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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…
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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…