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November 22, 2025 at 3:40 AM

Friday Nite Videos | November 21, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | November 21, 2025     xxxxxx November 21, 2025 xxxxxx Kimmel Wraps Up Trump's Most Horrible Week. How To Spot a Fascist | Song Parody. Darializa Avila Chevalier for Congress in NY-13. Deep Dive on Trump and Bannon in the Epstein Files. T…
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November 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM

The Facts About the Military Disobeying Illegal Orders

The Facts About the Military Disobeying Illegal Orders     Mark Hertling November 21, 2025 The xxxxxx The message reminding military personnel that they must not obey illegal orders ricocheted through the political world like a rifle shot. In fact, there a…
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November 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM

Is Trump a Lame Duck Yet?

Is Trump a Lame Duck Yet?     Robert Kuttner November 21, 2025 The American Prospect Are we out of the woods? No, we are not. However, something fundamental has shifted. Trump is not a dead duck, but he is increasingly a lame one. We may yet redeem our democ…
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November 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM

Youth Vote Surged in NYC. Was It a Paradigm Shift?

Youth Vote Surged in NYC. Was It a Paradigm Shift?     Brigid Bergin and Joe Hong November 20, 2025 Gothamist A Gothamist analysis of turnout data shows voters between ages 30 and 39 made up the largest share of a record-setting 2 million voters. Turnout a…
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November 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM

Rula Daood Wanted To Change the Most Important Arab Political Body in Israel

Rula Daood Wanted To Change the Most Important Arab Political Body in Israel     Vera Weidenbach November 16, 2025 Haaretz Standing Together co-director Rula Daood made history by throwing her hat in to lead Israel's Higher Arab Monitoring Committee, repre…
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November 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Translating Myself for Gaza

Portside Culture Translating Myself for Gaza     Beau Beausoleil West Coast poet Beau Beausoleil offers an apology to the many strangers he cannot save. ,   In a map of the HeavensI found your house as it was before the genocide a gr…
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November 21, 2025 at 5:20 AM

Outrage After Trump Accuses Democrats of ‘Seditious Behavior, Punishable by Death’

Outrage After Trump Accuses Democrats of ‘Seditious Behavior, Punishable by Death’     Anna Betts November 20, 2025 The Guardian Trump roundly decried for Truth Social post after lawmakers told military personnel to refuse illegal orders. Mike Johnson, the…
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November 21, 2025 at 4:55 AM

Trump Pledges F-35s to Saudi Arabia in Return for an Unlikely $1 Trillion in Investment, Angering Israel Lobbies

Trump Pledges F-35s to Saudi Arabia in Return for an Unlikely $1 Trillion in Investment, Angering Israel Lobbies     Juan Cole November 19, 2025 Informed Comment One US goal for the meeting was to induct Saudi Arabia into the Abraham Accords, that Bahrain,…
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November 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM

Other Victories for Working Families

Other Victories for Working Families     Robert Kuttner November 18, 2025 The American Prospect Zohran Mamdani got the headlines, but New York was not a one-off. Candidates endorsed by the Working Families Party had amazing election successes elsewhere in …
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November 21, 2025 at 4:15 AM

Establishment Democrats Tried To Derail Katie Wilson’s Campaign—and Failed

Establishment Democrats Tried To Derail Katie Wilson’s Campaign—and Failed     John Burbank and Megan Burbank November 17, 2025 The Nation The precariat rose up, with passion, desire for change, and votes. The issue was an excess compensation tax on corpor…
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November 21, 2025 at 3:45 AM

Tidbits-Nov.20 -Reader Comments: Trump Meets Saudi Prince Mohammed Bin Salam; Not Just About the Hostages, Gazans Continue To Be Killed; Forums–Policing and Public Safety-A Socialist Mayor; Fighting MAGA & Fighting Racism – Looking Towards 2026

Tidbits-Nov.20 -Reader Comments: Trump Meets Saudi Prince Mohammed Bin Salam; Not Just About the Hostages, Gazans Continue To Be Killed; Forums–Policing and Public Safety-A Socialist Mayor; Fighting MAGA & Fighting Racism – Looking Towards 2026     November 20…
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November 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Who Gets Away With Crimes Against Humanity?

