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…

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…

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…

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. …

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…