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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…

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January 5, 2026 at 1:00 AM

Trump, Big Oil and China – Three Articles

Trump, Big Oil and China – Three Articles     Ben Lefebvre, Zack Colman, James Bikales (Politico) Guney Yildiz (Forbes) Sarah Rumpf (Yahoo!News)! January 3, 2026 Politico Three articles discuss Trump's outreach to Big Oil before and after kidnapping Venezu…

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January 5, 2026 at 1:00 AM

‘No One Can Know’: Heated Rivalry’s Gay Love Story Exposes Ice Hockey’s Culture of Silence

Portside Culture ‘No One Can Know’: Heated Rivalry’s Gay Love Story Exposes Ice Hockey’s Culture of Silence     Colin Horgan January 2, 2026 The Guardian The surprise hit series has reopened a familiar debate: why, in the National Hockey League, vi…

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January 4, 2026 at 10:07 PM

Corporate Media Advances Conservative Narrative About Minnesota Fraud

Corporate Media Advances Conservative Narrative About Minnesota Fraud     Matthew Cunningham-Cook December 29, 2025 The American Prospect As Trump makes racist attacks on Somali immigrants, media giants CBS, Fox, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Ti…

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January 4, 2026 at 1:05 AM

Trump’s War on Latin America Must Be Stopped

Trump’s War on Latin America Must Be Stopped     Branko Marcetic January 3, 2026 Jacobin The attack on Venezuela signals a new phase of US power in Latin America — one defined by coercion, intimidation, and open-ended intervention. The move again…

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January 4, 2026 at 1:05 AM

Venezuelan, International Popular Movements Condemn US Bombings, Maduro Kidnapping

Venezuelan, International Popular Movements Condemn US Bombings, Maduro Kidnapping     Ricardo Vaz January 3, 2026 Venezuelanalysis.com Trump claimed that his administration will "run Venezuela" with the acquiescence from Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Ro…

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January 4, 2026 at 1:00 AM

The US Attacks Venezuela and Seizes It President

The US Attacks Venezuela and Seizes It President     Vijay Prashad – Taroa Zúñiga Silva January 3, 2026 CounterPunch Trump will get his ovation at the US Congress, but the price for that has already been paid by hundreds of dead civilians in Venezuela and …

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January 4, 2026 at 1:00 AM

Democratic Excellence

Democratic Excellence     Corey Robin December 31, 2025 The New York Review of Books Among Zohran Mamdani’s rhetorical innovations has been his declaration of war on mediocrity. Impression of the New York World’s Fair (mural study, Communications…

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January 4, 2026 at 1:00 AM

A Movement-Building Strategy for All Workers

A Movement-Building Strategy for All Workers     David Bacon and Peter Olney December 26, 2025 The Reality Check Workers are bombarded by false ideas about immigration and immigrants, that hold immigrants responsible for poverty, lost jobs and crime. To or…

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January 3, 2026 at 2:35 AM

Friday Nite Videos | January 2, 2026

Friday Nite Videos | January 2, 2026     xxxxxx January 2, 2026 xxxxxx Highlights from Jack Smith's Deposition. How Governments Spy On Protestors—And How To Avoid It. Epstein Death: Files Provide New Proof of a Cover Up. The Tesla Lie Prompting Engineers To …

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January 3, 2026 at 1:40 AM

2026: A Year of Reckoning

Portside Culture 2026: A Year of Reckoning     Portside Moderators January 2, 2026 Portside As a reader of Portside, you know it’s been a rollercoaster year. While many economic, legal and academic elites rushed to capitulate to a wannabe dictator, m…

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January 3, 2026 at 1:30 AM

Seattle’s New Mayor on Her ‘Sewer Socialist Mentality’

Seattle’s New Mayor on Her ‘Sewer Socialist Mentality’     Jordan Bollag January 2, 2026 Jacobin Ahead of her swearing in today, Seattle mayor Katie Wilson talks to Jacobin about the everyday pressures squeezing working-class people and why she’s a democra…

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January 3, 2026 at 1:15 AM

This Is the Real SNAP Fraud

This Is the Real SNAP Fraud     Timothy Noah January 2, 2026 The New Republic Scammers steal billions of dollars in food stamps from needy people every year. Why isn’t Congress doing anything to stop them? ,   When Republican politicians …

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January 3, 2026 at 1:10 AM

New Study Shows Alzheimer’s Disease Can Be Reversed

New Study Shows Alzheimer’s Disease Can Be Reversed     Bill Lubinger December 23, 2025 Case Western University Newsroom A new study by researchers from Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and the Cleveland VA shows Alzheimer’s disease ca…

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January 3, 2026 at 1:10 AM

Seven Takeaways From Jack Smith’s Congressional Testimony

Seven Takeaways From Jack Smith’s Congressional Testimony     Kyle Cheney, Hailey Fuchs and Jordain Carney December 31, 2025 Politico The New Year’s Eve transcript release buries details from the former special counsel’s investigation into Donald Trump. Sm…

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January 3, 2026 at 1:00 AM

Waking

Portside Culture Waking     Gloria Vando Poet Gloria Vando considers who wins and who loses in the new arms race. ,   Peace, then, is the humdrum,the everyday, the ordinary—like breathing in and out and in and out;Peace is the daybre…

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January 2, 2026 at 4:25 AM

The Full Transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s Inauguration Speech

The Full Transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s Inauguration Speech     Zohran Mamdani January 1, 2026 The New York Times New York’s new mayor challenged his supporters and opponents to make the city better, to hold him to account. "I ask you to stand with us now,…

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January 2, 2026 at 4:10 AM

Zohran Needs To Create Popular Assemblies

Zohran Needs To Create Popular Assemblies     Gabriel Hetland and Bhaskar Sunkara December 22, 2025 Jacobin If Zohran Mamdani is serious about delivering on his promises, he needs more than policies — he needs institutions that empower working people. Popu…

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