Portside Culture Who Gets Away With Crimes Against Humanity?     Andre Pagliarini October 10, 2025 The New Republic How dictators and Nazis have eluded the international justice system—with help from their friends. ,   38 Londres …
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November 20, 2025 at 7:20 AM

Trump’s New Best Friend

Trump’s New Best Friend     Robert Kuttner November 19, 2025 The American Prospect His one-sided deal with MBS throws Bibi under the bus and gets nothing for the United States other than more wealth for the Trump family. President Trump laughs wi…
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November 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM

First Raze Gaza, Then Build a Playground for Global Capital

First Raze Gaza, Then Build a Playground for Global Capital     Abe Asher November 19, 2025 Jacobin Profit-hungry developers, Gulf monarchs, Donald Trump, Tony Blair, and the Israeli far right are all united in a vision for Gaza: a tech-fueled special econ…
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November 20, 2025 at 6:50 AM

Trump, Border Patrol Retreat in Failure From Chicago

Trump, Border Patrol Retreat in Failure From Chicago     Garrett Graff November 17, 2025 Doomsday Scenario Five important lessons of the first six months of Trump’s immigration raids — and why CBP’s Greg Bovino is the Nathan Bedford Forrest of the Trump er…
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November 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek — November 19, 2025

Global Left Midweek — November 19, 2025     November 19, 2025 xxxxxx Dusk or dawn for climate justice? Outside COP30 conference, demonstrators paraded three coffins marked with the words 'coal,' 'oil' and 'gas.', Image: Andre Penner/AP Photo/pictur…
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November 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM

Why MAGA Is Obsessed With Epstein − and Why the Files Are Unlikely To Dent Loyalty to Trump

Why MAGA Is Obsessed With Epstein − and Why the Files Are Unlikely To Dent Loyalty to Trump     Alex Hinton November 18, 2025 The Conversation The Conversation’s politics editor, Naomi Schalit, talked with scholar Alex Hinton, who has studied MAGA for year…
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November 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM

Starbucks Workers Have Launched a Nationwide Strike and Consumer Boycott of the Coffee Chain

Starbucks Workers Have Launched a Nationwide Strike and Consumer Boycott of the Coffee Chain     Stephen Prager November 13, 2025 Common Dreams As its workers fight for a living wage and demand that the company address hundreds of labor violation complaint…
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November 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM

Food Assistance for All

Food Assistance for All     Tee Malleson November 18, 2025 Jacobin Economic insecurity is rampant in the United States. A program of universal grocery subsidies could help working-class families deal with the cost of living — and be wildly popular. …
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November 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM

Social Strikes: Goals and Tactics

Social Strikes: Goals and Tactics     Jeremy Brecher November 17, 2025 Labor Network for Sustainability Nonviolent popular uprisings have brought down authoritarian regimes in many countries around the world. Conditions for such action do not yet exist in …
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November 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars — November 18, 2025

Dispatches From the Culture Wars — November 18, 2025     November 18, 2025 xxxxxx Resistance is everywhere A detail of Diego Rivera’s Detroit Industry Murals at the DIA. , Detroit Metro Times, Courtesy of the Detroit Institute of Arts   Re…
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November 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM

Justice Jackson Goes 'Her Own Way' in SNAP Fight

Justice Jackson Goes 'Her Own Way' in SNAP Fight     John Fritze November 15, 2025 CNN Jackson handled the case as should be done on the emergency docket. Justices, she said, should deal with the requests "quickly, as transparently as possible, and for log…
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November 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM

This Week in Peoples’ History, Nov 19–25, 2025

This Week in Peoples’ History, Nov 19–25, 2025     Don’t Mourn, Organize! (1915), Is There a Lesson in the Anti-Racism of 1835?, Women Rise Up Angry Against Police Sexism (1980), Judge Slams Homophobic Police (1955), Deadly Brutality Backfires (1960) …
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November 18, 2025 at 1:10 AM

Trump’s Epstein Humiliation Grows

Trump’s Epstein Humiliation Grows     William Kristol November 17, 2025 The xxxxxx The president saw defeat and ran. But that doesn’t mean the fight over releasing the files is over. , credit: Donald Teel / Unsplash License   At 9:15 p.m.…
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November 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Food Stamps Are Back, but Millions Will Soon Lose Benefits Permanently

Food Stamps Are Back, but Millions Will Soon Lose Benefits Permanently     Marcia Brown November 15, 2025 Politico Even though the shutdown is over, the GOP’s signature tax and spending law is poised to kick people off the nation’s largest anti-hunger prog…
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November 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Americans Are Abandoning the Communal Meal

