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August 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM

As Sisi Accuses Israel of Genocide, Egypt Signs Record $35 Billion Gas Deal With Israel

As Sisi Accuses Israel of Genocide, Egypt Signs Record $35 Billion Gas Deal With Israel     emma scolding, Sara Seif Eddien August 9, 2025 Drop Site The massive deal will see Egypt redouble its energy dependence on Israeli gas exports even as the war on Ga…
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August 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM

We Don’t Need Nuclear Reactors on the Moon

We Don’t Need Nuclear Reactors on the Moon     Joseph Cirincione August 6, 2025 MSNBC Transportation Secretary and acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy's plan to fast-track nuclear reactors on the moon is a dangerous distraction. , NASA, E. Siege…
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August 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Is Trump the Real Problem

Is Trump the Real Problem     Darrick Hamilton August 7, 2025 Center for Economic and Policy Research How social movements like Black Lives Matter and Occupy Wall Street forced politicians to abandon austerity economics during the pandemic -- what it will …
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August 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM

‘South Park’ Portrays Kristi Noem as a Puppy-Shooting, Face-Melting ICE Villain

Portside Culture ‘South Park’ Portrays Kristi Noem as a Puppy-Shooting, Face-Melting ICE Villain     James Hibberd August 6, 2025 The Hollywood Reporter The latest episode brutally spoofed the Homeland Security boss. 'South Park' , Comedy…
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August 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Violence Deconstructed: Hysteria Over Zohran Mamdani’s Crime Platform Is Rooted in Lie That Cops Make Women Safer

Violence Deconstructed: Hysteria Over Zohran Mamdani’s Crime Platform Is Rooted in Lie That Cops Make Women Safer     Kylie Cheung July 29, 2025 Prism Mamdani’s critics have launched a smear campaign that ignores that police pose an existential threat to v…
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August 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Awdah Hathaleen Showed Me How To Imagine Freedom

Awdah Hathaleen Showed Me How To Imagine Freedom     Sam Stein August 7, 2025 The Progressive How my recently martyred friend and fellow activist changed the course of my life and the lives of countless others. Awdah Hathaleen speaks to a group o…
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August 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Eighty Years After the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Is the Escalating Arms Race Taking Us Further Away From Peace?

Eighty Years After the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Is the Escalating Arms Race Taking Us Further Away From Peace?     Carmen Grau August 6, 2025 Equal Times In the global context of rearmament, there seems to be no sign of any move towards redu…
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August 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM

America Is Living in a Climate-Denial Fantasy

America Is Living in a Climate-Denial Fantasy     Zoë Schlanger August 8, 2025 The Atlantic On climate, the U.S. and the rest of the planet are now in “completely separate worlds.” ,   Last month, the world’s highest court issued a long-a…
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August 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The Big Lies About Israel, Anti-Semitism, and Trump

The Big Lies About Israel, Anti-Semitism, and Trump     Peter Dreier August 5, 2025 xxxxxx Israel has become a global pariah due to Netanyahu's crime spree. And Trump is a laughing stock among world leaders for his authoritarian policies, his ignorance, his …
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August 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM

Friday Nite Videos | August 8, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | August 8, 2025     xxxxxx August 8, 2025 xxxxxx Trump Boosts Tariffs and Stephen's Ratings. Kronos Quartet + Allison Russell | A Hard Rain. Texas Town Emptied by ICE Raids. Join Ice | Jesse Welles. Is Information a Fundamental Force of O…
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August 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM

Primary Colors: On Progressive Electoral Strategy

Primary Colors: On Progressive Electoral Strategy     Waleed Shahid August 7, 2025 Waleed's Substack Progressives should prioritize consolidating ideological strength in safe Democratic districts. The left needs to show—not just argue—that its leaders and po…
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August 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM

A New Wave of Palestinian Popular Struggle Takes Root

A New Wave of Palestinian Popular Struggle Takes Root     Awad Abdelfattah August 6, 2025 +972 Magazine Amid growing outrage over Gaza, protests and hunger strikes mark a renewed Palestinian movement determined to bridge division and sustain resistance. …
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August 9, 2025 at 12:45 AM

