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January 13, 2026 at 7:00 AM

They Want You To “Quit Demonstrating”

They Want You To “Quit Demonstrating”     Jeremy Schulman January 11, 2026 Mother Jones Trump’s second-term crackdown on dissent started with pro-Palestinian activists. It didn’t end there. A person flips off Border Patrol agents after they've ma…
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January 13, 2026 at 2:25 AM

The SCOTUS Ruling That Enabled the Killing of Renee Good

The SCOTUS Ruling That Enabled the Killing of Renee Good     Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern January 9, 2026 Slate Events keep demonstrating Donald Trump’s absolutely limitless claims of power to do anything. So nobody should be surprised at the reso…
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January 13, 2026 at 1:05 AM

This Week in People’s History, Jan 14–20, 2026

This Week in People’s History, Jan 14–20, 2026     xxxxxx Sit-Down Strikes Were Powerful; Now They’re Illegal (1937), Sixty-Two People Own the Same Wealth as 3.6 Billion (2016), Red Dye No. 2 Was Banned 50 Years Ago; Why Did It Take So Long? (1976), New York …
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January 13, 2026 at 1:00 AM

The MAHA Dietary Guidelines III: Conflicts of Interest

Portside Culture The MAHA Dietary Guidelines III: Conflicts of Interest     Marion Nestle January 12, 2026 Food Politics The new dietary guidelines, which were released Wednesday and emphasize protein, meat, cheese and milk, were informed by a panel …
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January 13, 2026 at 1:00 AM

Brute Force Sweeps Away the Rule of Law

Brute Force Sweeps Away the Rule of Law     Fabrizio Tonello January 8, 2026 Il Manifesto Global Donald Trump is weak and aggressive, while his advisors are unscrupulous. The mini-Nazis he has surrounded himself with are rushing to deploy military power to…
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January 13, 2026 at 1:00 AM

The ‘Sacred’ Pledge That Will Power the Relaunch of Far-Right Militia Oath Keepers

The ‘Sacred’ Pledge That Will Power the Relaunch of Far-Right Militia Oath Keepers     Alexander Lowie December 29, 2025 The Conversation What does the Rhodes interview indicate about the future of Oath Keepers? Enrique Tarrio, left, former leade…
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January 12, 2026 at 9:25 AM

Sunday Science: Little Red Dots - Biggest Breakthroughs in Physics 2025

Sunday Science: Little Red Dots - Biggest Breakthroughs in Physics 2025     Charlie Wood December 17, 2025 Quanta Magazine The James Webb Space Telescope has found a lonely black hole in the early universe that’s as heavy as 50 million suns. A major discov…
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January 12, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Impeachment and Immunity

Impeachment and Immunity     Daniel Lazare January 6, 2026 The Democratic Constitution Blog Daniel Lazare argues that the Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. United States (2024) follows the logic of an increasingly undemocratic Constitution , P…
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January 12, 2026 at 8:25 AM

The Tunnel Home: A Story of Housing First

The Tunnel Home: A Story of Housing First     Patrick Markee December 3, 2025 The Nation In the 1990s, a group of New Yorkers helped prove the effectiveness of a bold but simple approach to homelessness. Now Trump wants to end it. Margaret Morton…
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January 12, 2026 at 7:45 AM

Why Israelis Are Leaving in Record Numbers

Why Israelis Are Leaving in Record Numbers     Hila Amit January 7, 2026 +972 Magazine Over 150,000 citizens have left the country in the past two years alone — many of them with a one-way ticket and no plans of returning. Travelers at Ben Gurion…
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January 12, 2026 at 7:25 AM

*****SPAM***** Want To Stop ICE? Go After Its Corporate Collaborators

Want To Stop ICE? Go After Its Corporate Collaborators     Eric Blanc, Claire Sandberg, Wes McEnany January 9, 2026 Labor Politics ICE can’t function without help from the private sector. So we should force the private sector to stop helping. , R…
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January 12, 2026 at 2:30 AM

‘There’s Nothing Better on TV’: Behind the Scenes of Industry, the High-Stakes Finance Drama That Has Everyone Hooked

Portside Culture ‘There’s Nothing Better on TV’: Behind the Scenes of Industry, the High-Stakes Finance Drama That Has Everyone Hooked     Rachel Aroesti January 11, 2026 The Guardian Created by two uni mates whose last gig was a David Hasselhoff c…
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January 11, 2026 at 1:05 AM

