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Trump has taken the lead in reducing workers’ incomes.
Whatever Happened to Trump’s 'Golden Age' for American Workers?
Trump administration policies have lowered wages, reduced employment, and made work less safe.
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December 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Trump has taken the lead in reducing workers’ incomes.
China Announces 'Major Military Drills' Around Taiwan in Wake of Major US Arms Sale
China Announces 'Major Military Drills' Around Taiwan in Wake of Major US Arms Sale
China conducts major military drills around Taiwan in response to US arms deal. Tensions rise as Taiwan vows to defend democracy.
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December 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
China Announces 'Major Military Drills' Around Taiwan in Wake of Major US Arms Sale
One tracker estimates that the Trump administration's assault on foreign aid programs has killed more than 700,000 people so far—a majority of them children.
Trump Slashes US Humanitarian Aid Pledge as His Cuts Kill Hundreds of Thousands Globally
One tracker estimates that the Trump administration's assault on foreign aid programs has killed more than 700,000 people so far—a majority of them children.
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December 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
One tracker estimates that the Trump administration's assault on foreign aid programs has killed more than 700,000 people so far—a majority of them children.
Netanyahu is meeting with Trump for the fifth time this week, where he's expected to push for the US to join "another round of war with Iran."
Netanyahu to Press for 'Another Round of War With Iran' in Meeting With Trump This Week
Amid a growing rift between Israel and the White House, one foreign policy analyst says the meeting "will signal whether Washington is prepared to continue underwriting open-ended escalation."
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December 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Netanyahu is meeting with Trump for the fifth time this week, where he's expected to push for the US to join "another round of war with Iran."
Ro Khanna hits back at tech oligarch primary threat over his support for CA's wealth tax proposal: "We cannot have a nation with extreme concentration of wealth in a few places, but where... healthcare, childcare, housing, education is unaffordable."
Khanna Hits Back as Silicon Valley Oligarchs Threaten Primary Challenge Over California Billionaires Tax
"We cannot have a nation with extreme concentration of wealth in a few places, but where 70% of Americans believe the American dream is dead and healthcare, childcare, housing, education is unaffordable," the San Francisco lawmaker said.
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December 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Ro Khanna hits back at tech oligarch primary threat over his support for CA's wealth tax proposal: "We cannot have a nation with extreme concentration of wealth in a few places, but where... healthcare, childcare, housing, education is unaffordable."
Will the Trump administration continue to misrepresent the impact of the OBBB on Social Security? If the past several months is any guide, the answer is an unequivocal yes.
No, Trump Did Not End Taxes on Social Security
Time after time, fact-checkers and news outlets have pointed out that contrary to Trump and Vance’s claims, the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBB) did not eliminate taxes on Social Security.
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December 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Will the Trump administration continue to misrepresent the impact of the OBBB on Social Security? If the past several months is any guide, the answer is an unequivocal yes.
A child with leukemia in Boston, Heidelberg, or Tokyo has more than an 80% chance of survival. The same child in Kampala, Dhaka, Sana’a, or Gaza faces odds closer to 20%; not because science has failed, but because access has.
As the Year Ends, What Did We Choose to Fund?
Cancer and other noncommunicable diseases remain chronically underfunded in low- and middle-income countries. This neglect is not only unjust; it is destabilizing.
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December 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
A child with leukemia in Boston, Heidelberg, or Tokyo has more than an 80% chance of survival. The same child in Kampala, Dhaka, Sana’a, or Gaza faces odds closer to 20%; not because science has failed, but because access has.
In fact, money is the raison d'être of Trumpist totalitarianism. His one legislative success, a “big beautiful bill,” makes the rich richer; the poor more poor; and cuts funding for food, housing, and healthcare.
Donald Trump’s First Year Report Card Made Public: D+
Trump spent 2025 in a full-throated effort to destroy US democracy.
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December 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
In fact, money is the raison d'être of Trumpist totalitarianism. His one legislative success, a “big beautiful bill,” makes the rich richer; the poor more poor; and cuts funding for food, housing, and healthcare.
Trump Cabinet Officials Re-Name Themselves
Trump Cabinet Officials Re-Name Themselves
“Good enough for a battleship, it’s good enough for me,” said Homeland Security chief Kristi Trump-Noem.
