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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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January 2, 2026 at 3:40 AM

Trump’s Takeover of Education Is Taking a Page From the Confederacy

Trump’s Takeover of Education Is Taking a Page From the Confederacy     Layla A. Jones December 29, 2025 Talking Points Memo By partnering with right-wing groups, Trump and his allies are exercising control over the retelling of history in hopes of shaping…
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January 2, 2026 at 3:15 AM

Tidbits-Jan. 1- Reader Comments: Israel Preparing for Permanent Gaza Presence; New “New Deal” About To Wipe Out the Old Political Order; Tribute to Blacklisted Lyricist Yip Harburg; Exchange: Why xxxxxx Ran SMART Union President’s Message; Cartoons

Tidbits-Jan. 1- Reader Comments: Israel Preparing for Permanent Gaza Presence; New “New Deal” About To Wipe Out the Old Political Order; Tribute to Blacklisted Lyricist Yip Harburg; Exchange: Why xxxxxx Ran SMART Union President’s Message; Cartoons     January 1, …
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January 1, 2026 at 6:10 AM

A Mole in MAGA’s Midst

Portside Culture A Mole in MAGA’s Midst     Alexandre Lefebvre November 14, 2025 Los Angeles Review of Books This book is an examination of the intellectual and theoretical mentors of MAGA world. ,   Furious Minds: The Making of t…
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January 1, 2026 at 5:30 AM

10 Good Things That Happened in 2025

10 Good Things That Happened in 2025     Medea Benjamin December 31, 2025 LA Progressive I hope you can look back on 2025 as the year movements for peace and justice freed political prisoners, slowed the war machine, and helped turn the public against endl…
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January 1, 2026 at 5:05 AM

‘We Want the Mullahs Gone’: Economic Crisis Sparks Biggest Protests in Iran Since 2022

‘We Want the Mullahs Gone’: Economic Crisis Sparks Biggest Protests in Iran Since 2022     Deepa Parent and William Christou December 31, 2025 The Guardian Demonstrations against deteriorating living conditions have widened to include criticism of how Iran…
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January 1, 2026 at 4:50 AM

Zohran Mamdani Wants You To Do More Than Survive

Zohran Mamdani Wants You To Do More Than Survive     Liza Featherstone December 31, 2025 Jacobin A democratic socialist will be inaugurated mayor tomorrow because he told New Yorkers they deserve it all — love, leisure, pleasure, sport. , Photo b…
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January 1, 2026 at 4:40 AM

Sanders Backs Push for Billionaire Tax in California As Newsom Raises Money To Fight It

Sanders Backs Push for Billionaire Tax in California As Newsom Raises Money To Fight It     Jake Johnson December 31, 2025 Common Dreams “Yes: We need a wealth tax on billionaires,” said US Sen. Bernie Sanders. US Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks to a …
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January 1, 2026 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek — December 31, 2025

Global Left Midweek — December 31, 2025     December 31, 2025 xxxxxx Women’s past, feminist futures — and a present , See Red Women's Workshop, UK, 1974-1990   Confronting Femicide in Brazil Sri Lanka’s Left Feminism UK’s Largest Union Mov…
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December 31, 2025 at 1:20 AM

The Venezuela Escalation Ignores a Long History of US Hypocrisy on Drugs

The Venezuela Escalation Ignores a Long History of US Hypocrisy on Drugs     Eric Ross December 30, 2025 Common Dreams For decades, the most powerful state actors facilitating and protecting narcotics trafficking have not been Washington’s adversaries but …
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December 31, 2025 at 1:20 AM

Keeping Power Utilities in Corporate Hands Doesn’t Make Sense

Keeping Power Utilities in Corporate Hands Doesn’t Make Sense     Liza Featherstone December 29, 2025 Jacobin A new study shows that socialist plans to take over the privately owned power utility in New York’s Hudson Valley would lower rates for users and …
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December 31, 2025 at 1:20 AM

