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Reader Comments: Trump Lies and Journalism Cowers (or was sued or de-funded); CBS Journalism is Infected; Christmas Under Trump; Memories of Cora Weiss and Victor Grossman; Watch 60 Minutes - What Donald Trump and Bari Weiss Didn't Want You to See;

How the socialist left and the anti-Trump Resistance are slowly but surely learning to work together.

Surveillance Pricing: The Invisible Way We're Being Gouged. Know Your Rights When Dealing With ICE. Why Gerrymandering Won't Save Republicans. Brad Lander for Congress. Rescuing the Internet From “Enshittification” | The Daily Show.

By letting go of an outdated approach, Democrats can reclaim their values, foster a bigger and more stable coalition and start building the world they want, rather than defending the indefensible.

Pragmatism is required to build a social democratic New York. The key to radical reform, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani clearly understands, is to be pragmatic as all hell.

Centrist groups want to see Democrats retreat from climate policy. That’s the wrong thing to do—both morally and strategically.

Reader Comments: Thankful for Farmworkers; Mamdani and Wilson - Democratic Socialists and FDR Democrats; Legal Orders; What We Forgot About Socialism; Raising Taxes on the Ultrarich; New Approach to Getting Rid of Citizens United; The Montana Plan;

Trump roundly decried for Truth Social post after lawmakers told military personnel to refuse illegal orders. Mike Johnson, the Republican House speaker, defended Trump’s claim that the Democrats had engaged in “sedition”. Watch original message.

Zohran Mamdani got the headlines, but New York was not a one-off. Candidates endorsed by the Working Families Party had amazing election successes elsewhere in America, showing well-organized progressives can beat the power of big money.