What a Lobster Heist Tells Us About Government Failure

What a Lobster Heist Tells Us About Government Failure     Gabriel N. Rosenberg, Jan Dutkiewicz January 9, 2026 The New Republic Thieves regularly exploit the tangled, under-regulated freight mess that puts food on your plate. The answer is not more police…
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January 11, 2026 at 1:05 AM

AOC: ICE Killing of Renee Good Exposes ‘Fundamental Difference’ Between Herself and JD Vance

AOC: ICE Killing of Renee Good Exposes ‘Fundamental Difference’ Between Herself and JD Vance     Jon Queally January 10, 2026 Common Dreams “I understand that Vice President Vance believes that shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an…
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January 11, 2026 at 1:00 AM

Venezuela, Trump, and Voluntary Servitude

Venezuela, Trump, and Voluntary Servitude     Marga Ferré January 5, 2026 transform! europe We must firmly oppose the attack on Venezuela, because if we let Trump win, the message he sends is that there is no international law, that there is no democracy a…
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January 11, 2026 at 1:00 AM

Social Strikes

Social Strikes     JEREMY BRECHER December 25, 2025 Labor Network for Sustainability Can General Strikes, Mass Strikes, and People Power Uprisings Provide A Last Defense Against MAGA Tyranny? , Labor Network for Sustainability   Click her…
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January 11, 2026 at 1:00 AM

The Perilous Shift in U.S. Weapons Sales to Taiwan

The Perilous Shift in U.S. Weapons Sales to Taiwan     Jianlu Bi December 31, 2025 Foreign Policy in Focus Washington’s attempt to “use Taiwan to contain China” is not only failing to provide security but is actively accelerating the very confrontation it …
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January 10, 2026 at 1:15 AM

The Mad King’s Madness Deepens

The Mad King’s Madness Deepens     Paul Krugman January 9, 2026 Paul Krugman Substack For Trump, ICE’s violent lawlessness is a feature, not a bug. Sending armed, masked, poorly trained, and out-of-control thugs into blue cities is, in effect, a war on Ame…
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January 10, 2026 at 1:15 AM

Friday Nite Videos | January 9, 2026

Friday Nite Videos | January 9, 2026     xxxxxx January 9, 2026 xxxxxx Can We Unrecruit People With No Business in Law Enforcement? | The Daily Show. Join Ice | Jesse Welles. Videos Contradict Trump Account of ICE Shooting. The Secret Behind Zohran Mamdani’s…
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January 10, 2026 at 1:15 AM

ICE Out for Good Coalition Announces Nationwide Weekend of Action

ICE Out for Good Coalition Announces Nationwide Weekend of Action     Public Citizen January 9, 2026 Public Citizen In less than 24 hours after the announcement, there are already 1000 events anticipated nationwide in response to the killing of Renee Nicol…
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January 10, 2026 at 1:10 AM

NY Takes Baby Steps Toward Free Child Care

NY Takes Baby Steps Toward Free Child Care     Jessica Gould, Jimmy Vielkind, Andrew Giambrone and Walter Wuthmann January 9, 2026 Gothamist The launch of “2-Care” will start in “high-need areas,” building on the city’s existing pre-K and 3-K programs. NYS s…
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January 10, 2026 at 1:10 AM

The 5 Stages of the ‘Enshittification’ of Academic Publishing

The 5 Stages of the ‘Enshittification’ of Academic Publishing     Martina Linnenluecke and Carl Rhodes January 5, 2026 The Conversation Enshittification isn’t confined to the online world. It’s now visible in academic publishing. The same forces that hollo…
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January 10, 2026 at 1:00 AM

Writing My Country

Portside Culture Writing My Country     Beau Beausoleil Poet Beau Beausoleil asks what happens when the crew on the "boat of liberty," a lifeboat bearing the survivors of other times and wrecks, gives up. ,   Raising the oars of our …
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January 9, 2026 at 1:05 AM

ICE Agents Can Be Charged With Murder

ICE Agents Can Be Charged With Murder     David Dayen January 7, 2026 The American Prospect As a killing in Minneapolis is documented the law clearly stipulates federal agents do not have universal immunity. Federal officers are not, merely because they ar…
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January 9, 2026 at 1:05 AM

How Did Astoria Become So Socialist?