The Lie We Keep Telling About Wounded Knee

The Lie We Keep Telling About Wounded Knee     Levi Rickert December 29, 2025 Native News Online Today (12/29) marks the 135th anniversary of the Massacre of Wounded Knee, which occurred during the wintry week between Christmas and New Year’s in 1890. …
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December 31, 2025 at 1:15 AM

Trillionaire Cometh, Democracy Goeth

Trillionaire Cometh, Democracy Goeth     Bob Lord December 26, 2025 Inequality.org With the arrival of our first trillionaire fast approaching, America’s democracy is hanging by a thread. Disgustingly rich … Musk. , Sean Simmers/AP   I wr…
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December 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM

The Real Reason We’re All Annoyed With Quentin Tarantino

Portside Culture The Real Reason We’re All Annoyed With Quentin Tarantino     Eileen Jones December 28, 2025 Jacobin With nothing but a new cut of Kill Bill to offer, Quentin Tarantino has gone into semiretirement right as American cinema is fighti…
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December 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars — December 30, 2025

Dispatches From the Culture Wars — December 30, 2025     December 30, 2025 xxxxxx “The day of peace is dawning” — Eugene V. Debs , Ruben Bolling   The Social Costs of Declining Literacy A Year of Defending Our Immigrant Neighbors In Search…
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December 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM

The Life and Death of the American Foodie

Portside Culture The Life and Death of the American Foodie     Jaya Saxena September 24, 2025 Eater When food culture became pop culture, a new national persona was born. We regret to inform you, it’s probably you. Craig Claiborne in his …
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December 30, 2025 at 5:15 AM

How Effective Is Protesting? According to Historians and Political Scientists: Very

How Effective Is Protesting? According to Historians and Political Scientists: Very     Robin Buller December 25, 2025 The Guardian From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history Protes…
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December 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM

This Week in People’s History, Dec 31-Jan 6, 2026

This Week in People’s History, Dec 31-Jan 6, 2026     Black Power Grows in a Tent City (1965), Lead Pollution Is Profitable, So Shut Up! (1996), ‘Two, Three, Many Vietnams’ (1966), No Responders Left Behind (2006), Protecting Kahoʻolawe from Bombs (1976) …
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December 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Hamas Is Proud of Its ‘Achievements’ but Hasn’t Convinced the Gazans Who Pay the Price

Hamas Is Proud of Its ‘Achievements’ but Hasn’t Convinced the Gazans Who Pay the Price     Amira Hass December 27, 2025 Haaretz In a self-congratulatory document published to mark the two-year anniversary of its October 7 attack, Hamas doesn't explain how …
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December 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM

What’s in a Year

What’s in a Year     Sarah Jaffe December 24, 2025 This world feels fragile like a bomb right now, one misstep could detonate, and yet it makes me think of one of my favorite revolutionary cliches, too: be careful with one another so you can be dangerous to…
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December 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM

The Narco-Terrorist Elite

The Narco-Terrorist Elite     Maureen Tkacik December 23, 2025 The American Prospect Why is Marco Rubio so hell-bent on making Iran-Contra again? , Photo illustration by The American Prospect. Source: Samuel Corum/Sipa USA/AP Photo.   If …
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December 29, 2025 at 6:05 AM

Sunday Science: Archaeologists Find Oldest Evidence of Fire-Making

Sunday Science: Archaeologists Find Oldest Evidence of Fire-Making     Carl Zimmer December 10, 2025 The New York Times Neanderthals 400,000 years ago were striking flints to make fires, researchers have found. ,   Some 400,000 years ag…
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December 29, 2025 at 5:30 AM

Chicago’s Mayor Brandon Johnson Is Caught in a Trap

Chicago’s Mayor Brandon Johnson Is Caught in a Trap     Preston H. Smith II December 28, 2025 Jacobin The challenges Chicago’s progressive mayor, Brandon Johnson, has faced demonstrate that Mayor Zohran Mamdani in New York will have to out-organize what’s …
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December 29, 2025 at 5:10 AM

