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Reader Comments: Iran War Quagmire; Let’s Make No Kings 3 Largest Antiwar Protest in U.S. History; Allegations of Sexual Violence by Cesar Chavez; One Battle After Another - Differing Perspectives; Putin’s repression of left opponents of Ukraine war

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.

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Our election system is reaching a breaking point. Imagine for a moment that it’s late on Election Day, November 3, 2026. Republicans have kept their majority in the Senate, but too many House races are still uncalled to tell who has won that chamber

Reader Comments: How to Treat Your Neighbor; After No Kings-Can Nonviolent Struggles Defeat Dictators; Migrants Have Always Been Welcome; Study Shows Workforce Needs Migrants; Nuclear Weapons Testing Happening Again; 100 Years of Black Labor Activism

Authoritarian regimes rarely criminalize dissent all at once; they normalize repression step by step. Authoritarianism is a political system that suppresses political freedoms and civil rights, using various levers of control to shift power...

Last Saturday brought out about seven million Americans in joyous protest. How to turn protest to power? The hopeful news is that Americans in all parts of the country demonstrated energy, resolve, and solidarity.