Portside Culture Americans Are Abandoning the Communal Meal     Meagan Day October 29, 2025 Jacobin magazine Consuming food all by oneself is an anomaly in the history of human civilization, a deviation from millennia of tradition. And more and mor…
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November 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons & Dragons To Be Racist

Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons & Dragons To Be Racist     Adam Serwer November 11, 2025 The Atlantic The fantastical roots of “scientific racism” , Wesley Allsbrook / The Atlantic   The fall of Constantinople wiped the last living Roman…
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November 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Montana Has an Ambitious Plan To End Dark Money in Elections

Montana Has an Ambitious Plan To End Dark Money in Elections     Sonali Kolhatkar November 14, 2025 Truthout Montana’s amendment doesn’t aim to overturn the Citizens United ruling. If passed, it would merely render the ruling ineffective within Montana bec…
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November 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Sunday Science: A Survival Guide for Thanksgiving Dinner Conversations About Health and Science

Sunday Science: A Survival Guide for Thanksgiving Dinner Conversations About Health and Science     Jess Steier, DrPH, Aimee Pugh Bernard, PhD, David Higgins, MD, MPH, Carrie McMahon, PhD, Jen Bordenick November 15, 2025 Unbiased Science Pass the Potatoes,…
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November 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM

‘We’ve Got To Kill and Kill and Kill’

‘We’ve Got To Kill and Kill and Kill’     Dan Kaufman November 13, 2025 The New York Review of Books As Francisco Franco’s reputation grows on the far right, a new history of his regime reminds us of its unrelenting violence. Nurses giving the Na…
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November 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Propaganda, Rather Than Pandemic Policies, Caused the War on Public Health

Propaganda, Rather Than Pandemic Policies, Caused the War on Public Health     Zeb Larson November 10, 2025 LIberal Currents The backlash narrative ignores basic facts of the case. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Gage Skidmore   There’s a war on p…
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November 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Coalition Socialism

Coalition Socialism     Chris Maisano November 13, 2025 Dissent Magazine The intertwined relationship between liberalism and socialism offers important lessons for today’s fractious intra-left fights. A mural depicting the Newport Rising of 1839,…
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November 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Trumps 50 Year Mortgage

Trumps 50 Year Mortgage     Mary Cunningham November 11, 2025 Morning Brew Yet total interest on that same 50-year loan would accrue to about $816,000, almost double the $438,000 in interest paid over a 30-year term, he calculated. , Niv Bavarsky…
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November 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Food Stamps

Food Stamps     Drew DeSilver November 14, 2025 Pew Research Center What the data says about food stamps in the U.S. A sign in the window of a Miami grocery store shows it accepts payments through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or…
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November 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Inside the Modern-Day Plantation: How Theater Confronts Incarceration

Inside the Modern-Day Plantation: How Theater Confronts Incarceration     Mansa Musa November 10, 2025 real News Network The power of having a film, having this play filmed is that I want to show that art and activism is a blueprint for liberation. And to …
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November 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Who Was Eugene Debs?

Who Was Eugene Debs?     Michael K. Smith November 14, 2025 CounterPunch "I ask no mercy and I plead for no immunity. I never so clearly comprehended as now the great struggle between the powers of greed and exploitation on the one hand and upon the other …
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November 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM

‘The Trump Administration Needs To Be Isolated in Its Anti-Science Actions’: CounterSpin Interview With Rachel Cleetus on Climate Complicity

‘The Trump Administration Needs To Be Isolated in Its Anti-Science Actions’: CounterSpin Interview With Rachel Cleetus on Climate Complicity     Janine Jackson November 7, 2025 FAIR - Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting It’s up to us to stand up to the fo…
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November 15, 2025 at 5:39 AM

For Mamdani To Beat the NYPD, the Left Must Build Power

For Mamdani To Beat the NYPD, the Left Must Build Power     Jonathan Ben-Menachem November 13, 2025 The Nation We won’t be able to push Mamdani, or anyone else, to undermine police power unless we become a force to be reckoned with. ,   I…
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November 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM

