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Were this kind of thing to happen in any of the countries the propaganda newspaper, the New York Times, didn't like (China, Russia, Venezuela, Iran, etc), the article would be all about autocracy, strongmen, and the lack of democracy. Here, it's none of those. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/w...
Macron Reappoints Lecornu as France’s Prime Minister
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Great piece. Of course, markets are mostly just people with money trading that money with other people with money and both getting right from the transactions. No other point to most of those transactions. And certainly not much reason.
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A bizarre farce from the sad office holders in the US Senate and House. These are the same people who have allowed president after president to wage war after war, up to and including our new hot one against Venezuela. apnews.com/article/cong...
US Senate unanimously endorses repeal of 2002 Iraq war resolution
The Senate has voted to repeal the resolution that authorized the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, following a House vote last month that would return the basic war power to Congress more than two decades ...
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I think @vijayprashad.bsky.social understates the case. It's worse than a joke. It's a tool of the propaganda system that the West uses to make the people of the First World believe they are superior to the rest of the people in the world. But it is also a joke, and it has nothing to do with peace.
Vijay Prashad (@luciddialectics)
The Nobel Prize is joke.
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Until this sale, Dominion appears to have been owned by State Street Capital (Wikipedia says). Which is how capitalism works: State Street has no motivation except making money for capitalists. So it sells to a right wing Trumpian. Capitalism only works for capitalists. apnews.com/article/domi...
Former Republican election official buys Dominion Voting — a target of 2020 conspiracy theories
Voting equipment company Dominion Voting Systems, a target of false conspiracy theories since the 2020 election, has been bought by a firm run by a former Republican elections official.
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A truth about all of us who live in comfortable bubbles away from the horror of genocide and daily neo-fascism.
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Nagham Zbeedat in Ha’aretz

For Palestinians, the Relief of the Gaza Cease-fire Belongs to Others - Haaretz Today www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
When I texted a man from Gaza to congratulate him on the cease-fire, he replied, "Congratulations to you. You'll put your mind at peace with our news now!' His words cut through the noise - a reminder that for many Palestinians, even relief has become something that belongs to others.
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Why does anyone care about the Nobel Peace Prize, which has been won by one of the great warmongers of all time, Henry Kissinger? Why dignify that prize with ink?
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I hope/pray this very flawed ‘deal’ from Trump that Hamas & Israel agreed to ends the genocide & famine & leads to a real ceasefire.

But my biggest fear is there is nothing and no one to stop Netanyahu from resuming the genocide once they get all the hostages back and Trump has his Nobel Prize.
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The headline misses the point, which is that John Fetterman again voted Republican. We must run a primary candidate against this fascist genocide lover when he next faces an election. Not even the classic liberal Democrat should be willing to vote for him. apnews.com/article/trum...
Senate Republicans vote down legislation to check Trump's use of war powers against cartels
Senate Republicans have voted down legislation that would have put a check on President Donald Trump’s ability to use deadly military force against drug cartels.
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The insanity of using countries to identify artists never ceases to embarrass the pathetic people who put these events together. At the current Chopin Competition, note that Lynov is the only pianist not allowed to have a country (Russia). And note that the Van Cliburn exhibition used the word.
International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition
Official website of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition
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The Democratic Party should, at the very least, shout back at the use of terms like extreme and far left. Liberals in the party are often barely left of center, and sometimes not even left of anyone. We on the left only wish the Democrats were on our side. They aren't.
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It's impossible to overstate the level of disdain that Macron has for the people of France. No matter how many times they tell him they don't want him or his followers, he just appoints more of the same. xhnewsapi.xinhuaxmt.com/share/news?i...
French PM Lecornu unveils first gov't appointments
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Compare the Chinese approach at the UN to the American approach. Decide for yourself which better reflects your hopes for the world. english.news.cn/20251004/8dc...
Chinese envoy calls for cooperation to end unilateral coercive measures
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I suppose it is not surprising that a senator from Idaho doesn't understand the realities of world politics and economics. Doesn't understand that the US is not more powerful than China and that threatening them is an exercise in futility. Doesn't understand that we should be working with China
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The Republicans say it's punishment. This isn't the right headline.
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The US economy is for and by the rich capitalists. Assessing its performance is always just a matter of asking how rich people are doing. The answer, most of the time, is that they're doing very well. Measuring consumer spending means measuring how much rich people are spending. Measuring GDP means
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Our exaltation of our military, or the people who kill, is one of the most ruinous elements of our culture. We are capable of grotesque and inhuman treatment of others because we believe we are superior and because we believe that those others are less than human. Genocide. Massacres. All OK.
Did a Green Beret Unit Commit One of the Worst U.S. War Crimes in Decades?
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I don't know about atheists, but all capitalists are socialists in foxholes. The US is not a state capitalist system like China. It's a socialist system for the exclusive benefit of capitalists www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Why does the Times put the word, theft, in quotations? If it were any country in the West, instead of Russia, they wouldn't. But make no mistake: this is the EU committing theft. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/w...
Moscow Indicates Retaliation if Europe Uses Russian Assets for Ukraine
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