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September 18, 2025 at 6:40 AM

‘Censoring You in Real Time’: Suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Show Sparks Shock and Fears for Free Speech

‘Censoring You in Real Time’: Suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Show Sparks Shock and Fears for Free Speech     Jonathan Yerushalmy September 17, 2025 The Guardian ABC decision over Kimmel comments about Charlie Kirk’s killing comes hours after Trump-appointed ch…

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September 18, 2025 at 6:30 AM

The Authoritarians Want Your Hopelessness—Don’t Give It to Them

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September 18, 2025 at 6:15 AM

Jews and Israel Are Not the Same. Equating Them Is a Propaganda Technique

Jews and Israel Are Not the Same. Equating Them Is a Propaganda Technique     Norman Solomon September 16, 2025 The Guardian The claim is central to rationales for arming Israel even as leading human rights groups decry genocide in Gaza , Illustr…

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September 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM

What Abraham Lincoln Understood About the Founders

Portside Culture What Abraham Lincoln Understood About the Founders     Jeff Shesol September 15, 2025 The New York Times In “Born Equal,” Akhil Reed Amar paints a sprawling portrait of 19th-century America in thrall to its founding moment. …

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September 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek — September 17, 2025

Global Left Midweek — September 17, 2025     September 17, 2025 xxxxxx The fire this time BRASILIA: An inflatable figure, depicting Jair Bolsonaro, is erected by protesters. Brazil’s Sup­re­me Court sentenced far-right former President Bolsonaro to…

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September 17, 2025 at 12:35 AM

New Poll: Democratic Socialism Is Now Mainstream

New Poll: Democratic Socialism Is Now Mainstream     The Editors of Jacobin September 15, 2025 Jacobin A national poll from Jacobin, DSA Fund, and Data for Progress finds broad support for democratic socialist leaders and left-wing policies. Poli…

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September 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM

‘More Egalitarian’: How Nepal’s Gen Z Used Gaming App Discord To Pick PM

‘More Egalitarian’: How Nepal’s Gen Z Used Gaming App Discord To Pick PM     Samik Kharel September 15, 2025 Al Jazeera It was a first for an electoral democracy. Backers say it is more transparent than what politicians do. But it has risks. A go…

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September 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM

Black Voices Are Vital to Democracy. The Media Must Stop Firing Them.

Black Voices Are Vital to Democracy. The Media Must Stop Firing Them.     Perry Bacon September 15, 2025 The American Prospect The Washington Post’s Karen Attiah is the latest prominent Black journalist to lose her job. The trend is a sign of retrenchment …

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September 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM

Russ Vought’s Scheme Has Been Unmasked

Russ Vought’s Scheme Has Been Unmasked     Rosa DeLauro September 16, 2025 The American Prospect Hundreds of billions in appropriated spending has been withheld, with dire consequences. Government funding shouldn’t be derailed like this. OMB Dire…

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September 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bites – September 16, 2025

Media Bits and Bites – September 16, 2025     September 16, 2025 xxxxxx Murder by meme , CBS ad   The New Face of Broadcast Media is Emerging Murder By Meme Top AI Scientist Leaves US for China Global Press Freedom in Steep Decline A Newsr…

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September 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Brazilian Epic the Secret Agent Tackles Politics, Espionage, and Jaws

Portside Culture Brazilian Epic the Secret Agent Tackles Politics, Espionage, and Jaws     Natalie Keogan September 12, 2025 AV Club Kleber Mendonça Filho's fantastic thriller interweaves his country's deep-seated corruption and his own love of cin…

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September 16, 2025 at 1:35 AM

‘Something Dark Might Be Coming’: Senator Rebukes Right’s Weaponization of Kirk Murder To ‘Destroy Dissent’

‘Something Dark Might Be Coming’: Senator Rebukes Right’s Weaponization of Kirk Murder To ‘Destroy Dissent’     Brad Reed September 15, 2025 Common Dreams “I hope I’m wrong. But we need to be prepared if I’m right,” warned Sen. Chris Murphy. Sen.…

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September 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM