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December 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Trump Cabinet Officials Re-Name Themselves
What is distinctive about Myles Horton is how he lived through several major movement cycles during his long career, worked to adapt Highlander’s role amid them, and later reflected thoughtfully on his experience.
Progressive Educator Myles Horton's Lessons for Fighting for Social Justice Today
Horton’s work offers a compelling model of how popular education can contribute to progressive change, fostering critical thinking in slow times and accelerating the spread of radical ideas during movement peaks.
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December 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
What is distinctive about Myles Horton is how he lived through several major movement cycles during his long career, worked to adapt Highlander’s role amid them, and later reflected thoughtfully on his experience.
Trump said his bombing of Nigeria was in response to a "Christian genocide" he says is happening in the country. But locals in a town that was hit with one of the missiles say there's "no known history" of terrorism against Christians there.
Nigerian Village Bombed by Trump Has 'No Known History' of Anti-Christian Terrorism, Locals Say
“Portraying Nigeria’s security challenges as a targeted campaign against a single religious group is a gross misrepresentation of reality,” said Nigeria's information minister.
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December 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Trump said his bombing of Nigeria was in response to a "Christian genocide" he says is happening in the country. But locals in a town that was hit with one of the missiles say there's "no known history" of terrorism against Christians there.
As Zelenskyy heads to the US for a pivotal meeting with Trump over peace negotiations, Russia launched a drone and missile barrage that has killed two people and injured dozens more in Kyiv.
Russia Launches Drone Barrage on Kyiv Ahead of Zelenskyy-Trump Meeting
The attacks came as the Trump and Zelenskyy are expected to discuss critical questions in a Ukraine-Russia peace deal, including its territorial sovereignty, whether it will receive NATO protections, and control over its natural resources.
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December 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
As Zelenskyy heads to the US for a pivotal meeting with Trump over peace negotiations, Russia launched a drone and missile barrage that has killed two people and injured dozens more in Kyiv.
How did the US pluck defeat from the jaws of victory? Arrogance, hubris, the belief that as the last man standing, we were the only man standing, are all part of the story.
Trump Is Just the Gilded Nail in the Coffin of the American Century
If the first 25 years of the 21st century have proved anything, it is that America was emotionally, morally, and intellectually incapable of acting as a global leader.
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December 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
How did the US pluck defeat from the jaws of victory? Arrogance, hubris, the belief that as the last man standing, we were the only man standing, are all part of the story.
The situation of ordinary Tacomans is a microcosm of broader economic injustices facing Washington state (and the United States as a whole).
Tacoma Activists Offer a Model for Building People Power
With mainstream US politics offering at the moment only Trumpian neofascism and tepid, corporate-friendly Democratic progressivism, a group of left-wing activists in Tacoma, Washington are showing the potential for mobilizing ordinary Americans on behalf of economic justice.
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December 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The situation of ordinary Tacomans is a microcosm of broader economic injustices facing Washington state (and the United States as a whole).
A president’s words do more than reveal character; they instruct the nation in who it is permitted to become.
What's at Stake When the President Uses the R-Word
The real question is not whether Trump is allowed to use degrading language, but whether a president who does so honors the dignity of the office—or hollows it out from within.
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December 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
A president’s words do more than reveal character; they instruct the nation in who it is permitted to become.
Clean energy’s progress despite all that the Trump administration threw at it is notable, and it seems important to celebrate those accomplishments as we go into the new year.
Clean Energy Bright Spots in a Trump-Clouded Year
Clean energy is strong. And in 2025, it showed its strength in some really notable ways, as momentum, economics, policies, and people carried clean energy progress forward, despite it all.
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December 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Clean energy’s progress despite all that the Trump administration threw at it is notable, and it seems important to celebrate those accomplishments as we go into the new year.
What Part Is Canada Playing in Trump's Murder Spree at Sea?
What Part Is Canada Playing in Trump's Murder Spree at Sea?
Ottawa should break its silence now and speak out against the unlawful attacks and extrajudicial killings of civilians by US military forces in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.
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December 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
What Part Is Canada Playing in Trump's Murder Spree at Sea?
"There is no other industry, that acts with such arrogance, indifference, and a lack of humility and sociopathic greed at the expense of people," a European anti-disinformation advocate targeted by the Trump administration said about Big Tech.
