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Reader Comments: Fate of Democracy, Preparing for the Future; They Want You To Feel Powerless And To Surrender; Readers respond to pre-Election posts; Exterminate, Expel, Resettle: Israel’s Endgame in Northern Gaza; Cartoons; more....

In the wake of Trump’s first election to the presidency, David Bacon’s perspectives on the economic context of immigration policy and how Trump can—and can’t—shape it are still relevant after his re-election victory.

In a private video training session, a top Pennsylvania Republican National Committee official reassured a new poll watcher that undocumented people could not possibly vote in the state.

Trump, Miller, and the rest of MAGA are telling us they plan to occupy America. They are itching to use the military to terrify, subjugate, and ethnically cleanse. The only liberation will be for their violent desires and that of their Herrenvolk.

Justifiable fury at the loss of innocent lives in Gaza shouldn’t lead to the destruction of millions of innocent lives here at home.

This isn’t a normal election. My community has been deeply traumatized by the genocide in Gaza and now the devastating war on Lebanon...Explain how punishing Vice-President Harris and enabling Donald Trump to become president will end the genocide...

Reader Comments: Donald Trump - We Reject You!; Israelis, Calling for Global Pressure on Israel To Force Immediate Ceasefire; Barbara Dane; Remembering Gustavo Gutierrez; Voter Intimidation and Election Worker Intimidation Resource Guide; more...

They have big plans to implement “massive” changes to the entire U.S. food, drug, and health care system—from killing ObamaCare and all its protections, to handing over control of all health, food, and drug policies and agencies to conspiracy theori