Thursday, June 11, 2026

Former State Senator and Assemblyman Both Admit Accepting and Concealing Bribes

Initially facing up to 396 years in federal prison for his 24-count indictment, Ron Calderon accepted a plea deal in which prosecutors are only seeking no more than 70 months in prison.

Protest as domestic terrorism? The threat to dissent

With activism more and more referred to as a form of terrorism on the right, the left will need to take local and state elections more seriously to halt the trend.

In New York Times op-ed, US physician blasts ‘lucrative system of for-profit medicine’

"Doctors' sense of our complicity in putting profits over people has grown more difficult to ignore."

Supervolcano beneath Yellowstone could blow sooner than we thought – and wipe out life...

“It’s shocking how little time is required to take a volcanic system from being quiet and sitting there to the edge of an eruption.”
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Noam Chomsky: The future of organized human life is at risk thanks to GOP’s...

We have to make decisions now which will literally determine whether organized human life can survive in any decent form.
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The truth about Trump’s economy

Look at actual living standards of average working Americans, and you see an economy that’s getting worse, not better.

‘We gonna rise up, rise up ’til it’s won!:’ 140+ arrested at Pelosi and...

"When the people rise up, the powers come back. They tried to stop us but we keep coming back."

‘Shame on Uber:’ Drivers on strike worldwide protesting ‘poverty wages’

"This is an act of solidarity with drivers across the country, and really across the world, who are suffering with poverty wages."

Video Reveals Federal Agents Arresting Venezuelan Mayor for Conspiracy

Mayor Ledezma of Caracas in Venezuela was recently arrested and is being accused of conspiring to overthrow the Venezuelan government. The Venezuelan President has faced severe economic turmoil and social unrest and he seems to be targeting military and political opponents without proof of evidence.

Progressive Briefing for Friday, October 12

Law students launch nationwide strike against illegitimate justice, Chinese intel officer arrested and charged with economic espionage, Enbridge Pipeline explosion forces First Nations community to flee, and more.