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The Republican Plot to Turn Pennsylvania Into Hungary - The American Prospect Judicial retention elections are normally pretty sleepy, but the Pennsylvania Republican Party, led by right-wing megadonor Jeff Yass, who is also the richest person in the state, is conducting an all...

*Republicans are doing this is so they can cheat the election process and rig themselves into permanent majority rule at both the state and federal level. If the state GOP gets its way, how Pennsylvanians vote will have no effect on how their state government functions*

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Trump brags he could invade your city whenever he wants In a wide-ranging "60 Minutes" sit-down, the president also said immigration raids "haven't gone far enough."

Trump brags he could invade your city whenever he wants

The fault lines that were never fixed: Sudan’s endless war Just a few days before the end of the second millennium, Sudan was set to undergo a major political shift amid undercurrents of internal turbulence. The president of Sudan at that time, who had led…

The fault lines that were never fixed: Sudan’s endless war

by Alaa Said

SNAP benefits cut off during shutdown, driving long lines at food pantries People across the country formed long lines for free meals and groceries at food pantries and drive-through giveaways Saturday, after monthly benefits through SNAP were suddenly cut off because of the...

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Now Is the Time to Show Our Collective Power Let’s stand together and go on the offensive to create a social democratic vision for higher education and other universal public goods now under assault by Trump and his right-wing allies.

Now Is the Time to Show Our Collective Power | "Mobilizing the working class means promoting a long-term, positive vision for public higher education."

Fundamental rift in the electorate btw those who see free insulin/national health insurance as steps towards Nordic social democracy and those who see them as the sinful first whoosh of a slippery slope to Venezuela, the gulag etc.

One has a solemn duty to shame, shrink & ridicule Group B

We are rapidly approaching a Four Seasons Total Landscaping moment from Cuomo, brace for impact

Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsine Agapekian Shahin warned on Sunday that the continued withholding of tax revenues by Israel could lead to the collapse of the Palestinian Authority (PA), disrupting essential public services.

Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251103-pal...

Sanders Warns Trump Will 'Accelerate Movement Toward Authoritarianism' If Dems Cave on Shutdown "Does anyone truly believe that caving in to Trump now will stop his unprecedented attacks on our democracy and working people?" asked Sen. Bernie Sanders.

"Anyone who thinks surrendering to him now will lead to better outcomes and cooperation in the future does not understand how a power-hungry demagogue operates."

This May Be the Most Consequential Moment in US History Since the Civil War Why Democrats must defend working people in the United States and not cave to Trump's authoritarianism and cruel attacks on healthcare and food assistance.

This May Be the Most Consequential Moment in US History Since the Civil War | "If the Democrats cave now it would be a betrayal of the millions of Americans who have fought and died for democracy and our constitution."

In Islington North, we believe that real change comes from below.

Tonight, we're bringing together local campaigners to kickstart a new chapter for our community.

We are people of all faiths and none, united in our belief in a better world. Join us!
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ANNOUNCING 🇵🇸 The Ramallah Congress on the Decolonisation of Palestine, November 2025.

Convened by the Progressive International, Al-Shabaka, and the Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Institute at Birzeit University, the Congress aspires to create an engine of collective action for the liberation of Palestine.

This morning, Israeli occupation forces demolished a home in the village of Al-Walaja, located south of occupied Jerusalem.

Two Palestinians were shot and killed by Israeli occupation forces north of Rafah, in southern Gaza.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has said that the question of “who will hold Israel accountable for its crimes” should start with Germany.

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Financial Consequences of Being Denied Benefit Access Tatiana Homonoff, Min S. Lee & Katherine Meckel Share X LinkedIn Facebook Bluesky Threads Email Link Working Paper 34434 DOI 10.3386/w34434 Issue Date October 2025 We examine the causal impact of being denied benefit access on the financial well-being of marginally-excluded households. Using experimental and quasi-random variation in the flexibility of mandatory intake interviews and a unique linkage between administrative Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and credit report data, we find that households screened out of SNAP due to administrative barriers suffer tangible downstream economic consequences. Specifically, we find that process-related denials increase debt and delinquencies, and decrease credit scores. These results highlight the economic importance of implementation design and its role in strengthening (or undermining) the financial protection provided by social insurance programs.

For struggling Americans, SNAP (food stamp program) reduces debt and delinquencies and increases credit scores.
www.nber.org/papers/w34434
#EconSky

Israeli settlers plowed Palestinian-owned land in the Al-Mughayyir Plain, east of Ramallah, in an effort to take control of it.

Evangelicals are hot for starving kids.

It’s absolutely amazing how many people in America have been completely broken by capitalist propaganda

Mamdami’s got people flying in from England and Spain. Cuomoheads, pack it up. It’s done.

It's so cool that she never became president

NFL hierarchy is racist AF.
#Kaepernick

The only truly devestating interview you could do with Trump is a series of factual questions asked by someone with no affect: “How does a bill become a law?” “Name three countries where American troops are stationed.” “Will you be raising tariffs on Wakanda?”

The level of unabashed racism on display from mainstream Democrats in response to Zohran Mamdani's popular success is sobering. Racism still unites the political elites across the aisle in America.

Amid The Shutdown, Flood Insurance Profiteers Are Riding The Wave Private insurers like Neptune Insurance Holdings are cashing in on the shutdown and pushing to privatize the National Flood Insurance Program, despite risks to homeowners.

The National Flood Insurance Program is frozen during the government shutdown.

Our @kennystancil.bsky.social writes in @levernews.com about how private flood insurers are capitalizing on this crisis.

2024 broke the Democrats. Can they put themselves back together? In New York, the party—still grappling with an identity crisis—faces one of its biggest tests since Trump's win.

The party is dealing with an uncomfortable new reality: The communities that shifted furthest away from Democrats last fall were the same ones that for years formed the backbone of the party’s coalition—working-class, nonwhite, and immigrant-rich parts of blue cities and states.

The first step to recovery is admitting the problem exists

The Dems we have are broken and must be replaced

Primary Purge Spring 26

REGISTER DEM NOW

VOTE OUT Incumbent Dems in the Spring

VOTE IN Dems who don't suck in the Fall

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Republicans don’t need to know how to govern for the same reason the 9/11 hijackers didn’t need to know how to land.

The entire purpose of the conservative movement has been tearing down public goods and any policies that limit or hinder in any way corporate profiteering and wealth accumulation by the powerful elite.

It abhors the social contract.

Destruction of modern society is the goal.