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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 7h
Cartoon — Inflation Pressure
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Inflation Pressure
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 8h
Washington scrapped its rules lowering vehicle emissions. Now the Trump administration is working to strip California of its authority to write its own.
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How Vulnerable Are California’s Clean Car Rules?
The federal government has scrapped its rules lowering vehicle emissions, and it's going after California's.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 9h
President Trump's "morally binding" AI accord lacks an effective enforcement dimension. At worst, it's a moral pretext for corporate greed.
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Why Trump Opted for Existential AI Risks
By treating American technological primacy as a national-security imperative, the administration can oppose the slowing of American AI development as strategically dangerous.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 10h
How corporate consolidation enabled Trump’s war on the press.
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The Merger-Muzzle Pipeline: How Corporate Consolidation Enabled Trump’s War On The Press
How corporate consolidation enabled Trump’s war on the press.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 12h
The Office of Religious Affairs is the defense secretary’s latest effort to turn the Pentagon into an explicitly Christian nationalist institution.
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Pete Hegseth’s Army of God
The Office of Religious Affairs is the defense secretary’s latest effort to turn the Pentagon into an explicitly Christian nationalist institution.
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Jesse Raub @jesseraub.online · 18h
i think the fact that there are 22 billionaires at all is a good reason why this thing needs to go through
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 14h
Amid rising prices and hunger, millions of Americans have lost food assistance, often on procedural grounds.
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Food Aid Enrollment Tanks After SNAP Rule Changes
Amid rising prices and hunger, millions of Americans have lost food assistance, often on procedural grounds.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 15h
His reelection prospects are threatened as recent investigations detail alerts from abroad in the days and weeks before the 2023 Hamas attack.
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What Did Netanyahu Know Before Oct. 7?
His reelection prospects are threatened as recent investigations detail alerts from abroad in the days and weeks before the 2023 Hamas attack.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 18h
Trending Story — Meet the 22 California Billionaires Opposing Prop. 40
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Meet the 22 California Billionaires Opposing Prop. 40
The rich Californians who've spent the most to fight a ballot proposal to tax billionaires have seen their personal wealth increase by over 64% in the last 20 months.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 07/10/2026
Washington froze $9.5 billion in Afghan central bank assets in 2021. Now the Taliban wants the U.S. to invest in Afghanistan's mines.
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The Taliban Wants the US Back. What Do Afghans Want?
As the Taliban seeks recognition and investment from abroad, Afghans are asking who would benefit — and who would be left out.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 07/10/2026
Cartoon — AI Vortex Consumes Screen Users
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AI Vortex Consumes Screen Users
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 07/10/2026
Wealth and power are more concentrated in America today than they were in the first Gilded Age.
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The Central Question of Power in America
The biggest question lurking behind the midterm campaigns is: Can we reverse the power shift that began four decades ago?
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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 07/10/2026
don't know why i missed that this had been published, but during TIFF i sat down with director Sophie Deraspe for a quite moving conversation about her doc The Final Act, which takes viewers into the emotional journey of medically assisted dying
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 07/10/2026
President Trump said he was seeing "tremendous self-policing" from AI giants. How will they self-police, and who will police them?
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Why Trump Opted for Existential AI Risks
By treating American technological primacy as a national-security imperative, the administration can oppose the slowing of American AI development as strategically dangerous.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 06/10/2026
Democratic candidates should talk about only two things in the last five weeks before the midterms: higher prices and Trump-Republican corruption. And show how they're connected.
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The Rot at the Top: Democrats Must Connect the Dots Between Higher Prices and Trump's Corruption
As elections loom, Democrats must connect the dots between higher prices and the corruption of the Trump regime and its Republican enablers.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 06/10/2026
Environmental work done by tribes across the country will be more difficult since the Trump administration has more narrowly defined "harm."
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Native Nations Sue Over Endangered Species Act Changes
Environmental work done by tribes across the country will be more difficult since the Trump administration has more narrowly defined "harm."
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 06/10/2026
In Minnesota, the Monarca project has trained 50,000 people in constitutionally protected observation.
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From Pushing Out ICE to Protecting the Midterms
In Minnesota, the Monarca project has trained 50,000 people in constitutionally protected observation.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 06/10/2026
A major U.S. shipping company is refusing to bargain with a maritime union representing sailors in a war zone. By @mikeelk.bsky.social
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Organizing in Dangerous Waters
A major U.S. shipping company is refusing to bargain with a maritime union representing sailors in a war zone.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 06/10/2026
Democrats are terrified of being “soft” on the larger question of trans rights.
