AI Is Going to Kill Everyone You Love. The Surprise Is How.
https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/ai-data-centers-climate-change/
https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/ai-data-centers-climate-change/
The Nation
AI Is Going to Kill Everyone You Love. The Surprise Is How.
It’s not hostile super robots you should worry about—it’s the heat they’ll generate.
Portland’s Theater-of-the-Absurd Protests Reflect the Ridiculousness of Trump’s Lies
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/portland-protests-ice-theater-absurd/
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/portland-protests-ice-theater-absurd/
The Nation
Portland’s Theater-of-the-Absurd Protests Reflect the Ridiculousness of Trump’s Lies
If you can’t beat a federal administration at its own violent game, you can at least make it look foolish.
Trump: No Money for Health Care, Plenty for Argentina
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/trump-milei-bailout-government-cuts/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/trump-milei-bailout-government-cuts/
Silicon Valley’s War Profiteers
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/technology-pentagon-budget-ai-drones/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/technology-pentagon-budget-ai-drones/
Jacobin
Silicon Valley’s War Profiteers
After years of pushing sensationalized claims about foreign threats, Silicon Valley’s military start-ups are set to score billions in funding for drones and AI-powered weapons in the nearly $1 trillion defense budget.
Headlines for October 17, 2025
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/17/headlines
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/17/headlines
Democracy Now!
Headlines for October 17, 2025
Palestinians in Gaza Attempt to Identify Bodies Released by Israel; Israeli Defense Minister Calls on Military to Prepare a “Comprehensive Plan” to Defeat Hamas if Ceasefire Fails; Jewish Voice for Peace Protesters Occupy Senator Cory Booker’s Office Building…
"Israeli Sadism in a Nutshell": Amira Hass on Israeli Prisons, Settler Violence & Gaza Ceasefire
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/17/amira_hass
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/17/amira_hass
Democracy Now!
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Just days after the U.S.-backed ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas went into effect, President Trump has issued new threats against Hamas, saying Thursday the United States would back a military intervention against the group if it fails to uphold the…
"Cold-Blooded Murder": David Cole on Trump's Boat Attacks & CIA Covert Action in Venezuela
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/17/david_cole_1
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/17/david_cole_1
Democracy Now!
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There are growing questions over the legality of U.S. strikes on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. “These are sitting ducks, and we are simply engaged in cold-blooded murder of individuals who may or may not be drug smugglers,” says David Cole, professor…
"No Kings. No Thrones. No Crowns.": Millions to Protest Saturday in 1000s of Cities, Towns Nationwide
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/17/no_kings
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/17/no_kings
Democracy Now!
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Even as President Trump has cracked down on dissent and sent troops into multiple cities, organizers of Saturday’s anti-authoritarian “No Kings” protests expect millions to join at least 2,500 rallies across all 50 states and several U.S. territories. The…
‘You Had US Media Carrying Out Incitement to Genocide, and Then Shifting to Genocide Denial’CounterSpin interview with Gregory Shupak on how to deny genocide
https://fair.org/home/you-had-us-media-carrying-out-incitement-to-genocide-and-then-shifting-to-genocide-denial/
https://fair.org/home/you-had-us-media-carrying-out-incitement-to-genocide-and-then-shifting-to-genocide-denial/
FAIR
‘You Had US Media Carrying Out Incitement to Genocide, and Then Shifting to Genocide Denial’CounterSpin interview with Gregory…
"It's necessary...for this genocide to unfold, to have the American public either ginned up for the violence, or confused about it."
The UAW Is Still Fighting to Unionize Auto in the South
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/uaw-unionize-autoworkers-south-organizing/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/uaw-unionize-autoworkers-south-organizing/
Jacobin
The UAW Is Still Fighting to Unionize Auto in the South
Jeremy Kimbrell was fired from his job at an Alabama Mercedes-Benz factory after playing a leading role in the UAW’s failed effort to unionize the plant in 2024. Jacobin spoke to him about his experience and the union’s ongoing fight to organize the South.
