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"Trump's statement today that the Iran-U.S. memorandum of understanding is 'over' should not come as a surprise" since it was designed to create conditions for wider negotiations. However, "those conditions have largely collapsed. The Israeli war in Lebanon has not ended. Iranian frozen assets apparently remain largely inaccessible. The U.S.... Read more »

"Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya has been in Israeli custody, without charges, since late December 2024. During that time he has been tortured and even starved. He has lost much of his bodyweight. His lawyer reports that he has been beaten so badly over the past several days and weeks that... Read more »

Following the victories of three democratic socialists in the Democratic congressional primary on June 23 in deep blue New York City, the fourth such win came this week on Tuesday in a Denver district. The post Why Are Socialists Unseating Democratic Incumbents?  appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

In his substack The Kucinich Report, former Con… The post The Department of Forever War appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »

"Friday, July 3 marks 1,000 days since the beginning of Israel’s siege and military campaign in Gaza. For 1,000 days, healthcare workers, teachers, humanitarian workers, faith leaders, and families have struggled to preserve life under unimaginable conditions. More than one million children remain under siege; at least 20,179 children have... Read more »

"Petro can work to get a strong resolution through the UNSC. He can also work with South Africa (the other co-chair of the Hague Group) to get another round of emergency orders from the International Court of Justice. The last emergency orders in 2024 were granted in just two weeks.... Read more »

“The doubletalk coming from many congressional Democrats in response to President Trump’s peace initiative with Iran has been a political wonder to behold,” Norman Solomon wrote in The Hill today. “While correctly declaring that Trump should not have started the war, they’ve routinely gone on to condemn the memorandum of understanding that offers... Read more »

“It is beyond ironic that as America celebrates the 250th anniversary of our Independence from Great Britain, we are about to violate our own Constitution in order to forfeit our sovereignty in the State of Israel.” The post Kucinich Warns NDAA Provision Forfeits U.S. Sovereignty. Merger of US-Israeli Military “Inherently... Read more »

"Israel killed Al Jazeera cameraman Ahmed Wishah in a strike on his house in Gaza’s Bureij refugee camp.⁣ His killing comes two months after Israeli forces killed his brother and fellow Al Jazeera journalist, correspondent Mohammed Wishah.  Since October 2023, Israel has killed at least 260 journalists and media workers... Read more »

From recent deepfakes using Yanis’ image for viral gain, to his latest police harassment over events from decades ago, the discussion opens onto larger questions Naomi explores in Doppelgänger (identity, imitation, credibility, and what “truth” means when noise travels faster than institutions — and institutions still hold power) before moving... Read more »

A slick, high-priced television production. Speeches from top officials. A live audience of thousands. A unified show of collective sorrow and military resolve. That is how the Israeli government hoped to mark the passing of one year since Hamas’s surprise and bloody attacks last 7 October. But little has gone... Read more »

The Case for BDS by Mehdi Hasan Mehdi and Naomi debunk the myths used to attack the boycott movement against Israel. Read on Substack In the newest episode of ‘Unshocked,’ Mehdi and Naomi debunk the myths around the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Movement – a nonviolent Palestinian-led movement that works... Read more »

In a conversation with Mehdi for her new contributor segment at Zeteo, called “Unshocked,” Jewish activist, academic, and author Naomi Klein calls for an “exodus from the ideological shackles of Zionism.”  Naomi also reacts to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu comparing student protesters at Columbia University to Nazis, telling Mehdi that... Read more »

Hundreds of protesters were arrested in Brooklyn on Tuesday when Jewish New Yorkers and allies gathered for what they called a “Seder in the Streets to Stop Arming Israel” on the second night of Passover. The demonstration, held one block away from the home of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer,... Read more »

Exactly 15 years ago this week, I published an article in the Guardian. It began like this: It’s time. Long past time. The best strategy to end the increasingly bloody occupation is for Israel to become the target of the kind of global movement that put an end to apartheid in South... Read more »

On Wednesday, October 18, the Lever’s David Sirota hosted a live event with Canadian journalist and activist Naomi Klein and Palestinian-American political analyst Omar Baddar to discuss the ongoing fighting between Israel and Hamas and the mounting humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. David, Naomi, and Omar spoke about the historical and political... Read more »

In Doppelganger, Naomi Klein takes a journey into the uncanny world of anti-vaxxer conspiracy theory and far right propaganda. As she goes through the looking glass, she discovers dark forces bent on warping our politics in their image. What starts as a story of mistaken identity with her namesake Naomi... Read more »

All over Maui, golf courses glisten emerald green, hotels manage to fill their pools and corporations stockpile water to sell to luxury estates. And yet, when it came time to fight the fires, some hoses ran dry. Why? The reason is the long-running battle over west Maui’s most precious natural... Read more »

The policies of both Reform UK and the Conservatives would destroy a million jobs. In return, they offer imaginary employment in a fantasy industry. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 10th June 2026 Really? You want to destroy a million jobs? Vote Reform UK for mass unemployment: is that... Read more »

The highly lucrative trade in children in care reveals another level of cynicism altogether. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 5th June 2026 Bring your suitcase, your bin liner, your dumpy bag. They’re handing out money faster than you can stuff it in a sack. All you need do... Read more »

How to alienate people from the green transition. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 27th May 2026 We will not persuade. We will not explain. We will not listen. We know best and we will force you to comply. This, I’m sorry to say, is how the government’s climate... Read more »

Why is centrism failing so badly? Because at its heart is a mistaken idea of how politics works. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 20th May 2026 The biggest Brexit donor was the stockbroker Peter Hargreaves. He gave £3.2m to the leave campaign. He justified his enthusiasm as follows:... Read more »

Why are rightwingers being given a free pass on antisemitism? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 14th May 2026 The media’s message appears to have cut through. At the crucial rally against antisemitism in London on Sunday, Zack Polanski, the Jewish leader of the Green party of England and... Read more »

Radical Listening could transform our politics and block the rise of the far right. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 7th May 2026 Most people have made up their minds, and nothing you can say will change them: that’s the credo of parties such as Labour and the Democrats.... Read more »

There’s a really simple way of ensuring that politics belongs to the people, not to the ultra-rich. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 30th April 2026 How do we know whether political funding is corrupt? Mostly, we don’t. A plutocrat delivers a sack of cash to a political party.... Read more »

If this crucial circulation system shuts down, the civilisational impacts will be irreversible. So why isn’t it a top priority? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 23rd April 2026 The poor and middle pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the very rich pay lawyers – and the ultra-rich pay... Read more »

Thanks to Trump, people around the world are scrambling to get out of fossil fuels. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 18th April 2026 Donald Trump has done more to accelerate the energy transition than anyone else alive. Fossil fuel companies bankrolled his presidential campaign to stop the transition... Read more »

