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US-Backed Killing of Cartel Boss Unleashes Wave of Violence Across Mexico
3+ hour, 35+ min ago (894+ words) With support from the US, Mexican security forces killed one of the nation's most powerful cartel bosses on Sunday. Almost immediately, the country descended into violence and chaos. The killing of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes'known as "El Mencho'has set off a…...
What Eileen Gu Has Done Is Not Controversial
3+ hour, 46+ min ago (172+ words) When the 2026 Milan Winter Olympics drew to a close this past weekend, the digital air was thick with a familiar, deeply stupid outrage. As freestyle skier Eileen Gu stood on the podium, clutching her gold medal for the freeski halfpipe…...
Board of Peace a Huge Pay Day for Wealthy Board Members
3+ hour, 58+ min ago (389+ words) On Thursday, President Donald Trump'hosted'the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace, a body created by Trump to oversee the security and redevelopment of the Gaza Strip. His son-in-law Jared Kushner, who is on the founding executive board overseeing the…...
Crashing the Economy To Destroy the Planet
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (398+ words) But it is not always the case that a cleaner environment cost money. Natural gas is a much cleaner energy source by almost every measure than coal and it is also cheaper. When we switch to natural gas, we are…...
Import the War, Export the Border
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (117+ words) Whatever the'Pax Americana'was, it's coming to an end. Eyeing a presidential run, AOC is clearly haunted by these failures. Eyeing a presidential run, AOC is clearly haunted by these failures. At Munich, she grounded her foreign policy vision in support…...
Can Anti-Billionaire Populism Deliver a 'Blue Wave' for Democrats?
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (149+ words) Despite the growing opposition to GOP policies over the last year, the Democratic brand remains toxic. More than a year later, rising living costs are now Trump and the Republican Party's headache, giving Democrats an opening to make their own…...
AOC’s First Encounter With the Gaffe Industrial Complex
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (1292+ words) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn't a presidential candidate (yet), but the mainstream media is sabotaging her like one. The post AOC's First Encounter With the Gaffe Industrial Complex appeared first on Truthdig. Last Friday, Rep. [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez addressed the Munich…...
The Nation’s Largest Public Utility Is Going Back to Coal
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (549+ words) What the video hinted at, the board made official. Its seven members unanimously dropped renewable energy as a priority, ended diversity programs, and granted two of the agency's'four remaining coal plants'a reprieve. The decision followed the seating of four members…...
They’re Organizing to Stop the Next Assault on Immigrant Families
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (869+ words) Community organizers in Los Angeles'are rallying in opposition to a Trump administration rule that they say will displace and fracture immigrant families, increase homelessness and potentially throttle rent collections to the point that local housing authorities might be forced to…...
"No Good Men" Review: The Politics of Love in Kabul
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (1122+ words) Shahrbanoo Sadat's Afghan rom-com "No Good Men" balances fiction and reality with incredible deftness. The post The Politics of Love in Kabul appeared first on Truthdig. This year's Berlin Film Festival opener "No Good Men" is, according to writer-director-actress Shahrbanoo…...