Ten Sneaky Sleeper Provisions
The American Prospect
Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, Yet more horrors are hidden in the fine print.
My Vote
The Nature of our Times
Poet and environmentalist Charles Finn imagines a regime that respects the world and all its creatures.
US Banana Giant Chiquita Fires Thousands of Striking Workers in Panama
Common Dreams
The Chiquita workers' strike is part of a nationwide protest movement against pension reforms approved by Panama's right-wing government.
Why South Africa Is Torn Over the Trump-Ramaphosa Showdown
TIME
Pretoria must now accept that Washington will inflame racial tensions in South Africa for the foreseeable future. What happens in our country is no longer just a foreign-policy file, but a live domestic wedge issue in MAGA-world.
A House Divided: Washington, Langley, Saigon, and the Plot Against Diem
National Security Archive
Newly available historical evidence shows that the U.S. was deeply involved with the key players who would ultimately assassinate Diem, up to and including the day of the coup. CIA leaders opposed the coup but were overruled by President Kennedy.
What Can the Joint List Teach Us About Building Palestinian Political Power?
+972 Magazine
The Joint List was a historic electoral alliance of Palestinian-majority parties. Ten years after its formation, this experiment in Palestinian unity inside Israel — and its ultimate collapse — shows the need for carefully cultivated alliances.
Trump Treats Laws As Obstacles, Not Limits − and the Only Real Check on His Rule-Breaking Can Come From Political Pressure
The Conversation
Trump is not the first president to test the limits of authority. But the pace and scale of his defiance are without precedent. Courts are issuing rulings against many Trump decrees, but if there is a limit on presidential power, it is political.
Trump and the Press | John Oliver
How Trump is attempting to reshape coverage in the press, threatening media he doesn’t agree with, and why this signals a slide toward authoritarianism
Why Putin Believes the War Is Defensive
People in the West often assume that Putin is concerned with territorial expansion or gaining material advantages, and they miss the ideological dimensions.
Trump Blasts South Africa for “White Genocide” | The Daily Show
Ronny Chieng tackles the president of South Africa's uncomfortable White House visit and a MAGA couple shortchanged by a "RUMP" watch
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