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An article about the perils of talking to @nytimes.com .
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Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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If you wish to understand what’s going on, this interview with Gore Vidal is a good starting point.
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Gore Vidal: Elites Don’t Have to Conspire Because They All Think Alike (1980)
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October 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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In El Taller, Hackbarth and Granados Ceja speak with Etienne von Bertrab, author of "Más allá: una historia del Tren Maya". The interview offers a nuanced, informed look at one of the country’s most ambitious—and misunderstood—projects.
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The Real Story of the Tren Maya: Étienne von Bertrab on Mexico’s Most Controversial Project
YouTube video by Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast
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October 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Soberanía! the farcical irony of far-right Venezuelan María Corina Machado receiving the Nobel Peace Prize...President Sheinbaum’s decision to skip the Summit of the Americas, and Mexico's amparo reform bill, could close off the elites' endless attempts to game the system.
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The Nobel 'Peace' Prize Farce ...And What It Could Mean for Mexico - Ep 80
YouTube video by Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast
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October 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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US Sec of Homeland Security K Noem is buying herself, on our dime, two luxury private jets.
Former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sold his country's presidential jet. The proceeds were used to construct two 80 bed hospitals in rural areas of Mexico.
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October 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Outgoing NYC Mayor (four months to go) Adams is off in Albania for an official visit. Why?
"Adams will be ... trying to drum up economic opportunities between New York City and Albania."
I suspect that Adams has less savory motivations.
#mayorAdams #nyc #Albania
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Mayor Adams Takes Albania: 5 Notable Facts About the Mayor's Balkan Voyage
The mayor has a bad case of Albania Mania.
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October 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Apparently Rep Gov of Oklahoma, Rep Kevin Sitt, is opposed to the deployment of the National Guard to Illinois. As is federal judge April Perry, who ... issued a 14-day restraining order and labeled the Trump administration’s perception of events “simply unreliable.”
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Chicago Strikes Back, With an Assist from Republican Governors
A federal judge calls out the Trump administration’s “simply unreliable” portrait of the city, while a group of former governors deconstructs the constitutional threats.
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October 13, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Excerpts from Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana's speech at the opening of the Your Party conference in Merseyside, Liverpool. UK. This is must listening.
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Moments from Jeremy Corbyn & Zarah Sultana at the launch of #YourParty Merseyside.
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October 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Jeremy Corbyn's stunning speech at the launch of Your Party.
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WATCH: Jeremy Corbyn's STUNNING speech at Your Party launch
YouTube video by PoliticsJOE
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October 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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On Soberanía, José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth break down Washington’s escalation as the US declares itself to be in a "non-international armed conflict" with cartels, then discuss the polling contrast Claudia Sheinbaum's sky-high numbers with those of MORENA.
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Onshoring Sadism: The US 'War on Terror' Comes to Latin America - Ep 79
YouTube video by Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast
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October 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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A wonderful profile of the French/American photographer Catherine Leroy, in The New Yorker.
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What Catherine Leroy’s Fearless Photographs Reveal About the Vietnam War
Fifty years after its horrors, we know that the press helped to turn public opinion against the conflict. That’s because war is hell, and hell is photogenic.
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October 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Outstanding Interview with Jamaal Bowman.
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October 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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A short announcement from Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum expressing her thanks for the first year of her presidency.
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Gracias por el primer año del segundo piso de la Cuarta Transformación
YouTube video by Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo
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October 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Ryan Grim of DropSite News interviews Jeremy Scahill about the Trump/Netanyahu/Blair plan for Gaza. Grim and Scahill cover its provisions, its traps, its deceptions, and in general break it down in all of its squalid splendor.
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Breaking Down Trump’s 20-Point Gaza Proposal
YouTube video by Drop Site News
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October 1, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Columbian President Gustavo Petro's full text to the United Nations, with English subtitles, brought to you by DropSite News.. This is probably one of the more meaningful speeches ever given to that body.
