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Emilia Pérez Is the Ultimate Unloved Oscar Nominee

Eileen Jones Jacobin
Despite Emilia Pérez’s mixed reviews and poor audience reactions, Hollywood handed the musical 13 Oscar nominations in the hopes of proving its progressive bona fides. Then old tweets from its star surfaced.

Two Grifters Off To Seize the World

Robert Kuttner The American Prospect
Today on TAP: The Trump-Musk proposed sovereign wealth fund fits the pattern—dictatorship as an opportunity for personal enrichment.

DOGE Is Hiring. The Response Did Not Disappoint

Rivera Sun Waging Nonviolence
DOGE’s hiring site has become a focal point for cathartic and even strategic outrage, underscoring the important role humor and rebellious defiance play in bleak times.

Judge Keeps Pause on Program Offering Federal Workers Incentives To Quit

Noah Weiland and Maya Shwayder The New York Times
Unions representing federal workers -- the American Federation of Government Employees; the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; and the National Association of Government Employees -- sued to stop the resignation program.

The Left’s Diminished DNC Presence

Tom Gallagher The Stansbury Forum
At the moment there is no one obviously positioned to take up the Sanders mantle in the 2028 presidential campaign. But we may have to make it our business to find one.

How Refrigeration Ruined Fresh Food

Allison Arie MIT Technology Review
Refrigeration is such a significant contributor to global warming and ozone depletion that Project Drawdown points to refrigerant management as the No. 1 thing we can do to mitigate climate change.

This Week in People’s History, Feb 12–18

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Photo of statue entitled Lift Every Voice and Sing
Lift Every Voice and Sing! (1900), Michigan Rejects the So-Called Fugitive Slave Act (1855), Our Place in the Universe (1990), Confronting a Campaign of Terror (2015), An Outrageous Verdict, Reversed on Appeal (1970)