How Did Astoria Become So Socialist?     Naaman Zhou January 6, 2026 The New Yorker One neighborhood in New York has elected so many democratic socialists—including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Zohran Mamdani—that people have started calling it “the People…
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January 9, 2026 at 1:05 AM

Trump’s Childcare Funding Freezes Are Going To Hit All Kids Hard

Trump’s Childcare Funding Freezes Are Going To Hit All Kids Hard     Grace Segers January 8, 2026 The New Republic The administration added new strings for states to receive funding. This could have ripple effects for all households, not just those with lo…
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January 9, 2026 at 1:00 AM

Policies of Denial

Policies of Denial     Sara Roy, interviewed by Max Nelson January 3, 2026 The New York Review of Books “What I sense most powerfully from my friends in Gaza is a feeling of abandonment. Quiet is not the absence of conflict nor is it peace.” Plans for the …
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January 9, 2026 at 1:00 AM

Tidbits-Jan. 8- Reader Comments: Renee Nicole Good: Mother, Poet – Murdered by ICE; US Military Aggression-Violation of Venezuela Sovereignty; Alzheimer’s Disease; Marty Supreme; Know Your Rights Resource; Iran Protests Surge; Venezuela Reading List;

Tidbits-Jan. 8- Reader Comments: Renee Nicole Good: Mother, Poet – Murdered by ICE; US Military Aggression-Violation of Venezuela Sovereignty; Alzheimer’s Disease; Marty Supreme; Know Your Rights Resource; Iran Protests Surge; Venezuela Reading List;     January 8…
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January 8, 2026 at 7:30 AM

Bush Walked So Trump Could Run Into Venezuela

Bush Walked So Trump Could Run Into Venezuela     Grant Morgan January 5, 2026 The American Prospect Trump’s blunder into Venezuela and how we got here Demonstrators protest the Trump administration’s actions in Venezuela, January 3, 2026, in fro…
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January 8, 2026 at 7:15 AM

Trump’s EPA Could Limit Its Own Ability To Use New Science To Strengthen Air Pollution Rules

Trump’s EPA Could Limit Its Own Ability To Use New Science To Strengthen Air Pollution Rules     Lisa Song January 7, 2026 ProPublica In government records that have flown under the radar, the EPA is questioning its legal authority to revise pollution rule…
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January 8, 2026 at 7:00 AM

Videos From Scene of Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis Betray ‘Garbage’ DHS Claims

Videos From Scene of Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis Betray ‘Garbage’ DHS Claims     Brad Reed January 7, 2026 The US Department of Homeland Security accused the slain woman of committing “an act of domestic terrorism” by “attempting to run over our law e…
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January 8, 2026 at 6:40 AM

The Depraved New White House Website Isn’t Just a Lie: It’s an Invitation

The Depraved New White House Website Isn’t Just a Lie: It’s an Invitation     Thom Hartmann January 7, 2026 Hartmann Report Once a government convinces its people that what they saw with their own eyes never really happened, what’s left of democracy in tha…
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January 8, 2026 at 3:25 AM

Why Propaganda, Hate and Political Extremism Thrive in the Attention Economy

Portside Culture Why Propaganda, Hate and Political Extremism Thrive in the Attention Economy     Chris Featherman November 13, 2025 LSE Review of Books These two books reveal the urgent challenge of combatting harmful speech and propaganda – and t…
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January 8, 2026 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek — January 7, 2026

Global Left Midweek — January 7, 2026     January 7, 2026 xxxxxx A time to try our souls Government supporters demand President Nicolas Maduro’s release from U.S. custody during a protest in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026., AP Photo/Arian…
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January 7, 2026 at 1:50 AM

Why the Solar Panel Is the 21st-Century Peace Sign

Why the Solar Panel Is the 21st-Century Peace Sign     Bill McKibben January 6, 2026 Common Dreams Every one that goes up incrementally reduces the attractiveness of the oil that underlies so much conflict and tyranny, including Trump’s latest attack on Ve…
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January 7, 2026 at 1:40 AM

Trump Blurts Out Dark Truth About Venezuela Plan—and About MAGA Voters

Trump Blurts Out Dark Truth About Venezuela Plan—and About MAGA Voters     Greg Sargent January 6, 2026 The New Republic To some critics, it’s about plunder. To others, it’s about hemispheric hegemony. Actually, it’s about both. , Jim Watson/AFP/…
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January 7, 2026 at 1:40 AM

Venezuela and Truth

Venezuela and Truth     Craig Murry January 5, 2026 Consortium News Mainstream media’s nonsense reporting about Venezuela omits the most important truths, including the 1976 C.I.A.-linked torture/murder of the father of Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, who …
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January 7, 2026 at 1:40 AM

The Erasure of January 6

The Erasure of January 6     David Corn January 6, 2026 Mother Jones Five years later, MAGA World is still engaging in its Orwellian rewriting of history. Pro-Trump supporters and far-right forces attacking the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in a…
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January 7, 2026 at 1:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes — January 6, 2026

