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"No Kings" Is About More Than Trump

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"No Kings" Is About More Than Trump
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Americans are rejecting the national security state

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AS’AD AbuKHALIL: A Return to the Balfour Declaration consortiumnews.com/2025/10/20/a...

AS'AD AbuKHALIL: A Return to the Balfour Declaration

Donald Trump's twenty-point plan offers nothing political for the Palestinians. It creates a joint U.S.-Israel occupation. By As`ad AbuKhalil Special to Consortium News The highly touted picture...

Chris Hedges: The Speech a Press Club Banned

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Chris Hedges: The Speech a Press Club Banned consortiumnews.com/2025/10/20/c...

The National Press Club of Australia in Canberra canceled an engagement with journalist Chris Hedges after it was announced on its website. Hedges delivered the banned speech on Monday in Sydney. htt...

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Desperation Row

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PATRICK LAWRENCE: Desperation Row consortiumnews.com/2025/10/20/p...

Reflecting Volodymyr Zelensky’s confidence that the Trumpster would oblige him, he, Zelensky, actually visited Raytheon, the Tomahawk’s maker, before his session at the White House. By Patrick Law...

Seven Palestinians killed in new Israeli attacks; Hamas will hand over two more Israeli captives; and Trump's $200 million White House ballroom

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Seven Palestinians killed in new Israeli attacks on Gaza; Trump starts construction on privately funded $200 million White House ballroom
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Drop Site Daily: October 21, 2025

Chris Hedges Gives the Edward Said Memorial Lecture: 'Requiem for Gaza'

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Chris Hedges Gives the Edward Said Memorial Lecture: 'Requiem for Gaza'
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Chris Hedges recently gave the Edward Said memorial lecture to a sold out audience at the University of South Australia in Adelaide.

What comes next, after No Kings 2.0

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What Should We Do NOW?
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What Can We Do Now?

Masked Israeli Settlers Assault Palestinians, Torch Cars in West Bank | Common Dreams

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Masked Israeli Settlers Assault Palestinians, Torch Cars in West Bank www.commondreams.org/news/israeli...

Israeli settlers violently assault Palestinian civilians harvesting olives in Turmus Ayya. IDF condemns attacks, no arrests made.

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'Historic Mistake': Brazil Opens Up Amazon to New Oil Drilling Ahead of Global Climate Summit | Common Dreams

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'Historic Mistake': Brazil Opens Up Amazon to New Oil Drilling Ahead of Global Climate Summit www.commondreams.org/news/amazon-...

As climate leaders gather in Belém for COP30, Brazil's approval of Petrobras drilling in the Amazon is a betrayal of promises for climate action. Join the fight for a just energy transition and demand...

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Trump-Appointed Judges Give Him Green Light to Send Troops Into Portland | Common Dreams

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Trump-Appointed Judges Give Him Green Light to Send Troops Into Portland www.commondreams.org/news/trump-n...

Federal judges allow Trump to deploy National Guard in Portland despite protests. Controversial ruling sparks debate on presidential power.

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Israeli Military Is Still Holding 9,000 Palestinians in Prison

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Israeli Military Is Still Holding 9,000 Palestinians in Prison truthout.org/video/israel...

“The vast majority of people being held are being held without trial,” said human rights lawyer Sari Bashi.

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Gaza Officials Say Israel Has Violated Ceasefire 80 Times in First 10 Days truthout.org/articles/gaz...

Gaza Officials Say Israel Has Violated Ceasefire 80 Times in First 10 Days

Israel carried out a bombardment on Sunday after two Israeli soldiers were apparently killed in an explosion.

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ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social @ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social · 23h

Trump's DOJ makes 'light on details' move to strip Comey of lawyer: report

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Trump's DOJ makes 'light on details' move to strip Comey of lawyer: report

In a late Sunday filing, described by Politico as “light on details,” federal prosecutors pursuing former FBI Director James Comey are attempting to boot his lead lawyer off the case.The two DOJ attor...

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Trump signals 'not fathomable' plan to topple South American regime: expert

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Trump signals 'not fathomable' plan to topple South American regime: expert

President Donald Trump's latest moves in South America show that he's after "regime change," according to one analyst. On Sunday, the Trump administration struck a seventh boat with alleged ties to dr...

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ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social @ronaldbborgquist.bsky.social · 23h

Trump Admits Complicity in Genocide consortiumnews.com/2025/10/17/t...

Trump Admits Complicity in Genocide

In his speech to the Knesset, Trump told Netanyahu: "We make the best weapons in the world, and we’ve got a lot of them. And we’ve given a lot to Israel ... [And] you used them well," writes Marjorie ...

AS'AD AbuKHALIL: A Return to the Balfour Declaration

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AS’AD AbuKHALIL: A Return to the Balfour Declaration consortiumnews.com/2025/10/20/a...

Donald Trump's twenty-point plan offers nothing political for the Palestinians. It creates a joint U.S.-Israel occupation. By As`ad AbuKhalil Special to Consortium News The highly touted picture...

Israel Defies Ceasefire With Heavy Wave of Airstrikes Across Gaza

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Israel Defies Ceasefire With Heavy Wave of Airstrikes Across Gaza consortiumnews.com/2025/10/20/i...

Dave DeCamp reports on the deadliest day of Israeli attacks in the Strip since the ceasefire went into effect on Oct. 10. It occurred after an Israeli bulldozer struck an unexploded bomb. It was misre...

Chris Hedges: The Speech a Press Club Banned

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Chris Hedges: The Speech a Press Club Banned consortiumnews.com/2025/10/20/c...

The National Press Club of Australia in Canberra canceled an engagement with journalist Chris Hedges after it was announced on its website. Hedges delivered the banned speech on Monday in Sydney. htt...

Israel resumes lower-level killing after mass violence Sunday; Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff visit Israel for ceasefire talks; embattled socialist party ousted in Bolivia

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Israel resumes lower-level killing after mass violence Sunday; Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff visit Israel for ceasefire talks; embattled socialist party ousted in Bolivia
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Drop Site Daily: October 20, 2025

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God brings on heavy hitters to smack down Trump, ‘the lying, criminal predator’

Churches and synagogues are no longer just cringing in shame and embarrassment at the mockeries of their faith by the fakers and frauds leading the USA. They are joining the courts, state governors, c...

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A Trump-aligned super PAC incorporated in the Cayman Islands is seeking $260 million to “fund the next chapter of American Exceptionalism.”
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Offshoring For Me, Not For Thee, Says MAGA

A Trump-aligned super PAC incorporated in the Cayman Islands is seeking $260 million to “fund the next chapter of American Exceptionalism.”

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“We Estimate That Nearly One Million of Gaza’s 1.1 Million Olive Trees Have Been Destroyed”
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“We Estimate That Nearly One Million of Gaza’s 1.1 Million Olive Trees Have Been Destroyed”

Gaza’s olive groves have been bulldozed by the Israeli military, dried up from lack of water, or remain inaccessible, leaving Palestinian farmers with little to harvest.