China’s Communist Party turns the blade on itself

 https://mronline.org/2026/11/09/chinas-communist-party-turns-the-blade-on-itself/

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What’s Next May Be Familiar If You Remember What Came Before Inside the great battle for the Democratic Party’s future. Hamilton Nolan Nov 14

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=1536173&post_id=224818802&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjI0ODE4ODAyLCJpYXQiOjE3OTQ2ODU3NTQsImV4cCI6MTc5NzI3Nzc1NCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTE1MzYxNzMiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.YWm_XVlwezcU0uhThFUiHHCZBUHmFFE3izI8VVNB8Eo

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When should we limit liberty?

 https://jacobin.substack.com/p/how-much-liberty-should-we-limit

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Trump Proposes Self as New Nvidia CEO, Citing Vast Experience with Infidelity Andy Borowitz and Tom Toro Nov 13

 https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/trump-proposes-self-as-new-nvidia

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Escape From New York No Schumer. No Jeffries. No Trump. Sarah Kendzior Nov 13

 https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/escape-from-new-york

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3 Folk Songs From the 1960s That Make You Want To Slow Down for a While By Alex Hopper November 7, 2026

 https://americansongwriter.com/3-folk-songs-from-the-1960s-that-make-you-want-to-slow-down-for-a-while/

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More than one million people in Lebanon face acute food shortages, UN says

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/11/one-million-people-in-lebanon-facing-acute-food-insecurity-un-says?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

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AIPAC and Corporate Money Are Picking Democratic Leaders. You're Just Supposed to Clap. The Fractured Line Nov 12

 https://substack.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.HFloJ4WwRgj_MSVkCRDLr5gU4rBthkQgy1jofgBbPDA

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Trump's Alternative To The Iran War Is A Forever War By Spencer Ackerman • 10 Nov 2026

 https://www.forever-wars.com/r/b650d0b6?m=b656041a-c61a-4a6b-910d-7d396ec2db1f

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Meet the “Thielbillies” Reshaping the Republican Party They’re into rootedness, tech, and JD Vance—with a distinctly nativist edge.

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/11/thielbillies-tennessee-right-wing-tech-utopia-nativist-movement-peter-thiel-nashville-republican-midterms/?utm_source=mj-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter-11-10-2026

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Independent Digital Media Is Not a Privilege Governments Can Revoke: The Fight to Save Egypt’s Mada Masr

 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/11/independent-digital-media-not-privilege-governments-can-revoke-fight-save-egypts

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The Trumpistas and other Fascists Gear to Implement Their Post Mid-Term Election Agenda

1). “Incoming Texas AG Will End 'Abortion Trafficking' Ordinances: Plus: Republicans introduce federal 'Don’t Flush Babies' Act”, Nov 09, 2026, Jessica Valenti, Abortion, Every Day, at <https://jessica.substack.com/p/incoming-texas-ag-will-end-abortion>.

2). “Attorney General-elect Nathan Johnson says he won’t sue out-of-state doctors who mail abortion pills to Texas: Current Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued multiple out-of-state doctors for illegally mailing abortion pills, which abortion advocates say has chilled access.”, Nov. 04, 2026, Terri Langford & Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune, at < https://www.texastribune.org/2026/11/04/texas-abortion-ban-democrats-nathan-johnson-gina-hinojosa/ >

3). “Trump Administration Moves to Shut Down Planned Parenthood: With the midterms over, the gloves are off”, Nov 07, 2026, Jessica Valenti, Abortion, Every Day, at < https://jessica.substack.com/p/trump-administration-moves-to-shut >.

4). “Trump Administration Steps Into Planned Parenthood Lawsuit in Texas: The Justice Department’s intervention in the Texas lawsuit could signal that the administration is ready to challenge newly elected Democrats in state offices.”, Nov. 7, 2026, Katie Benner & Lauren McGaughy, The New York Times, at < https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/07/us/politics/doj-texas-fraud-lawsuit-planned-parenthood.html >.

