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'This Man Is So Out of Touch': #HakeemJeffries Slammed for Opposition to #MedicareForAll
From #CommonDreams
August 17, 2026https://www.commondreams.org/news/does-hakeem-jeffries-support-medicare-for-all
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Admin: Terminally Ill Patients Aren't Exempt from Medicaid Work Requirements
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-medicaid-work-requirements-2677293170
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‘Working-Class Organizing Wins’: #TroyJackson Pulls Ahead in Race to Replace Platner in #Maine
https://www.commondreams.org/news/maine-senate-troy-jacksonfrom #CommonDreams July 19, 2026
After Saturday’s county meetings, Jackson addressed some of his supporters virtually, giving his volunteer network credit for quickly organizing on his behalf after many had previously expected to be campaigning for Platner, who spent nearly a year mobilizing Mainers [...] with a platform focused on taxing billionaires, ending US “forever wars” and military aid for #Israel, and passing #MedicareForAll.
“I can’t tell you how much I appreciate all the hard, hard work. I’ve been getting text messages all day about what a great job I did. I didn’t do a goddamn thing, all of you just smoked it,” said Jackson in a video posted on social media. “It’s really, really incredible, so thank you so much. We’re well on our way to getting the government that we fucking deserve, and that’s what I’m excited about.”
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‘We Don’t Need to Be Unkind to Be Honest’: El-Sayed Asks Supporters to Criticize #HaleyStevens on ‘the Issues’
The #Michigan Democrat encouraged his followers to focus less on Stevens’ voice and more on the $50 million in support she’s received from “#AIPAC, #Trump-aligned billionaires, and corporate PACs.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/el-sayed-stevens-issuesfrom #CommonDreams Jul 17, 2026
#MedicareForAll #RejectAIPAC
#news #politics #USpol #AbdulElSayed #BernieSanders #AOC #AlexandriaOcasioCortez -
📰 Trump’s Economic Chaos Continues to Batter Working Families’ Budgets
This week, the Federal Reserve released its July 2026 Beige Book, offering a snapshot of economic conditions across all 12 Federal Reserve Districts.
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📰 Public Citizen Once Again Calls Upon the CFTC to Enforce Insider Trading Laws on the Prediction Markets
Today, multiple news outlets reported that President Trump’s teleprompter operator has been placing profitable bets on
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📰 Jay Clayton Denies Objective Reality at Trainwreck Hearing
On Wednesday, Director of National Intelligence Nominee Jay Clayton repeatedly refused to say whether Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election.
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/jay-clayton-denies-objective-reality-at-trainwreck-hearing
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📰 Trump FCC Attempts Illegal 'Repeal' of Congress’ National Broadcast Ownership Cap
On Wednesday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr announced his scheme to repeal a limit that
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📰 Congress Must Pass Resolution to Stop AI Care Denials in Medicare
The following is a statement from Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works:“Tomorrow, the Senate will
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📰 Florida Judge’s Ruling on Trump’s Self-Dealing Lawsuit is Yet Another Reason Senate Should Reject Todd Blanche
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Section 219, the US-Israel Military Merger, Would Thwart American Democracy
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/us-israel-military-merger
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📰 PEER Warns OMB Grant Proposal Would Institutionalize Corruption and Destroy American Science
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) today filed formal comments calling on the White House Office
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📰 ACLU Launches Historic “Firewall for Freedom” Campaign to Protect Crucial Rights Up and Down the Ballot
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8,000+ Italian Medical Professionals Sign Open Letter Decrying US Blockade of Cuba
https://www.commondreams.org/news/italian-doctors-cuba-letterfrom #CommonDreams
June 10, 2026As of Wednesday, more than 8,000 #Italian #medical and scientific professionals have signed an open letter acknowledging their indebtedness to #Cuban #doctors and condemning the tightening of the 65-year US embargo on #Cuba by President Donald #Trump as he threatens “take” the island.
“Over the decades, Cuba has built a health system that was considered an international model, capable of guaranteeing universal access to care even in limited resource conditions. Since 1963, more than 600,000 Cuban health workers have served in more than 160 countries, including #Italy,” states the letter addressed to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Health Minister Orazio Schillaci.
#CubanMedicalSolidarity
#NoWarOnCuba
#OilForCuba!
#CubaIsNotAlone
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba
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8,000+ Italian Medical Professionals Sign Open Letter Decrying US Blockade of Cuba
https://www.commondreams.org/news/italian-doctors-cuba-letterfrom #CommonDreams
June 10, 2026As of Wednesday, more than 8,000 #Italian #medical and scientific professionals have signed an open letter acknowledging their indebtedness to #Cuban #doctors and condemning the tightening of the 65-year US embargo on #Cuba by President Donald #Trump as he threatens “take” the island.
“Over the decades, Cuba has built a health system that was considered an international model, capable of guaranteeing universal access to care even in limited resource conditions. Since 1963, more than 600,000 Cuban health workers have served in more than 160 countries, including #Italy,” states the letter addressed to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Health Minister Orazio Schillaci.
#CubanMedicalSolidarity
#NoWarOnCuba
#OilForCuba!
