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Democrats Are Badly Failing To Hold Trump Accountable Over Iran

Aída Chávez The Nation
Party leaders have been doing everything in their power to avoid confronting the US-Israeli war in any meaningful way. Trump’s war is deeply unpopular. He is losing it badly. Its continuation would be a catastrophe. Democrats must go all in.

Trump’s Wreckage of Social Security and Medicare

Robert Kuttner The American Prospect
The assault on cherished social insurance programs is a gift to Democrats, but only if they are clear about how to defend them. Taxing the rich to save social insurance has the further virtue of splitting Republicans, who are divided....

Tidbits-Apr 2-Reader Comments: More War, Cuts to Social Safety Net; on the “Left” Criticism of No Kings 3; More States Taxing Ultra-Rich; Happy Farm-Workers Day; Community As Strategy: 10 Ways To Create Belonging, Power; Teaching Antifascist History

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Reader Comments: More War, More Cuts to Social Safety Net; On the "Left" Criticism of No Kings 3; More States Taxing the Ultra-Rich; Happy Farm-Workers Day; Community as Strategy: 10 Ways to create belonging and power; Teaching Antifascist History...

Special-Interest Super PACs Underperform in Illinois

Emma Janssen The American Prospect
Only two of four AIPAC-backed Democratic House candidates won, despite tens of millions in spending. An absurd $92 million was spent on four open-seat House races and an open Senate race, a corruption of democracy that is relatively unprecedented

Do Democrats Have a Plan for the Post-Trump World Order?

Jen Kirby The American Prospect
Democrats try to figure it out in real time, on the world stage in Munich. And, center stage was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive Democratic congresswoman from New York, along with Gretchen Whitmer, the Democratic governor of Michigan.

Tidbits-Feb 12- Reader Comments: El Show De Super Bowl – Most Viewed Ever – MAGA Loses Super Bowl; Supreme Court Rejects Appeal — Melania’s Next Move Was AI – Portside Error; What We Can Learn From Picasso’s Guernica; the “SAVE Our Dictatorship” Act

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Reader Comments: El Show de Super Bowl - Most Viewed Ever - MAGA Loses Super Bowl; Supreme Court Rejects Appeal — Melania’s Next Move Was AI - Portside Error; What We Can Learn From Picasso’s Guernica; The “SAVE Our Dictatorship” Act; Announcements

New Year, New Crimes: The Challenges of 2026

Portside Moderators Portside
The murders of Pretti and Good. Venezuela. ICE occupation. In 2026, the wannabe dictator and his stooges are committing even more blatant crimes, aiming to divert attention from old crimes, sabotage the upcoming elections and avert accountability.
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