture Policy     Ed Pilkington May 11, 2023Guardian For 21 years, the Guantanamo detainee Abu Zubaydah has been in US custody without charge, tortured and sexually humiliated, with no prospect f…

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May 13, 2023 at 12:05 AM

HomeVestors Praised ProPublica’s Reporting, Then Tried To “Bury It”

HomeVestors Praised ProPublica’s Reporting, Then Tried To “Bury It”     Anjeanette Damon, Byard Duncan and Mollie Simon May 11, 2023ProPublica The “We Buy Ugly Houses” company held a virtual meeting for its franchises to outline a plan to “minimize visibility” of our…

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May 13, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Lessons From Barcelona’s 8-Year Experiment in Radical Governance

Lessons From Barcelona’s 8-Year Experiment in Radical Governance     Mark Engler and Paul Engler May 9, 2023Waging Nonviolence Activists who took over Barcelona’s City Hall have made lasting progressive gains, while also confronting the limits of being in power. …

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May 13, 2023 at 12:00 AM

I Am Not a Robot

Portside Culture I Am Not a Robot     Lisa Allen Ortiz December 1, 2022Bennington Review Not a robot, suggests poet Lisa Allen Ortiz. Prove it and she deftly does. ,   I am not a Robot By Lisa Allen Ortiz What language do machines speak? Yes. No…

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May 12, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Weaponizing the Debt Limit Should Not Be Normalized

Weaponizing the Debt Limit Should Not Be Normalized     Josh Bivens and Samantha Sanders May 9, 2023Economic Policy Institute President Biden should do “whatever it takes” to avoid an economic catastrophe. House GOP-led efforts are to blame for the impending debt cri…

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May 12, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Deepening Mother’s Day

Deepening Mother’s Day     H Patricia Hynes May 7, 2023xxxxxx The 19th century origins of Mother’s Day differ vastly in spirit and purpose from celebrations of it in the 20th and 21st centuries. The first public “Mother’s Day for Peace” rally was in New York City on …

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May 12, 2023 at 12:05 AM

What’s Next for the Climate Left? The IRA Is an Invitation to Organizers

What’s Next for the Climate Left? The IRA Is an Invitation to Organizers     Kate Aronoff May 1, 2023Dissent Magazine The Inflation Reduction Act would not have happened without the movement for a Green New Deal, but it shouldn’t be confused for one. The climate left…

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May 12, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Trump’s CNN Town Hall Was a Mess of Lies – And It Was Utterly Predictable

Trump’s CNN Town Hall Was a Mess of Lies – And It Was Utterly Predictable     Adam Gabbatt May 10, 2023The Guardian Neither CNN nor its host was able to take control as the ex-president played steamroller, to the audience’s delight. It began and ended in a way that a…

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May 12, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – May 11, 2023 – Reader Comments: GOP Defends Sex Offender; Debt Crisis; Child Labor Laws, Population Decline; Yes, I Am Latina. And No, I Am Not Mexican -an Exchange; Vietnam 50 Years Later; Charlene Mitchell Memorial Livestream Link; More

Tidbits – May 11, 2023 – Reader Comments: GOP Defends Sex Offender; Debt Crisis; Child Labor Laws, Population Decline; Yes, I Am Latina. And No, I Am Not Mexican -an Exchange; Vietnam 50 Years Later; Charlene Mitchell Memorial Livestream Link; More     May 11, 2023xxxxxx…

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May 11, 2023 at 6:45 AM

Big Food Raking In Huge Profits From Price Hikes as US Hunger Persists: Analysis

Big Food Raking In Huge Profits From Price Hikes as US Hunger Persists: Analysis     Jessica Corbett May 10, 2023Common Dreams "It's shameful that Americans are left food insecure and have to skip meals while corporations and their wealthy shareholders enjoy the spoi…

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May 11, 2023 at 6:35 AM

The Debt Ceiling Debate Is a Massive Deception of the American Public

The Debt Ceiling Debate Is a Massive Deception of the American Public     Richard D. Wolff May 9, 2023Independent Media Institute The unspoken agreement between the two major parties is to omit any serious discussion of raising taxes to avoid hitting the debt ceiling…

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May 11, 2023 at 6:25 AM

The Book-Bans Debate Has Finally Reached a Turning Point

The Book-Bans Debate Has Finally Reached a Turning Point     Ronald Brownstein May 10, 2023The Atlantic Potentially the most consequential shift has come from the Biden administration. , Bryan Anselm / The New York Times / Redux   Across multiple fronts,…

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May 11, 2023 at 6:10 AM

Erdoğan Faces Real Chance of Losing As Turkey Gets Ready To Vote

Erdoğan Faces Real Chance of Losing As Turkey Gets Ready To Vote     Jon Henley May 10, 2023The Guardian A united opposition group led by Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu could finally end the Turkish president’s decades of power Turkish voters are faced with a momentous ch…

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May 11, 2023 at 4:05 AM

Revisiting the Great Migration and the Black Literary Legends It Inspired

Portside Culture Revisiting the Great Migration and the Black Literary Legends It Inspired     Eleanor J. Bader February 9, 2023The Indypendent Chi Boy is part memoir, part social history, part eulogy for his ancestors, and part tribute to men whose literary ou…

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May 10, 2023 at 12:40 AM

After 75 Years, What Future for Palestine-Israel?

