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Jordan Klepper's Eye-Opening Return to the Trump Trail

October 20, 2023

Jordan Klepper heads to New Hampshire to finger the MAGA pulse after six months off the campaign trail. #DailyShow #Comedy

How Israel Helped Hamas To Weaken Palestinian Hopes for Statehood

October 20, 2023

Tareq Baconi lays out Israel's history of enabling Hamas while designating them as terrorists

What Disney Doesn't Want You To Know About VFX Workers

October 20, 2023

Lucas created Star Wars using non-union workers. But decades later, visual effects workers are still non-union. That’s about to change.

Floodgates Open as Another Top Trump Ally Flips

October 20, 2023

Top coup-ist Kenneth Chesebro pleads guilty in Georgia. What comes next?

October 20, 2023

Time to Free Palestine’s Nelson Mandela

Jerome Karabel The American Prospect

Marwan Barghouti has been in an Israeli prison since 2002

October 20, 2023

Another Domino Falls in Georgia

David A. Graham The Atlantic

Fani Willis got a second guilty plea. What could it mean for Trump?

October 20, 2023

Take This Addictive Food Away From Me!

David Mitchell The Guardian

When it comes to food, a sticker saying it’s compulsively moreish is as much a slogan as a warning.

October 20, 2023

A State Dept Official Explains Why He Quit Over Israel-Hamas

Nahal Toosi Politico

“I know this is an unpopular opinion and too soon, but maybe the best thing for Israel right now is not security assistance in the sort of volume that makes them think they can afford to just ignore the Palestinian question"

October 20, 2023

Palestinian Trade Unions Call for an End to Arming Israel

MERIP Middle East Research and Information Project

A photo of a man viewing the rubble of a bomb

As Israel escalates its military campaign, Palestinian trade unions call on their counterparts internationally to halt the arms trade with Israel.

October 20, 2023

Holes

W.D. Ehrhart

Among the many things the USA left behind in Vietnam, besides pride, remains safely underground.