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September 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause     Ta-Nehisi Coates September 16, 2025 Vanity Fair "Burying the truth of the Confederacy, rewriting its aims and ideas, and ignoring its animating words allowed for the terrorization of the Bl…
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September 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Autism Has Always Existed. We Haven’t Always Called It Autism.

Autism Has Always Existed. We Haven’t Always Called It Autism.     Roy Richard Grinker September 24, 2025 The New York Times Science has not failed. We have developed reliable early detection methods, expanded special education and improved behavioral and …
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September 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Missed Kimmel’s Return? Here’s a Transcript of His Monologue

Missed Kimmel’s Return? Here’s a Transcript of His Monologue     Jimmy Kimmel, Luciana Lopez September 24, 2025 CNN Business Jimmy Kimmel returned to his late night show Tuesday after his suspension amid pressure from the FCC and the Trump administration, …
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September 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits- Sept 25 -Readers Comments: Unhinged at UN; Jimmy Kimmel, Suing Media, Attack on Free Speech; Recognition of Palestine Is a Big Deal; Public Health Workers:End Genocide in Gaza; Pressure on Sinclair and Nextstar; Pass a Millionaires’ Surtax

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September 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM

How Artists Resisted Fascism a Century Ago

Portside Culture How Artists Resisted Fascism a Century Ago     Louis Bury September 19, 2025 Art in America This book is a portrait of the World War II-era antifascist movement in Britain among artists. ,   Comrades in Art Artist…
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September 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM

7 Key Moments From Trump’s U.N. Speech

7 Key Moments From Trump’s U.N. Speech     Joshua Barajas and Dan Cooney September 23, 2025 PBS When President Donald Trump returned to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, his speech underscored a familiar opposition to the mission of the Unite…
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September 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh on His Run for Mayor

Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh on His Run for Mayor     Liza Featherstone September 22, 2025 Jacobin What does democratic socialism mean to Omar Fateh, Minneapolis mayoral candidate? “It’s pretty clear cut: you want to take care of everyone.” Minneapol…
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September 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The US Right Claimed Free Speech Was Sacred – Until the Charlie Kirk Killing

The US Right Claimed Free Speech Was Sacred – Until the Charlie Kirk Killing     J Oliver Conroy September 21, 2025 The Guardian Rightwingers had long complained of a censorious leftwing ‘cancel culture’ but seem happy to now reframe that as ‘consequence c…
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September 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Clamoring To Tax the Rich

Clamoring To Tax the Rich     Harold Meyerson September 22, 2025 The American Prospect In Berkeley, New York, Paris, and Vatican City, it’s become central to political battles—and religious concerns. Parisians march in the streets over France’s n…
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September 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek — September 24, 2025

Global Left Midweek — September 24, 2025     September 24, 2025 xxxxxx The battle cry of democracy is heard far and wide Protesters in Rizal Park, Manila, on 21 September. Credit, Lisa Marie David/Reuters   Italy: General Strike for Palest…
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September 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars — September 23, 2025

Dispatches From the Culture Wars — September 23, 2025     September 23, 2025 xxxxxx A time to try our souls Diego Morales, chair of the 25th Ward Independent Political Organization, Chicago, builds morale for the protesters at Federal Plaza during …
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September 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Trump’s War on Wind: Tens of Thousands of Jobs Destroyed, Unions Say

Trump’s War on Wind: Tens of Thousands of Jobs Destroyed, Unions Say     Kari Thompson September 22, 2025 Labor Notes The Revolution Wind offshore turbine farm off the coast of Rhode Island is 80 percent complete, but its fate remains uncertain after the D…
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September 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Here Are the Reasons Why Recognition of Palestine Is Such a Big Deal

Here Are the Reasons Why Recognition of Palestine Is Such a Big Deal     Daoud Kuttab September 22, 2025 The New Republic Recognition of Palestinian statehood—especially from the U.K.—is not merely symbolic. It has specific ramifications under internationa…
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September 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The US Abandoned Affordable Housing. We Can Create It Again.

The US Abandoned Affordable Housing. We Can Create It Again.     Fran Quigley September 21, 2025 Jacobin America’s packed eviction courts and overflowing homeless shelters are the result of decades of deliberate policy choices. We once made better choices …
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September 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The Consensus Is Clear: It’s Genocide.