Earlier this week, The Hill reported that two of the U.S. Senate's top Republicans — Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) and Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) — had just had lengthy conversations with Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky). And one of The Hill's sources said that McConnell, who has been... Read more »

Throughout his second presidency, Donald Trump has made it clear that his top priority isn't experience — it's loyalty. Trump his filled his second administration with ultra-MAGA loyalists who, unlike many of the traditional conservatives he appointed during his first presidency, aren't going to challenge him or clash with him.... Read more »

Video footage obtained and verified by CNN shows emergency responders loading what appears to be Senator Mitch McConnell onto a stretcher and into an ambulance outside his Washington, D.C., home on the morning of June 14, after the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican was found unconscious.The clip, filmed from a distance that... Read more »

President Donald Trump fired all three remaining members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission on Thursday, abruptly disabling the only federal agency devoted solely to election administration at a moment when Trump has sought to reshape federal voting rules.The two Democratic commissioners, Thomas Hicks and Benjamin Hovland, were notified by... Read more »

It sure looks like tech billionaires and foreign dictatorships gave us Trump in 2024. This is as bad as the massive Russian bot presence on Facebook and Twitter back in 2016, which Robert Mueller documented gave Trump the presidency that time.A peer-reviewed study released Thursday in Nature, the world’s most... Read more »

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) is widely regarded as one of the most conservative Democrats in the Senate, frequently abandoning his party during key votes to align himself with President Donald Trump.Now some political analysts believe Fetterman may ditch the Democrats altogether.“He's gonna flip,” anti-Trump Republican strategist Rick Wilson posted on... Read more »

MAGA is getting more and more weird, says the Bulwark crew of Tim Miller, Sam Stein and Will Sommer. But MAGA’s talent for blaming others for their personal depravities remains unchanged.MAGA social media influencer Gian Rachtelli, 54, was charged with lewd, indecent and obscene acts on the National Mall, allegedly... Read more »

President Donald Trump has consistently received staunch support from farmers, who remain among his most loyal constituents to this day. Yet they have taken economic hit after economic hit from his policies of mass deportations, unprecedented tariffs and a war against Iran that has raised prices on fertilizer and fuel.Now... Read more »

President Donald Trump’s political movement has been widely compared to a cult — and now billboards in Tennessee are offering adherents a way out.“Having Doubts? You Are Not Alone,” proclaims the advertisement for the website “Leaving MAGA” along Nashville’s Interstate 40, according to a report by The Tennessean on Thursday.... Read more »

“I just want to say there was tremendous love in that room,” President Trump declared as he wrapped up the 2026 NATO summit in Ankara. But anyone looking beyond the carefully choreographed photo-ops saw an alliance beset by public feuds, competing visions of security, and widening political divisions. Here are... Read more »

A major showdown on the House floor seemed imminent. An amendment, advanced by the Rules Committee, was poised to force a rare and telling record vote on stripping Israel of $3.3 billion in annual US military aid. Brought forward by Republican Representative Thomas Massie and drawing support from key progressive... Read more »

The fragile ceasefire between Iran and the United States has been broken once again. The United States has been bombing Iran, claiming that its attacks are in retaliation for Iran attacking three vessels near Straight of Hormuz, which it considers as violation of the Islamabad agreement, officially known as the... Read more »

Reprinted with permission from Trita Parsi’s Substack. For the second time since the U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed, Washington and Tehran have slipped back into direct military confrontation. The United States struck “80 targets in Iran with precision munitions” after Iranian forces fired on several ships transiting the... Read more »

There was a time when the arms dealer waited in the corridor. He financed the campaign, endowed the think tank, took the general to dinner, and hoped the man inside the office would remember him when the contract came up. The wall between the money and the decision was thin,... Read more »

Wars are seldom judged fairly in the immediate aftermath. Generals and analysts often focus on tallies of destroyed sites, intercepted projectiles, and tactical wins. Yet the deeper political fallout usually surfaces later – and it has a habit of defying the expectations of those who started the fight. History offers... Read more »

Reprinted with permission from The Kucinich Report. The U.S.-Israel military merger has not become law – yet. Not because Congress rejected it, but because the House unexpectedly voted down the procedural rule governing debate on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). That vote delayed consideration of the bill, but it did... Read more »

President Trump was reportedly “shocked” to see many thousands of Iranians in the street mourning at the funeral of the country’s late leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, over the weekend. Khamenei was assassinated by the United States at the beginning of the February US surprise attack on Iran. The US attack... Read more »

Whether Israelis will ever comprehend the irreparable damage inflicted upon their country’s reputation by their UN Ambassador, Danny Danon, is a moot point. The damage Israel has done to itself through its barbaric practices in occupied Palestine is simply impossible to overcome. Danon, however, utilizes a peculiar approach to defending... Read more »

*New information provided by Attorney Nasser Odeh, the lawyer representing Dr. Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, following his visit to Dr. Abu Safiya at the underground Rakefet interrogation facility in Nitzan Prison, indicates a severe deterioration in his condition to the point of tangible danger to his life.... Read more »

Cleaning the Stables Gaza’s Gravediggers: An Inquiry into Corruption in High Places by Norman G. Finkelstein (OR Books, 2026) Anti-Capitalist Musings Jun 09, 2026... Read more »

What the Wounds Are Telling Us Doctors in Gaza observed a disturbing pattern: children with a single gunshot wound to the head or chest, a sign that they had been deliberately targeted. This emerges from research by de Volkskrant, which spoke with the doctors who are among the last international... Read more »

An event organized by Eyewitness Palestine at  De La Luz performing arts center in Holyoke, MA... Read more »

In May 2018, Palestinians in Gaza organized a peaceful protest “March of Return” in order to break the illegal siege of Gaza. The IDF responded by brutal killing of civilians. Israeli snipers were targeting the peaceful protesters killing children, paramedics, women, amputees and civilian men. The IDF spokesperson tweeted on... Read more »

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Former ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is currently on a victory tour, as she recounts her heroic defiance of Israeli pressure during her stint at the Court: “It was a risk I was willing to take.”  A perusal of the extensive documentary record shows, however, that Bensouda served not as the... Read more »

The first-ever U.S. lawsuit seeking to hold Big Oil companies accountable for the death of a family member in a climate disaster will proceed toward discovery and trial after a Washington State court rejected the companies’ joint motions to dismiss and strike the case. The court found that the claims... Read more »

A new analysis from clean energy think tank Energy Innovation finds that the Trump administration's rollback of clean energy policy will add more than half a trillion dollars to American households' collective energy costs by 2040, even as it publicly promises lower bills. 350.org says the findings confirm what millions... Read more »

