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Trump-Three Days of Wannabe Presidency or Dictatorship

Trump’s decision to pardon or commute the sentences of all the January 6 rioters convicted of crimes was a spur of the moment decision designed to get the issue behind him quickly. “Trump just said: ‘F*ck it: Release ‘em all,’” an advisor recalled.

Federal Judges in Jan. 6 Cases Slam Trump’s Pardons

A prominent federal judge on Wednesday ripped President Donald Trump’s mass clemency for Jan. 6 rioters, saying the justification he offered in his proclamation was “flatly wrong” and a “revisionist myth.”

Birthright Citizenship Order Will Test Supreme Court

The president’s latest salvo against the Constitution shouldn’t survive the judiciary’s scrutiny. But these days, you never know.

Reflecting on Israel's First Fascist War

The only war that resembled this was the 1948 war that caused the Nakba, the motivations behind that war were different. That was a war to establish a Jewish state; this is a war to establish a fascist state. The State of Kahane has risen in Israel.

Reader Comments & Tidbits, January 23, 2025

Reader Comments: WHAT TO DO IF ICE COMES TO YOUR DOOR; KNOW YOUR RIGHTS; Israel Intensified Its Violence Against Palestinians in the West Bank; Author Sara Paretsky Betrayed by Vote on Laken Riley Act; LA Burned, Karen Bass; José ‘Cha Cha’ Jiménez;

Who Is the Bishop Whose Sermon Angered Trump

Budde, 65, asked president to ‘have mercy’ on immigrants and LGBTQ+ people in prayer service on Tuesday

Faith Communities Vow To Continue Sanctuary

They will continue to welcome immigrants and offer solidarity, support, and services regardless of immigration status.

Trump’s Pardons Are Sending a Crystal-Clear Message

After the January 6 attacks, right-wing militias went underground. Now they have permission to come out of hiding.

Trump’s First Orders Parrot Project 2025 Manifesto

After distancing himself from the corporate policy agenda during his campaign, President Donald Trump is issuing executive orders torn straight from its pages.

Global Left Midweek – January 22, 2025

Thousands of women march against Trump — in the UK
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Culture

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Holding Vigil

Alison Luterman Rattle Magazine
As we approach Trump's second inauguration, poet Alison Luterman asks if the patient will survive? The patient is us, the American people.

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Whose Future Is It Anyway?

Jess Maginity Los Angeles Review of Books
This book discusses the effort by the alt-right and fascist movements to claim the genres science fiction and speculative literature as their own.

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Costa-Gavras Directing the Revolution-‘Z’

Kenan Behzat Sharpe Jacobin
Political cinema can sometimes be too highbrow for a mass audience. But in the 1960s and early '70s, French-Greek director Costa-Garvas showed that films with a revolutionary message can also be popular.

Labor

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Nurses and Doctors Are on Strike at Eight Oregon Hospitals

Kari Thompson Labor Notes
5,000 nurses, doctors, midwives, and nurse practitioners walked off the job January 10 in an open-ended strike at Providence Health and Services, the dominant hospital chain in the Pacific Northwest.

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Labor Can Fight Back Against Trump’s Mass Deportation

Natascha Elena Uhlmann and Sarah Lazare Labor Notes
To keep up the offensive fight, defense may be necessary. Organized workers can pressure employers to deny entry to ICE agents who arrive without an arrest or search warrant—or at least restrict the search area only to what is listed in the document.

Friday nite video

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Sing Sing | Movie

Based on a true story of an individual imprisoned for a crime he did not commit and the real-life Sing Sing Correctional Facility Rehabilitation Through the Arts program. Now returning to theaters. The first film shown in theaters and prisons simultaneously.

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John Deere Is Calling Trump's Bluff

John Deere has announced more than 1500 layoffs in the last year. We investigated what's behind it — and how to bring those jobs back.

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Colonialism Is Back, Baby!

Desi Lydic and Jordan Klepper investigate Trump's push ahead of his inauguration, including making Canada the 51st state, renaming the Gulf of Mexico, and possibly invading Greenland

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Rastaman Chant/ Amazing Grace | Playing For Change

A profound medley of Rastaman Chant/Amazing Grace Song Around The World, featuring the incredible talents of John Cruz, Chris Pierce, River Eckert, Tal Ben Ari, Nour Darwish, and many gifted artists from across the globe