The Consensus Is Clear: It’s Genocide.     Raji Sourani September 23, 2025 The Guardian There is a UN convention for exactly this kind of horror: the convention for the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide. When will the world act on it? …
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September 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Riefenstahl Exposes the Nazis’ Favorite Filmmaker

Portside Culture Riefenstahl Exposes the Nazis’ Favorite Filmmaker     An interview with Andres Veiel September 21, 2025 Jacobin Darkly influential, the cinema of Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl is a powerful blend of art and propaganda. She’s n…
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September 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM

This Week in People’s History, Sep 24–30, 2025

This Week in People’s History, Sep 24–30, 2025     xxxxxx Affirmative Action Had a Long Run, But Not Nearly Long Enough (1965), Working for Amazon Is Very, Very, Dangerous (2000), Witch-Hunt Targets Hazel Scott (1950), Bad Medicine at Johns Hopkins (2015) …
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September 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM

What Our Health Care System Fails To Recognize About Women’s Pain

What Our Health Care System Fails To Recognize About Women’s Pain     Kayley Corley September 16, 2025 The Progressive Preserving and expanding access to Medicaid—and improving women’s access to health care—is a matter of life or death. , PeopleI…
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September 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Trump Appointees Roll Back Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws

Trump Appointees Roll Back Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws     Debra Kamin September 22, 2025 The New York Times Interviews and internal documents show that signature civil rights protections in housing are being dismissed as ideologically driven and D.E.…
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September 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Tom Homan Took $50K From Undercover FBI Agents. Trump’s DOJ Shut Down the Investigation.

Tom Homan Took $50K From Undercover FBI Agents. Trump’s DOJ Shut Down the Investigation.     Carol Leonnig and Ken Dilanian September 20, 2025 MSNBC On Sept. 20, 2024, with hidden cameras recording the scene, Homan accepted $50,000 in bills from undercover…
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September 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The FDA May Change What Legally Counts As Orange Juice

Portside Culture The FDA May Change What Legally Counts As Orange Juice     Stacey Leasca August 8, 2025 Food & Wine In response to the Florida Citrus Processors Association and Florida Citrus Mutual, the FDA is proposing to amend the standard …
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September 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The True Threat of OpenAI

The True Threat of OpenAI     Andrew Deck September 17, 2025 The Nation Karen Hao’s recent book on the company argues that its ambitions are not merely about scale or the market but the creation of a global force that rivals a colonial power of old. …
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September 22, 2025 at 4:30 AM

Sunday Science: Do We Really Understand the Universe?

Sunday Science: Do We Really Understand the Universe?     Dr. Paul M. Sutter September 19, 2025 Dr. Paul M. Sutter What are the fundamental physical constants and what determines their value? , Paul M. Sutter   Paul M. Sutter is a cosmol…
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September 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM

Israel’s Opposition Is Plotting a Return to Power. But It Remains Its Own Worst Enemy

Israel’s Opposition Is Plotting a Return to Power. But It Remains Its Own Worst Enemy     Joshua Leifer September 15, 2025 +972 Magazine Despite a strong showing in the polls, Israel’s center-left camp is still in denial about its only trump card: joining …
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September 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM

What’s Behind Rising Unemployment for Black Workers?

What’s Behind Rising Unemployment for Black Workers?     Valerie Wilson September 19, 2025 Economic Policy Institute There has been a clear deterioration in the labor market for Black workers this year. The decline in Black workers’ employment appears to b…
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September 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM

Jimmy Kimmel’s Cancellation Is Peak Hypocrisy

Portside Culture Jimmy Kimmel’s Cancellation Is Peak Hypocrisy     Branko Marcetic September 18, 2025 Jacobin After campaigning on ending censorship and cancel culture, Donald Trump is making the list of things you're not allowed to say in America …
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September 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM

The Giant Fireball That Could Save Us

The Giant Fireball That Could Save Us     David Sirota, Ariella Markowitz, Bill McKibben September 19, 2025 The Lever America’s real-life Lorax says the climate apocalypse might be averted after all. The sun sets over a oil refinery in Tarragona,…
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September 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM

The Second Amendment Was Created To Put Down Slave Revolts

The Second Amendment Was Created To Put Down Slave Revolts     Thom Hartmann September 19, 2025 CounterPunch But to understand why the Second Amendment exists at all, we must strip away the myths and confront a brutal truth: it was not written to safeguard…
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September 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Oct 18 No Kings Day #2

Oct 18 No Kings Day #2     September 20, 2025 No Kings No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. On October 18, millions of us are rising again to show the world: America has no kings, and the power belongs to the people. , No Kings   The Powe…
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September 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM

People Are Boycotting Disney, Hulu, and ESPN

People Are Boycotting Disney, Hulu, and ESPN     Saleah Blancaflor September 19, 2025 Fast Company Some experts who study the impact of brand backlash doubt the entertainment giant will suffer in the long term, but that doesn’t mean it has nothing to lose.…
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September 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM

From Delhi to DC: A Summer Study in Power and Resistance

From Delhi to DC: A Summer Study in Power and Resistance     Shareen Joshi September 12, 2025 Foreign Policy in Focus Power without legitimacy eventually meets its match. , Shutterstock   August 2025 will be remembered as the month India …
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September 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Immigrant Defense Is the Frontline of the Fight for Democracy