Escalation in West Papua

Escalation in West Papua     Douglas Gerrard December 23, 2025 London Review of Books The conflict in West Papua may be the world’s most unequal war: raids on military bases have improved the TPNPB’s fighting capacity, but they still often face Indonesian …
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December 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM

A ‘Trump Class’ Folly on the High Seas

A ‘Trump Class’ Folly on the High Seas     By Phillips Payson O’Brien December 27, 2025 The Atlantic Ukraine sees the future of naval warfare. The White House doesn’t. , Roman Pilipey / AFP / Getty   Last week, Donald Trump announced a ne…
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December 29, 2025 at 4:10 AM

A Tribute to Blacklisted Lyricist Yip Harburg: The Man Who Put the Rainbow in the Wizard of Oz

A Tribute to Blacklisted Lyricist Yip Harburg: The Man Who Put the Rainbow in the Wizard of Oz     Amy Goodman, Ernie Harburg December 25, 2025 Democracy Now! His name might not be familiar to many, but his songs are sung by millions around the world. Toda…
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December 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM

The 60 Minutes Scandal Is What Creeping Authoritarianism Looks Like

Portside Culture The 60 Minutes Scandal Is What Creeping Authoritarianism Looks Like     Ben Burgis December 24, 2025 Jacobin Bari Weiss blocked a devastating 60 Minutes exposé on CECOT — showing how Trump administration authoritarianism flows thro…
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December 28, 2025 at 1:05 AM

The Playbook of Every Successful Nonviolent Struggle

The Playbook of Every Successful Nonviolent Struggle     Jamila Raqib November 21, 2025 Waging Non-violence Nonviolent movements that have toppled oppressive regimes, prevented coups and transformed societies follow these four essential steps. An…
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December 28, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Too Big To Heal

Too Big To Heal     Helen Santoro, Joel Warner December 23, 2025 The Lever The U.S. economy is growing ever more reliant on the health care crisis. , The Lever   America’s health care spending is so out of control that the country’s econo…
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December 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Tango Lessons

Tango Lessons     Cesar Chelala December 24, 2025 CounterPunch Tango has long chronicled those times. In doing so, it continues to offer a vocabulary for confronting a world where decency is in short supply and moral responsibility and kindness even more s…
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December 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM

The Equity Docket: The Architecture of Exclusion

The Equity Docket: The Architecture of Exclusion     Terrance Sullivan December 17, 2025 The Progressive The Education Department’s reclassification of ‘professional degrees’ is the latest installment in a long history of excluding Black people, women, and…
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December 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM

The Martin Luther King Center in Cuba: Immersed in the World and the Revolution

The Martin Luther King Center in Cuba: Immersed in the World and the Revolution     Chris Gilbert December 17, 2025 MR Online Revolutionary transformation cannot do without revolutionary subjectivity and therefore cannot leave aside the question of religio…
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December 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM

Friday Nite Videos | December 26, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | December 26, 2025     xxxxxx December 26, 2025 xxxxxx Supreme Court Deals Trump Huge Christmas Loss. The Criminals Who Bought Trump. Desi 2025: Trump's Ass-Kissing Cabinet, MAGA's Pope Tantrum. Across the Borderline. I Taught an Octopus …
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December 27, 2025 at 3:40 AM

How Effective Are Protests? Historians Say: Very.

How Effective Are Protests? Historians Say: Very.     Robin Buller December 25, 2025 The Guardian Protests change the protesters, their communities and the nation. From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movements have shaped the …
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December 27, 2025 at 3:15 AM

2026 Resolution: Name Something After President Trump

2026 Resolution: Name Something After President Trump     Harold Meyerson December 23, 2025 The American Prospect A few things that every individual and every community could do in 2026 to give the president the name recognition that he deserves. …
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December 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM

How Education Changed in One Year Under Trump

How Education Changed in One Year Under Trump     Nirvi Shah December 18, 2025 The Hechinger Report It was almost impossible for the average observer to keep track of the array of changes across colleges and universities, K-12 schools, early education and …