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  • Democracy • Elections • Financial

    Corporate America has largely abandoned its post-January 6 promises on democracy

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    “By continuing to financially support anti-democratic lawmakers, these companies and trade groups fail to grasp the serious business consequences of such a dangerous political trajectory.”

  • Democracy • Elections • Legal • Social Justice and Equity • White Supremacy

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  • Democracy • Executive Power • Fascism • Legal • Social Justice and Equity

    The Rule of Law Is Dead in the US

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  • Culture • Democracy • Fascism • Recommended • Resistance • Social Justice and Equity • White Supremacy

    We do not comply: how do we disrupt the momentum of Trump’s cruelty?

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    The Guardian

    Every day brings more devastation. But daily forms of rebellion can restore our sense of purpose

  • Economy • Executive Power • Financial • Global

    Media coverage of Trump’s tariffs has grown more skeptical – but not nearly skeptical enough

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    The tariffs are not the product of serious policymaking. They are the irrational and capricious result of Trump’s delusional thinking.

  • Democracy • Health • Personal Resilience • Resistance

    Why Anchored Hope is Not The Thing With Feathers

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    Your Time Starts Now

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  • Democracy • Fascism • Financial • Journalism • Legal • Press Freedom • Regulations

    The Paramount Skydance Sale Makes the Case for Public Media

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    Laura Flanders Substack

    We must radically recommit to public media before every newsroom, every voice, is up for sale to the highest bidder or the ruling party’s favorite mogul. The time is now.

  • Fascism • Global • Health • Human Rights • Safety • Violence

    As mass starvation spreads across Gaza, our colleagues and communities we work with are wasting away

    Doctors Without Borders

    Doctors Without Borders

    An aid worker providing psychosocial support spoke of the devastating impact on children: “Children tell their parents they want to go to heaven, because at least heaven has food.”

  • Democratic Party • Disinformation • Elections • Fascism • Legal • Russia

    From Campaign Rhetoric to Fascist Threats: Trump Targets Obama

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    Olga Lautman Substack

    And YES, Russia attacked the 2016 election to install Trump

  • Democracy • Financial • Journalism • Legal • Press Freedom

    ‘Devastating’: US Public Broadcasters Condemn Trump Cuts

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    The Guardian

    PBS chief says cuts package ‘goes against the will of the American people’ as smaller outlets could face total closure

  • Corruption • Democracy • Financial • Legal • Regulations

    Trump’s Epstein Fiasco Takes Darker Turn as Dem Senator Drops New Bomb

    Greg Sargent

    The New Republic

    The Oregon Democrat said that his investigators had discovered that four big banks had flagged to the Treasury Department $1.5 billion in potentially suspicious money transfers involving Epstein, much of which appeared to be related to his massive sex-trafficking network.

  • Global • Human Rights • Journalism • Press Freedom • Safety • Violence

    AFP Journalists’ Union Warns That Its Reporters Are at Risk of Starvation in Gaza

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    Haaretz

    'Since AFP was founded in August 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, we have had wounded and prisoners in our ranks, but none of us can recall seeing a colleague die of hunger. We refuse to see them die,' the French news agency's journalists union said.

  • Democracy • Disinformation • Executive Power • Global • Human Rights • Legal

    Trump defends Netanyahu, attacks Israeli prosecutors over corruption trial

    Al Jazeera

    Al Jazeera

    US President Donald Trump links US aid to Netanyahu’s corruption trial in fiery post on his social media site.

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