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Pentagon downplays Elon Musk visit for secret China war plans
In a rare public denial from the highest levels of government, the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and President Donald Trump all swiftly responded to reports that tech billionaire Elon Musk was scheduled to receive a classified briefing on U.S. war plans for China.
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Letter from a Palestinian political prisoner in Louisiana
Authorities arrested and are attempting to deport Khalil, a permanent resident of the United States and prominent figure in last year’s Columbia’s Gaza solidarity encampment.
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Carney may be better than Poilievre, but serious issues remain
A consummate technocrat like Mark Carney, committed in his bones to neoliberalism, can only exacerbate the economic pain.
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TikTok and the threat to cultural hegemony
The following article by Carlos Martinez responds to a recent article in The Times complaining about TikTok users not being sufficiently anti-China. The only explanation the Times journalist can muster is that TikTok’s algorithms must be weighted to promote pro-CPC content.
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Discovery of immense methane leaks in Antarctica
A new discovery of methane leaks in Antarctica could be a game-changer and potential near-term threat that’s difficult to characterize without sounding overly negative.
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The dark, McCarthyist history of deporting activists
Donald Trump is using decades-old laws to expel critics and opponents.
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Supreme Court could lift ban on dangerous, anti-LGBTQ conversion therapy
The case, known as ‘Chiles v. Salazar,’ argues that the ban on conversion therapy is a violation of free speech and freedom of religion.
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Columbia caves to Trump’s demands on ‘antisemitism’ to secure funding
Among the concessions agreed to by the university are a ban on face masks at protests and the hiring of 36 “special officers” with the power to remove or arrest students.
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Trump illegally fires Democratic Commissioners at the Federal Trade Commission
On Tuesday, President Trump illegally fired Democratic FTC Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya.
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Hegseth’s attacks on Black troops evoke long history of anti-racist struggle
In quest to de-woke the military, Black troops may be booted in large numbers
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European Court rules Ukraine guilty in Odessa massacre
This ruling has received limited coverage in Western media outlets, as it confirms the Ukrainian regime’s support of the neo-Nazis through its inaction and refusal to take any measures against the killers.
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Google imports ex Israeli spies, the genocide resumes, cruel Britannia
Yesterday Google bought Israeli cybersecurity company Wiz for $32 billion.
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Columbia professor says crackdown on pro-Palestine activists reeks of McCarthyism
Bruce Robbins tells Real Talk he could be ‘thrown to the lions’ over steps he took during last year’s campus protests.
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When the servants cry: U.S.-funded anti-Cuban media are pleading for money
First it was the media funded by USAID, then those that received money from the NED howled; now Radio and TV “Martí” itself have fallen on the list of cuts.
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Canada: Anschluss, Schulterschluss or concrete internationalism?
To begin, we must also ask: what is Trump 2.0? It is far more than a vengeful new U.S. administration.
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The new age militarists: And their threat to our common future
Alex Karp, the CEO of the controversial military tech firm Palantir, is the coauthor of a new book, “The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West.”
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In Trump’s new order, anyone can become Palestinian
Trump’s attack on Chuck Schumer shows you don’t have to be Palestinian to be punished like one. You only have to step out of line.
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Trump wants to sell citizenship to rich people. Take if from other countries-it’s a bad idea
Citizenship by investment schemes drive up housing prices and do little to drive economic growth.
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How U.S. plans to bleed Europe dry while waging war on China
The theatrical events of the previous week between Volodymyr Zelensky, Donald Trump, and JD Vance have been grist for all manner of bourgeois media lies designed to obfuscate events.
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Lebanon: A lesson in continuous and unconditional resistance
Like the people of Gaza after the January 17, 2025 ceasefire there, thousands of the 1.4 million Lebanese people displaced by Israeli bombings are streaming home in long lines to their villages, even though Israel reduced scores of towns to rubble.