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Gustavo Petro’s 2025 UNGA Address: “Words Are No Longer Enough”
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October 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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In today's news: Sec of War Hegseth told a room full of hundreds of generals and admirals that they were fat slobs. US Govt shut down, again. Georgia Lawmaker Ruwa Romman Runs for Governor After DNC Froze Her Out of National Convention. And more!
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Hegseth, Trump Tell Generals to Use Force Against Americans - The Wednesday AM Quickie 10/1/25
They played The Liberty Bell a couple times at Peter Brian Hegseth’s big military meeting yesterday (see below) and all I could think of was the Monty Python intro, which I guess is appropriate. Corey...
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October 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Adams is gone. His main accomplishments were making de Blasio look good and getting Curtis Sliwa to ditch the ridiculous beret and put on a suit.
Rumor has it he's going to write a travel guide to Turkey focusing on airports in the Turkish Republic.
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Mayor Adams drops out of NYC mayoral race following scandal-plagued tenure at City Hall
Adams made history as the first mayor in the modern era to be criminally indicted. His name will still be on the ballot in November's general election, but plans to end his campaign.
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September 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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If you were wondering why we are constantly being asked to go ever further to the right, the answer is billionaire donors to the Dem Party establishment and their "ignorance tanks" (what we should be calling "centrist" think tanks).
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Your Guide to the Billionaire-Backed Groups Working To Push Dems Right in 2026
It's clear that the Democratic Party, and the Liberal-Left more broadly, is in total disarray. As the Trump administration continues to erode liberal norms, worker protections, due process, free speec...
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September 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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If you have been wondering why Trump Admin is bailing out the perennial fiscal basket case Argentina (the whitest country in the world outside of Europe), this piece by Nick Corbishley in Naked Capitalism (an indispensable resource) will help you understand.
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Washington's Debt Trap Diplomacy and Election Meddling in Argentina | naked capitalism
This unprecedented decision by the Trump administration to bail out Argentina directly has more to do with geopolitical considerations than economic ones.
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September 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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The latest episode of Soberanìa, your essential source for news about Mexico.
Claudia Sheinbaum’s decision to call Israel’s assault on Gaza a “genocide." The WaPo reports the DEA pushed bombing Mexico. Then a look at Border Czar Tom Homan's alleged bribes worth $50,000.
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Mexico's Sheinbaum: 'Stop the Genocide in Gaza' - Ep 77
YouTube video by Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast
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September 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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A wonderful, funny, and informative as well, interview with Jennifer Welch of the I've Had It! podcast. The interview ranges from such topics as mega church grifters to the feckless Dem Party establishment to the domestic arrangements of House Speaker Mike Johnson.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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For a first-hand account of what is happening in Gaza, please listen to Dr. Mohammed Mustafa, an Australian-Palestinian pediatrician who has been working in Gaza, treating children. His description of what is happening to children there is heartbreaking.
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September 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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The latest episode of Soberanìa, your must go-to source for news about Mexico.
Mexican Independence Day! José Luis and Kurt dive into President Sheinbaum’s first Grito, Mexico’s growing sense of optimism, in contrast with a U.S. gripped by fear, censorship, and violence.
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¡Viva Mexico! Mexico Commemorates its Independence Against the Backdrop of US Regional Aggression
YouTube video by Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast
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September 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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A heart rending report from Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, issued a threat to all Palestinians in Gaza City: "You have been warned—leave now.”
As the Israeli assault continues, Palestinians in Gaza City are being forced into an ever shrinking space.
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Palestinians in Gaza City Confront Brutal Israeli Displacement Campaign with Nowhere to Go
“This should be the final stop—by the sea. They should let us stay here."
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September 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Ed Zitron's interview on The Majority Report was incredibly informative and, frankly, withering on the delusions and economic insanity embodied in OpenAI. It's all fugazi, as Zitron puts it.
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The New Economic Nationalism; AI Bubble Already Bursting? w/ Jostein Hauge, Ed Zitron | MR Live
YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
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September 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM