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October 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid     Ruth Talbot and Nicole Santa Cruz / ProPublica October 3, 2025 Scheer Post Here’s What Never Arrived Monterey County Food Bank., Jimmy Panetta, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons   On a s…
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October 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM

“Anti-Capitalism” as a Political Pre-Crime

“Anti-Capitalism” as a Political Pre-Crime     Ben Burgis October 2, 2025 Jacobin Donald Trump’s new security directive labels anti-capitalist beliefs as a predictor of political violence. The irony: left-wing structural analysis actually pushes people awa…
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October 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Agency Shutdown Messaging Draws Hatch Act, Antideficiency Act Challenges

Agency Shutdown Messaging Draws Hatch Act, Antideficiency Act Challenges     Justin Doubleday, Federal News Network October 3, 2025 Maryland Matters While Hatch Act is the focus of several complaints, one group is arguing the messages violate federal appro…
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October 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Violence Deconstructed: Jeffrey Epstein’s Victims Deserve Better

Violence Deconstructed: Jeffrey Epstein’s Victims Deserve Better     Kylie Cheung October 2, 2025 Prism Epstein and his trafficking ring of ultra-wealthy figures expose how patriarchy and oligarchy conspire to crush victims, then empower men like Trump wit…
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October 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM

As Trump Works To Crush Climate Efforts, Local Projects Persevere at the Grassroots

As Trump Works To Crush Climate Efforts, Local Projects Persevere at the Grassroots     Greg Harman October 2, 2025 Deceleration Far from the image of social breakdown so often depicted in Hollywood blockbusters, every disaster survived deepens a community…
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October 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM

Friday Nite Videos | October 3, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | October 3, 2025     xxxxxx October 3, 2025 xxxxxx 'Unhinged and Unwell': Trump's Mental Decline Raises Alarms. Trump Announces Seal Team 6 Killed U.S. Protester in Daring Overnight Raid. Netanyahu | John Oliver. Paige Gebhardt Cognetti P…
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October 4, 2025 at 1:20 AM

California Vows to ‘Instantly’ Cut Funding to Universities That Cave to Trump ‘Compact’

California Vows to ‘Instantly’ Cut Funding to Universities That Cave to Trump ‘Compact’     Lois Beckett October 2, 2025 The Guardian California Governor Gavin Newsom urges schools not to sign the ‘radical agreement’ Trump has proposed to cuts to departmen…
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October 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM

Reagan-Appointed Judge Calls Out Trump’s ‘Full-Throated Assault on the First Amendment’

Reagan-Appointed Judge Calls Out Trump’s ‘Full-Throated Assault on the First Amendment’     Jacob Knutson September 30, 2025 Democracy Docket The Reagan-appointed judge's opinion was remarkable in its candid assessment of the Trump administration’s effort …
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October 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM

Jane Goodall’s Legacy: Three Ways She Changed Science

Jane Goodall’s Legacy: Three Ways She Changed Science     Rachel Fieldhouse and Mohana Basu October 2, 2025 Nature The primatologist challenged what it meant to be a scientist. Jane Goodall considers this her favorite animal memory, image: screen…
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October 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM

This Arizona Professor Lets Strangers Ask Him About Being Trans

This Arizona Professor Lets Strangers Ask Him About Being Trans     Joseph Darius Jaafari October 2, 2025 The 19th Even offensive questions are welcome and are answered. The goal, to create empathy for a stranger, is one of the most effective ways to ease …
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October 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The Story of White People

Portside Culture The Story of White People     Tony Hoagland Poet Tony Hoagland commemorates the transition from innocence to knowledge, from privilege to guilt. , Graywolf Press   After so long seeming right, as in true, as in clean…
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October 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM

Mamdani, Randolph, Rustin, King: Their Case for Universal, Rather Than Particularistic, Social Policies

Mamdani, Randolph, Rustin, King: Their Case for Universal, Rather Than Particularistic, Social Policies     Harold Meyerson October 2, 2025 The American Prospect A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin’s Freedom Budget is the key to understanding the appeal o…
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October 3, 2025 at 3:05 AM

Hundreds of Celebrities Relaunch a McCarthy-Era Committee To Defend Free Speech

Hundreds of Celebrities Relaunch a McCarthy-Era Committee To Defend Free Speech     Anastasia Tsioulcas October 1, 2025 NPR On Wednesday, over 550 celebrities relaunched a group first organized during the post-World War II Red Scare: the Committee for the …
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October 3, 2025 at 2:50 AM