Meta’s latest AI image generation feature raises serious privacy concerns by automatically allowing public Instagram profiles to be used in AI-generated images unless users actively opt out. The new “Muse Image” model enables users to generate AI images using another person’s likeness simply by tagging their public Instagram account in... Read more »

In 2026, the American Civil Liberties Union will make its largest-ever investment in down ballot races, marking a historic escalation in its “Firewall for Freedom” strategy to protect civil liberties across the country. As part of this new campaign, the ACLU will spend $25.5 million across underfunded but critical state-level... Read more »

Millions of low- and middle-income Americans are losing health coverage because the Trump administration allowed the subsidies that made it affordable to lapse, according to a new Public Citizen analysis of government data. The analysis contradicts claims by Trump administration health officials that removal of fraudulent enrollees is responsible for... Read more »

Hoo boy. Many of us slogged through a July 4 more vigil - "act of purposeful wakefulness" - than celebration as hostages of a dark timeline wherein history's smallest, weakest political "leader" and his racist cabal screech about "godless communists," one-party rule and forced sterilization of brown people who will... Read more »

The following is a statement from Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works, in response to the Social Security Administration announcing that babies born during the rest of 2026 will receive Social Security cards featuring the Freedom 250 logo:“The first Social Security card was issued in 1936, ninety years ago.... Read more »

Today’s jobs report shows the labor market added only 57,000 jobs in June, with April and May hiring revised down by 74,000 fewer jobs than previously reported. The unemployment rate changed little at 4.2%. A total of 720,000 people left the labor force last month, pushing the share of Americans... Read more »

Declaring, "I believe in America, I believe in us," an active duty Air Force major was arrested Wednesday for a non-violent act of civil disobedience after he publicly called for Trump to be impeached, removed and convicted for his scores of impeachable offenses. Citing the "foundational oath" he took to... Read more »

I publish below in full the Note we have submitted to Court today to re-establish the separate Scottish judicial review of the proscription of Palestine Action. Not only is the state doubling down on prosecution of pro-Palestine activists, a new National Security State Threats Bill is being fast tracked through... Read more »

The provisional surrender document signed by Donald Trump appeared to represent a triumph for Iran and indeed for the world; but neither the USA nor Israel has the slightest sense of honour and they cannot be trusted to negotiate in good faith. Iran knows this – after all, the USA... Read more »

I was genuinely surprised by the Starmer regime’s refusal to state that the Israeli boarding of the Global Sumud flotilla on the High Seas was illegal. I did not realise it was because the UK was planning to undertake similar illegal seizure itself. The Gaza Flotilla seizure was illegal: while... Read more »

Judge Johnson had proved his fascist credentials through rulings much earlier in the Filton trial than his vicious sentencing. Indeed, he had arguably already shown them when he released Tommy Robinson from a prison sentence, or when as a barrister he had chosen to work for the intelligence services and... Read more »

Just a quick note to say that I am very aware that lately I have been rather bitter, which is not good for anybody, especially me. The disappointments and state outrages have been no worse than usual; my frustration at my poor health, and the subsequent constraint of my ability... Read more »

I went through yesterday’s preliminary hearing in the Scottish judicial review of the proscription of Palestine Action with a sense of mounting horror. We had the same judge as at the permission hearing, Lord Young. We had exactly the same arguments and the same case law being deployed again by... Read more »

The proscription of Palestine Action was sold to MPs and the media on the basis of a deliberate campaign of lies, fronted by Yvette Cooper, then Home Secretary, and Mark Rowley, Commissioner of the Metropolitan police. Both have deep commitment to Israel. Cooper is owned by the Israel lobby. What... Read more »

The furore around the election of Dr Manivannan to the Scottish Parliament is deeply troubling. There is no argument whatsoever that they were eligible to stand for election. The law was changed specifically in order for those on temporary visas to be able to stand in Scottish parliamentary elections. I... Read more »

While the Court of Appeal has now stopped the High Court contempt of court action against Rajiv Menon KC for defending his client, this is purely on procedural grounds. They ruled that Judge Johnson had to go via the Attorney General to the High Court, not direct. It is now... Read more »

China has successfully tested the partially recoverable Long March 10B space launch rocket Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Ousted Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina, who is in India, says she will return to her country in December where she says she could be killed Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has held talks with Mozambique officials during a working visit to Maputo Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Vladimir Zelensky “cleared” the killing of the Monaco bombing suspect, ex-Ukrainian diplomat Andrey Telizhenko has told RT Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Vladimir Zelensky left the NATO summit without new aid, missiles, or progress on Ukraine’s NATO membership bid, Moscow has said Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

RT has signed a cooperation deal with the Alliance of Sahel States’ Tafouk TV to exchange content and expertise Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Suspects in an anti-draft riot in Ukraine were apparently subjected to extrajudicial intimidation, disturbing videos suggest Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

The FSB has reported thwarting a Ukrainian military intelligence operation involving AI-powered drones intended to attack a Russian airfield Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

The Virgin Voyages cruise ship Scarlet Lady has been denied entry by both Türkiye and Egypt during an LGBTQ cruise Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Moscow sees that Kiev is not inclined to a peaceful resolution of the situation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.... Read more »

Russia’s air defenses destroyed nearly 5,000 drones over the course of one week, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.... Read more »

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Any aggression directed against Russia will be met with a decisive response using all available forces and means—and the consequences for the initiators will be devastating, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday.... Read more »

BEIJING (Sputnik) - China successfully launched the Changzheng-10B (Long March-10B) carrier rocket from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on Hainan Island on Friday, marking the first controlled recovery of a rocket booster on a marine platform, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) has said.... Read more »

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Friday that it had thwarted a large-scale terrorist attack planned by Kiev, involving the bombing of the Rostov-Tsentralny military air base.... Read more »

The death toll from the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela has risen to 3,889, while 16,740 people have been injured, Venezuelan National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez said.... Read more »

North Korea has decided to strengthen its nuclear forces both qualitatively and quantitatively, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported, citing a decision made at a meeting of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea.... Read more »

Volodymyr Zelensky tried to blackmail NATO countries with the prospect of Ukraine having nuclear weapons in order to boost support for Kiev, but his approach was ignored, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.... Read more »