How Sherman’s March Opened the Door for Self-Emancipation

How Sherman’s March Opened the Door for Self-Emancipation     Adria R Walker August 7, 2025 The Guardian Historian Bennett Parten's new book, Somewhere Toward Freedom, focuses on the experience of those who seized a chance at emancipation. “Through the col…
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August 9, 2025 at 12:20 AM

Why mRNA Vaccines Are So Revolutionary—and What’s at Stake if We Lose Them

Why mRNA Vaccines Are So Revolutionary—and What’s at Stake if We Lose Them     Stephanie Pappas August 6, 2025 Scientific American mRNA vaccines are a first line of defence in pandemic preparedness and are being investigated for treatment of cancer, autoim…
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August 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM

In Breath / Out Breath

Portside Culture In Breath / Out Breath     Esther Kamkar Iranian-American poet Esther Kamkar has lived in both Iran and Israel. Rather than split herself in two, she strives to knit her warring halves together. , Esther Kamkar   On …
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August 8, 2025 at 3:20 AM

The Trump Administration Tried To Silence Mahmoud Khalil, so I Asked Him To Talk

The Trump Administration Tried To Silence Mahmoud Khalil, so I Asked Him To Talk     Ezra Klein interviews Mahmoud Khalil August 5, 2025 The New York Times The Palestinian activist discusses the Columbia protests, ICE detention and free speech in the U.S. …
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August 8, 2025 at 2:15 AM

The Mamdani Effect: How His Win Spurred More Than 10,000 Progressives To Consider Run for Office

The Mamdani Effect: How His Win Spurred More Than 10,000 Progressives To Consider Run for Office     Rachel Leingang August 5, 2025 The Guardian Group geared at mobilizing young leftist candidates saw record sign-up after Mamdani’s NYC victory. Mamdani bum…
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August 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM

The Jeffrey Epstein Scandal Is a Stain on Both Parties

The Jeffrey Epstein Scandal Is a Stain on Both Parties     Ben Burgis August 3, 2025 Jacobin Forget partisan finger-pointing. The Jeffrey Epstein scandal cuts across party lines, indicting economic and political elites alike. Epstein just enjoyed the perks…
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August 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM

Eighty Years of Nuclear Terror

Eighty Years of Nuclear Terror     Lawrence S. Wittner August 3, 2025 Z Network Ever since the atomic bombings of Japanese cities in August 1945, the world has been living on borrowed time. To facilitate these nuclear war preparations, the major nuclear po…
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August 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits- Aug. 7 -Readers Comments: Not Just Texas-Voting Rights, Democracy Under Assault; ICE; GOP Cover-Up-Ultra Rich Power Grab and Child Sex Trafficking; Gaza Is Time To Remember Hiroshima – War Is Not Healthy for Children and Other Living Things;

Tidbits- Aug. 7 -Readers Comments: Not Just Texas-Voting Rights, Democracy Under Assault; ICE; GOP Cover-Up-Ultra Rich Power Grab and Child Sex Trafficking; Gaza Is Time To Remember Hiroshima – War Is Not Healthy for Children and Other Living Things;     August 7,…
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August 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The Most Important Book of 2025

Portside Culture The Most Important Book of 2025     Paul Buhle July 26, 2025 Portside If denial of collective self-determination of a people is a sin of the modern age, as Israeli defenders often repeat, what of the self-determination of Palestinian…
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August 7, 2025 at 6:00 AM

Israel Issues Forced Displacement Orders Amid Fears of Full Occupation in Gaza

Israel Issues Forced Displacement Orders Amid Fears of Full Occupation in Gaza     Peter Beaumont August 6, 2025 The Guardian Israeli military leaders reportedly oppose Netanyahu’s plans as the country faces growing diplomatic isolation Gaza’s he…
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August 7, 2025 at 5:40 AM

Medicare, Imperiled by Trump, Turns 60

Medicare, Imperiled by Trump, Turns 60     F. Douglas Stephenson August 6, 2025 Informed Comment Project 2025, framed by former Trump administration staffers and secretly endorsed by Trump himself, proposes changes in Medicare benefits that could destroy M…
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August 7, 2025 at 5:30 AM

Voting Rights Act ‘On Life Support’ Amid Right-Wing Attacks

Voting Rights Act ‘On Life Support’ Amid Right-Wing Attacks     Brett Wilkins August 6, 2025 Common Dreams Now, the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority is poised to "end voting rights as we know them." Then-U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson s…
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August 7, 2025 at 5:15 AM