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The Most Open-and-Shut Impeachment Case Is Not Pete Hegseth

 https://newrepublic.com/article/217752/todd-blanche-open-and-shut-impeachment-case-not-pete-hegseth?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tnr_daily

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Nvidia’s CEO Slept With a Chinese Spy and the President Shrugged. Now the World’s Biggest AI Chipmaker Wants Your Trust. Mitch Jackson Nov 9

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=4115828&post_id=224110619&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjI0MTEwNjE5LCJpYXQiOjE3OTQyMjk4NjUsImV4cCI6MTc5NjgyMTg2NSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTQxMTU4MjgiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.ZHpiQl2TDAjYCcSFDjJbOEYPB9Wc8ur7Hood1lcBuXY

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The Confiscation Plan: How America Takes Back Everything Musk and the Trump Crime Family Stole, Step by Step From freezing Elon’s shares to clawing back Lutnick’s trusts, a plain English plan for turning guilty verdicts into seized fortunes. Dean Blundell Nov 8 READ IN APP

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=4163578&post_id=224015711&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjI0MDE1NzExLCJpYXQiOjE3OTQxNDcwMTEsImV4cCI6MTc5NjczOTAxMSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTQxNjM1NzgiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.R7JoA8988do4ZQTs_xheyxtW5CJKuNEKHsfdHZMHiK8

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What Democrats Can Learn From the Republican Revolution: Gingrich Gutted Congress on Day One and Held the House for 12 Years House Democrats have until Jan. 3, 2027 to do the same By Christopher Armitage.

 https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/what-democrats-can-learn-from-the-republican-revolution

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Sunday Pages: Ruin & Reconstruction “It is easier to destroy than to build.” Greg Olear Nov 8

 https://gregolear.substack.com/p/sunday-pages-ruin-and-reconstruction?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20695&post_id=223888820&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=16jbk&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

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Venezuela’s Oil Rush Brings Private Jets and Soaring Rents to Frontier Tow

 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-11-03/venezuela-oil-rush-brings-private-jets-soaring-rents-to-frontier-town?srnd=homepage-americas

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the case for retribution post-Bluenami - Soencer Ackerman

 https://www.forever-wars.com/r/53aa8873?m=b656041a-c61a-4a6b-910d-7d396ec2db1f

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Trump boosted half of US coal plants with taxpayer dollars and ‘free passes to pollute’, report says Environmental Defense Fund analysis shows administration handed out $950m and Clean Air Act exemptions Hilary Beaumont Sat 31 Oct 2026 09.00 EDT

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/31/trump-coal-plants-taxpayer-dollars

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Will Republicans Learn From This Defeat? Not Likely

 https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-11-04/2026-midterm-election-results-republicans-will-still-follow-trump?srnd=homepage-americas

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America’s Voters Choose Communism, Terrorism Trump vows to work with America’s new Communist-led Congress of terror Jonathan Larsen Nov 4

 https://substack.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.nCNxgjScevL6Ub5LyaAkTfDwQ57kOpfHs17S4CyuC_M

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Sisters of Suffrage: British and American Women Fight for the Vote by Barbara Winslow

https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/essays/sisters-suffrage-british-and-american-women-fight-vote

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What To Do If Trump Send Troops To The Polls

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=2550223&post_id=223182708&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjIzMTgyNzA4LCJpYXQiOjE3OTM2Mzg1MzYsImV4cCI6MTc5NjIzMDUzNiwiaXNzIjoicHViLTI1NTAyMjMiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.rRsDRTS8MfOvPHTaupNbAnKvfj_OQFuqogF3LVBAMoY

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Robert Pape discusses the question of Political Violence in the U.S.

The MId-Term Election that hits its crescendo tomorrow, needs to be placed in context; something I have tried to do here previously. Robert Pape has studied the issues involved in politically motivated violence for nearly 30 years; and has lectured U.S. Air Force senior officers on the dubious efficacy of the strategic bombing campaigns they traditionally have favored and conducted.

The longest version of his recent discussion with Pyotr S. Kurzin, a comprehensive 2 hr, 32 min, 15 sec analysis of the sources and development of the political / war situation in which the U.S. is currently embroiled, shows Pape's understanding of these issues. I listened to an excellent pod cast: "Is America's Strategy in Iran Backfiring? with Robert Pape", that is a featured episode of The Global Gambit podcast, hosted by Pyotr S. Kurzin. The duration of the video is 2 hours, 32 minutes, and 15 seconds. However even though a web search yielded up the title and time duration I cannot find a url for the complete discussion. However the two episodes posted here cover most of the issues discussed in "Is America's Strategy in Iran Backfiring? with Robert Pape".

1). “Trump's Fight for Survival is Becoming America's Greatest Danger”, Oct 26, 2026, Pyotir Zurin interviews Robert Pape, Global Gambit, duration of video 57:57, at < https://open.spotify.com/episode/35usBrXPZd0aYaB4fUqZmL >.

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