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Militarism Is No Answer to Trump

Gavin Rae Transform!Europe
As Europe ramps up military spending in response to Trump’s shifting policies, the continent faces rising militarism, austerity, and the risk of further conflict. Is this the right path, or should Europe seek a new security paradigm?

Leader Schumer Leads Another Capitulation to Trump

Marc Cooper The Coop Scoop
This is a moment of maximum Democratic leverage that they will not have again until the midterms and that is not a lock. It is a tragic, stupid and rather repugnant move.

Now We Know

Jeanette Winterson Mind Over Matter
Now we know, in all their serious nonsense about not being able to afford to battle climate breakdown, afford to save the planet, or afford a basic decent life for ordinary humans - it isn’t expediency at all. It is ideology disguised as expediency.

Friday Nite Videos | March 14, 2025

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Why the US Has Birthright Citizenship. Who Is the Leader of the People | Edwin Starr. Oligarchs Are Our Modern Day Kings. Sen. Jeff Merkley Asks if Trump Is a Russian Asset. Blood Moon, Trump Trade War, MAGA Stock Market.

Why the US Has Birthright Citizenship

The short answer is that birthright citizenship in the US came about as a way of granting citizenship after the American Civil War to the large population of formerly enslaved Black people

Oligarchs Are Our Modern Day Kings

Elon Musk has clarified that we live in an oligarchic society. Billionaires dominate the economy, the media and government. Ruling classes have always believed these things are theirs by right.

Blood Moon, Trump Trade War, MAGA Stock Market

A federal judge ordered thousands of fired federal workers to be re-hired, Republicans don’t like the Department of Education, and Trump has been systematically alienating our allies