After 75 Years, What Future for Palestine-Israel?     Ghada Karmi May 8, 2023Mondoweiss 75 years after the Nakba, Palestine-Israel is one state under Israeli sovereignty but unequal. The struggle for a more equitable and democratic future will be long and ferociously…

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May 10, 2023 at 12:35 AM

AI Machines Aren’t ‘Hallucinating’. But Their Makers Are

AI Machines Aren’t ‘Hallucinating’. But Their Makers Are     Naomi Klein May 8, 2023The Guardian Tech CEOs want us to believe that generative AI will benefit humanity. They are kidding themselves , Illustration: LiliGraphie/Alamy   Inside the many debate…

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May 10, 2023 at 12:35 AM

May Day in Cuba: Solidarity Against the Embargo

May Day in Cuba: Solidarity Against the Embargo     Walter Smolarek May 8, 2023CounterPunch Miya Tada, a brigade participant from New York, explained how this showed that “the biggest obstacle the Cuban people are facing is the repression and economic warfare of our …

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May 10, 2023 at 12:35 AM

Why I Changed My Mind on the Debt Limit

Why I Changed My Mind on the Debt Limit     Laurence H. Tribe May 7, 2023The New York Times The right question is whether Congress — after passing the spending bills that created these debts in the first place — can invoke an arbitrary dollar limit to force the presi…

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May 10, 2023 at 12:00 AM

‘Chile ’76’ Review: Domestic Unease That Twists Into Intrigue

Portside Culture ‘Chile ’76’ Review: Domestic Unease That Twists Into Intrigue     Teo Bugbee May 4, 2023The New York Times Manuela Martelli’s new film examines the Pinochet dictatorship through the eyes of a woman who never intended to play an active role. …

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May 10, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – May 9, 2023

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – May 9, 2023     May 9, 2023xxxxxx A not-so-civil war continues , Clay Jones, claytoonz.com   How White Men Fight A Comic Book for Democracy Cis Boom Bah Chuck You, Farley The Golden Rule Sails Again Schools, Cops and Me…

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May 9, 2023 at 12:55 AM

Mob Justice

Mob Justice     Brooke Harrington May 8, 2023The Atlantic What do plutocrats and Supreme Court members get from being friends? The Godfather: The Wallpaper, by alvarezperea (CC BY-NC 2.0)   What is a Mafia? At the systemic level, it’s different from othe…

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May 9, 2023 at 12:05 AM

This Historic Writers’ Strike Matters for Everyone – Not Just Hollywood

This Historic Writers’ Strike Matters for Everyone – Not Just Hollywood     Hamilton Nolan May 6, 2023Guardian The contract that the writers are striking for could set a powerful precedent that AI must work for people, rather than being used to marginalize people to …

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May 9, 2023 at 12:05 AM

The Sweet History of Lemonade

Portside Culture The Sweet History of Lemonade     Anne Ewbank April 17, 2023Atlas Obscura Lemonade became an emblem of the temperance movement. Lucy Webb Hayes, First Lady from 1877 to 1881, bore the nickname “Lemonade Lucy” for her refusal to serve alcohol in…

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May 9, 2023 at 12:00 AM

A New Republican Assault on Children: Overturning Labor Laws

A New Republican Assault on Children: Overturning Labor Laws     Sonali Kolhatkar May 5, 2023Independent Media Institute It seems unimaginable that we are backsliding into the era of exploiting child labor. But that’s precisely what the GOP appears to be doing. …

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May 9, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Second Amendment

The Second Amendment     Heather Cox Richardson May 6, 2023Letters from an American In 1972 the Republican platform had called for gun control to restrict the sale of “cheap handguns.” In 1980, the Republican platform opposed the federal registration of firearms, and…

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May 9, 2023 at 12:00 AM

New Documents Undermine Supreme Court Student Debt Case

New Documents Undermine Supreme Court Student Debt Case     Julia Rock May 2, 2023The Lever When it comes to student debt relief, the court’s conservative justices appear willing to accept dubious standing claims to force more debt onto millions of Americans. …

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May 8, 2023 at 7:45 AM

Science Sunday: ‘Too Greedy’ –Mass Walkout at Global Science Journal Over ‘Unethical’ Fees

Science Sunday: ‘Too Greedy’ –Mass Walkout at Global Science Journal Over ‘Unethical’ Fees     Anna Fazackerley May 7, 2023The Guardian Entire board resigns over actions of academic publisher whose profit margins outstrip even Google and Amazon An Elsevier fac…

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May 8, 2023 at 7:05 AM

The Persistent Allure of Military Coups

The Persistent Allure of Military Coups     John Feffer April 26, 2023Foreign Policy in Focus Sudan is in yet another civil war. Can it put military rule behind it once and for all? Military situation as of 8 May 2023 (Pink) Controlled by the Sudanese Armed Fo…

