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Why American Presidents Dance to Bibi’s Tune

Eric Alterman The New Republic
Trump is the most pliable. But Netanyahu plays them all like cheap violins, despite being wrong about every important matter of the last 25 years.

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Sly & The Family Stone | Everyday People

In his 1968 hit song Everyday People, recorded  with his band Sly and The Family Stone, Sly Stone (March 15, 1943 – June 9, 2025) confronted a world beset by chaos, war and hatred with a message of profound brotherhood and compassion

Trump Morphs into Bush 2.0

Seth takes a closer look at Ted Cruz and Tucker Carlson grilling each other in a very heated discussion about the merits of U.S. military intervention in Iran.

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat | Movie

Sundance award-winning documentary about the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, richly illustrated by eyewitness accounts, official government memos, testimonies from mercenaries and CIA operatives, speeches from Lumumba himself, and a veritable canon of jazz icons

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William Blake
An oldy but a goldy. Poet, philosopher, artist and mystic, William Blake offers us a vision of the struggle to build a peaceful and just society, an early skirmisher in the fight against capitalism. Check out those 'dark Satanic Mills.'

Trump Travel Restrictions Bar Residents Needed at U.S. Hospitals

Roni Caryn Rabin The New York Times
Limits on travel and visa appointments have delayed or prevented foreign doctors from entering the country for jobs set to begin in weeks. New doctors from other countries account for one in six medical residents at U.S. teaching hospitals.

AIPAC Demands Democrats ‘Stand With Israel’

David Dayen, Ryan Grim, Nicolae Butler, Pablo Manriquez The American Prospect
The pro-Israel lobbying group has sent a flurry of communications to members of Congress, citing specific language for them to parrot in support of Israel’s strikes on Iran.