Week in Review | Why Democrats Keep Losing to GOP Plutocrats

 

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(ADDED: FORMER GAMBLING INDUSTRY EXEC) By Julia Conley • Nov 28, 2024 Native Americans Hold National Day of Mourning on Thanksgiving "'Thanksgiving' is a white-washed holiday designed to conceal its true origins of violence, genocide, land theft, and forced assimilation," said the Indigenous Environmental Network. By Jessica Corbett • Nov 28, 2024 'Heartbreakingly Devastating': US Reportedly Plans to Approve $680 Million in Arms to Israel "The Biden administration seems to be ready and willing to keep piling more and more, despite Gaza descending into what President Biden just yesterday described as 'hell,'" said Amnesty International USA. By Jessica Corbett • Nov 27, 2024 Musk Wants to Abolish Consumer Agency That Has Been a 'Model of Efficiency' "This is systemic corruption at a grand and intolerable scale," one advocate said of the billionaire's call to "delete" the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. By Jake Johnson • Nov 27, 2024 'Pathetic': France Says It Will Not Enforce ICC Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu "So they will apply this to Putin as well?" asked one political analyst. By Julia Conley • Nov 27, 2024 Is Bernie Sanders Launching a Third Party? 'Not Right Now, No' "Real change in this country will come about when an organized working class leads the fight for justice," the Vermont senator said in a new interview. By Jake Johnson • Nov 27, 2024 Mexico's Leftist President Rips Trump Tariff Threat "If even a small percentage of what the United States allocates to war were instead dedicated to building peace and fostering development, it would address the underlying causes of human mobility," wrote Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum. By Jake Johnson • Nov 26, 2024 'By and For the Ultra-Wealthy': Here Are the Billionaires Set to Run Trump's Administration "Trump paid plenty of lip service to working-class Americans, but as president-elect, he's moved quickly to stack his administration with billionaires that share his vision of a rigged economy that only works for people like them." By Jake Johnson • Nov 26, 2024 Jack Smith Throws in the Towel on Prosecution of Trump The president-elect's "ability to escape prosecution does not retroactively validate his illegal, unconstitutional and democracy-destroying activities," said one critic. By Julia Conley • Nov 25, 2024 Israeli Siege Leaves 130,000 Kids Trapped and at Risk of Starvation in Northern Gaza "With no food, no clean water, and constant fear, both my children have developed rashes, and my daughter is passing blood, but there is no medicine, no help, and absolutely nothing I can do," said one mother trapped in the area. By Eloise Goldsmith • Nov 25, 2024 Trump's Nomination of Project 2025 Architect Means Social Security, Medicare 'Are At Risk' "Vought's nomination makes it crystal clear that Trump lied to the American people," said Rep. Rosa DeLauro. "Trump's agenda is the Project 2025 manifesto." By Jake Johnson • Nov 25, 2024 VIEW ALL NEWS JOIN THE MOVEMENT As a people-powered nonprofit news outlet, we cover the issues the corporate media never will. Your contribution supports this bold media model—free, independent, and dedicated to reporting the facts every day. Stand with us in the fight for economic equality, social justice, human rights, and a more sustainable future. JOIN WITH US TODAY ■ Opinion The Energy Gap: Why Democrats Keep Losing to GOP Plutocrats Energy counts, matters, and wins the political battles. There isn't even any adrenaline around the Dems' capillaries. By Ralph Nader • Nov 29, 2024 How Dems Can Take Advantage of Trump’s Tariffs to Reverse the Reagan Revolution As he shatters the neoliberal tariff consensus, Democrats should rise to the occasion and argue for rational, targeted, and gradual tariffs, taking the party back to its pre-1980s positions on trade. By Thom Hartmann • Nov 28, 2024 Our World Is Not for Sale: 25 Years of Fighting the WTO In an in-depth interview, OWINFS coordinator Debora James reflects on how the fight for trade justice has evolved from the streets of Seattle to today. By David Solnit,Deborah James • Nov 28, 2024 Why Elon Musk's Plan to Defund Public Broadcasting Must Be Stopped Undermining a publicly funded media system makes perfect sense if clearing a path for graft, corruption, and a lack of accountability is the goal. By Tim Karr • Nov 26, 2024 How to Survive Trump—America’s Nero Lives and livelihoods will be saved, if at all, from below, rather than on high. By Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis,Shailly Gupta Barnes • Nov 25, 2024 Will Trump's Return Coincide With the Death of Progressive Media? We all must support (and share with our friends) those outlets where we find useful news and information. If we fail to do so, America’s media landscape may soon mirror those of the autocratic nations the incoming president so admires. By Thom Hartmann • Nov 24, 2024 Musk and Ramaswamy: The Smartest Most Clueless Guys in the Room Is DOGE just short for greedy libertarian billionaire dipshits? By Jeff Ruch • Nov 23, 2024 VIEW ALL OPINION Call 207.775.0488 to donate by phone or mail a check to: Common Dreams · PO Box 443 · Portland, ME 04112-0443 · USA Common Dreams is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your contribution is tax-deductible. EIN: 20-3368194

