Thursday, November 12, 2026

Democrats implore Biden to reject ‘callous and inhumane’ migrant family detention

"Putting children and their parents behind barbed wire to deter them from seeking safety should shock the conscience of every American who believes in fairness, safety, and basic human dignity for all people."
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Jimmy Kimmel to Sen. Bill Cassidy: “Stop using my name!”

“Most of the congresspeople who vote on this bill probably won’t even read it.”

Global food crops also face Earth’s sixth great mass extinction

We need to get away from a focus on ‘feeding the world’ and move toward ‘nourishing the world.’

War within war: Iraq’s Prime Minister says ‘we don’t want to fight Turkey, but...

Iraq demands that the Turkish troops withdraw from the country, terming them “occupation forces.”
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As Bernie Sanders surges ahead of Iowa Caucus, DNC under fire for changing rules...

The Democratic National Committee is facing criticism for overhauling its rules, opening the door for billionaire former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, who is running a self-funded campaign, to take part in the next debate.

The 100 largest low-wage employers have spent $341 billion on stock buybacks since 2020

And yet top executives seem to have little trouble finding resources for enriching themselves and wealthy shareholders.

Neither pandemic nor economic collapse is going to be a short-lived crisis

Huge layoffs = major recession; Raging infections and deaths = major epidemic.

13 shocking truths about the Trump-GOP tax plan

More than 80 percent of tax cuts under the GOP’s plan will go to the nation’s wealthiest 1%, while also raising taxes on 92 million middle-class families.

Elizabeth Warren derides Trump while addressing his Pocahontas slurs

“But now we have a president who can’t make it through a ceremony honoring Native American war heroes without reducing Native history, Native culture, Native people to the butt of a joke."

Warren calls out her Democratic colleagues who voted to advance a Wall Street deregulation...

Warren said at the gathering of progressive lawmakers that "this isn't a story about economics," rather it's a "story about power."