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Half of Senate Dems Help Pass $925 Billion Pentagon Bill

Jessica Corbett Common Dreams
“Congress continues to expand military spending while denying investments in the programs that will truly build a safer, healthier future for working- and middle-class families,” said Sen. Ed Markey, who voted no.

Iced Out

Anna Lekas Miller The Progressive
Communities across the United States are shutting down detention facilities and refusing to cooperate with immigration enforcement.

Friday Nite Videos | October 10, 2025

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Trump Dodges Ghislaine Maxwell Pardon | The Daily Show. “I Was Born With Male and Female Parts.” AI Is Our Ultimate Test. Letitia James' Badge of Honor. Trump's Plan To Steal the 2026 Election.

A Closer Look at Trump’s Peace Deals

David J. Simon and Kathryn Hemmer Just Security
Trump's approach displays a flawed understanding of peace itself. Given a paradigm that prioritizes economic access over reconciliation, even a cautious form of optimism is hard to justify.

The Boat Strikes Are Just the Beginning

Nancy A. Youssef, Gisela Salim-Peyer, and Jonathan Lemire The Atlantic
What the Trump administration is portraying as a drug mission may be about a lot more. Even as the Pentagon is being quiet about details of the operations, it is being vocal about the threat it is laying down.

Russ Vought Is Going To Damage Trump Even More Than Elon Musk Did

Alex Shephard The New Republic
Americans, and even many Republicans in Congress, don’t like it when an unelected bureaucrat makes huge cuts to the government. President Trump posted an AI video of Vought as the Grim Reaper. The Project 2025 architect has lived up to the billing
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