The Recession Door Opens

The Recession Door Opens     Jack Rasmus August 5, 2025 LA Progressive Multiple statistics show the band-aid has been ripped off the obfuscation of the real condition of the labor market that has prevailed for at least this past year, exposing the long fes…
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August 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM

The Liberal Who Hates Leftists

Portside Culture The Liberal Who Hates Leftists     Pratinav Anil July 22, 2025 The Guardian In his caustic critique of identity politics, Williams ends up condemning every kind of collective action. ,   Summer of Our Discontent: …
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August 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – Focus on Eastern Europe

Global Left Midweek – Focus on Eastern Europe     August 6, 2025 xxxxxx Democracy is messy “You have blood on your hands.” Students protest in Belgrade. Credit, Reuters   New Generation of Left Activists Ukraine’s Left on the Anti-Corrupti…
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August 6, 2025 at 12:10 AM

600+ Journalists Renew Call To Let Foreign Press Enter Gaza As Israel Begins ‘Full Conquest’

600+ Journalists Renew Call To Let Foreign Press Enter Gaza As Israel Begins ‘Full Conquest’     Stephen Prager August 5, 2025 Common Dreams "When governments can unilaterally shut down access to war zones," the petitioners warn, "they undermine the very f…
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August 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Texas Republicans: It’s About Power, and Their Radical Agenda

Texas Republicans: It’s About Power, and Their Radical Agenda     Perry Bacon August 5, 2025 The New Republic Of course this gerrymandering plan is about keeping power. But it’s about keeping power to a specific end: to pass laws people hate and block ones…
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August 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Britain’s New Left-Wing Party May Be Devastating for Labour

Britain’s New Left-Wing Party May Be Devastating for Labour     David Broder August 1, 2025 Jacobin The new party announced by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana shows that Gaza has become a key fault line in British politics. Keir Starmer’s Labour Party can …
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August 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Why a NASA Satellite That Scientists and Farmers Rely on May Be Destroyed on Purpose

Why a NASA Satellite That Scientists and Farmers Rely on May Be Destroyed on Purpose     Rebecca Hersher August 4, 2025 NPR The Trump administration has asked NASA employees to draw up plans to end at least two major satellite missions. They are the only t…
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August 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Eddington Is a Tragic Masterpiece of the 2020s

Portside Culture Eddington Is a Tragic Masterpiece of the 2020s     Dustin Guastella July 30, 2025 Jacobin Ari Aster’s new film, Eddington, pulls no punches against the Right or the Left. Yet its message is anything but moderate. Joaquin …
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August 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – August 5, 2025

Media Bits and Bytes – August 5, 2025     August 5, 2025 xxxxxx No future for TV...? , Ruben Bolling   CPB Gets the Ax Big Tech Under Legal Fire The Democrat at the FCC Working at a Tech Co-op The Grasp of Palantir ADL Backs Clampdown on S…
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August 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM

This Week in People’s History, Aug 6–12, 2025

This Week in People’s History, Aug 6–12, 2025     xxxxxx A Bomb Unlike Any Other (1945), When the K.K.K. Came to D.C. (1925), An Authoritarian Racist in the White House (1835), Getting Rid of a Brutal Occupation for 12 Years (1680), Rebellion in Watts, 60 Yea…
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August 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Netanyahu Ministers Vote To Dismiss Israeli Attorney General, Pending Top Court Ruling

Netanyahu Ministers Vote To Dismiss Israeli Attorney General, Pending Top Court Ruling     Chen Maanit August 4, 2025 Haaretz In a letter to ministers ahead of the vote, Gali Baharav-Miara said the move effectively removes the chief prosecutor in the prime…
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August 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Give Us Equality or Give Us Death?