Chip Gibbons on Trump’s Blueprint to Crush the Left, Cara Brumfield on Erasing Federal Data
https://fair.org/home/chip-gibbons-on-trumps-blueprint-to-crush-the-left-cara-brumfield-on-erasing-federal-data/
https://fair.org/home/chip-gibbons-on-trumps-blueprint-to-crush-the-left-cara-brumfield-on-erasing-federal-data/
FAIR
Chip Gibbons on Trump’s Blueprint to Crush the Left, Cara Brumfield on Erasing Federal Data
We’re in a fight for our right to speak up, and out—but it’s not the first time.
Abiding Peace Requires Rejecting Both Netanyahu’s Genocidal Regime and Hamas
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/17/abiding-peace-requires-rejecting-both-netanyahus-genocidal-regime-and-hamas/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/17/abiding-peace-requires-rejecting-both-netanyahus-genocidal-regime-and-hamas/
CounterPunch.org
Abiding Peace Requires Rejecting Both Netanyahu’s Genocidal Regime and Hamas
After two years of deplorable brutality and agony, a precarious ceasefire finally appears to grace the Hamas-Israel War’s bloody horizon. May it hold. The
House Rep Demands Answers About Delayed EPA Report on PFNA, a Toxic Forever Chemical
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-pfna-report-chellie-pingree-letter
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-pfna-report-chellie-pingree-letter
ProPublica
House Rep Demands Answers About Delayed EPA Report on PFNA, a Toxic Forever Chemical
In a letter to EPA Chief Lee Zeldin, Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, cited a recent ProPublica story that quoted government scientists saying a yet-to-be-released report on the toxicity of PFNA was ready to publish in April.
The Radical Legacy of the “Poorest President in the World”
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/pepe-mujica-uruguay-movements-strategy/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/pepe-mujica-uruguay-movements-strategy/
Jacobin
The Radical Legacy of the “Poorest President in the World”
What we can learn from the life of Uruguay’s former guerrilla and leftist president Pepe Mujica.
JD Vance Thinks That Tomorrow Belongs to Hitler-Loving Young Republicans
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/jd-vance-young-republicans-nazis/
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/jd-vance-young-republicans-nazis/
The Nation
JD Vance Thinks That Tomorrow Belongs to Hitler-Loving Young Republicans
In a post-shame era, racist slurs and Nazism can be shrugged off.
Congress’s Military Budget Carries Perks for Israel
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/military-budget-aipac-israel-defense/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/military-budget-aipac-israel-defense/
Jacobin
Congress’s Military Budget Carries Perks for Israel
As Palestinians return to Gaza amid the Trump administration’s precarious Israel-Hamas ceasefire, senators approved a $914 billion defense budget that fulfills several surveillance and weapons funding requests from the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC.
Trump CIA Intervention in Venezuela Risks Another US War of Choice, Experts Warn
https://www.commondreams.org/trump-venezuela-regime-change
https://www.commondreams.org/trump-venezuela-regime-change
Common Dreams
Trump CIA Intervention in Venezuela Risks Another US War of Choice, Experts Warn | Common Dreams
“Using covert or military measures to destabilize or overthrow regimes reminds us of some of the most notorious episodes in American foreign policy," said a former adviser to Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Gaddafi’s Ghost Haunts French Ex-President Sarkozy
https://mronline.org/2025/10/17/gaddafis-ghost-haunts-french-ex-president-sarkozy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gaddafis-ghost-haunts-french-ex-president-sarkozy
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MR Online
Gaddafi’s Ghost Haunts French Ex-President Sarkozy | MR Online
The criminal case of ex-France President Nicolas Sarkozy touches the historical tensions between Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya and Western powers, particularly France. In a recent development, a Paris court sentenced Sarkozy to five years in prison for criminal…