Renewed US-Iranian fighting over the Strait of Hormuz has cut off liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments from the Persian Gulf to Pakistan.... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 12 November 2025 British officials are developing new ties with their Syrian counterparts complicit in recent killings, including former leading al-Qaeda operatives Last month, Keir Starmer’s special representative to Syria, Ann Snow, met defence minister Murhaf Abu Qasra in Damascus. This followed a meeting between... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 20 October 2025 A military agreement Britain and Israel signed in 2020 has not been modified despite Israel’s attacks on Gaza, the Ministry of Defence admits. In December 2020, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tweeted that it had signed a military agreement with the UK. It... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 30 September 2025 Drugs corporation Teva makes one in seven of the medicines prescribed in the UK. It’s also backing the Israeli military during the genocide. An Israeli pharmaceutical company that operates at the heart of the NHS has been aiding the Israeli military during... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 29 September 2025 Sixty years ago, Harold Wilson’s government secretly conspired with the Indonesian military as it conducted one of the postwar world’s worst bloodbaths. British declassified files show how Harold Wilson’s Labour government, together with the US government under Lyndon Johnson, were complicit in... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 25 September 2025 Exclusive: Israeli air force pilot invited to speak about ‘operational frontlines’ at British charity event. The Royal Air Force museum in London hosted an event last week supporting the education of Israeli soldiers who have fought in Gaza, Declassified can reveal.  The event, entitled... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 15 September 2025 Britain colluded with a militia in the Kosovo war whose leaders now face war crimes charges in The Hague. Will UK officials ever be held to account? On 28 April 1999, prime minister Tony Blair’s adviser John Sawers wrote a memo to... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 15 August 2025 Declassified files show Britain has long known of Israel’s criminality against Palestinians, as Whitehall has deepened its military, trade and diplomatic support. The parallels are remarkable.  There were “numerous reports that the Israeli authorities have prevented medical and other humanitarian assistance from... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 5 August 2025 Downing Street files show Tony Blair was prepared to allow Israel to take over part of the West Bank and to give Israel a “privileged” alliance with Nato and the European Union. Tony Blair considered establishing a “privileged Israeli partnership” with Nato... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 9 July 2025 The Home Office briefed the Times that Palestine Action could be funded by Iran, and then UK media kicked into action spreading the story. The proscription of Palestine Action took place alongside claims made in sections of the British media that the... Read more »

The Briefing ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story Earlier this year, the Federal Communications Commission ordered an early review of ABC’s broadcast licenses. The FCC is also investigating whether The View –... Read more »

Americans' views of the Israeli people and government have grown more negative across party lines and age groups, while opinions of Palestinians have held largely steady.... Read more »

The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 181 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted from Oct. 6 to Oct. 16, 2025. A total of 8,046 panelists responded out... Read more »

This report was written by Gabriel Piña, senior researcher; Mark Hugo Lopez, director, race and ethnicity research; Sahana Mukherjee, associate director, race and ethnicity research; Dalia Fahmy, senior writer/editor; and Alexandra Cahn, research assistant. Editorial guidance was provided by Steven Shepard, associate director, political research; and Hannah Hartig, senior researcher,... Read more »

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For U.S. Latinos, the importance and meaning of identity are closely tied to how far they are from their family’s immigrant experience. Latinos born outside the United States (immigrants) are more likely than U.S.-born Latinos to say their Latino identity is central to who they are and to identify with... Read more »

Latino voters who supported President Donald Trump in 2024 differ from those who supported Democratic candidate Kamala Harris not only in their political views, but also in how central their Latino identity is to their lives. Across multiple measures, Trump voters are less likely to see their Latino background as... Read more »

Fifty years ago, Congress passed a law to improve data collection on people in the United States who have roots in Spanish-speaking countries – a group that came to be labeled “Hispanics” and “Latinos” in federal surveys and publications. The law was meant to help decision makers better understand the fast-growing... Read more »

Some say being Latino is a source of advantage or connection but others say it is tied to barriers and discrimination.... Read more »

A very special guest post from Tom Engelhardt. The post A Government of Trump, by Trump, and for Trump appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Platner has lost the moral right to speak for the left. The movement that energized Maine’s voters should choose his replacement. The post It’s Time for Maine to Ditch Platner — But Not the Politics That Won Over Voters appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Amid Graham Platner’s swift downfall, most paths to selecting a replacement candidate look poisoned. The post Graham Platner’s Exit From Senate Race Leaves Maine Dems “Hobbled” in Scramble for New Nominee appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

“He must be trying for the record of how many times you can lose the same war.”  The post Another Trump Ceasefire With Iran Crumbles appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The agency trains officers to conceal their true intentions — and has long existed to violently suppress the left. The post Why Would Anyone Trust Ex-CIA Agents in Elected Office? appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Democratic strategist Adam Carlson backed Platner through all his other scandals. He says he shares the blame, but that people are learning the wrong lessons. The post The People Who Stood By Graham Platner — Until He Was Accused of Rape appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Federal agents asked about links between the woman and the Prairieland case — suggesting a sprawling conspiracy that fits with Trump’s attacks on antifa. The post FBI Raided Texas Activist’s House — Then Offered Her $200,000 to Become Antifa Informant appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Local authorities accused the same legal assistance group targeted by Joseph McCarthy a half century ago of being part of a vast antifa conspiracy. The post How Local Cops Are Running With Trump’s NSPM-7 Attacks on Antifa appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Reversing a red card against U.S. soccer star Folarin Balogun isn’t FIFA’s only unusual concession to Trump. The post FIFA Gives Trump Exactly What He Wants appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Nonprofits can respond to current political circumstances with a clear sense of their values. Let us turn today’s threats into opportunities to come together.... Read more »

In Altadena, California, a collaboration between artists Kelly Akashi and Phil Peters celebrates community resilience after the Eaton Fire.... Read more »

The ADA became law almost four decades ago. How much more notice is enough?... Read more »

What we’ve got right now is more of a “burnt panini generation.”... Read more »

In April, Senate Republicans withdrew a moratorium on mining in the Boundary Waters. Minnesotans are fighting back.... Read more »

The American promise of liberty and justice for all is not being realized by the four million people with felonies who are unable to vote.... Read more »

A small press offers writers support in telling stories of life during and after incarceration.... Read more »

One café owner is committed to providing a space for people to gather and watch the soccer tournament.... Read more »

The apparent goal is to keep as many people as possible from getting the help they need.... Read more »

The first-ever U.S. lawsuit seeking to hold Big Oil companies accountable for the death of a family member in a climate disaster will proceed toward discovery and trial after a Washington State court rejected the companies’ joint motions to dismiss and strike the case. The court found that the claims... Read more »

A new analysis from clean energy think tank Energy Innovation finds that the Trump administration's rollback of clean energy policy will add more than half a trillion dollars to American households' collective energy costs by 2040, even as it publicly promises lower bills. 350.org says the findings confirm what millions... Read more »

Meta’s latest AI image generation feature raises serious privacy concerns by automatically allowing public Instagram profiles to be used in AI-generated images unless users actively opt out. The new “Muse Image” model enables users to generate AI images using another person’s likeness simply by tagging their public Instagram account in... Read more »