Immigrant Defense Is the Frontline of the Fight for Democracy     Bill Gallegos September 18, 2025 New Liberator “If we can dream it, we can make it happen.” That is the vision that should guide us as we work together to defend our immigrant sisters and br…
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September 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The Paradox of Anticommunism

The Paradox of Anticommunism     Denise Lynn September 15, 2025 xxxxxx Anticommunists deployed "semantic contrivances" to claim the US was a model democracy; meanwhile, the FBI focused its energies on activists and described their freedom aspirations as cons…
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September 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM

Friday Nite Videos | September 19, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | September 19, 2025     xxxxxx September 19, 2025 xxxxxx Jimmy Kimmel: The Final Show? Colbert's Identical Twin Brings Back 'The Word': Shhhhhh! Mayor to Mayor: Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani. Charlie. Kash Patel, Jeffrey Epstein and K…
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September 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM

A Billionaire Trump Supporter Will Soon Own the News

A Billionaire Trump Supporter Will Soon Own the News     William D. Cohan September 18, 2025 The New York Times The unprecedented likely control of CBS, CNN, HBO, Paramount, TikTok and Discovery by Trump-supporting billionaire Larry Ellison indicates that …
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September 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM

Trump Is Treating the Military Like His Personal Mercenaries

Trump Is Treating the Military Like His Personal Mercenaries     Tom Nichols September 19, 2025 The Atlantic Trump thinks he can pick up the phone and have people blown up at sea on his personal orders—and so far, no one’s stopped him from doing exactly th…
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September 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM

10 States in the West and Northeast Challenge CDC, Issue Own Vaccine Guidelines

10 States in the West and Northeast Challenge CDC, Issue Own Vaccine Guidelines     September 17, 2025 Defying RFK Jr's new 'vaccine sceptic' leadership, states in the West and Northeast are joining forces to create their own health guidelines based on the r…
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September 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM

LA Jury Acquits Protester Despite Top Border Patrol Official’s Testimony

LA Jury Acquits Protester Despite Top Border Patrol Official’s Testimony     Brittny Mejia and James Queally September 17, 2025 Los Angeles Times Protests across Los Angeles this summer led to charges against multiple people accused of assaulting or impedi…
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September 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Revolution

Portside Culture Revolution     Lenore Weiss Poet Lenore Weiss remembers what it was like to have heroes and hope. , WordTech Editions   The revolution was around the corner every weekend a different demonstration chanting down Fifth…
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September 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM

McCarthyism on the Campuses

McCarthyism on the Campuses     Corey Robin September 15, 2025 Jacobin The University of California, in a move with strong echoes of McCarthyism, has turned over to the Trump administration dossiers on 160 faculty, students and staff under investigation fo…
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September 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM

The Sinister Truth Behind Netanyahu’s Gaza City Invasion – His Greatest Gamble Since October 7

The Sinister Truth Behind Netanyahu’s Gaza City Invasion – His Greatest Gamble Since October 7     Amos Harel September 17, 2025 Haaretz The man who's leading Israel into a deepening war in the Strip – amid slim chances of victory – is a failed, isolated a…
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September 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Trump Administration Retreats on Combating Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation

Trump Administration Retreats on Combating Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation     Aaron Glantz, Bernice Yeung and Noy Thrupkaew September 17, 2025 The Guardian “For Trump, trafficking is a bludgeon that’s deployed to accomplish political ends. It’s n…
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September 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM

When the Left Exerted Power in Congress—and How It Can Again

When the Left Exerted Power in Congress—and How It Can Again     Van Gosse September 18, 2025 xxxxxx The “third rail” over Palestine is losing its fatal power in Congress and the Democratic Party, and it’s time to shut it down permanently, as part of a long-…
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September 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits- Sept 18 -Readers Comments: Charlie Kirk Killing Excuse for Authoritarianism, Fascism; Real Reason for Attacks Against Us; Medicare To Require Prior Approval for Some Procedures; Attack on Environmental Protections a Cancer Pollution Risk

Tidbits- Sept 18 -Readers Comments: Charlie Kirk Killing Excuse for Authoritarianism, Fascism; Real Reason for Attacks Against Us; Medicare To Require Prior Approval for Some Procedures; Attack on Environmental Protections a Cancer Pollution Risk     September 18,…
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September 18, 2025 at 7:05 AM

Does Anybody Care This Is the Worst Bribery Scandal Since Teapot Dome?

Does Anybody Care This Is the Worst Bribery Scandal Since Teapot Dome?     Timothy Noah September 17, 2025 The New Republic The UAE put $2 billion into World Liberty Financial, then got export restrictions lifted on AI chips. Nothing to see here, move alon…
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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

The Authoritarians Want Your Hopelessness—Don’t Give It to Them     Emese Ilyés September 17, 2025 Common Dreams This is how authoritarians operate: they flourish when the population feels despair, turning even moments that could bring us together into too…
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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…