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A Billionaire Trump Supporter Will Soon Own the News

William D. Cohan The New York Times
The unprecedented likely control of CBS, CNN, HBO, Paramount, TikTok and Discovery by Trump-supporting billionaire Larry Ellison indicates that these important media outlets will, like Fox News, march toward a more Trump-friendly worldview.

Trump Is Treating the Military Like His Personal Mercenaries

Tom Nichols The Atlantic
Trump thinks he can pick up the phone and have people blown up at sea on his personal orders—and so far, no one’s stopped him from doing exactly that. The military has a responsibility to reject illegal orders, even if they come from the President.

McCarthyism on the Campuses

Corey Robin Convergence
The University of California, in a move with strong echoes of McCarthyism, has turned over to the Trump administration dossiers on 160 faculty, students and staff under investigation for antisemitism.

When the Left Exerted Power in Congress—and How It Can Again

Van Gosse Portside
The “third rail” over Palestine is losing its fatal power in Congress and the Democratic Party, and it’s time to shut it down permanently, as part of a long-term orientation towards blocking fascism while building the kind of new Left that we need
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