Archive | Portside

October 4, 2025

River Valley Co-Op Workers Opened Up Bargaining

Katrina Jagelski Labor Notes

We won a $2 an hour raise across the board, raising the starting wage from $18 an hour to $20 an hour

October 4, 2025

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid

Ruth Talbot and Nicole Santa Cruz / ProPublica Scheer Post

Here’s What Never Arrived

October 4, 2025

“Anti-Capitalism” as a Political Pre-Crime

Ben Burgis Jacobin

Donald Trump’s new security directive labels anti-capitalist beliefs as a predictor of political violence. The irony: left-wing structural analysis actually pushes people away from lone-wolf attacks and toward mass organizing for change.

October 4, 2025

Agency Shutdown Messaging Draws Hatch Act, Antideficiency Act Challenges

Justin Doubleday, Federal News Network Maryland Matters

While Hatch Act is the focus of several complaints, one group is arguing the messages violate federal appropriations law.

October 4, 2025

Violence Deconstructed: Jeffrey Epstein’s Victims Deserve Better

Kylie Cheung Prism

Epstein and his trafficking ring of ultra-wealthy figures expose how patriarchy and oligarchy conspire to crush victims, then empower men like Trump with such staggering impunity that they can become president.

October 4, 2025

As Trump Works To Crush Climate Efforts, Local Projects Persevere at the Grassroots

Greg Harman Deceleration

Far from the image of social breakdown so often depicted in Hollywood blockbusters, every disaster survived deepens a community’s knowledge of itself. It reinforces and strengthens the relationships people can actually rely upon.

October 3, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | October 3, 2025

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'Unhinged and Unwell': Trump's Mental Decline Raises Alarms. Trump Announces Seal Team 6 Killed U.S. Protester in Daring Overnight Raid. Netanyahu | John Oliver. Paige Gebhardt Cognetti Political Ad. Epstein Update Rocks Trump World.

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October 3, 2025

'Unhinged and Unwell': Trump's Mental Decline Raises Alarms

Trump's erratic behavior is leading more public figures to speak out about whether Trump is well enough to serve. Rep. Madeleine Dean confronts House Speaker Mike Johnson.

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October 3, 2025

Trump Announces Seal Team 6 Killed U.S. Protester in Daring Overnight Raid

White House sources have confirmed the successful execution of 19-year-old college sophomore Evan Dixon late last night by an elite team of special forces.

Netanyahu | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

October 3, 2025

How secure is Benjamin Netanyahu’s grip on power in Israel, and why is he allied with some of the most extreme voices in his country?