Media Bits and Bytes — January 6, 2026     January 6, 2026 xxxxxx The broadcast landscape changes — fast , Jack Ohman / Tribune Content Agency   Corporation for Public Broadcasting Dissolves Venezuela: Media’s Blind Deference CBS News: A H…
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January 7, 2026 at 1:00 AM

The Unlovable Ping-Pong Wizard of Marty Supreme

Portside Culture The Unlovable Ping-Pong Wizard of Marty Supreme     Eileen Jones January 1, 2026 Jacobin Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme stars Timothée Chalamet as an obnoxious, nerdy young 1950s ping-pong hustler who somehow cons everyone around him.…
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January 6, 2026 at 8:05 AM

For Americans, 2026 Started With Two Starkly Different Visions for the Country

For Americans, 2026 Started With Two Starkly Different Visions for the Country     Moira Donegan January 5, 2026 The Guardian Zohran Mamdani’s optimistic inauguration contrasted in every single way with Trump’s brazen invasion of Venezuela Specta…
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January 6, 2026 at 2:20 AM

Top 5 Mistakes Bush Made in Iraq That Trump Is Making in Venezuela

Top 5 Mistakes Bush Made in Iraq That Trump Is Making in Venezuela     Juan Cole January 4, 2026 Informed Comment Violate the UN Charter and the laws of war. Create false pretexts. Make no plans for the day after. Fantasize about seizing another country's …
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January 6, 2026 at 1:25 AM

This Week in People’s History, Jan 7–13, 2026

This Week in People’s History, Jan 7–13, 2026     xxxxxx Now That’s a Really Bad Idea! (1766), A Rebellion Ends Badly (1811), May Your Song Always Be Sung (1941), Revolution Just Makes Sense (1776), No Way To Defend Democracy (1956), Genocide’s Against the La…
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January 6, 2026 at 1:00 AM

This Land Is Their Land

Portside Culture This Land Is Their Land     Lela Nargi Ambrook Research AI-giddy companies like Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle have embarked on a national land grab. Meanwhile local residents decry them for guzzling water, driving up e…
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January 6, 2026 at 1:00 AM

“We Will Never Again Be a Colony”: Venezuela Defies Trump As Global Protests Erupt Over US Intervention

“We Will Never Again Be a Colony”: Venezuela Defies Trump As Global Protests Erupt Over US Intervention     Jordan Atwood January 5, 2026 Nation of Change With Nicolás Maduro detained in Brooklyn and at least 40 reportedly killed, Venezuelan leaders projec…
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January 6, 2026 at 1:00 AM

Over 8.3 Million Workers Will Benefit From Minimum Wage Increases on January 1

Over 8.3 Million Workers Will Benefit From Minimum Wage Increases on January 1     Sebastian Martinez Hickey December 16, 2025 Economic Policy Institute Nineteen states will increase their minimum wages on January 1, boosting earnings for more than 8.3 mil…
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January 5, 2026 at 4:10 AM

Sunday Science: After Legal Deal, NIH To Review Grant Proposals Frozen, Denied, or Withdrawn Because of Trump Directives

Sunday Science: After Legal Deal, NIH To Review Grant Proposals Frozen, Denied, or Withdrawn Because of Trump Directives     Phie Jacobs December 30, 2025 Science Agreement requires agency to evaluate hundreds of applications “in good faith” using its stan…
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January 5, 2026 at 3:30 AM

US ‘Has No Right’ To Take Over Greenland, Danish PM Says After Renewed Trump Threats

US ‘Has No Right’ To Take Over Greenland, Danish PM Says After Renewed Trump Threats     Deborah Cole January 4, 2026 The Guardian Mette Frederiksen responds to president amid febrile atmosphere after US actions in Venezuela Mette Frederiksen sai…
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January 5, 2026 at 3:00 AM

The Gulf’s Cold War: Saudi-UAE Rivalry Spills Into Africa

The Gulf’s Cold War: Saudi-UAE Rivalry Spills Into Africa     Imran Khalid January 3, 2026 Middle East Monitor Riyadh and Abu Dhabi appeared to be the twin engines of a new Arab order. That veneer of unity has now, not just cracked; it has been replaced by…
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January 5, 2026 at 2:35 AM

King of Cannibal Island

King of Cannibal Island     John Lanchester December 25, 2025 London Review of Books Today, each of the ten biggest companies in the world is worth more than $1 trillion. Only one of them, the Saudi oil monopoly, Aramco, has nothing to do with the future v…