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Dark Clouds and a Gentle Red Dawn

Josef Lakatos Transform!Europe
The big question in this election will be to what extent the KPÖ will actually succeed in convincing enough left-wing voters, segments of previous non-voters and also sympathisers with the extreme right-wing FPÖ.

Georgia, Center of Election Disputes

Carl Smith Governing
Election skeptics haven’t taken their eyes off Georgia since the last presidential election. Officials there are working to make sure 2024 outcomes are as bulletproof as its 2020 results have proved to be.

Trump Wishes His Trial Were Rigged

Adam Serwer The Atlantic
Trump is not angry because the Manhattan trial that convicted him was rigged; he is angry because it wasn’t.

Trump’s Stunning Guilty Verdict Shatters His Aura of Invincibility

Greg Sargent The New Republic
Democratic operatives sometimes say there’s no sense in talking about Trump’s trials, because his “negatives” are “baked in.” Nonsense. A guilty verdict is powerful new information. The force of this truth should inform how Democrats proceed.

Friday Nite Videos | May 31, 2024

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What It's Really Like To Work at Apple. Following Harry the Film. Jeremy Corbyn: Why I'm Standing Against Labour After 40 Years. The Fake News Divide: How Modi’s Rule Is Fracturing India. Cancer-busting Vaccines Are Coming.

Tidbits – May 30 – Reader Comments: Bombing Rafah Children – Where Is “Red Line?”; Trump and Palestine Protests; Response: Women Are Changing Labor Unions; NYC and Medicare Advantage; Organizations Raising Money for Humanitarian Relief in Rafah; More

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Reader Comments: Bombing Rafah Children; Where is "Red Line?"; Trump and Palestine Protests; Response-Women Are Changing Labor Unions; NYC and Medicare Advantage; Organizations Raising Money for Humanitarian Relief in Rafah; Announcements; Cartoons;