Top News | Global Black Friday Protests Aim to 'Make Amazon Pay'

Friday, November 29, 2024 ■ Today's Top News  Latest Plastics Treaty Draft 'Far From What We Need' as Talks Near Deadline "Despite the majority support of promising proposals for global product and chemical bans, the latest draft treaty text offers nothing of use," one advocate said. By Olivia Rosane Black Friday Actions in 30+ Countries Aim to 'Make Amazon Pay' "When we announced our intention to protest today, our management attempted to stop us in multiple ways. We want to say to Amazon—you could not stop us today, you cannot stop us in the future," said one union leader. By Eloise Goldsmith 'A Dire Situation': Flooding Intensifies Gaza Crisis as Israel's US-Backed Assault Rages "For many children, all they have is ruined bits of tent material swimming in swamp water in the camp they fled to for safety." By Jake Johnson Muslim Rights Group Calls for Probe Into GOP Lawmaker's Threat to Omar, Tlaib Randy Fine "must be investigated by state and federal law enforcement authorities and condemned by both Democratic and Republican Party leadership," said the Council on American-Islamic Relations. By Julia Conley Native Americans Hold National Day of Mourning on Thanksgiving "'Thanksgiving' is a white-washed holiday designed to conceal its true origins of violence, genocide, land theft, and forced assimilation," said the Indigenous Environmental Network. By Jessica Corbett Israeli Attacks Wound Two in Lebanon on Day 2 of Cease-Fire The cease-fire deal prohibits all military operations by Hezbollah but only "offensive" action by Israel. By Julia Conley

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■ More News Rights Groups Alarmed by Arrest of Pakistani Journalist Matiullah Jan Pakistani Authorities Accused of Trying to Cover Up Killings of Protesters 'Heartbreakingly Devastating': US Reportedly Plans to Approve $680 Million in Arms to Israel As US Celebrates Thanksgiving, Israel-Imposed Starvation and Suffering in Gaza Intensifies

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■ Opinion The Energy Gap: Why Democrats Keep Losing to GOP Plutocrats Energy counts, matters, and wins the political battles. There isn't even any adrenaline around the Dems' capillaries. By Ralph Nader Trump's Cabinet Nominees Are Not a Joke, They're a Fascism-Inspired Dare The individual nominees Trump has put forward forward are concerning on their own terms, but the implications of their nominations are even more chilling when taken as a whole. By Ryan Skinnell AIPAC Goes Transatlantic The Israel Lobby has set its sights much further afield than the halls of power in Washington. By Gerald Sussman Why the EU Must Honor ICC Arrest Warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu Ensuring the ICC has the ability to implement arrest warrants will require defending the court against external pressure and coercive measures—including from powerful governments like the United States By Alice Autin

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