A 13-year-old victim.

Week 90

Zeteo’s weekly round-up of the stories you may have missed out of occupied Gaza and the West Bank, as Israel continues its genocidal war and apartheid policies.

A drone strike blamed on Sudan's paramilitaries has killed 41 displaced people near the Ethiopian border.

Regulator looks to expand loophole to allow dangerous compounds in food as long as they’re not carcinogenic

Private military forces belonging to President Donald Trump ally and Blackwater founder Erik Prince were reportedly ambushed in the Democratic Republic of Congo last month, leaving roughly 20 people k...

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

After a brief respite, Brazil teeters on the brink of a full-blown return to a far-right, Bolsonaro kleptocracy.

Answering common FAQs on countering ICE raids, and providing 7 meaningful ways to better protect our immigrant and undocumented neighbors

The Best of the Rest of the News and Opinion

A president threatening an ally over a prize, a Pentagon turning an execution into content, and the backlash building against both.

Can we trust the polls? Will there be a blue wave? And what bubbles underneath the surface that could reshape the midterm elections? Pollster Cornell Belcher joins John Harwood to break it all down.

You don’t need to canvass. You need 10 texts and a free app.

Four things he did to the GOP that no Democrat ever could.

Georgia’s GOP picks for governor and AG could be overseeing an industry they’re invested in.

Late Wednesday afternoon, Dana Mattioli, Drew Hinshaw, Rebecca Ballhaus, and Joe Parkinson of the Wall Street Journal reported on the tawdry grifting of Kimberly Guilfoyle, former fiancee of Donald Tr...

ABC pulled a critical story on Don Jr. without explanation. I think it’s clear why.

The Republican sitting pretty in District 8 says it’s "red." It isn't. Nobody’s paying attention. That's the only reason she's been winning.

Trump’s and Hegseth’s barbaric decision to live-stream an execution

A recording from Joy-Ann Reid's live video

David Rothkopf and I mince no words today as we recap the week’s stories, which reveal that Trump and Republicans are marching towards fascism and an authoritarian state by trying to incite violence a...

The ruling also reaches voter rolls that states voluntarily turned over. By vacating the policy itself, the court barred DOJ from continuing to use those already-obtained files as part of the nationwi...

Hey everyone, what a week.

From state-sanctioned violence to cable news silence, the normalization of systemic cruelty is breaking our democracy—and the political establishment has no plan to stop it.

Friends,

“Jon Husted? He protected men who abused young girls by voting in the Senate to block the release of the Epstein files.”

The young progressive hosts of The Vanguard invited me yesterday to discuss why Democratic leadership and consultants continue taking terrible advice from former Republicans.

Also: a judge catches ICE falsifying paperwork, the memo Trump won’t let you read, and who paid his money men.

Cruelty, as always, is the point

Good morning, I’ll be honest with you: today’s newsletter is a heavy one.

From missing mail to armed federal agents and sweeping voter investigations, the warning signs suggest a democracy being squeezed before Americans even reach the ballot box…

The court found the requirement unlawful under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act and California state law.

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How the system now works

YouTube video by Katie Phang

This is a barbaric public spectacle, timed to the minute of the 2009 shooting, and the government wants it on your screen.

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

A recording from Joy-Ann Reid's live video

The case is a bitter reminder of the ways LGBTQ people have had their identities weaponized by the courts in the past, most notoriously through a legal defense tactic known as gay or trans “panic.”

A recording from THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali's live video

Trump targets the most vulnerable