British Activist Blasts 'Sociopathic Greed' of Big Tech After US Judge Blocks His Detention
"I chose to take on the biggest companies in the world, to hold them accountable, to speak truth to power. There is a cost attached to that," said Imran Ahmed, one of five Europeans targeted by the Trump administration.
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December 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
"There is no other industry, that acts with such arrogance, indifference, and a lack of humility and sociopathic greed at the expense of people," a European anti-disinformation advocate targeted by the Trump administration said about Big Tech.
"We won't forget him nor the 360+ health workers Israel has abducted from Gaza since October 2023," says @codepink.bsky.social.
One Year After Dr. Abu Safiya Abducted, Israel Urged to Release Gaza Health Workers
"We won't forget him nor the 360+ health workers Israel has abducted from Gaza since October 2023," said CodePink.
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December 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
"We won't forget him nor the 360+ health workers Israel has abducted from Gaza since October 2023," says @codepink.bsky.social.
"Seems like the Armed Services committees ought to do some oversight regarding the expensive and pointless Christmas fireworks display in Nigeria," said one legal expert.
Critics Argue Striking Nigeria Won't 'Make Americans Safer' as US Warns of 'More to Come'
"Seems like the Armed Services committees ought to do some oversight regarding the expensive and pointless Christmas fireworks display in Nigeria," said one legal expert.
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December 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
"Seems like the Armed Services committees ought to do some oversight regarding the expensive and pointless Christmas fireworks display in Nigeria," said one legal expert.
Israel has become the first nation in the world to recognize the "sovereignty" of Somaliland as an independent republic, leading many to point out the glaring double standard of rejecting sovereignty for Palestinians.
Israel Becomes First Nation to Recognize Somaliland—But Still Rejects Palestine
One foreign policy analyst said that Israel views Somaliland as a "strategic location as a launch pad for strikes on Yemen and potentially a place to forcibly 'relocate' Palestinians to."
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December 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Israel has become the first nation in the world to recognize the "sovereignty" of Somaliland as an independent republic, leading many to point out the glaring double standard of rejecting sovereignty for Palestinians.
'Horrible Racist' Stephen Miller Slammed for Using Classic TV Christmas Special to Bash Immigrants
'Horrible Racist' Stephen Miller Slammed for Using Classic TV Christmas Special to Bash Immigrants
Stephen Miller uses classic TV Christmas special featuring Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra to bash immigrants.
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December 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
'Horrible Racist' Stephen Miller Slammed for Using Classic TV Christmas Special to Bash Immigrants
Trump's 'Bomb Magnet' Fleet Could 'Never Sail' and Waste Billions of Dollars: Experts
Trump's 'Bomb Magnet' Fleet Could 'Never Sail' and Waste Billions of Dollars: Experts
President Trump's plan for new warships faces criticism from experts, warning of wasteful spending and potential dangers.
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December 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Trump's 'Bomb Magnet' Fleet Could 'Never Sail' and Waste Billions of Dollars: Experts
"This decision means I can finally focus on my asylum case, not on the ICE officers who might be waiting for me outside the courtroom door,” said the plaintiff in the class action suit.
Federal Judge Halts Trump's 'Arbitrary and Capricious' Immigration Court Arrests
"This decision means I can finally focus on my asylum case, not on the ICE officers who might be waiting for me outside the courtroom door,” said the plaintiff in the class action suit.
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December 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"This decision means I can finally focus on my asylum case, not on the ICE officers who might be waiting for me outside the courtroom door,” said the plaintiff in the class action suit.
Israel has released an armed settler who was filmed running over a praying Palestinian in the West Bank. The IDF stripped him of his weapon and suspended him from duty after the terrorist attack, which human rights activists called a "slap on the wrist."
Israel Releases Soldier Filmed Running Truck Over Palestinian Man During Prayer in West Bank
A group of Israeli military veterans called his punishment "just a slap on the wrist" and "state-backed impunity for state-backed terror."
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December 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Israel has released an armed settler who was filmed running over a praying Palestinian in the West Bank. The IDF stripped him of his weapon and suspended him from duty after the terrorist attack, which human rights activists called a "slap on the wrist."