Friday Nite Videos | November 14, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | November 14, 2025     xxxxxx November 14, 2025 xxxxxx Trump Faces Mass Defections Over Epstein Files. The Assignment Is To Fight Fascism | AOC. Trump Gets Epstein-Busted; Ghislaine Gets VIP Treatment. Elmo and Cookie Monster Crash Netfli…
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November 15, 2025 at 3:25 AM

The Fake $1 Trillion Nail in Tesla’s Coffin

The Fake $1 Trillion Nail in Tesla’s Coffin     Will Lockett November 10, 2025 Will Lockett Medium This “$1 trillion” thing is just a PR stunt, a way to make Musk and Tesla look much more impressive than they actually are. And Musk shouldn’t be Tesla’s CEO…
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November 15, 2025 at 3:00 AM

Media Monopoly Fuels Climate Denial

Media Monopoly Fuels Climate Denial     George Monbiot November 14, 2025 The Guardian The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich , Illustration: Thomas Pullin/The Guardian …
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November 15, 2025 at 2:45 AM

Drop in U.S. Religiosity Among Largest in World

Drop in U.S. Religiosity Among Largest in World     Benedict Vigers and Julie Ray November 13, 2025 Gallup About half of Americans now say religion is not an important part of their daily life, a 17 point drop over the last decade. Such large declines in r…
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November 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Message at the Shore

Portside Culture Message at the Shore     Gene Grabiner Poet Gene Grabiner offers an allegory of our demented leadership. ,   The rulers stood on the sandand demandedthat the tide turn back.They even shot it. Who shall blame the wate…
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November 14, 2025 at 5:00 AM

Democrats Caved In the Shutdown Because of the Filibuster

Democrats Caved In the Shutdown Because of the Filibuster     Corey Robin November 12, 2025 Jacobin For Democrats, the main issue in the shutdown wasn’t electoral backlash — it was the filibuster. Leadership feared its removal, viewing it as a safeguard to…
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November 14, 2025 at 4:50 AM

Under the Radar, Quiet and Persistent Population Transfer Is Underway in the West Bank

Under the Radar, Quiet and Persistent Population Transfer Is Underway in the West Bank     Amira Hass November 12, 2025 Haaretz While Israeli settlers drive Palestinians from their land through violence, another, quieter expulsion continues through bureauc…
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November 14, 2025 at 4:30 AM

Zohran’s Proposals Are Surprisingly Affordable – I Wish All Revolutions Came This Cheap.

Zohran’s Proposals Are Surprisingly Affordable – I Wish All Revolutions Came This Cheap.     Richard (RJ) Eskow November 3, 2025 The Zero Hour Report Despite the frantic tone of mainstream media coverage (and the revolutionary overtones of the phrase “demo…
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November 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM

With Democracy Under Threat, Indie Bookstores Merge Activism and Literature for Collective Care

With Democracy Under Threat, Indie Bookstores Merge Activism and Literature for Collective Care     Costa Beavin Pappas November 11, 2025 Prism Building on the legacy of Black-owned bookstores, Charis Books, Red Emma’s, and other booksellers serve as intel…
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November 14, 2025 at 3:25 AM

Tidbits-Nov.13 -Reader Comments: Nov 4: The Winner–the People, the Loser-Donald Trump; Socialist Takes Power, Not First Time in a U.S. City; World Economy’s Center of Gravity Shifts; Peace Is/Peace Is Not Campaign; How Can Unions Defend Worker Power?

Tidbits-Nov.13 -Reader Comments: Nov 4: The Winner–the People, the Loser-Donald Trump; Socialist Takes Power, Not First Time in a U.S. City; World Economy’s Center of Gravity Shifts; Peace Is/Peace Is Not Campaign; How Can Unions Defend Worker Power?     November …
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November 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Run Zohran Run! – Inside Mamdani’s Sensational Campaign – Book Review

Portside Culture Run Zohran Run! – Inside Mamdani’s Sensational Campaign – Book Review     Paul Buhle with Jay Schaffner November 13, 2025 Portside This book appeared in September. How the world around Mamdani has changed since then! This book lays o…
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November 13, 2025 at 7:50 AM

No War, No Distraction, No Flag-Waving Speech Should Bury Trump’s Alleged Crimes

No War, No Distraction, No Flag-Waving Speech Should Bury Trump’s Alleged Crimes     Thom Hartmann November 12, 2025 Hartmann Report House Democrats dropped a political bombshell... ,   Breaking News: House Democrats dropped a political b…