In 2026, the American Civil Liberties Union will make its largest-ever investment in down ballot races, marking a historic escalation in its “Firewall for Freedom” strategy to protect civil liberties across the country. As part of this new campaign, the ACLU will spend $25.5 million across underfunded but critical state-level... Read more »

Millions of low- and middle-income Americans are losing health coverage because the Trump administration allowed the subsidies that made it affordable to lapse, according to a new Public Citizen analysis of government data. The analysis contradicts claims by Trump administration health officials that removal of fraudulent enrollees is responsible for... Read more »

Hoo boy. Many of us slogged through a July 4 more vigil - "act of purposeful wakefulness" - than celebration as hostages of a dark timeline wherein history's smallest, weakest political "leader" and his racist cabal screech about "godless communists," one-party rule and forced sterilization of brown people who will... Read more »

The following is a statement from Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works, in response to the Social Security Administration announcing that babies born during the rest of 2026 will receive Social Security cards featuring the Freedom 250 logo:“The first Social Security card was issued in 1936, ninety years ago.... Read more »

Today’s jobs report shows the labor market added only 57,000 jobs in June, with April and May hiring revised down by 74,000 fewer jobs than previously reported. The unemployment rate changed little at 4.2%. A total of 720,000 people left the labor force last month, pushing the share of Americans... Read more »

Declaring, "I believe in America, I believe in us," an active duty Air Force major was arrested Wednesday for a non-violent act of civil disobedience after he publicly called for Trump to be impeached, removed and convicted for his scores of impeachable offenses. Citing the "foundational oath" he took to... Read more »

Americans as a population have an unusually large appetite for psychoactive drugs, whether legal or illegal. And American history has been marked by periodic moral panics over drug use and normalization or legalization, as we’re experiencing right now. Why is that? What is it about US society that makes drug... Read more »

Fossil fuel combustion has made dangerous heat waves ever more frequent. The short term answer — for those who have one — is to turn on the air conditioner. But air conditioning makes the the problem even worse. Environmental journalist Sam Bloch discusses the ways that cities used to be... Read more »

David Thomson, the great film critic, discusses his increasing disquiet with film — and how movies have helped deliver us to authoritarianism. He describes film’s adulation of power, which has been almost religiously illuminated on the screen. David Thomson, A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies Simon... Read more »

Prisons won’t be dismantled anytime soon. So what does—or should—prison abolition mean? Anna Terwiel draws from Angela Davis’s writings a host of insights that buttress what Terwiel considers a realist political project. Among other things, she examines Davis’s prison abolitionism in light of her democratic socialist commitments and her understanding... Read more »

Commercial sex and imperialism — army bases and brothels — have often gone hand in hand. But in the early 20th century an emergent U.S. empire defined itself as rooted in sexual purity. Historian Eva Payne describes how a heavy price for this notion of American exceptionalism was paid by... Read more »

One of conservation’s greatest achievements happened mostly by accident and is still hiding in plain sight from most of us. When settlers established cities in the United States, they decimated the existing ecosystems. But in recent decades, as environmental historian Peter Alagona illustrates, there has been a remarkable return of... Read more »

How did conservatives come to dominate so much of the media in the U.S.? Historian A.J. Bauer looks at the formative period between the advent and repeal of the Fairness Doctrine in which the right borrowed from the left to sharpen its criticism of the media — ultimately giving rise... Read more »

For many decades, the idea has held sway that we humans should leave consequential decisions to a higher power: computers. And that assumption has become more deeply entrenched, the more powerful computers have become. How did our world come to be seen as an imaginary casino, with every decision to... Read more »

The backlash against trans people, which has swept both the United States and the world in recent years, is not as new as it seems, according to historian Jules Gill-Peterson. She traces the emergence of trans misogynistic violence over the last two centuries, which she links to the establishment of... Read more »

Dozens of flights have been canceled across the US on Christmas Eve due to Covid staff shortages with thousands of passengers stuck at the airports and others forced to cancel holidays altogether. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

A Democrat member of the US Congress was carjacked and robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight in South Philadelphia. Representative Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Pennsylvania) was not physically harmed, but her car and possessions were taken. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Amazon has announced a limit to the number of at-home Covid test kits per customer as demand surges amid a rise in cases since the discovery of the Omicron variant. Walgreens and CVS also introduced purchase limits. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

President Joe Biden will make a public statement on the anniversary of the January 6 riot at the US Capitol, the White House said. This comes after former President Donald Trump said he would hold a public event on that day. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Pfizer’s Paxlovid tablets against Covid have been given emergency use authorization by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The first pill treatment of this kind, it can be prescribed to high-risk patients aged 12 and older. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Former New York Times reporter and outspoken critic of the US response to the Covid pandemic Alex Berenson is suing Twitter for suspending his account, claiming the platform “acted on behalf of the federal government. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Former President Donald Trump has said he was “very close to going the other way” on issuing a pardon for Julian Assange or Edward Snowden before he left the White House, ultimately deciding not to grant clemency to either. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

US life expectancy in 2020 has suffered an almost two-year drop, with the pandemic being one of the main drivers of excess death, newly released official data has shown. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

One of the wealthiest people in the US, the $5.2 billion-worth tech executive Jeff T. Green, has announced his split from the Mormon Church which, in his words, is “actively and currently doing harm in the world”. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Street fury in Lviv shows where fear really lives – not in the Kremlin but in a country that forces its own men into uniform Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Russia positions itself not as a savior come to deliver Africa from its troubles, but as an equal partner Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

If NATO members continue to ramp up their spending, they will eat themselves from the inside, and Russia won’t have to lift a finger Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

As Washington weakens, it is tightening the screws on Havana – using blockade, blackouts and mass suffering to punish defiance Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Tokyo and New Delhi are expanding ties in defense, infrastructure and critical minerals to protect their long-term interests Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Moscow deflected a huge UAV assault and dealt crushing strikes on Ukraine’s military production, exposing the mismatch in aims and effect. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Even with a suspect in court, Berlin will still protect Kiev and the wider Nored Stream cover-up rather than confront a devastating truth Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

The very survival of women’s sports may hinge on whether the liberal or the conservative idea of sex and gender prevails Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

By prosecuting individuals for reposting RT content, European censors are trying to scare unwanted beliefs off their narrative Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was booed by the crowd upon arriving at a London cathedral for the Queen’s celebration Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Assaults on UK officers hit around 80 per day in early 2021, statistics released by the PA news agency found, with police warning that Covid was used “as a weapon” by spitting at constables. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Most Britons are sometimes afraid to express their political or social views for fear of a negative response, though two-thirds are still unaware what the phrase “cancel culture” means, a new poll from YouGov has revealed. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

London Underground is facing the longest strike in the rail service’s history, with the train drivers’ union planning staff walkouts every weekend until summer 2022. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