This Week in People’s History, Sep 17–23, 2025

This Week in People’s History, Sep 17–23, 2025     xxxxxx No Way Out for Haiti (1915), Slavers Flex Political Muscles (1850), Decades of Struggle Wins! (1935), Racial Justice Doesn’t Come Easy (1975), A Boycott on Steroids (1939), ‘We Believe in Farmers’ (198…

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September 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM

France’s ‘Block Everything’ Anti-Austerity Movement Could Point the Way for Europe

France’s ‘Block Everything’ Anti-Austerity Movement Could Point the Way for Europe     Emiliano Brancaccio September 14, 2025 Il Manifesto Global Before it ends up being repressed, the wind of revolt sweeping through the squares of France must be transform…

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September 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM

How JPMorgan Enabled the Crimes of Jeffrey Epstein

How JPMorgan Enabled the Crimes of Jeffrey Epstein     David Enrich, Matthew Goldstein, Jessica Silver-Greenberg September 8, 2025 The New York Times A Times investigation found that America’s leading bank spent years supporting — and profiting from — the …

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September 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The Great Parmesan Cheese Enigma

Portside Culture The Great Parmesan Cheese Enigma     Willa Paskin September 2, 2025 Slate According to historian Alberto Grandi, if you want to eat the original Parmigiano like our great-grandparents used to eat, you should go to Milwaukee or Madi…

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September 15, 2025 at 8:25 AM

Sunday Science: Happy Birthday, LIGO. Now Drop Dead.

Sunday Science: Happy Birthday, LIGO. Now Drop Dead.     Dennis Overbye September 10, 2025 The New York Times Ten years ago, astronomers made an epic discovery with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Cosmology hasn’t been the same sin…

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September 15, 2025 at 7:30 AM

If RFK Jr. Doesn’t Resign, Physicians Should Join a Limited Strike (Opinion)

If RFK Jr. Doesn’t Resign, Physicians Should Join a Limited Strike (Opinion)     Richard L. Kravitz September 12, 2025 STAT News It’s a nuclear option — but it may be necessary Junior doctors take part in a strike on the picket line outside the S…

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September 15, 2025 at 6:05 AM

How Originalism Killed the Constitution

How Originalism Killed the Constitution     Jill Lepore September 10, 2025 The Atlantic A radical legal philosophy has undermined the process of constitutional evolution. , Nora Carol Photography / Getty   A bushy-browed, pipe-smoking, pi…

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September 15, 2025 at 4:15 AM

Charlie Kirk’s Killing Was a Tragedy. But We Must Not Rewrite His Life

Charlie Kirk’s Killing Was a Tragedy. But We Must Not Rewrite His Life     Moira Donegan September 14, 2025 The Guardian In the wake of horror, honest accountings of his life have not only become rare – they have also become dangerous In the wake…

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September 15, 2025 at 3:45 AM

Colonize Then, Deport Now

Colonize Then, Deport Now     Jonathan Ort September 9, 2025 Africa is a Country Trump’s deportation regime revives a colonial blueprint first drafted by the American Colonization Society, when Black lives were exiled to Africa to safeguard a white republi…

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September 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The Pitt and Other Medical Shows Finally Acknowledge ‘Backbone’ of Health Care: Filipino Nurses

Portside Culture The Pitt and Other Medical Shows Finally Acknowledge ‘Backbone’ of Health Care: Filipino Nurses     Christine Pagulayan September 13, 2025 CBC News Filipino Canadian nurses weigh in on what TV portrayals get right and where they ca…

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September 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Ex-IDF Chief Confirms Gaza Casualties Over 200,000

Ex-IDF Chief Confirms Gaza Casualties Over 200,000     Julian Borger September 12, 2025 The Guardian Retired general Herzi Halevi says ‘not once’ had legal advice constrained Israel’s military decisions in the strip. Former army chief of staff He…

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September 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Daniel Bensaid and Question of Strategy

Daniel Bensaid and Question of Strategy     Sankha Subhra Biswas September 8, 2025 Socialist Project The fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 was not merely a geopolitical event but also resulted, globally, in a profound crisis in revolutionary thought. …

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September 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Why Los Angeles Must Resist

