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East German Elections in Thuringia and Saxony

Victor Grossman Berlin Bulletin
US media made it seem like German people were turning out en masse to support fascists-when in fact less than a third of the only 7 percent of the German electorate that voted last week cast ballots for the extreme right Alternative for Germany(AfD).

poetry

Counting the Dead

Susan Cossette New Verse News
Minnesota poet Susan Cossette addresses the ultimate misogyny—“Faceless, nameless shadows…/Now, we matter more in death.”

On Cat Ladies, Mama Bears and ‘Momala’

Tressie McMillan Cottom New York Times
“All female political candidates are expected to narrate their motherhood status or, at least, their mother-like qualities,” writes @tressiemcphd . “But no other presidential candidate had to meet this challenge the way Harris will.”

Friday Nite Videos | July 26, 2024

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Trump Still Appears Headed for September Sentencing. Fox's Kamala Problem. Private Equity Is Coming for Gaming. Project 2025: The Radical Conservative Plan to Reshape America Under Trump | WSJ. RNC & ”Migrant Crime” | John Oliver.

Fox's Kamala Problem

“Cackling,” “ho,” “ditsy,” “bimbo,” “DEI Vice President.” Right-wing media’s favorite jabs against Harris and why they're misfiring this time.

books

The Writers Who Went Undercover To Show America Its Ugly Side

Samuel G. Freedman The Atlantic
In the 1940s, a series of books tried to use the conventions of detective fiction to expose the degree of prejudice in postwar America. Their books — along with Sinatra’s song and film; Richard Wright’s memoir, coincided with a surge of activism.
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