Monday, August 31, 2026

Tag: two state

Politicians should stop hiding behind the ‘two-state solution’ fantasy

Whatever the rhetoric, ending Israeli control over Palestinians in the territories occupied since 1967 is not on the table.

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The second worst MAGA Trump calamity – more than equal to its Constitutional concussion

Robert S. Becker on the deeper, still-unfolding costs of Trumpism beyond its constitutional violations.
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Breaking up hospital and drug monopolies could save families $6,000 a year, report finds

A 26-group coalition of pharmacists, physicians and patients says consolidation, not coverage gaps, is driving the crisis.
The Pentagon. Photo: DoD photo by Master Sgt. Ken Hammond, U.S. Air Force (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

House Democrat presses Trump Jr.’s venture firm on Pentagon-linked deals

A blocked March subpoena over a rare earth company's Pentagon loan set the stage for a new letter demanding records by September 9.
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How Do We Stop a Coup? We Organize

With a thousand DOJ monitors ordered to polling places this November and troops not ruled out, a People's Action coalition of 500 groups is organizing a Labor Day mobilization to defend the vote.
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This 80-year-old senator isn’t backing off his support for trans rights

Some Democrats have retreated from their party’s once-broad support for transgender rights. Not Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey. “The demonization of the trans community requires political leaders to stand up and to protect them against the unconscionable attacks,” Markey told The 19th ahead of Tuesday’s Democratic Senate primary, where he faces a challenge from U.S.