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“Movement Parties” and Democratic Socialists of America

David Duhalde Convergence
The rapid growth of DSA in recent decades is part of a global phenomenon of voters and activists from the Left and Right who distrust the political establishment and traditional parties, and have formed what are called “movement parties.”

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

Could Gavin Newsom Be Worse Than You Think?

Norman Solomon LA Progressive
Newsom has drawn widespread praise for waging an aggressive war of words against President Trump. But few people outside of California know much about the governor’s actual record.

The Children of Dilley Detention Center

Mica Rosenberg ProPublica
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next.

Republican Frostbite

Robert Kuttner The American Prospect
Defense of ICE has become a political loser, and the deal to trade reforms for continued funding is off the table.

The War Always Comes Home

Daniel Brito The Border Chronicle
While menacing Venezuela and Greenland, an “unbound” Trump has unleashed the empire on itself in Minneapolis.
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