Global Sumud Flotilla: Latest Bid To Break Gaza Blockade Drew Activists From Across the World

Global Sumud Flotilla: Latest Bid To Break Gaza Blockade Drew Activists From Across the World     FRANCE 24 with AP and AFP October 2, 2025 France 24 The Global Sumud Flotilla the latest humanitarian mission to try to breach Israel’s maritime blockade of G…
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October 3, 2025 at 2:20 AM

Remembering Ann Fagan Ginger, 100, ‘Oracle of Justice’ Who Fought McCcarthyism and Championed Human Rights

Remembering Ann Fagan Ginger, 100, ‘Oracle of Justice’ Who Fought McCcarthyism and Championed Human Rights     Friends of Ann Fagan Ginger October 1, 2025 Berkeleyside For refusing to sign a loyalty oath she was barred from practicing law, targeted by the …
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October 3, 2025 at 1:40 AM

Tidbits- Oct. 2 -Readers Comments: “Enemy From Within”; Trump-Netanyahu Colonization Plan; Lost Cause in the 21st Century – Charlie Kirk and Donald Trump; Committee for the First Amendment Relaunched; AI and the Future of Work; Cartoons and More…

Tidbits- Oct. 2 -Readers Comments: “Enemy From Within”; Trump-Netanyahu Colonization Plan; Lost Cause in the 21st Century – Charlie Kirk and Donald Trump; Committee for the First Amendment Relaunched; AI and the Future of Work; Cartoons and More…     October 2, 20…
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October 2, 2025 at 3:25 AM

Trump Declares War on America

Trump Declares War on America     Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby, and Noel Sims October 1, 2025 Popular Information "It’s the enemy from within and we have to handle it before it gets out of control." President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting of…
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October 2, 2025 at 3:05 AM

Bulging Biceps Don’t Win Modern Wars

Bulging Biceps Don’t Win Modern Wars     Paul Krugman October 1, 2025 Paul Krugman Substack Hegseth’s speech was vile. It was also stupid. A Ukrainian drone operator,   Why did Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary — he may call himself sec…
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October 2, 2025 at 2:25 AM

Private Equity’s New Playground: America’s Schools

Private Equity’s New Playground: America’s Schools     Brock Hrehor September 29, 2025 The Lever Under the guise of championing “school choice,” the new school voucher program will likely divert millions in taxpayer dollars to private equity firms. …
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October 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Talk Traditions of the Brahmin Left

Portside Culture Talk Traditions of the Brahmin Left     Sean T. Byrnes September 25, 2025 Dissent Magazine Outclassed is a monument to the very elitism it seeks to challenge. ,   Outclassed: How the Left Lost the Working Class an…
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October 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek — October 1, 2025

Global Left Midweek — October 1, 2025     October 1, 2025 xxxxxx Gen Z protests continue to spread More than 100,000 marched under the motto 'Draw the red line with us: Together for Gaza!’ in Berlin on 27 September, 2025. Credit, AFP   You…
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October 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM

Gustavo Petro Isn’t Afraid of Donald Trump

Gustavo Petro Isn’t Afraid of Donald Trump     Cruz Bonlarron Martínez September 30, 2025 Jacobin Colombian president Gustavo Petro lambasted Donald Trump’s human rights abuses and Israel’s genocide at the United Nations last week. The US State Department …
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October 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM

No, the US Doesn’t Need Fossil Fuels To Win ‘An AI Arms Race’

No, the US Doesn’t Need Fossil Fuels To Win ‘An AI Arms Race’     Joe Fassler September 24, 2025 DESMOG These industry players and allies push a misleading narrative the Trump administration now parrots. Oil and gas industry leaders and their all…
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October 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM

Unions Are Handing Democrats a Golden Opportunity Amid the Shutdown Battle

Unions Are Handing Democrats a Golden Opportunity Amid the Shutdown Battle     Judith Levine September 30, 2025 The Guardian Federal workers’ move offers Democrats a chance to win the budget battle – and their identity. House Minority Leader Hake…
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October 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM

While World Leaders Dither Over a Gaza Peace Plan, I’m Hoping To Break Israel’s Blockade