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May 8, 2023 at 3:50 AM

Buried Footage Helped Chicago Police Get Away With Killing 10 Labor Activists in 1937

Buried Footage Helped Chicago Police Get Away With Killing 10 Labor Activists in 1937     Greg Mitchell May 7, 2023History News Network The first film to fully explore the 1937 tragedy in Chicago, when police shot and killed ten pro-labor marchers--and the shocking f…

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May 8, 2023 at 3:00 AM

A New Supreme Court Case Seeks To Make the Nine Justices Even More Powerful

A New Supreme Court Case Seeks To Make the Nine Justices Even More Powerful     Ian Millhiser May 2, 2023Vox The Court has spent the last several years claiming the other two branches’ powers for itself. Future Justice Neil M. Gorsuch laughs at a senator’s jok…

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May 8, 2023 at 2:30 AM

The New York Law Everyone Is Watching

The New York Law Everyone Is Watching     Victoria Law May 4, 2023The Nation The HALT Act was passed to end long-term solitary confinement. Enforcing it is a whole new struggle. A prisoner is shackled while attending a class for mental health in the Short-Term…

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May 8, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Real History of Queen Charlotte, and the Problem With Netflix’s Bridgerton Spinoff

Portside Culture The Real History of Queen Charlotte, and the Problem With Netflix’s Bridgerton Spinoff     Nylah Burton May 5, 2023Vox Shonda Rhimes’s new show imagines an interracial romance that remakes Regency England. That sure didn’t happen. Young …

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May 7, 2023 at 12:05 AM

The Fed, the Supreme Court, and Their Legitimacy

The Fed, the Supreme Court, and Their Legitimacy     Max Moran May 5, 2023American Prospect/The Revolving Door Project The government’s least democratic branches are incompetent and corrupt because they are unaccountable. James Madison would not be surprised… …

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May 7, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Michael A. Lebowitz (Nov 27, 1937 – April 19, 2023)

Michael A. Lebowitz (Nov 27, 1937 – April 19, 2023)     April 20, 2023https://michaelalebowitz.com/ Michael A. Lebowitz was Professor Emeritus of Economics at Simon Fraser University in Canada and the author of many books on marxism. ,   For his writing …

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May 7, 2023 at 12:00 AM

NAACP Sues Over Mississippi Legislation Expanding State Power in Jackson

NAACP Sues Over Mississippi Legislation Expanding State Power in Jackson     Nick Robertson April 22, 2023The Hill If our state lawmakers really wanted to help fight crime, they would invest more tax dollars into mental health and anti-poverty programs to better supp…

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May 7, 2023 at 12:00 AM

A Conversation With Susan Neiman About Left and Woke

A Conversation With Susan Neiman About Left and Woke     Robert Kuttner May 2, 2023The American Prospect In their justified concern for inequalities of power, the woke often simply focus on power struggles rather than thinking about justice, which sometimes gets left…

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May 7, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Resisting Cannibal Capitalism

Resisting Cannibal Capitalism     Nancy Fraser May 3, 2023Red Pepper If we are serious about saving democracy, care and the planet we need to address the root of the crisis, which is capital’s insatiable need to devour them. ‘Finding the Right Balance for Cryp…

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May 6, 2023 at 3:05 AM

Friday Nite Videos | 5-5-2023: Belafonte in Five

Friday Nite Videos | 5-5-2023: Belafonte in Five     May 5, 2023xxxxxx Harry Belafonte is synonymous with getting people across the world up, singing and dancing and celebrating life. Little to we appreciate how great a role he played in getting us up and acting on …

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May 6, 2023 at 1:30 AM

Why the Godfather of AI Fears for Humanity

Why the Godfather of AI Fears for Humanity     Alex Hern May 5, 2023Guardian 'Godfather of AI' Geoffrey Hinton recently quit Google warning of the dangers of artificial intelligence. ‘We’ve discovered the secret of immortality. The bad news is it’s not for us.’ …

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May 6, 2023 at 1:04 AM

‘This Regime Is Not Subject to Evolution’ an Interview With Ilya Budraitskis

‘This Regime Is Not Subject to Evolution’ an Interview With Ilya Budraitskis     Ilya Budraitskis April 17, 2023Meduza Political writer Ilya Budraitskis explains the left’s vision of decentralized governance and why Russia’s Communist Party must exit together with Pu…

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May 6, 2023 at 12:25 AM

DNA at 70: Untangling Rosalind Franklin’s Role

DNA at 70: Untangling Rosalind Franklin’s Role     Emily Anthes April 25, 2023New York Times Historians have long debated the role that Dr. Franklin played in identifying the double helix. A new opinion essay argues that she was an “equal contributor.” Rosali…

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May 6, 2023 at 12:10 AM

Population Decline Will Change the World for the Better

Population Decline Will Change the World for the Better     Stephanie Feldstein May 4, 2023Scientific American A future with fewer people offers increased opportunity and a healthier environment World Population, by Arenamontanus (CC BY 2.0)   China’s po…

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