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Video Collapses Hegseth’s Defense of Boat Bombing

Greg Sargent The New Republic
After viewing the video of the second strike, Representative Jim Himes said, “You have two individuals in clear distress without any means of locomotion with a destroyed vessel, who were killed by the United States.”

The $79 Trillion Heist

Harold Meyerson The American Prospect
We’re in an affordability crisis because workers aren’t being paid at the same levels they earned in the past. Here are 7 reforms to create a broadly shared prosperity and an affordable future.

The Radical Roots of the Representative Jury

Thomas Ward Frampton The Yale Law Journal
How the “elite jury” lost its hegemonic appeal, with particular emphasis on the overlooked radicals—anarchists, socialists, Communists, trade unionists, and Popular Front feminists—who battled to remake the jury.

Sabrina Carpenter and the Cruel Authoritarianism of Trump

Thom Hartmann Hartmann Report
The Trump White House just showed us something every American should find chilling, no matter what music they listen to or what party they vote for. They took a video of aggressive ICE arrests, slapped Sabrina Carpenter’s song on it, and posted it.

Partyism Without the Party

Chris Maisano Dissent Magazine
Zohran Mamdani’s victory was rooted in organizations that took up the base-building and mobilization functions that once fell to parties. When was the last time being on the left was fun? It was a year-long act of collective joy. We actually won.

Trump Knows He’s Failing. Cue the Bigotry.

Ilhan Omar The New York Times
On Tuesday, President Trump called my friends and me “garbage.” This comment was only the latest in a series of remarks and Truth Social posts in which the president has demonized and spread conspiracy theories about the Somali community and me.

Tidbits-Dec. 4-Reader Comments: No War on Venezuela; Hegseth Murder in the Caribbean; Mass Deportation Is NOT Deportation; Everyone Is Talking About Affordability; Peace in Ukraine & Peace in Europe; New Unreleased Song by John Lennon; Lots More…

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Reader Comments: No War on Venezuela; Hegseth Murder in the Caribbean; Mass Deportation is NOT Deportation; Everyone Is Talking About Affordability; Peace in Ukraine & Europe; Palestinians Offer a Much Clearer Path; New Unreleased song by John Lennon

U.S.-Backed Ceasefire Is Cover for Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza & West Bank

Interview with Sari Bashi by Amy Goodman Democracy Now!
Israel has announced it will reopen the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt in the next few days as part of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire. However, the border will only open in one direction: for Palestinians to exit.
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