#CubaIsNotAlone
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba
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#UN #HumanRights Chief to Trump: Stop Starving #Cuba
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Mainers Donate to and Rally With #GrahamPlatner After Reporting on Past Relationships
https://www.commondreams.org/news/graham-platner-mainefrom #CommonDreams
Jun 07, 2026Platner stressed that “we are up against one of the most powerful political systems in the history of the world. It is a system of billionaires and special interests."
In the wake of the Times reporting, Platner “raised more money than on any day since Gov. Mills’ withdrawal from the race,” according to his campaign. Specifically, as of 7pm ET Friday, the oyster farmer and combat veteran had collected “over $200,000, from over 5,000 donors, with an average contribution of $40.”
Phil Proschko, who served with #Platner in the Marines and also got the symbol tattoo, said in a brief interview: “No, we did not purposely get hateful fucking shit because we’re racist people... We got matching tattoos because we were in our 20s, drunk in Croatia, and that’s it. That’s all that fucking happened.”
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'A Strong Working-Class Agenda With Moral Clarity': UAW Endorses Abdul El-Sayed
In what could be his most important endorsement in the tight Senate primary, #Michigan’s largest and most influential union said El-Sayed was “someone we can trust to have our backs.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/uaw-endorses-el-sayedfrom #CommonDreams
Jun 05, 2026“Having never taken a dime from corporate #PACs, Dr. #AbdulElSayed is someone we can trust to have our backs,” the #union continued. “From #MedicareForAll to banning stock buybacks, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is ready, eager, and well-equipped to move our core issues in the USSenate.”
Dan Merica, a reporter at The Washington Post, noted that losing the #UAW endorsement to El-Sayed was a particularly big blow to Stevens, “who is running as a technocrat, often referring to herself as a ‘manufacturing geek’ because of her work as one of President Barack Obama’s top officials on the 2009 auto rescue.”
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Iran: Trump a ‘supreme war criminal’ if he executes strike threat. #Block3 #CommonDreams #DonaldTrump #InternationalCriminalCourt #Iran #IranWar #MiddleEast #TrumpWarCrimes
https://iwpost.com/iran-trump-a-supreme-war-criminal-if-he-executes-strike-threat/?fsp_sid=9686 -
📰 Statement by the NYC chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace on the illegal sale of Palestinian land
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Cuba Works Health Miracles While Under US Blockade
Cuba’s approach to providing healthcare is indicative of the nature of the revolution: to serve Cubans and the oppressed across the world.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/cuba-healthcare-blockadefrom #CommonDreams
June 4, 2026In 2011, Cuba developed CIMAvax, which remains the world’s only approved #LungCancer #vaccine. This vaccine works to induce the immune system to stop the growth of #cancer cells and slow the progression of tumors. This vaccine has already treated more than 5,000 people across the world and many more thousands in #Cuba itself. Given the immense significance of the vaccine, the #US agreed to a special arrangement to trial the vaccine. The #RoswellParkCancerInstitute in NY has been running clinical trials with CIM since 2018. The very same nation that is imposing a genocidal blockade on Cuba is also benefiting from the historic breakthroughs in #healthcare.
#NoWarOnCuba
#CubaIsNotAlone
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
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'Stop Making Excuses,' Says Ramirez as Dem Colleagues Anonymously Grumble About Lebanon War Powers Vote
https://www.commondreams.org/news/dems-hide-on-lebanon-war-powersfrom #CommonDreams
Jun 03, 2026Rep. #DeliaRamirez called on her fellow #Democrats to “stop making excuses and act” to stop a war in #Lebanon, as many refuse to go on the record about whether they’ll support a war powers resolution that would halt #US #military participation in Israel’s escalating occupation of the country.
Axios reported on Wednesday that some Democrats are “fuming” about having to take a vote on a resolution introduced by Rep. #RashidaTlaib (D-Mich.), which would require the US to end unauthorized #military cooperation with #Israel in Lebanon within seven days of being passed. The resolution would need Republican support to pass the GOP-controlled House.
#IsraelOutOfLebanon
#USOutOfMiddleEast
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'Ceasefire Is a Joke': Israeli Soldiers Recount Ongoing Indiscriminate Killings in Gaza | Common Dreams
"It was a jungle,” one soldier said. “After the ceasefire, the order was: If someone crosses the line, you shoot them.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/israeli-soldiers-ceasefire-violations
May 31, 2026From #CommonDreams
One IDF combat soldier told the AP that he saw his teammates “yelling in celebration” and “congratulating one another” after blowing up a vehicle driving near the ever-expanding so-called “yellow line” dividing the Gaza Strip into Israeli and Palestinian-controlled zones. The strike killed everyone inside the vehicle.
#IsraelTerroristState
#SanctionIsrael
#FreePalestine
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Warning of US Unreliability and #Israeli ‘Sabotage,’ Iran Refutes Trump Claim of Peace Deal
“We have reached a conclusion on a large portion of the issues under discussion,” said an Iranian spokesperson. “But to say that this means the signing of an agreement is imminent—no one can make such a claim.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/iran-war-negotiationsfrom #CommonDreams
May 25, 2026#Trump suggested that #Iran could also normalize relations with #Israel by signing the #AbrahamAccords and said that “it would be an Honor to have them also be part of this unparalleled World Coalition.”
