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First published in 2010.

The legacy of the late Leo Panitch lives.

For more than 100 years, May Day has symbolized the common struggles of workers around the globe. Why is it largely ignored in North America? The answer lies …

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The Justice Department said yesterday that it had recommended easing restrictions on marijuana in what would be a major change in federal policy. Yes, it will take a while and no, it won't make it legal, but it's movement. Via the New York Times:

Even though the move, which kicks off a lengthy rule-making process, does not end the criminalization of the drug, it is a significant shift in how the government views the safety and use of marijuana for medical purposes. It also reflects the Biden administration’s effort to liberalize marijuana policy in a way that puts it more in line with the public as increasingly more Americans favor legalizing the drug.

[..] It could also lead to the softening of other laws and regulations that account for the use or possession of cannabis, including sentencing guidelines, banking and access to public housing.

People familiar with the recommendation, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland planned to tell the White House Office of Management and Budget that the government should change the drug’s categorization. After the office assesses the recommendation, it will still face a long road before taking effect, including being subject to public comment.

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Students Trigger to Stop Wars? Top Universities Pro-Palestine Encampments – A Shift Towards Justice or Just Illusion?

By Peter Koenig, April 30, 2024

What if the so-called student movement, the ICC “attempt” to arrest top Israeli officials including the …

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As bad as the things he admits to are, the ones he won't admit are even scarier. Because it means he knows people will hate him for it, he just doesn't care. Mika Brzezinski talks about Trump's Time Magazine interviewL

"The former president was asked about his stance on abortion issues and he mostly dodged the questions," she said.

"He was asked whether women should be able to get the abortion pill mifepristone. Trump said he has an opinion on that, but would not explain, adding that he has strong views and that he would probably release it over the next week. Trump was then pressed further on the issue, who highlighted that some of the former president's allies want to use the Comstock Act to block the mailing of abortion drugs.

"Trump replied, quote, 'I will be making a statement on that over the next 14 days.' He also avoided giving an answer on whether states should monitor women's pregnancies, so they can know if a woman has had the procedure after they are banned in a state. Trump said, quote, 'I think they might do that again, you'll have to speak to the individual states. The former president then said it was irrelevant whether he was comfortable with women being prosecuted for getting abortions after a ban, because states are going to make those decisions. Good Lord," Brzezinski said.

"The Biden/Harris campaign released a new video this morning in response to Donald Trump's comments about abortion to Time magazine."

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Before there was Fox News, before there was Rush Limbaugh, before there was the sprawling rightwing ecosystem of fake news and vicious smears we so enjoy today, there was the National Enquirer.

For most of our lives, the Enquirer stared up at us from the checkout aisle of our local supermarket. Somehow, we never made the connection that its readers would one day fit the stereotype of the Trump voter — under-educated, gullible, malleable, easy targets for disinformation.

The Enquirer nurtured those targets over many decades, got them to believe virtually anything, and helped lay the groundwork for the sort of know-nothing insurgency that brought Trump into all our lives.

Decades ahead of its time, the Enquirer was peddling fake news long before it was fashionable. It appealed unapologetically to humanity’s baser instincts, the ones most of us try to rise above. It was always flamboyantly sleazy, and always there in plain sight, something we could dependably look down on.

The Enquirer has owned that supermarket space for as long as I can remember, yet I never stopped to think what impressions were being made on impressionable people, people simply standing on that line, reading the covers.

Each cover featured screaming headlines, dripping with innuendo and smarm, dedicated to the proposition that celebrity scandal is a basic food group. Even if you never bought the paper, even if you never looked inside one, you still saw those headlines. You might not believe them, but you couldn’t un-see them.

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You Might Notice a Trend: The threat of Trump's atrocities.

The Mahablog: The unwise men who need correction.

Dispatches from a Collapsing State: J.D. Vance, the right, and the center.

The Cottage: The great divorce, evangelical style.

Finally, for May Day (which is Labor Day or Workers' Day in some countries), Billy Bragg's version of "The Internationale."

This installment by Batocchio. E-mail tips to mbru AT crooksandliars DOT com.

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Yesterday, in making a pitch for the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Bernie noted that “while it is critically important we do everything we can to defeat Donald Trump, it is just as important we work to elect progressives this November.” Amen!

And it’s what Blue America does.

Our endorsement page for incumbents is skimpy this cycle. But two members who have lived up to their promise AND who need the help, Cori Bush (D-MO) and Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) are both on that list.

The two of them are the primary target of the pro-genocide lobby, led by AIPAC, which recruited and is lavishly financing 2 genocide-friendly candidates.

Back to Bernie for a second. He wrote that “Today, the US House of Representatives has a stronger progressive presence than at any time in modern American history. The Congressional Progressive Caucus has nearly 100 members, including dozens of very strong progressives, who are taking on powerful special interests every single day.” That’s a low-key acknowledgement that not all the members are “strong progressives.” The chair, Pramila, deputy chair, Ilhan and whip, Greg Casar, are.

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The collection of mooks that make up the current MAGA roster is what many of us saw coming years ago. It's been a long death spiral, highlighted by "I'm not a witch" and "2nd Amendment solutions," "palling around with terrorists" and "s*thole countries."Most recently, a puppy killer.

So in principle it's not shocking to know that irritable bowel syndrome spokesperson Matt Gaetz so personally targeted a GOP colleague, Rep. Tony Gonzales, that the latter felt compelled to go on tv and go after him for "minors" and "sex" and "drug parties." And, oh, yeah, he had more to say. A lot more. You should really watch the video...

I have no love for Gonzales, who is awful like virtually every elected Republican (a few are only mostly awful). But Gaetz, who led the ousting of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker, is a boy serving in a role best handled by a man or woman. He takes it to a different level. He's special.

So MAGA is at war with itself, with the fire of petty feuds burning among many of its membership. Get ready for us to hear a lot more talk like what Tony Gonzales said. B/c as one might say of a movie sequel, among this group of ill-mannered children fighting over the playground swing, "this time, it's personal."

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Chicago & Friends in Concert – select Cineplex locations – May 9 & 11, 2024  The Montrealer

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Adolf Hitler, who rose to power on the backs of anti-Semitic scumbags, crackpots and German nationalist zealots finally ended his reign of terror by killing himself.

On April 30, 1945, holed up in a bunker under his headquarters in Berlin, Adolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head. Soon after, Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allied forces, ending Hitler’s dreams of a “1,000-year” Reich.

Hitler also poisoned his dog Braun, which seems apropos since it's all the rage with Kristi Noem.

The rise of Hitler and the Nazi party eerily echoes the rise of Trump and his MAGA fanatics.

Just saying...open thread y'all.

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Slain 'Midtown Jane Doe' ID'd More than 50 Years After She Vanished  PEOPLE