Why Los Angeles Must Resist     Max Benavidez September 10, 2025 The Stansbury Forum The city that raised me—this dazzling, sprawling place of freedom and invention—is under siege Police officers and members of the National Guard are deployed out…

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September 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM

How Omar Fateh Brought His Own ‘Mamdani Moment’ to Minneapolis

How Omar Fateh Brought His Own ‘Mamdani Moment’ to Minneapolis     Owen Jakel September 9, 2025 The Progressive In both Minneapolis and New York City, democratic socialist municipal candidates have made strides—and faced backlash from the Democratic establ…

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September 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Trump, Tyranny and the Need for a People’s Program

Trump, Tyranny and the Need for a People’s Program     Richard Rubenstein September 5, 2025 CounterPunch We urgently need to create a people’s movement. Meeting locally and nationally, interested Americans of all backgrounds can form “committees of corresp…

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September 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM

The Far Right Is Already Blaming the Left for Charlie Kirk’s Shooting

The Far Right Is Already Blaming the Left for Charlie Kirk’s Shooting     Robert McCoy September 10, 2025 The New Republic The attack on the conservative activist Wednesday garnered an outpouring of rage online. Is this our Reichstag moment, similar to wha…

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September 12, 2025 at 2:20 AM

Who Died? Did Trump Know? What About the Hostages? Five Key Questions on Israel’s Strike in Doha

Who Died? Did Trump Know? What About the Hostages? Five Key Questions on Israel’s Strike in Doha     Amir Tibon September 10, 2025 Haaretz Many details surrounding the IDF's airstrike on a Hamas leadership meeting in Qatar remain unclear – including the le…

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September 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM

Electing a Socialist in New York City – Where Taking Care of Everyone Is Common Sense.

Electing a Socialist in New York City – Where Taking Care of Everyone Is Common Sense.     Hamilton Nolan September 8, 2025 How Things Work What socialism really means is public services for the public good. Using government to socialize the things that ca…

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September 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM

What I Got Wrong About D.E.I.

What I Got Wrong About D.E.I.     Eugenia Cheng September 5, 2025 The New York Times Math teaches us that D.E.I. initiatives should be about carefully defining metrics we use to measure how far people have come, thus how far they have the potential to go. …

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September 12, 2025 at 1:15 AM

Tidbits- Sept 11 -Readers Comments: Dept of War, Trump War on All People of Our Country; in Memory of Melissa Hortman; Mainstream Democrats; Epstein Files and Domestic Violence; MAGA Influencers Rehabilitating Hitler; Block the Bombs Act-Sept 15

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September 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM

All Elements in Place for a US Decapitation Strike on Venezuela

All Elements in Place for a US Decapitation Strike on Venezuela     Roger D. Harris and Joe Emersberger September 5, 2025 LA Progressive All the elements, especially US impunity, are in place to eventually attempt a decapitation strike eliminating the Sout…

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September 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM

Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures

Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures     Reed Abelson and Teddy Rosenbluth August 28, 2025 The New York Times A pilot program in six states will use a tactic employed by private insurers that has been heavily criticized for delaying …

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September 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM

Marx’s Last Studies

Portside Culture Marx’s Last Studies     Charles Reitz May 15, 2025 Marx & Philosophy Review of Books Between 1879 and 1882, Marx the studied latest research and writing on communal clan-based social formations around the globe, focusing on the…

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September 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM

Sotomayor Slams SCOTUS for Unconscionable Racial Profiling Decision

Sotomayor Slams SCOTUS for Unconscionable Racial Profiling Decision     Robert McCoy September 8, 2025 The New Republic Every liberal justice on the Supreme Court issued a scathing dissent in the decision to let ICE resume its racial-profiling tactics. …

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September 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM

Federal Agents in NY Retreat in SUV With Slashed Tires As Protesters Shout ‘Gestapo’

Federal Agents in NY Retreat in SUV With Slashed Tires As Protesters Shout ‘Gestapo’     Gino Fanelli September 10, 2025 Gothamist The group shouted “shame” and "Gestapo,” and applauded as agents in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-led action d…

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September 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek — September 10, 2025

