Source: Quillette
by John Aziz

“History and the constraints of American federalism suggest the euphoria and catastrophism that have followed Zohran Mamdani’s election victory are misplaced.” (11/12/25)

https://quillette.com/2025/11/12/the-limits-of-american-progressivism-zohran-mamdani-new-york-mayor/

Source: The Atlantic
by Simon Shuster, Nancy A Youssef, & Gisela Salim-Peyer

“Vladimir Putin’s Russia may seem like an obvious place for Maduro to turn as he scours the world for well-armed friends willing to help him withstand a U.S. pressure campaign that threatens his 12-year reign. … Earlier this year, Maduro signed what he called a ‘historic and strategic’ pact with Putin to expand trade and military cooperation. But the Kremlin’s response to Maduro’s existential crisis has been underwhelming for a country that considers itself a great power. … Maduro may be about to learn the same difficult lesson absorbed by the governments of other Russian allies, including Armenia, Syria, and Iran. They all recently appealed to the Kremlin for help only to discover that the war in Ukraine has taken such a toll, and remains such a priority, that Russia’s ability to come to the rescue is severely diminished.” (11/12/25)

https://archive.is/LldlX

Source: In These Times
by Greg Grandin

“Today, Donald Trump presides over his own Murder Incorporated, less a government than a death squad. Many brushed off his proclamation early in his second term that the Gulf of Mexico would henceforth be called the Gulf of America as a foolish, yet harmless, show of dominance. Now, however, he’s created an ongoing bloodbath in the adjacent Caribbean Sea. The Pentagon has so far destroyed 18 go-fast boats there and in the Pacific Ocean. No evidence has been presented or charges brought suggesting that those ships were running drugs, as claimed. The White House has simply continued to release bird’s-eye view surveillance videos (snuff films, really) of a targeted vessel. Then comes a flash of light and it’s gone, as are the humans it was carrying, be they drug smugglers, fishermen, or migrants. As far as we know, at least 64 people have already been killed in such attacks. The kill rate is accelerating.” (11/13/25)

https://inthesetimes.com/article/trump-venezuela-colombia-drug-war-narco-boat-strikes

Source: Liberal Currents
by Alan Elrod

“The Trump administration has announced a proposal for a 50-year home mortgage, supported by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte. It’s a plan that would lower monthly payments but severely increase cost for borrowers through significantly higher interest payments. The proposal has been greeted with rage and disdain across the nativist right. Commentators like Glenn Beck and Matt Walsh, as well as elected officials like Thomas Massie, have all condemned it as financially ruinous and politically insulting to hard-working Americans. Among Trump’s most hardline nativist base, there is real anger. Trump entered politics promising to take the country back for his white, Christian base. He promised not fiscal discipline but social welfare for the right kind of American. For migrants and minorities, he offered deportation and incarceration.” (11/12/25)

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/dont-build-housing-just-deport-people-the-nativist-right-recoils-at-trumps-50-year-mortgage-proposal/