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37+ min ago (196+ words) A pair of legal advocates took a victory lap on Monday night after one of President Donald Trump's allies resigned from her office. During a new episode of the "Norm and Katie's Legal Fight Club" podcast, Norm Eisen, founder of Democracy Defenders Action, and independent journalist Kate Phang discussed the abrupt resignation of Trump's U.S. attorney in Delaware, Julianne Murray, on Friday. Murray is the former leader of the state Republican Party and was appointed on an interim basis over the summer. Murray cited the recent ruling from the 3rd Circuit on former interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba's term in her decision to step down, according to The Washington Post. The Trump administration has been at odds with lawmakers over the president's appointment powers for nearly the entirety of Trump's second term. Trump has tried to reinstall interim appointees like Habba in key…...

1+ hour, 13+ min ago (589+ words) Jodie Foster often says she did not choose acting. "I started working before my memory really begins," she said. By age three she was already on camera; by twelve she was Iris in Taxi Driver, a hypersexualised child character, while in real life she wore a French school uniform and skateboarded home with books under her arm. As a child, she was "an intellectual, solitary, a reader," she said. Acting did not come naturally. Directors asked her to "pretend that's your grandfather and cry", and she had no idea how. To survive, she had to teach herself emotional and psychological fluency. Her mother remained central to her path. She warned her repeatedly that no child actor survives past eighteen. Later she adjusted that deadline to forty. Jodie Foster went to Yale, worked through her studies and quietly prepared for the…...

1+ hour, 57+ min ago (1087+ words) The gunning down of innocent, predominantly Jewish people at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday evening is being seized upon by the capitalist media and governments to demand the suppression of all opposition to the ongoing US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza. With 24 victims still in hospital'six in critical conditions'the death toll from the shooting stands at 15. Those killed include a 10-year-old girl named publicly only as Matilda, a survivor of the Nazi Holocaust, Alexander Kleytman, a local rabbi, Eli Schlanger, and a young French citizen, Dan Elkayam. It is now clear from the location, planning and footage that the target of the two alleged gunmen, Sajid Akram, 50, and his son, Naveed Akram, 24, was a'Chanukah by the Sea'event for children at a beachside playground, marking the start of the eight-day Rabbinic Jewish festival of lights. Hundreds of children, their carers and volunteers,…...

2+ hour, 11+ min ago (1015+ words) The rise of Trump to the presidency of the US and his efforts to construct a fascistic dictatorship represent the violent realignment of the political superstructure to more openly and directly express the domination of the American economy and increasingly all aspects of life by a financial oligarchy. In its mode of existence, its social being, this oligarchy, based on the endless accumulation of wealth through stock market speculation, financial market operations and parasitism, demands the abolition of all remaining restrictions on its activity. One of the expressions of this process, which derives not from the personal characteristics of the individuals involved but from the objective logic of the system they head, is the evisceration of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the regulatory authority of the stock market. The extent of this gutting operation was highlighted in a speech…...

2+ hour, 16+ min ago (240+ words) Mediaite's Most Influential in News Media 2025 CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig had harsh words for President Donald Trump's designation of fentanyl as a "weapon of mass destruction." Speaking in the Oval Office on Monday, Trump said he was signing an executive order to classify the opioid as a WMD. Fentanyl is responsible for the vast majority of overdose deaths from illicit drugs in the U.S. "There's no doubt that America's adversaries are trafficking fentanyl into the United States, in part because they want to kill Americans. If this were a war, it would be one of the worst wars," the president said. Experts have doubted the legality of the strikes, which have killed at least 90 people. On Monday night, the administration announced the bombings of three more vessels in the Pacific. U.S. Southern Command said eight people were killed, but did…...

2+ hour, 25+ min ago (263+ words) Since its launch on December 12, Socialism AI has provided thousands of users throughout the world with access to the revolutionary perspective of Marxism, drawing from more than 175 years of historical material and nearly three decades of WSWS coverage. With each interaction, it is helping workers and young people understand the world and how to change it. This new feature will highlight selected questions and answers from Socialism AI'concise, clear and politically insightful responses to some of the most pressing issues of our time. If you come across an answer that you think should be featured in a future installment, use the form at the bottom of this article to submit it for consideration. Understanding this political reality is the first step: Management and Wall Street will always prioritize profit; the union bureaucracy has become a layer that protects that system....

2+ hour, 25+ min ago (727+ words) US imperialism is again on the warpath, this time threatening Venezuela as part of a systematic drive to subjugate all of Latin America. President Donald Trump told Politico last week that Venezuelan President Nicol's Maduro's "days are numbered" and declared Friday that ground attacks would begin "pretty soon." The Wall Street Journal's editorial board characterized his actions as a pledge to carry out regime change, writing that Trump is now "obliged to follow through" on his commitment to oust Maduro. Trump's threats have been backed by the largest US military deployment in the Caribbean since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. The Pentagon has deployed more than 15,000 troops, a dozen warships, including the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, and scores of aircraft within striking distance of Venezuela. Since September, US forces have launched more than 22 drone and missile strikes against boats in…...

2+ hour, 31+ min ago (360+ words) US Senator Moves to File Section 230 Repeal US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on Friday said that he was moving to file a bipartisan bill to repeal of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Posted by lamplighter at 11:32 PM | 6 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | Hi Senator. Glad you're posting to Bluesky. But kinda weird that you're trying to kill Section 230 at the same time which would make it very difficult for Bluesky to exist. Maybe think through that a bit more carefully?[image or embed] #1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-14 11:20 PM | Reply What you should know about Section 230, the rule that shaped today's internet (2023) www.pbs.org That's a good background. If a news site falsely calls you a swindler, you can sue the publisher for libel. But if someone posts that on Facebook, you can't sue the company " just the person…...

2+ hour, 54+ min ago (270+ words) The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), which conducts airport security screening, has been forwarding the names of all expected air travelers to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to assist in the Trump administration's mass deportation operations. The TSA was created in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks to conduct airport passenger screening. It was incorporated into the new Department of Homeland Security (DHS), along with ICE, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Coast Guard and other internal security agencies, all except the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The agency employs roughly 60,000 people and, using biometric data, facial recognition and full-body scanners, screens an average of approximately 2 million people per day at US airports. The size, reach and daily contact with the population make the TSA an especially powerful data collection apparatus for the capitalist state. While the TSA has long collaborated…...

3+ hour, 1+ min ago (295+ words) Public satisfaction with the cost of health care plans has hit a record low in a new Gallup poll released Monday'just as GOP legislation begins to go into effect, increasing costs for millions. The poll found that just 16 percent of respondents are satisfied with the costs of health care'the lowest recorded number in the 24 years that the pollsters have asked the question. In fact, 29 percent of respondents said that cost is the "most urgent national health problem," followed by access to care at 17% and obesity at eight percent. Following the passage of President Donald Trump's "One Big, Beautiful Bill," Affordable Care Act subsidies are set to expire at the start of 2026, effectively raising the cost of health care for millions. And KFF estimates that, for people with marketplace plans, premiums will double if the credits expire. No Democrats voted for…...