Global Left Midweek — September 10, 2025     September 10, 2025 xxxxxx The planet in play , La Via Campesina   Via Campesina: Reclaim Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power! “Block Everything!” France Ignites  Xi Platforms East and South U…

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September 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM

What We Can Learn From Nordic Socialism

What We Can Learn From Nordic Socialism     Chris Kutalik September 9, 2025 Jacobin A new book by Danish MP Pelle Dragsted argues that socialists can start building economic democracy even before capitalism is fully overcome. Dragsted’s vision is…

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September 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Global Sumud Flotilla: When States Fail, Humanity Sets Sail

Global Sumud Flotilla: When States Fail, Humanity Sets Sail     Deniz Baran September 9, 2025 Middle East Eye The flotilla sails as a lawful act of civil society, seeking to challenge Israel's blockade of Gaza and deliver essential humanitarian aid to a st…

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September 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM

What the Polls Are Screaming to ‘Mainstream’ Democrats

What the Polls Are Screaming to ‘Mainstream’ Democrats     Harold Meyerson September 9, 2025 The American Prospect The Democratic rank and file is much more aligned with Bernie, AOC, and Zohran than it is with Chuck and Hakeem. Sen. Bernie Sander…

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September 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The One Crime Trump Doesn’t Seem To Have a Problem With? Domestic Violence.

The One Crime Trump Doesn’t Seem To Have a Problem With? Domestic Violence.     Julianne McShane September 8, 2025 Mother Jones “If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime, see? So now I can’t claim 100 percent [reduction in crime…

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September 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars — September 9, 2025

Dispatches From the Culture Wars — September 9, 2025     September 9, 2025 xxxxxx Culture wars turning from cold to hot , Patrick Chappatte   Multilevel Marketing Shapes Our Reality The Rich Democratic Party Gerontocracy Mobile Home Mobili…

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September 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Caught Stealing Is a Wild and Violent Romp

Portside Culture Caught Stealing Is a Wild and Violent Romp     Eileen Jones September 2, 2025 Jacobin Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing sees the typically pretentious auteur shift gears toward fun and violence in late 1990s NYC. It’s a throwback …

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September 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM

Need I List All the Reasons Why Trump Shouldn’t Get a Nobel Peace Prize?

Need I List All the Reasons Why Trump Shouldn’t Get a Nobel Peace Prize?     Sidney Blumenthal September 8, 2025 The Guardian Trump has been an enabler of war, famine, disease and death , REUTERS/Brian Snyde   Donald Trump’s thuggish camp…

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September 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM

Trump Is Scrubbing Slavery From Our Historical Sites

Trump Is Scrubbing Slavery From Our Historical Sites     Kevin Sack September 5, 2025 The New York Times This is a betrayal of history’s fundamental purpose: to learn from the past. If we ever aspire to become one nation, the entirety of our past, includin…

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September 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM

This Week in People’s History, Sep 10–16, 2025

This Week in People’s History, Sep 10–16, 2025     xxxxxx Starvation in the Midst of Plenty: Deadly Landlordism During the Potato Famine in Ireland Police evicting an Irish farm family,   Starvation in the Midst of Plenty: Deadly Landlordism…

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September 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM

People “Are Tired of Backroom Decisions”: A Conversation With Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh

People “Are Tired of Backroom Decisions”: A Conversation With Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh     Peter Lucas September 5, 2025 The Nation The Minnesota state senator won Minneapolis’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party endorsement for mayor—but the state-level party …

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September 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The Pomegranate in History and Myth

Portside Culture The Pomegranate in History and Myth     Demir Alp August 29, 2025 JSTOR DAILY The pomegranate shows a marked versatility in its cultural connotations and connections. The intrigues of pomegranates extend beond the culinar…

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September 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM

D.C. Sues Trump Over National Guard Deployment, Alleging Illegal Federal Takeover

D.C. Sues Trump Over National Guard Deployment, Alleging Illegal Federal Takeover     Stacy M. Brown September 4, 2025 Washington Informer “Deploying the National Guard to engage in law enforcement is not only unnecessary and unwanted, but it is also dange…

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