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Democrats Abandon Trans Voters at Their Peril
Democrats in tight races have spoken out against trans rights, but adopting Republican talking points may haunt them in November.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 06/10/2026
A new index names the 99 donors who outspent 99.9% of California on campaigns and lobbying. Chevron tops the list at more than $260 million.
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New ‘Oligarch Index’ Tracks California’s Biggest Political Spenders
Over two decades, the top 99 individuals and business organizations spent more on campaigns and lobbying than the bottom 99.9%.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 06/10/2026
Trending Story — The Supreme Court’s Latest Decision Could Hand the GOP the Midterms
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The Supreme Court’s Latest Decision Could Hand the GOP the Midterms
The full impact of the ruling will depend on how the administration and its red state allies construe a single word in the decision.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 06/10/2026
Cartoon — Lemonade Prices
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Lemonade Prices
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 06/10/2026
Contemporary media outlets are tethered above all to profit maximization. That structure explains why the press pool traded collective solidarity for a rushed return to the briefing room.
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The Merger-Muzzle Pipeline: How Corporate Consolidation Enabled Trump’s War On The Press
How corporate consolidation enabled Trump’s war on the press.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 06/10/2026
Days after handing President Trump a rare shadow-docket defeat on mail-in ballots, the Supreme Court handed him a victory on voter lists.
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The Supreme Court’s Latest Decision Could Hand the GOP the Midterms
The full impact of the ruling will depend on how the administration and its red state allies construe a single word in the decision.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 05/10/2026
This week marks the 25th anniversary of the US starting to bomb #Afghanistan. Now the Taliban wants to re-engage with Washington. The question too often left out: what would that mean for Afghans? @chadbourn.bsky.social www.truthdig.com/articles/the...
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The Taliban Wants the US Back. What Do Afghans Want?
As the Taliban seeks recognition and investment from abroad, Afghans are asking who would benefit — and who would be left out.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 05/10/2026
The federal government has scrapped its rules lowering vehicle emissions, and it's going after California's.
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How Vulnerable Are California’s Clean Car Rules?
The federal government has scrapped its rules lowering vehicle emissions, and it's going after California's.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 05/10/2026
The biggest question lurking behind the midterm campaigns is: Can we reverse the power shift that began four decades ago?
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The Central Question of Power in America
The biggest question lurking behind the midterm campaigns is: Can we reverse the power shift that began four decades ago?
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 05/10/2026
One month from Election Day, the president’s long-running pressure campaign over elections is approaching a decisive moment.
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‘I Don’t Rule Anything Out’: Anxiety Grows Over Midterm Interference
One month from Election Day, the president’s long-running pressure campaign over elections is approaching a decisive moment.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 05/10/2026
As the Taliban seeks recognition and investment from abroad, Afghans are asking who would benefit — and who would be left out.
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The Taliban Wants the US Back. What Do Afghans Want?
As the Taliban seeks recognition and investment from abroad, Afghans are asking who would benefit — and who would be left out.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 05/10/2026
Iceland's foreign minister said she got repeated advice from within the American administration: Take the president seriously, not literally.
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Macron and Carney Make Trump an Island
Faced with trade sanctions and another sovereignty threat, the two leaders present a united front in the North Atlantic.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 05/10/2026
A former Office of Management and Budget general counsel said the White House's plan to end federal money for voter registration drives is "just a massive across-the-board power grab."
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White House Proposal Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote
A new rule would prohibit using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restrict voting access.
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DnB Time @oldtech.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“A new ad for the Lula campaign, set to air Friday, says ‘Flávio Bolsonaro is Trump’s candidate and what Trump wants is to colonize Brazil, take our riches, steal our future and leave us in the dust.’”
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 05/10/2026
To the administration, regulation is an obstacle in the AI race. Voluntary commitments offer the appearance of guardrails without binding constraints.
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Why Trump Opted for Existential AI Risks
By treating American technological primacy as a national-security imperative, the administration can oppose the slowing of American AI development as strategically dangerous.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 05/10/2026
Companies backed by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have accumulated at least $3.2 billion in Pentagon contracts, funding and options. Trump's Iran war has Americans paying some $1.50 more per gallon. Democrats must connect the dots.