While World Leaders Dither Over a Gaza Peace Plan, I’m Hoping To Break Israel’s Blockade     I’m Sailing Hoping to Break Israel’s Blockade September 30, 2025 The Guardian It’s not likely we will reach Gaza. But until Palestine is free, we will show what so…
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October 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes — September 30, 2025

Media Bits and Bytes — September 30, 2025     September 30, 2025 xxxxxx Public pressure saves Kimmel’s show Martin Rowson, Guardian   Defend the Movement and Our Media Why Community Radio Matters How AI is Transforming Journalism Education…
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September 30, 2025 at 4:45 AM

Trump-Netanyahu Joint Remarks Ripped As ‘Litany of Lies… Not a Promising Foundation for Peace’

Trump-Netanyahu Joint Remarks Ripped As ‘Litany of Lies… Not a Promising Foundation for Peace’     Brad Reed September 29, 2025 Common Dreams One critic noted Trump’s plan for Gaza “contains numerous opportunities for Netanyahu to renege on his commitments…
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September 30, 2025 at 12:45 AM

This Week in People’s History, Oct 1–7, 2025

This Week in People’s History, Oct 1–7, 2025     xxxxxx ‘Operation Paperclip’, the U.S. Space Program’s Creepy Pedigree (1945), Plugging a Hole in Earth’s Atmosphere (1985), A Coal Miner’s Daughter and Proud of It (1970), A Hard Look at a Failed Strike (1990)…
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September 30, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Trump and Putin Want To Carve Up Europe. It Feels Like 1939.

Trump and Putin Want To Carve Up Europe. It Feels Like 1939.     Simon Tisdall September 28, 2025 The Guardian Forget the US president’s seeming volte-face on Ukraine this week: he and Putin fundamentally agree that European liberal democracy is the proble…
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September 30, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Trump Plan Accelerates Assault on Section 8 and Pushes Millions Toward Eviction

Trump Plan Accelerates Assault on Section 8 and Pushes Millions Toward Eviction     Alexis Sterling September 24, 2025 Nation of Change Advocates warn that new HUD demands, looming funding cuts, and potential work rules could dismantle Housing Choice Vouch…
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September 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ezra Klein Hash Out Their Charlie Kirk Disagreement

Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ezra Klein Hash Out Their Charlie Kirk Disagreement     Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates September 28, 2025 YouTube The writer Ta-Nehisi Coates was harshly critical of my response to Charlie Kirk’s assassination. In an article in Vanity Fa…
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September 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Beyond Human Health: Microplastics Could Be a Big Problem for Crop Farmers

Portside Culture Beyond Human Health: Microplastics Could Be a Big Problem for Crop Farmers     David Silverberg May 16, 2025 Ambrook.com New research has found that miniscule pieces of plastic dotting cropland could be hurting the photosynthesis p…
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September 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM

Sunday Science: Study of 1M-Year-Old Skull Points to Earlier Origins of Modern Humans

Sunday Science: Study of 1M-Year-Old Skull Points to Earlier Origins of Modern Humans     Hannah Devlin September 25, 2025 The Guardian Skull found in China may be Homo longi, potentially revising understanding of human evolution An artist’s impr…
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September 29, 2025 at 7:15 AM

Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice As Much on Administrative Costs As on Health Care, GAO Says

Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice As Much on Administrative Costs As on Health Care, GAO Says     Margaret Coker, The Current September 24, 2025 ProPublica Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model f…
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September 29, 2025 at 6:20 AM

Lessons From Chicago’s Left, Two Years in Power

Lessons From Chicago’s Left, Two Years in Power     Alex Han, Asha Ransby-Sporn, Jeanette Taylor, Daniel Denvir September 28, 2025 Jacobin With Zohran Mamdani on the cusp of victory in New York City, the Left should learn from the ups and downs of embattle…
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September 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM

The Other Side of Trump’s Tariffs: Ghana’s Toxic Gold Rush

The Other Side of Trump’s Tariffs: Ghana’s Toxic Gold Rush     Jocelyn C. Zuckerman September 15, 2025 The Nation As gold prices spike across the globe, illegal mining is exploding—and driving the west African country toward ecological collapse. …
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September 29, 2025 at 5:05 AM

ICE Assaults Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh at Chicago Protest

ICE Assaults Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh at Chicago Protest     Amy Goodman, Juan González, Kat Abughazaleh September 23, 2025 Democracy Now! Illinois Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh was thrown to the ground by ICE agents on …
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September 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM

