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33+ min ago (271+ words) Outgoing MAGA Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) revealed the moment she decided she could no longer support President DonaldTrump in an interview on Sunday. Greene, who is retiring from Congress in January 2026, has become one of Trump's loudest critics within the Republican Party over the last several months. She discussed her relationship with the president on Sunday's broadcast of the CBS show, "60 Minutes" with Leslie Stahl. "I stood for women who were raped when they were 14-years old and the president called me a traitor for that," Greene said. "Things changed after that." Greene's criticisms of Trump began to get louder when the administration began stalling the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files earlier this year. Trump campaigned in 2024 on a promise to release the files once in office, a promise that experts have said was central part of…...

48+ min ago (732+ words) On December 5, Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) announced an agreement under which Netflix will acquire Warner Bros." film and television studios, along with its streaming operations, including HBO Max and HBO. The deal is valued at roughly $72 billion in equity, with a total enterprise value of $82.7 billion when accounting for debt. The completion of the Netflix-Warner Bros. Discovery union is contingent on the latter"s planned spin-off of its cable and linear-TV networks (including CNN and other channels) into a separate company, Discovery Global, expected by the third quarter of 2026. Regulatory approval remains a hurdle, as antitrust authorities in both the US and Europe consider whether to oppose the merger"s concentration of control over content and distribution. Analysts estimate that the combined entity could control 3040 percent of the US streaming market, giving Netflix unprecedented power over pricing, access…...

49+ min ago (471+ words) All over the world democratic socialism failed in the face of ascendant fascism. A fickle fascination with form saw "socialists" ally themselves to bourgeois republics, and the many millions of dead call to us from beyond the grave to not repeat this mistake. Here was the most powerful proletariat in Western Europe. The Social Democrats and Stalinists combined had polled more than 12 million votes in the last election. Had the German workers been united in action, they could have scattered the fascist riffraff to the four winds with one solid blow. This powerful proletariat, disunited and betrayed by the leadership, was conquered without a fight. He goes on to quote Trotsky, "Ten unsuccessful insurrections could not demoralize the proletariat one-hundredth part as much as one capitulation without a fight, which would deprive them of confidence in themselves." Revolutionary socialism and…...

1+ hour, 11+ min ago (904+ words) Sri Lanka has suffered massive destruction from Cyclone Ditwah, which made landfall on November 26 in the southeastern part of the island and moved northward along the eastern coastline. According to official statistics, 627 people have died due to the cyclone and the resulting floods and landslides, while 190 remain missing. More than 4,500 houses were completely destroyed and over 76,000 partially damaged. A total of 247 kilometres of roads were impacted, and 40 bridges have been washed away. Several sections of the main railway line running through the central highlands were ruined, leaving transportation along this critical route indefinitely suspended. In response to the disaster, Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake declared this week, "We are facing the largest and most challenging natural disaster in our history." While the scale of destruction is indeed immense, to claim that the catastrophe is purely a "natural" event conceals…...

1+ hour, 14+ min ago (353+ words) Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (D-GA) and 60 Minutes's Lesley Stahl took turns accusing each other of making uncivil insults and accusations in recent years during a tense interview exchange Sunday. Greene sat down with Stahl to talk about her break with President Donald Trump and his Make America Great Again movement by eschewing the MAGA label and declaring, "I'm America first." Stahl played a video montage of Greene's "five years of almost constant drama," like when she yelled "Liar!" at President Joe Biden during the 2023 State of the Union, and mocked Rep. Jasmine Crockett's (D-TX) "fake eyelashes" on the House floor. Stahl accused Greene of "adding fuel to the nation's loss of civility" before playing the "mea culpa" interview Greene did with CNN where she "humbly" apologized for "taking part in the toxic politics." Stahl said it became clear during the…...

1+ hour, 23+ min ago (458+ words) This statement was distributed at demonstrations and protests held throughout Germany on December 5 against the reintroduction of conscription. The struggle against conscription therefore demands a struggle against war and militarism and against their root cause: capitalism. We call on everyone participating in the strike to read and circulate this appeal and to take an active part in building an international, socialist anti-war movement. We say no to conscription, in whatever form and at whatever time it is planned. We refuse to serve as cannon fodder for the profits of the rich! In preparation for this, schools and universities are already being militarised. Youth officers appear in classrooms to present killing for the fatherland as "service to democracy." Universities and colleges are being turned into militarist research and training centres, while protests against war and genocide on campus are brutally attacked…...

1+ hour, 23+ min ago (636+ words) Gore and the Democratic Party refused to challenge this judicial coup, despite opposition mounting from working-class people in the United States. Indeed, the Democrats feared rousing popular opposition far more than they did losing the White House." On December 9, 1975, President Gerald Ford signed the New York City Seasonal Financing Act (H.R. 10481), authorizing federal loans of up to $2.3 billion for the bankrupt city. This act came just weeks after Ford's notorious declaration that he would veto any aid measures aimed at bailing out New York. The bankruptcy was not the fault of the working class, despite claims to the contrary by capitalist politicians from both major parties. New York City was hit hard by the global economic crisis of the 1970s, which brought a sharp decline in the industries that had sustained a moderate standard of living for millions of workers as well…...

1+ hour, 27+ min ago (723+ words) Sprawling defense legislation set for a vote as soon as this week would place new restrictions on reducing troop levels in Europe, a bipartisan rebuke of Trump administration moves that lawmakers fear would limit U.S. commitments on the continent," Politico reports. The Best Laptop I've Ever Used In 25 years of running Political Wire, no computer has ever served me better than the latest MacBook Air. It's the rare machine that's powerful enough to handle my entire workflow yet light enough to take everywhere " and I can't recommend it highly enough. It's on sale now for an astonishing 21% off. President Trump gushed over Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandso calling him fantastic" and more but also noted that a combined Netflix-Warner Bros. Discovery would have a great big market share," Deadline" Puck: House Republicans got everything they could have asked for in 2024"not just…...

1+ hour, 30+ min ago (771+ words) Puck: "House Republicans got everything they could have asked for in 2024not just a powerful (albeit small) majority in their own chamber, but also control of the Senate and the presidency." "Still, that governing trifecta has been less productive and more acrimonious than anyone hoped: The electoral high has long since worn off, replaced by stalled legislation, a capricious and vindictive White House, and the possibility of a midterm beating that could relegate them to the minority." "These days, many House Republicans are wondering if their future includes another term in Congress at all." The Best Laptop I've Ever Used In 25 years of running Political Wire, no computer has ever served me better than the latest MacBook Air. It's the rare machine that's powerful enough to handle my entire workflow yet light enough to take everywhere and I can't recommend it…...

1+ hour, 39+ min ago (237+ words) Two of Donald Trump's closest friends became embroiled in a public feud on Sunday as the MAGA influencers dueled over a third right-wing voice's ties to Qatar. It started when the so-called Trump Whisperer, Laura Loomer, took a shot at ex-Fox News personality Tucker Carlson. She said, "In case you don't see what's happening here, Carlson is getting a place in Qatar because Qatar is now using their financial influence and bribery, in addition to their access to Tucker to change the peace deal organized by President Trump." "You will soon see all of these influencers and Tucker say HAMAS can't abide by any ceasefire unless Israel departs from Gaza entirely," Loomer wrote. But fellow Trump pal Roger Stone, who also served as an adviser to the president, took a shot at Loomer and defended Carlson. Loomer then hit back,…...