Give Us Equality or Give Us Death?     Damian Carrington August 2, 2025 The Guardian An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished. “It is not about human nature. It is about .. comp…
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August 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM

The GOP’s New Civil War Against America Isn’t With Bullets — It’s With Ballots

The GOP’s New Civil War Against America Isn’t With Bullets — It’s With Ballots     Thom Hartmann August 4, 2025 Hartmann Report Why 51 Texas lawmakers fled the State to stop a power grab, and what it means for us all… ,   The Republican m…
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August 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM

38 Million Lives

38 Million Lives     August 2, 2025 Progressive International A study by the Center of Economic and Policy Research has revealed that, between 1971 and 2021, US and EU sanctions killed 38 million people around the world. ,   The people of…
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August 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM

One Love Community Fridge in Brooklyn Is Feeding People and Changing Lives

Portside Culture One Love Community Fridge in Brooklyn Is Feeding People and Changing Lives     Laine Doss July 17, 2025 Broken Palate One Love Community, which offers free food for neighbors in need, operates 10 community fridges and supports 30 p…
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August 4, 2025 at 10:20 AM

Sunday Science: Physicists Disagree Wildly on What Quantum Mechanics Says About Reality, Nature Survey Shows

Sunday Science: Physicists Disagree Wildly on What Quantum Mechanics Says About Reality, Nature Survey Shows     Elizabeth Gibney July 30, 2025 Nature First major attempt to chart researchers’ views finds interpretations in conflict. , Illustrati…
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August 4, 2025 at 8:25 AM

Trump Can’t Stop This Guy

Trump Can’t Stop This Guy     Steven Colbert Facebook Steven Colbert is joined by friends. We'll meet again, Courtesy of Comedy Central   Steven Colbert       Interpret the world and change it     …
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August 4, 2025 at 7:20 AM

The Premature Guide To Post-Trump Reform

The Premature Guide To Post-Trump Reform     Paul Starr July 31, 2025 The American Prospect American history offers three general strategies of repair and renewal. American history offers three general strategies of repair and renewal.,  …
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August 4, 2025 at 6:55 AM

US Appeals Court Indicates It Might Declare Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Unconstitutional

US Appeals Court Indicates It Might Declare Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Unconstitutional     Reuters August 1, 2025 The Guardian Judges express deep skepticism about a key piece of the US president’s hardline immigration agenda A woman w…
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August 4, 2025 at 6:40 AM

How NASA Engineered Its Own Decline

How NASA Engineered Its Own Decline     Franklin Foer July 28, 2025 The Atlantic The agency once projected America’s loftiest ideals. Then it ceded its ambitions to Elon Musk. , Photo-illustration by Fernando Pino*   In the beginning, the…
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August 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM

Hulk Hogan Was a Very Bad Man

Portside Culture Hulk Hogan Was a Very Bad Man     Carl Beijer July 26, 2025 Jacobin Hulk Hogan, who died this week at age 71, was the most important professional wrestler who ever lived. He was also a terrible human being. Hulk Hogan tak…
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August 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Trump Demands BLS Director Fired Over Bad Jobs Report

Trump Demands BLS Director Fired Over Bad Jobs Report     Brad Reed August 1, 2025 Common Dreams One economist mused that the president's economic advisers could make "a picture book" so they can "explain to Trump how the data are collected." , A…
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August 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Article Can States Reinvent U.S. Healthcare?

Article Can States Reinvent U.S. Healthcare?     Lynn Parramore July 29, 2025 Institute for New Economic Thinking Phillip Alvelda, a former DARPA program manager, reveals how a fracturing federal system has opened the door for bold state leadership. Will b…
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August 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Mamdani for NYC Mayor: The Fight We’ve Been Waiting For

Mamdani for NYC Mayor: The Fight We’ve Been Waiting For     Tom Gallagher July 29, 2025 The Stansbury Forum This is our race. Who’s the we in “our”? Anyone who feels that we the people have to find a way wrest control of the economic future of this country…
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August 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Entering a Golden Age for War Profiteers

Entering a Golden Age for War Profiteers     William D. Hartung August 27, 2025 TomDispatch Trump's Washington Breathes New Life into the Military-Industrial Complex , Shutterstock   When, in his 1961 farewell address, President Dwight D.…
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August 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Badar Khan Suri, the Georgetown Researcher Abducted by ICE Speaks Out

Badar Khan Suri, the Georgetown Researcher Abducted by ICE Speaks Out     Badar Khan Suri interviewed by Hira Ahmed July 25, 2025 Acacia “If my ordeal exposed authoritarianism and put a spotlight on the suffering in Gaza, I’m happy to do it again and again…