However, Baghaei threw cold water on Trump’s optimism, stressing Monday that “the focus of the negotiations is on ending the war on all fronts, including #Lebanon,” and that this critical point is “one of the core elements of understanding in any agreement.”
What negotiators aren’t discussing at this time, according to both sides, is ending Iran’s #nuclear development.
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Tens of Thousands Rally in Havana Against US Aggression as Cuba Prepares Citizens for #War
“Here we are prepared to fight imperialism,” said Cuban lawmaker #MarielaCastro, daughter of Raúl Castro. “Cuba is a small and poor country, but one with experience confronting US imperialism.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/cuba-prepares-for-us-warfrom #CommonDreams
May 22, 2026Tens of thousands of Cubans rallied Friday in Havana to denounce the #Trump administration’s indictment of former President #RaúlCastro and threats to attack the island nation, whose socialist government has been preparing its citizens to defend their homeland and revolution against #US aggression.
“No disrespect is shown to the heroes of the homeland!” Cuban President #MiguelDíazCanel said as people flooded the streets outside the US Embassy in #Havana. “History and traditions are not insulted without a response! That does not happen in #Cuba."
#OilForCuba!
#CubaIsNotAlone
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
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Cuban Envoy Draws 'Red Lines' Amid Specter of US Invasion and DOJ Targeting #Castro Like Maduro
Cuban Chargé d’Affaires Lianys Torres Rivera said her government is willing to negotiate with the US, but “the only exception is our sovereignty, independence, and right to self-determination.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-threatens-cubafrom #CommonDreams
May 15, 2026#Cuba’s top diplomat in the United States on Friday underscored the inviolability of her country’s sovereignty amid tenuous negotiations with the #Trump administration and mounting fears that the #US is planning to criminally indict a former Cuban president and possibly invade the island to abduct him..
“We have reorganized the whole country, the healthcare system, the education system, the transportation system, to keep the basic services running,” Torres Rivera told #TheHill. “But it doesn’t mean that they are running normally. They are running under huge stress.”
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Emulating Dan Osborne, Nebraska Independent Targets Corporate Greed in #US House Run
Austin Ahlman argued that “it’s Tyson; it’s Google; it’s Facebook; it’s every other corporation that is putting the squeeze and pressure on communities like mine and ripping us apart” that are “stealing your way of life.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/nebraska-elections-2026from #CommonDreams
May 14, 2026As the winner of the #DemocraticParty US Senate primary in #Nebraska mulls dropping out to boost Independent #DanOsborn, another congressional candidate not tied to either major political party launched a campaign for the state’s 1st Congressional District on Thursday.
Joining incumbent #GOP Rep. #MikeFlood and #Democratic primary winner Chris Backemeyer is #AustinAhlman, a 28-year-old investigative journalist, anti-monopolist, and self-described “insurgent Independent running in NE-01 to fight for the little guy.”
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#CommonDreams #UN #FrancescaAlbanese
" ‘Albanese Has Done Nothing More Than Speak!’ Judge Blocks Trump Sanctions on UN Palestine Expert. "
“The interim decision by the US judge gives me respite,” said United Nations special rapporteur Francesca Albanese. “But the battle is not over.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/francesca-albanese-sanctions
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#Cuba Joins ‘Lego Resistance Front’ With Iran-Style Video Decrying Trump Warmongering
Content creator María Teresa Felipe Sosa hailed Cubans as “a people who refuse to submit to the true regime of horror, which the United States represents, as it goes around starting wars throughout the world.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/cuba-lego-videofrom #CommonDreams
Brett Wilkins
May 12, 2026As the team at #Tehran-based #ExplosiveMedia keeps churning out viral artificial intelligence-generated #Lego-style animated #videos condemning the US-Israeli war on #Iran, a #Cuban version of the clips reacting to President Donald #Trump’s threats to attack the island appeared Monday on #SocialMedia.
First posted by #Havana art historian and digital content creator María Teresa Felipe Sosa, the video was shared by users including #US investigative journalist Ryan Grim and Explosive Media, which added, “Welcome to the #LRF Cuba,” or #LegoResistanceFront.
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‘No Aggressor, No Matter How Powerful, Will Find Surrender in Cuba,’ President Warns Trump
After the US president again threatened invasion, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez said he would only “find a people determined to defend sovereignty and independence in every inch of the national territory.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/cuba-responds-to-trump-invasion-threatfrom #CommonDreams
May 02, 2026President #MiguelDíazCanelBermúdez of #Cuba on Saturday responded with stark and defiant words to the latest attacks coming from #US President Donald #Trump, who on Friday signed a new executive order authorizing even more aggressive sanctions against the island nation and later threatened to invade the country.
“The President of the #UnitedStates escalates his threats of military aggression against Cuba to a dangerous and unprecedented scale,” said Díaz-Canel in a statement.
#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #USpol