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From Trump’s War on Blue States to His Monument of Corruption — and Europe’s Test Against Russia: Reports from the Frontlines of Power and Resistance.

How Blue States Can Defend Themselves Against the Divisive Partisan Warfare Trump is Waging Against Them We begin with the most divisive American president since the Civil War deliberately waging war on blue states who did not vote for him and punishing them by canceling government projects while invading and intimidating them with ICE thugs and … Continued


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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

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?

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?

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.

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