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The Rot at the Top: Democrats Must Connect the Dots Between Higher Prices and Trump's Corruption
As elections loom, Democrats must connect the dots between higher prices and the corruption of the Trump regime and its Republican enablers.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 04/10/2026
What happens if Lula wins and Washington won't recognize it? Eduardo Bolsonaro suggested the U.S. could do exactly that.
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Will Trump’s Efforts To Boost Bolsonaro Blow Up in His Face?
U.S. interference in this weekend’s election in Brazil could help left-wing President Lula.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 04/10/2026
Enough nostalgia — we’ve been in the post-Fordist economy for longer than the Fordist bargain held. What comes next?
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Fordism’s 50-Year Hangover: What Comes Next In the Post-Fordist Economy?
Enough nostalgia — we’ve been in the post-Fordist economy for longer than the Fordist bargain held. What comes next?
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 04/10/2026
An AfD candidate's TikTok following outnumbers his CDU rival's 200-to-1, and taxpayers help fund the machine behind it.
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How Germany’s Electoral System Enabled the Rise of the Far Right
For half a decade, the Alternative for Germany party has been recruiting on TikTok with millions of euros in taxpayer funds.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 04/10/2026
How many mistakes will AI companies get to make before they're prepared to face the consequences?
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Sam Altman Is Driving Drunk. Let Him Face the Consequences
We already have laws to deal with the myriad harms caused by AI. We just need to use them.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 04/10/2026
SAVE and the citizenship lists don't stand alone. They are part of a multifaceted plan to sabotage the elections.
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The Supreme Court’s Latest Decision Could Hand the GOP the Midterms
The full impact of the ruling will depend on how the administration and its red state allies construe a single word in the decision.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 04/10/2026
Ninety-nine donors outspent 99.9% of California combined. Now the rich are spending hundreds of millions more to defeat a one-time tax on their wealth.
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New ‘Oligarch Index’ Tracks California’s Biggest Political Spenders
Over two decades, the top 99 individuals and business organizations spent more on campaigns and lobbying than the bottom 99.9%.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 04/10/2026
Safeguarding U.S. democracy requires breaking up media monopolies. Five decades of consolidation enabled Trump's war on the press.
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The Merger-Muzzle Pipeline: How Corporate Consolidation Enabled Trump’s War On The Press
How corporate consolidation enabled Trump’s war on the press.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 03/10/2026
"We have numerous people, Argentina, lots of people that I got elected," Trump said last month. Now he's turning to Brazil.
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Will Trump’s Efforts To Boost Bolsonaro Blow Up in His Face?
U.S. interference in this weekend’s election in Brazil could help left-wing President Lula.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 03/10/2026
Carney advanced a major rapprochement between Canada and the European Union. Trump answered with a threat of additional trade sanctions.
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Macron and Carney Make Trump an Island
Faced with trade sanctions and another sovereignty threat, the two leaders present a united front in the North Atlantic.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 03/10/2026
Congress created grants to help disabled Americans register and vote. The White House wants to prohibit federal grant money for voter registration drives.
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White House Proposal Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote
A new rule would prohibit using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restrict voting access.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 03/10/2026
Who will control the seeds, science and markets behind the new interest in Africa’s indigenous crops?
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In Africa, Changing the Crops Without Changing the System Is Not Good Enough
Who will control the seeds, science and markets behind the new interest in Africa’s indigenous crops?
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 03/10/2026
Trending Story — Trump World Is Determined to Man Up
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Trump World Is Determined to Man Up
Its embrace of misogyny has harmed decades of women's progress.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 03/10/2026
Cartoon — Trump Grift Defense Questioned
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Trump Grift Defense Questioned
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 02/10/2026
A mistaken AI intelligence report sent U.S. Navy helicopters to board a Chinese cargo ship. They wrongly believed it was carrying nuclear parts for Iran.
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Sam Altman Is Driving Drunk. Let Him Face the Consequences
We already have laws to deal with the myriad harms caused by AI. We just need to use them.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 02/10/2026
U.S. interference in this weekend’s election in Brazil could help left-wing President Lula.
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Will Trump’s Efforts To Boost Bolsonaro Blow Up in His Face?
U.S. interference in this weekend’s election in Brazil could help left-wing President Lula.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 02/10/2026
Over two decades, the top 99 individuals and business organizations spent more on campaigns and lobbying than the bottom 99.9%.
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New ‘Oligarch Index’ Tracks California’s Biggest Political Spenders
Over two decades, the top 99 individuals and business organizations spent more on campaigns and lobbying than the bottom 99.9%.
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