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He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another deserves all the hype it’s getting. Run, don’t walk, to this thrilling, hilarious, moving, and all too prescient portrait of American radicals on the run from right-wing authoritarians.

Repression and resistance

Scotus is considering Greenlighting Conversion therapy. The science is in: The anti-LGBTQ “treatments” are ineffective and dangerous.

Navi Pillay, the chair of the UN inquiry that found Israel responsible for genocide, says her findings will still stand even if a ceasefire is reached

The major cases in October and November address the role of race in elections, conversion therapy and the Trump tariffs. Later cases include campaign finance and transgender sports.

The Debt Collective is leading the charge against the real estate behemoth Equity Residential.

The White House's Office of Management and Budget argues an amendment to a 2019 act would not guarantee furloughed workers post-shutdown pay.

The Trump administration is decrying diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. The move is hurting communities and undermining its own goals for agriculture.