The NHS is set to provide children in England with life-changing treatment for peanut allergies in a European first after the UK’s medical service signed a deal for the “pioneering” oral medication after a successful study. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has said he was “a little too undiplomatic” when he described Britain’s unvaccinated as “idiots” who put unnecessary strain on the NHS with their “irresponsible” decision not to get vaccinated. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

London’s Metropolitan Police has referred itself to the English police watchdog over claims that, during 2020, the force mishandled alleged parties in Downing Street that were in violation of Covid restrictions. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

The UK has recorded 106,122 new Covid-19 cases in a 24-hour period. The figure marks the first time daily case numbers have exceeded 100,000 in the UK, and is the highest registered by British officials since the pandemic began. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

The European Commission has confirmed that travelers from the UK will be charged a €7 ($7.92) visa fee from next year and forced to pre-register their details before being allowed to enter Schengen EU nations. Read Full Article at RT.com... Read more »

The failure at Australia’s largest telecommunications company underscores the dangers created by decades of privatisation, subordinating vital public infrastructure to the profit interests of big business.... Read more »

The killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo is the inevitable result of the demands by the Trump White House for an enormous increase in detention and deportation of immigrant workers.... Read more »

The cuts exposes the NYSNA union’s sellout of the New York City nurse’s strike earlier this year, which led to a contract with no meaningful protections against AI-led job losses.... Read more »

This is a concerted, organized campaign driven by ultra-right elements dedicated to forcing their anti-democratic and unpopular views on a largely unsuspecting public.... Read more »

The Trump administration continued its bombing of Iran for a third day on Thursday, striking the rail lines to Mashhad as mourners buried Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader assassinated by US and Israeli forces on the first day of the war.... Read more »

The WSWS spoke with workers at Eskdale Estate about the lack of support for housing and other basic needs, seven months after Cyclone Ditwah devastated the country.... Read more »

Nexteer Workers Rank-and-File Committee, formed by a group of militant workers to oppose the sabotage by the UAW bureaucracy, issued the following statement on the fight ahead and their support for Will Lehman.... Read more »

Volkswagen is moving forward with plans to cut 100,000 jobs and close four plants in Germany, the deepest attack on VW workers ever and part of a global wave of layoffs in the auto industry.... Read more »

Petro openly warns of fascism and calls de la Espriella’s victory illegitimate. Yet in the same breath, he calls on demonstrators to remain “calm,” and proposes a “national agreement” with the incoming administration.... Read more »

President Donald Trump's hacking away at food assistance benefits affects all Americans, obviously, including plenty who voted against him. Those people are genuine victims. But what about the others?... Read more »

Here's your Daily Kos Recap for July 9.... Read more »

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What the GOP isn't sharing with us speaks loudly.... Read more »

What was once Palm Beach International Airport has officially been added to the growing list of institutions adorned with the president’s name.... Read more »

The Trump administration is reportedly trying to rally the rest of the world to help it in its fight against “antifa” activists, but the world isn’t answering the dubious call.... Read more »

On Wednesday night, Graham Platner finally ended his campaign for Senate in Maine, after rape allegations from a former girlfriend caused even his own allies to denounce his candidacy and call for him to drop out. The move has Democrats feeling relieved and GOP Sen. Susan Collins and her allies... Read more »

A cartoon by David Horsey.... Read more »

The president is a documented misogynist.... Read more »

For Ukrainians, it’s not the battle for land that justifies the sacrifice—it’s the battle for survival. If they lose that land, Ukrainians will be left with nothing but land acknowledgements to mark a long-ago state and a once-proud culture. The post Ukraine and the Spirit of Red Cloud appeared first... Read more »

As people die in this heat, it’s time to kick the fossil fuel industry out of our politics. The post This Deadly Heat Wave Has a Culprit appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

For my family, SNAP meant one less impossible choice at the end of the month. Millions are now losing that lifeline. The post SNAP Cuts Take More Than Food Away appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

The DC Council plans to consider a wealth proceeds tax in September, rather than this summer. The post DC Council Punts Wealth Tax Debate to the Fall appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Will Trump and company ever be held accountable for their graft and will their corruption have an enduring impact on political institutions? The post Trump Enrichment Syndrome appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Our tax dollars should be supporting families at home, not bombing them abroad. The post Another $88 Billion for the Iran War? Fund Human Needs, Instead. appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

How Indigenous land and water defenders strategized to defend the Guatemalan people. The post “We Have to Do Whatever We Can” appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Indigenous land and water defenders celebrate arbitration result. The post A Mining Company Loses Its Bet appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

We can’t allow ICE and Border Patrol continue to harm our communities while we struggle to pay our bills. The post Our Federal Budget is Showing Us That Congress is Putting ICE First and Families Last. It Should Be the Other Way Around. appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260703.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   Disability Scoop (6/22/26) This week on CounterSpin: A former UK Prime Minister famously sniffed: I think we have gone through a period when too many children and people have been given to understand, “I have a problem, it... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260626.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   Freedom of the Press Foundation (6/23/26) This week on CounterSpin: Do you disagree with anything that the Trump administration is doing? Are there other people that share that view? Do you think you should get together and use... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260619.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   CEPR (6/15/26) This week on CounterSpin: The way we hear about the stock market is quite different from the vision many people still hold: that businesses strive to serve people’s real needs or desires, and investors are rewarded... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260612.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   AP/PBS (6/6/26) This week on CounterSpin: PBS News told its audience “What to Know About the Protests and Arrests Outside a New Jersey Detention Center.” What to know, evidently, is that protesters “say they are showing up in... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260605.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   CounterPunch (5/25/26) This week on CounterSpin: Luddites didn’t hate machines: Historian (and online educator) Casey Fiesler reminds us that the Luddites, who were 19th century English textile workers, were not anti-technology, they were anti the unaccountable deployment of... Read more »

  The New York Times‘ obituary (5/18/26) for former LAPD detective Mark Fuhrman quotes him saying that “policemen never get the benefit of the doubt.” The racism of Mark Fuhrman, the Los Angeles police detective whose involvement in the O.J. Simpson murder investigation helped sink the prosecution’s case, was so... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260529.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   New Republic (3/10/26) This week on CounterSpin: It’s a safe bet that a majority of US citizens know that “we” are currently at “war” with Iran. I am equally confident that very few people could explain why. Or... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260522.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   Texas Tribune (5/20/26) This week on CounterSpin: You may have seen videos of college commencement speakers telling students who’ve spent time and money learning how to read, write and think critically that that was dumb, cuz AI is... Read more »

https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260515.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). FIFA, the governing body of association football, concocted a “FIFA Peace Prize”—described as recognizing “individuals for exceptional contributions to peace and unity”—in order to award it to Donald Trump. Alongside revelations of deep-seated corruption—collusion, bribery—involving official bodies and executives, and... Read more »

