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Authentic Populist Democratic Candidates Are Emerging on the Left–Disturbing Similarities With Today’s Wall Street Bubble and the 1929 Crash–A Wakeup Call as the People’s House is Torn Down to Build a Gilded Palace

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Although the Oysterman in Maine is Imploding and Senator Fetterman is a Disappointment, Authentic Populist Democratic Candidates Are Emerging on the Left We begin with the populist promise on the Left backfiring in Maine where the most beatable Republican Senator Susan Collins has been given a reprieve with a gift from disturbing revelations about the … Continued

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Trump Tears Down the East Wing for a Gilded Ballroom While Government Workers Aren’t Getting Paid–Trump’s Judges Overturn District Court Rulings for Troops to Intimidate Portland and Chicago–Will Trump Attack Venezuela to Please Little Marco?

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Trump Tears Down the East Wing for a Gilded Ballroom While Washington’s Government Workers Aren’t Getting Paid We begin with the vandalism underway at the White House where the East Wing is being torn down to build a vanity project for Trump, a $250 million ballroom gilded with garish gold and glittering chandeliers at a … Continued

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Hamas Moves to Assert Control Over Gaza Making the Prospect of an Arab/Muslim Police Force Taking Over Dubious–As Trump’s Administration Demonization of the American Left is Ludicrous, We Look Into Rifts Between the Fundis and the Realos–How Far Will the Country Sink Into the Trump Abyss of Corruption?

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Hamas Moves to Assert Control Over Gaza Making the Prospect of an Arab/Muslim Police Force Taking Over Dubious We begin with the scant details in the Israel/Hamas peace plan that are more about the destination than how to get there. With Hamas displaying its priority of taking control of Gaza and executing its Palestinian enemies … Continued

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Veteran Middle East negotiator Aaron David Miller, DAWN’s Sarah Leah Whitson, and former CIA analyst Paul Pillar join to unpack Trump’s proposed Gaza peace and reconstruction plan, the exclusion of Palestinians from negotiations, and the uncertain prospects for its success.

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A Veteran Middle East Negotiator on the Gaza Peace Deal and Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan We begin with the return of Israeli prisoners minus the remains of many hostages, the release of 1,700 Palestinian prisoners, Donald Trump’s address to the Israeli Knesset and the meeting of regional leaders in Egypt and speak with Aaron … Continued

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On the second anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attacks, we examine how $21.7 billion in U.S. military aid has fueled Israel’s devastating war on Gaza, how a federal judge pushed back against Trump’s militarized overreach in Portland, and why author Cory Doctorow says the digital world has gone to s**t—and what we can do about it.

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On the Second Anniversary of the October 7 Massacre: The Role of $21.7 Billion in U.S. Military Aid We begin with the anniversary of the horrific attack on Israel by Hamas against mostly civilians two years ago and assess the role of the U.S. in enabling so much death and destruction that has followed, given … Continued