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July 26, 2024

Vaccines Tell a Success Story That Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Trump Forget

Mark R. O'Brian The Conversation

Vaccines have saved many tens of millions of lives in the last 50 years. Nevertheless, misinformation leads many people to reject or be denied their benefits. These are some of the top false vaccine stories purveyed by RFK Jr and similar 'skeptics.'

July 26, 2024

JD Vance’s “Childless Cat Ladies” Comment Points to the GOP’s Right-Wing Media Problem

Matt Gertz Media Matters

The GOP’s far-right infotainers have become a critical GOP power center that its aspiring politicians must court if they wish to rise within the party ranks. That's a problem for the GOP.

RNC & ”Migrant Crime” | John Oliver

July 26, 2024

The wave of people claiming there’s a wave of “migrant crime,” where the term came from, and what we can do next

Project 2025: The Radical Conservative Plan to Reshape America Under Trump | WSJ

July 26, 2024

The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 is a radical blueprint for a future Republican administration

Private Equity Is Coming for Gaming

July 26, 2024

Investors flocked to buy up video game studios during the pandemic. We get glitchier games and fewer workers are forced to put in inhumane hours.

Fox's Kamala Problem

July 26, 2024

“Cackling,” “ho,” “ditsy,” “bimbo,” “DEI Vice President.” Right-wing media’s favorite jabs against Harris and why they're misfiring this time.

Trump Still Appears Headed for September Sentencing

July 26, 2024

Glenn Kirschner (‪@GlennKirschner2)‬ discusses Trump's impending sentencing in NY

July 26, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | July 26, 2024

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Trump Still Appears Headed for September Sentencing. Fox's Kamala Problem. Private Equity Is Coming for Gaming. Project 2025: The Radical Conservative Plan to Reshape America Under Trump | WSJ. RNC & ”Migrant Crime” | John Oliver.

July 25, 2024

We Can Breathe!

Gabriel Winant London Review of Books

The fascinating history of how the antifascist movement of the 1930s created "the left" as we know it today. Joseph Fronczak shows how socialists, liberals, communists, anarchists, and others achieved a semblance of unity in the fight against fascism

July 25, 2024

Harris Tells Teachers Union She’s Ready To Fight for Country’s Future — ‘Bring It On’

Associated Press and Josh Boak WEAU 13 News

The American Federation of Teachers was the first labor union to formally endorse Harris, and its president Randi Weingarten said she “has electrified this race.”