Better Off? How Generational Progress Slowed In The US Bettering yourself financially or at least giving your children the opportunity for a more prosperous future has driven people to emigrate to the United States for generations. But is the next generation still better off in this day and age? The answer is... Read more »

The Men Who Own The Ukraine War Now Run It Authored by Thomas S. Karat via AntiWar.com There was a time when the arms dealer waited in the corridor. He financed the campaign, endowed the think tank, took the general to dinner, and hoped the man inside the office would... Read more »

Europe Votes Against Thought-Policing 'Chat Control', Brussels Passes It Anyway... On Thursday in Strasbourg, 314 Members of the European Parliament voted to reject the return of "Chat Control," the legal regime allowing tech companies to scan the private messages of roughly half a billion Europeans. Illustration via proton.me Only 276... Read more »

Is She Going To Eat It? Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Migrants continue to treat Britain's streets, parks, and waterways like a personal hunting ground, with fresh footage exposing the grim reality of unchecked mass immigration. A disturbing new video circulating on X shows a woman - widely... Read more »

Erdogan Taunts Israel & Greece After Trump Hands Turkey F-35, Sanctions Win Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has responded to ongoing Israeli and Greek objections to the possible US sale of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey by mocking the Turkish enemies and rivals. Opposition to the potential stealth fighter transfer... Read more »

Europeans Should Embrace The American Revolution Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker, The time has come for Europeans to declare their independence from ruling-class tyranny. We made it to our two-hundred-fiftieth birthday, America.  What’s next?  Let’s get back to work, so that our descendants can celebrate one thousand. Making sure the American Experiment endures is work,... Read more »

113 Active Spies From Foreign Countries Arrested: FBI Director Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The FBI has arrested 113 active spies from foreign nations, agency director Kash Patel said on Wednesday. FBI Director Kash Patel testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 12, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The... Read more »

Fiber-Optic Kamikaze Drone Found In Mexico Signals New Drone Threat South Of Border The global proliferation of low-cost suicide drones is setting off alarm bells across the US military and among national security officials and experts. The race to harden high-value assets in the homeland, from military bases and airports... Read more »

Federal Agents Targeting Illegal Truck Drivers At Weigh Stations Nationwide By Noi Mahoney of FreightWaves Federal immigration agents are now working alongside state troopers at commercial truck weigh stations across the country as the Trump administration intensifies its crackdown on illegal commercial drivers, according to U.S. Border Czar Tom Homan.... Read more »

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth noticed too many people were getting exemptions from his strict "no beards" crackdown while visiting a naval ship last month, CNN reported — and heads rolled over it.The Pentagon chief, who styles himself Secretary of War due to a Trump executive order, "left the ship... Read more »

The 94-page indictment unsealed against 15 anti-ICE activists in Minnesota last month as part of the Trump administration’s latest “antifa” prosecution includes page after page of accusations that defendants attended meetings or joined Signal groups.Among the 15 people accused of participating in a criminal conspiracy to impede immigration enforcement operations... Read more »

Former Homeland Security official Miles Taylor sounded the alarm Thursday over what he warned was an imminent “scheme” to “hijack the midterm vote” – an alleged plot that at its center is President Donald Trump’s “boyhood pal.”The “boyhood pal” in question is Peter Ticktin, an 80-year-old Florida lawyer who first... Read more »

A CNN panel exploded into argument on Friday morning, after conservative Terry Schilling defended the ICE actions under scrutiny regarding the death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston.Schilling opened with a disparaging response to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who threatened legal action over the shooting. "Game on," he said."You want... Read more »

President Donald Trump's boast on Truth Social that his tariff war spurred Toyota to move its Tacoma truck manufacturing operations to the U.S. was drowned in derision by the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal this week.The conservative WSJ board on Thursday rained on Trump's parade by pointing out... Read more »

Vice President J.D. Vance has been called out for a speech — the one the White House accidentally dubbed as "dumb" — by a fact-checker who argued it was something much worse. The Daily Beast's Michael Daly argued Friday morning that Vance's recent speech about convicted fraudster Markita Barnes was... Read more »

New Mexico Democratic Attorney General Raúl Torrez has accused the Trump administration’s Justice Department (DOJ) of "causing real and escalating harm” over its continued stonewalling of state officials' investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s New Mexico property, The New York Times revealed Thursday.“The U.S.D.O.J.’s continued withholding of unredacted records is causing real... Read more »

A White House spokesperson late Thursday night lashed out at reporters who revealed President Donald Trump had claimed credit for Walmart price cuts the company later admitted the he played no part in, the Daily Beast reported.Trump boasted on Truth Social earlier this week that the company was "lowering prices,... Read more »

Sen. Ted Cruz's warning to Republicans that state Rep. James Talarico could claim victory in a contentious Texas race spurred uproarious laughter on MS NOW early Friday morning. Cruz's dire words on the Sean Hannity Show Wednesday night centered on Talarico's chance to defeat the state's Attorney General Ken Paxton... Read more »

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth noticed too many people were getting exemptions from his strict "no beards" crackdown while visiting a naval ship last month, CNN reported — and heads rolled over it.The Pentagon chief, who styles himself Secretary of War due to a Trump executive order, "left the ship... Read more »

The 94-page indictment unsealed against 15 anti-ICE activists in Minnesota last month as part of the Trump administration’s latest “antifa” prosecution includes page after page of accusations that defendants attended meetings or joined Signal groups.Among the 15 people accused of participating in a criminal conspiracy to impede immigration enforcement operations... Read more »

Former Homeland Security official Miles Taylor sounded the alarm Thursday over what he warned was an imminent “scheme” to “hijack the midterm vote” – an alleged plot that at its center is President Donald Trump’s “boyhood pal.”The “boyhood pal” in question is Peter Ticktin, an 80-year-old Florida lawyer who first... Read more »

A CNN panel exploded into argument on Friday morning, after conservative Terry Schilling defended the ICE actions under scrutiny regarding the death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston.Schilling opened with a disparaging response to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who threatened legal action over the shooting. "Game on," he said."You want... Read more »

President Donald Trump's boast on Truth Social that his tariff war spurred Toyota to move its Tacoma truck manufacturing operations to the U.S. was drowned in derision by the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal this week.The conservative WSJ board on Thursday rained on Trump's parade by pointing out... Read more »

Vice President J.D. Vance has been called out for a speech — the one the White House accidentally dubbed as "dumb" — by a fact-checker who argued it was something much worse. The Daily Beast's Michael Daly argued Friday morning that Vance's recent speech about convicted fraudster Markita Barnes was... Read more »