MAGA Is Coming for the WNBA

Portside Culture MAGA Is Coming for the WNBA     Alex Keeney September 27, 2025 Politico The nation’s most prominent — and most politically active — women’s pro sports league is on a collision course with Donald Trump. , Illustration by B…
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September 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM

The Duterte-Model of Authoritarianism

The Duterte-Model of Authoritarianism     Scot Nakagawa September 27, 2025 anti-authortarian playbook Urgent Recommendations for Movement Defense Against Legalized Violence , AMY OSBORNE/AFP via Getty Images   Summary: The Duterte Model i…
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September 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM

By Attacking Anti-Fascism, Trump Defends Fascism

By Attacking Anti-Fascism, Trump Defends Fascism     C.J. Polychroniou September 27, 2025 Common Dreams While there was little doubt before as to where Trump stood on democracy and human decency, he has made it clear with his decision to designate Antifa a…
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September 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The WTO and the Future of International Trade: Beyond the Liberal Paradigm

The WTO and the Future of International Trade: Beyond the Liberal Paradigm     Luciana Ghiotto September 25, 2025 Amandla! The future of international trade will be shaped not by the resurrection of liberal multilateralism but by struggles over what forms …
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September 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Your Guide to the Billionaire-Backed Groups Working To Push Dems Right in 2026

Your Guide to the Billionaire-Backed Groups Working To Push Dems Right in 2026     Adam Johnson September 24, 2025 real News Network A rebrand of previous centrist initiatives, Majority Democrats pins the blame for Democratic Party woes on “woke.” They vag…
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September 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Going Backwards on Rights With Trump

Going Backwards on Rights With Trump     Rebecca Gordon September 25, 2025 TomDispatch On September 8, 2025, the Supreme Court did its best to murder what’s left of civil rights in this country. ,   Warning: dangers in the mirror are ofte…
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September 27, 2025 at 2:15 AM

Friday Nite Videos | September 26, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | September 26, 2025     xxxxxx September 26, 2025 xxxxxx Leslie Jones on Memory-Holing Slavery. Bombshell Development in the Epstein Scandal. Pregnancy Is Insane. What Mark Zuckerberg Is Hiding About His AI Chatbots. Trump And Vance Canno…
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September 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM

The Kimmel Saga: Evidence the Tide May Be Turning

The Kimmel Saga: Evidence the Tide May Be Turning     Paul Krugman September 24, 2025 Paul Krugman Substack It's clear that Trump is rushing to lock in permanent power. But there is hard evidence that he may not enjoy the success that Vladimir Putin and Vi…
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September 27, 2025 at 12:25 AM

Recognizing Palestine: What Israeli Leaders Should Tell Israelis, if They Had the Guts

Recognizing Palestine: What Israeli Leaders Should Tell Israelis, if They Had the Guts     Dahlia Scheindlin September 25, 2025 Haaretz In lockstep with Netanyahu, opposition leaders lined up to condemn Israel's closest allies who recognized the State of P…
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September 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM

The Roberts Court Is Winning Its War on American Democracy

The Roberts Court Is Winning Its War on American Democracy     Matt Ford September 22, 2025 The New Republic Chief Justice John Roberts has now overseen 20 years of increasingly illiberal rulings by the Supreme Court. Presidential immunity, for example, di…
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September 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM

FAQ for Senior Military Officers at Hegseth’s Quantico Meeting

FAQ for Senior Military Officers at Hegseth’s Quantico Meeting     Eugene R. Fidell September 26, 2025 Just Security In an unprecedented move, Pete Hegseth has summoned all U.S. generals and admirals from around the globe to an in-person meeting. The purpo…
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September 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM

My Grandpa Was Two

Portside Culture My Grandpa Was Two     Peter Neil Carroll Stopping in Trempealeau, Wisconsin, during a trip along the Mississippi, historian and poet Peter Carroll contemplates the flow of time. , Higganum Hill Books   Uphill block …
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September 26, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Recognition of Palestine Is Not Enough

Recognition of Palestine Is Not Enough     Aida Touma-Suleiman September 21, 2025 Jacobin Israeli Knesset member Aida Touma-Suleiman argues that in order for the growing recognition of the state of Palestine to be meaningful, it must be accompanied by sanc…