Friday Nite Videos | April 25, 2025

Who's Breaking Immigration Law: Not Who You Think. Trump & Tariffs | John Oliver. Amateurs Solve a Famous Computer Science Problem. Trump Administration Arrests Judge. 20 Lessons on Tyranny | Read by John Lithgow.

The Surprising Brain Benefits of Vaccines

New research suggests routine immunizations may help reduce dementia risk

Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf

Larry David (Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm) spoofs the fawning "book report" Bill Maher delivered on his show, Real Time With Bill Maher, describing Maher's amicable dinner with Donald Trump.

In Kyiv, our Reality Is More Dead Civilians

At the scene of the deadliest attack on our capital this year, I see the war on Ukraine is still very real – and Putin shows no signs of ending it

Whither American Catholics?

The Church in the U.S., as in much of Europe, is shrinking. In exiting the Church, liberals and radicals and the just plain disgusted have left in their wake a right-wing laity and priesthood arrayed against liberalism’s embrace of the marginalized.

Is America Pissed Off Enough for a General Strike?

The United States hasn’t seen such a massive labor action in 78 years. But the oligarchic wreckage of this administration is fueling multiple movements toward that goal.

Freedom for Sale

The government funds institutions that stretch across American society. The Trump administration is demanding the relinquishment of constitutional rights to keep the money flowing.

A Call for Constructive Engagement

More than 440 college presidents and other officials signed a letter Tuesday protesting the “unprecedented government overreach and political interference” that higher education is facing under the Trump administration.

Pope Francis’s Legacy of Love and Peace

As the spiritual leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, Pope Francis unified people of different generations. He encouraged genuine love for humans—”Todo, todo, todo.” He spoke out against war, militarism, and the ravages of climate change.

Reader Comments & Tidbits, April 24, 2025

Reader Comments: Pope Francis' Message for Peace and Gaza; Rise of End Times Fascism; Trump’s Thirst for One-Man Rule; New McCarthyism Started by Liberals; Webinars; 50 Years Since End of Vietnam War; Labor Can't Fight MAGA, Without Fighting Racism;
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Culture

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Small Ode to Joy

Charlotte Muse At the Corner of Hope and Despair
Poet Charlotte Muse knows this life is fleeting, and yet it is the sweetest comfort in the face of political and social chaos.

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‘Infinite License’

Omer Bartov The New York Review of Books
An Israeli-American historian of Holocaust and Genocide Studies covers the dynamic of a Jewish state that has thrived on Holocaust roots, how that legacy has been exploited becoming an apartheid state, a practitioner of genocide of Palestinians

Labor

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Three Times Workers Resisted Fascism in Minnesota History

Amie Stager Workday Magazine
Workers have a long and storied history of resisting attempts to pit them against each other. We found examples specific to Minnesota’s labor movement, which has a militant legacy that can be learned from today.

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AFT Welcomes New Affiliates, Hard-Fought Contracts in Higher Ed

Virginia Myers American Federation of Teachers
The AFT’s higher education affiliates have been generating a flurry of activity: This fast-growing sector of our union has two brand-new affiliates, at Ohio University and Nevada State University

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Shawn Fain: We Need a Political Movement for Workers

Shawn Fain Jacobin
United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain explains his union’s position on tariffs and argues that we need a political movement that puts working-class people first to address the current political crisis in the US.

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Member-Run Unions

United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) UE News
A UE Guide to Democratic Practice

Friday nite video

Who's Breaking Immigration Law: Not Who You Think

Corporations are bringing in hundreds of thousands of foreign farmworkers under the H-2A visa program: basically a human trafficking scheme — to replace farmworkers who unionize and fight for higher pay.

Trump & Tariffs | John Oliver

John Oliver discusses the ongoing chaos surrounding Donald Trump and tariffs, why the past week could have lasting repercussions, and why your grandma might be looking to start an OnlyFans.

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20 Lessons on Tyranny | Read by John Lithgow

Now, more than ever, we need the wisdom of our intellects, the patriotism of our citizens, and the passion and talents of those who still believe in the American experiment.

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Palantir: The New Deep State

Specialists in surveillance, they’ve been hired by the Department of Defense, the FBI, ICE, and even Wendy’s. Now DOGE will likely hire Palantir as well.