New Mexico Democratic Attorney General Raúl Torrez has accused the Trump administration’s Justice Department (DOJ) of "causing real and escalating harm” over its continued stonewalling of state officials' investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s New Mexico property, The New York Times revealed Thursday.“The U.S.D.O.J.’s continued withholding of unredacted records is causing real... Read more »

A White House spokesperson late Thursday night lashed out at reporters who revealed President Donald Trump had claimed credit for Walmart price cuts the company later admitted the he played no part in, the Daily Beast reported.Trump boasted on Truth Social earlier this week that the company was "lowering prices,... Read more »

Sen. Ted Cruz's warning to Republicans that state Rep. James Talarico could claim victory in a contentious Texas race spurred uproarious laughter on MS NOW early Friday morning. Cruz's dire words on the Sean Hannity Show Wednesday night centered on Talarico's chance to defeat the state's Attorney General Ken Paxton... Read more »

Ads in the Alaska Senate race are trading competing claims about former Rep. Mary Peltola's votes on military pay raises. The post Alaska Senate Race Ads Mislead on Peltola’s Votes on Military Pay Raise appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

Q: Is President Trump the anonymous 79-year-old man getting a still-unapproved obesity drug via a Food and Drug Administration program? A: A news article, and subsequently Democratic lawmakers, questioned whether Trump is receiving the Eli Lilly weight-loss drug, which is reportedly being given to one 79-year-old man. However, the White... Read more »

Sen. Susan Collins helped pass a 2012 law that affirmed that members of Congress are not exempt from insider-trading laws and required members to more promptly disclose their trades of stocks and other investments. But an ad from a pro-Democrat group falsely claims that the Republican senator “doesn’t think” that... Read more »

Politicians of both political parties have blamed either the Trump or the Biden administration for the arrival of the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating fly that affects the cattle industry, in the U.S. after decades of eradication. But experts say the reasons are different or more complicated than either side... Read more »

After the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, the president called on Congress to end it through legislation, saying a "long and unwieldy" constitutional amendment was not necessary. But constitutional and immigration law experts disagree. The post Trump’s Dubious Claim that Birthright... Read more »

President Donald Trump has repeatedly blamed vandals for damaging the new blue lining of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which is now peeling, as well as for algae in the water. But the administration has not provided evidence to back up the president's claims. Experts say the pool’s ills have... Read more »

President Donald Trump signed a preliminary agreement to end the war with Iran on June 17. But some of what is included in the framework -- or not -- is at odds with what Trump said about a potential deal prior to approving the memorandum of understanding last week. The... Read more »

As he has done for years, President Donald Trump claims – without evidence – that the federal Right to Try law he signed in 2018 has “saved thousands of lives.” Researchers who have long studied access to investigational drugs say the president is greatly exaggerating. The post No Evidence for... Read more »

President Donald Trump has touted more than $500 billion in prescription drug savings over 10 years from his policies. But the savings are largely aspirational, and not based on the more limited actions the administration has taken so far. The post The Shaky Assumptions Behind Trump’s Over $500 Billion in... Read more »

Ads in the Alaska Senate race are trading competing claims about former Rep. Mary Peltola's votes on military pay raises. The post Alaska Senate Race Ads Mislead on Peltola’s Votes on Military Pay Raise appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

Q: Is President Trump the anonymous 79-year-old man getting a still-unapproved obesity drug via a Food and Drug Administration program? A: A news article, and subsequently Democratic lawmakers, questioned whether Trump is receiving the Eli Lilly weight-loss drug, which is reportedly being given to one 79-year-old man. However, the White... Read more »

Sen. Susan Collins helped pass a 2012 law that affirmed that members of Congress are not exempt from insider-trading laws and required members to more promptly disclose their trades of stocks and other investments. But an ad from a pro-Democrat group falsely claims that the Republican senator “doesn’t think” that... Read more »

Politicians of both political parties have blamed either the Trump or the Biden administration for the arrival of the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating fly that affects the cattle industry, in the U.S. after decades of eradication. But experts say the reasons are different or more complicated than either side... Read more »

After the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, the president called on Congress to end it through legislation, saying a "long and unwieldy" constitutional amendment was not necessary. But constitutional and immigration law experts disagree. The post Trump’s Dubious Claim that Birthright... Read more »

President Donald Trump has repeatedly blamed vandals for damaging the new blue lining of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which is now peeling, as well as for algae in the water. But the administration has not provided evidence to back up the president's claims. Experts say the pool’s ills have... Read more »

President Donald Trump signed a preliminary agreement to end the war with Iran on June 17. But some of what is included in the framework -- or not -- is at odds with what Trump said about a potential deal prior to approving the memorandum of understanding last week. The... Read more »

As he has done for years, President Donald Trump claims – without evidence – that the federal Right to Try law he signed in 2018 has “saved thousands of lives.” Researchers who have long studied access to investigational drugs say the president is greatly exaggerating. The post No Evidence for... Read more »

President Donald Trump has touted more than $500 billion in prescription drug savings over 10 years from his policies. But the savings are largely aspirational, and not based on the more limited actions the administration has taken so far. The post The Shaky Assumptions Behind Trump’s Over $500 Billion in... Read more »

Sarah Soroosh Moghadam High cost of living and political turmoil are forcing climate change to the back burner, exposing a massive voter turnout problem for the environmental movement. The post Gen Z Thinks About Climate Change Constantly. Why Don’t They Vote Like It? appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Sasha Abramsky Trump’s constant cruelty can make it all seem routine. The post What One Week of Trump News Says About Our New Normal appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

S. Baum It’s no coincidence that the Supreme Court’s decision allowing trans sports bans echoes the work of Reem Alsalem, the UN special rapporteur on violence against women and girls. The post How One Woman Is Using the UN to Attack Trans Rights Worldwide appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Katha Pollitt Inexperienced and improperly vetted, the candidate was a disaster in the making. The post Graham Platner’s Downfall Was All Too Predictable appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Matthew Duss Though the speech broke from a failed approach toward Israel, it was still based on flawed and tendentious attitudes and history. The post Rahm Emanuel’s Speech in Tel Aviv Breaks With a “No Daylight” Approach appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Peter Kuper Continued dependence on oil is boiling our planet. The post Hot as Hell appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Mark Hertsgaard Hundreds of outlets across the country have joined the “I am the 89%” campaign. The post How Japan’s Media Ecosystem Is Fighting Climate Change appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Elaine Schiff “Now our country is run by people who really believe in crushing the poor and killing them.” The post Wallace Shawn Reflects on His Art in the Age of Antagonism appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Gregg Gonsalves Our universities are selling us out. If we want that to change, we have to change the way they’re run. The post The Higher Education Revolution We Need to Have appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »