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Las elecciones de medio mandato en Estados Unidos: un masivo repudio a Trump y los republicanos
Personas hacen fila para emitir su voto en el centro de votación del Nolensville Recreation Center el martes 3 de noviembre de 2026, en Nolensville, Tennessee. [Foto de AP/George Walker IV] [AP Photo/George Walker IV] Las elecciones de medio mandato de 2026 resultaron en un repudio abrumador de Donald Trump y de las políticas de su gobierno por parte del pueblo estadounidense.
Democrats consolidate control of US Congress, statehouses
The U.S. Capitol is seen a day after the midterm elections, Wednesday Nov. 4, 2026, in Washington. [AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib] In the wake of a landslide, nationwide repudiation of the Trump administration in the November 3 midterm election, the Democratic Party has taken complete control of Congress and the majority of US states.
US midterm election: A massive repudiation of Trump and the Republicans
People wait in line to cast their ballots at the Nolensville Recreation Center polling place Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, in Nolensville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV) The 2026 midterm elections are an overwhelming repudiation of Donald Trump and the policies of his government by the American people. The Republican Party was swept out of power in the House of Representatives in a landslide and lost control of the Senate as well.
Trump prepares post-election crisis with threats in Alaska, California, Washington
Trump prepares post-election crisis with threats in Alaska, California, Washington Alaska’s Republican governor, Mike Dunleavy, announced late Wednesday that he was ordering a criminal investigation into the campaign of Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola over the alleged recruitment of challengers to undermine the reelection campaign of Republican Senator Dan S. Sullivan.
De Havilland Canada to receive up to $2.5B for water bomber production: PMO
Canada and the European Union (EU) have announced up to $2.5 billion in financing to help De Havilland Canada increase production of its much-in-demand water bombers. The announcement came Friday, as part of a multifaceted alliance aimed at strengthening ties between the two regions. “This is a moment to act with clarity and ambition,” government leaders said in a joint statement released by Canada’s Prime Minister’s Office.
Trump and Kennedy’s racist tirades against Muslims and Arabs: The fascist degradation of American politics
In the closing days of the midterm election campaign, the president of the United States and a leading member of his cabinet delivered two of the most openly racist speeches in the modern history of the United States. Both speakers targeted Arab Americans, and they did so in appearances in Michigan, the state with the largest proportion of residents of Arab descent, numbering more than 400,000. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
Trump brands El-Sayed a “jihadist” in Michigan, as Obama offers jokes and silence on the threat of dictatorship
President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Center, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, in Wasilla, Alaska. [AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson] Back-to-back campaign rallies in Michigan, addressed by former President Barack Obama Saturday and President Donald Trump Sunday, expressed the degrading and reactionary alternatives offered by the two corporate-controlled parties in the midterm election, only a week away.
Department of Justice files suit to block certification of Alaska Senate vote-but only if Republican loses
In an unprecedented action, taken 12 days before the November 3 midterm election, the federal Department of Justice filed suit late last Thursday to block the state of Alaska from certifying the results of its own Senate election if Republican Senator Dan S. Sullivan is defeated. It argues that the presence of Dan J. Sullivan, a retired teacher, on the ballot could cause confusion and cost votes for the senator, leading to the election of his Democratic opponent, former Representative Mary Peltola.
Trump doubles down on fascist provocations in final stretch of midterm campaign
President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the T. Ed Garrison Arena, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026, in Pendleton, South Carolina. [AP Photo/Mike Stewart] With 10 days remaining before the midterm elections, and the Republican Party facing likely loss of control in both the House and Senate, President Donald Trump is intensifying his embrace of violence, racism and fascist political appeals.
2 weeks out, Trump steps up threats over mid-term election
The US Department of Justice announced Monday that it had charged 28 California residents, all legal immigrants with residency status or green cards, with violating federal election laws, as part of the Trump administration’s campaign to discredit the November 3 mid-term election where the Republican Party is expecting major defeats.
Bondi Beach shooting: 12 people confirmed dead and several injured in terrorist attack on Jewish community event
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Twelve people are dead, including one gunman, after a shooting at Bondi Beach this afternoon. Twenty-nine people have been injured, including two police officers, and have been taken to various hospitals. A second gunman is in police custody, and is also among the injured. A senior law enforcement official confirmed one of the gunmen was Naveed Akram from Bonnyrigg in Sydney's south-west. The shooting took place at a Hanukkah celebration.
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Pegnitzer Diakon Patrick Martin: Vom Verzeihen und Gottes Liebe an Weihnachten
- Diakon Patrick Martin aus Pegnitz spricht zur Bedeutung von Vergebung in der Adventszeit. Er ermutigt, die Vorweihnachtszeit für Versöhnung zu nutzen und negative Emotionen loszulassen. Dafür hat er einen besonderen Vorschlag. 14.12.2025, 09:00 Uhr
Could the Trump factor save UK PM Keir Starmer's popularity?
By Patrick Martin in London, for ABC Analysis - In the wake of Donald Trump's heated Oval Office meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky last month, the European Union's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas declared: "The free world needs a new leader." Could it be British Prime Minister Keir Starmer?
Debate. Is Trump a fascist?
Every time a new trend appears in history, a variety of opinions arise about its meaning. For some, Trump represents a political current struggle against “globalization” and the capitalist policy of destroying national and biological identities, even the family. For others, he is a promoter of pure neo-fascist tendencies. In order to provide comprehensive information to its readers Defend Democracy Press will endeavor to offer a representative sample of the contrasting viewpoints on this issue.
Homelessness in US has doubled under Biden : Indybay
The estimate is also a gross underestimate of the real scale of homelessness in America. It is based on a one-day "point-in-time" survey conducted every January in cities throughout the country. That methodology ensures a low count, since it is conducted during the coldest period of the year, when very few people can live unsheltered in northern cities, many of which bar evictions and utility shutoffs during the winter for that reason.
Trump’s cabinet: A blueprint for authoritarian rule and social counterrevolution
By Patrick Martin 24 November 2024 Only three weeks after his narrow but decisive victory in the 2024 presidential election, President-elect Donald Trump has rapidly selected virtually every nominee for the top positions in his incoming government, including all his cabinet secretaries, all his top White House staff and many top sub-cabinet positions. Trump’s choices confirm the fundamental character of the incoming government as one of, by and for the financial oligarchy.
Election anxiety is real, no matter who you’re voting for
Published: November 2, 2024 at 7:05 PM Tags: Decision 2024, Election, Voting, Mental Health Pro-Trump signs outnumber the ones for Harris outside of the Wesley Chapel volunteer fire department, an early voting site in Union County, North Carolina. The lopsided ratio is the same across the county,a mostly rural community south of Charlotte, near the South Carolina border.
Hunted Biden: The First Presidential Debate Disaster
It was cruel. Sinister cruel. While Donald Trump was always going to relish the chance to be not only economical with the truth but simply inventive about it, Joe Biden, current Commander in Chief of the United States, leader of the self-described Free World, seemed a vanishing shadow, longing for soft slippers and the fireplace with cocoa, a case of comfort rather than the battling rage of politics. It need never have happened, and certainly not so early.
European Parliament Election: Towards Franco-German Fascist Putsch?
The European Parliament Election gave jolt not only to foreign onlooker, French President Macron was shattered. He was surely faltering and took such a step which many commentators described as playing Russian Roulette. Seeing the fascist RN party led by Marie Le Pen surging to top and farther erosion of his party (LREM, now renamed RE) and his alliance, he dissolved the parliament and called for a parliament election (1st round on June 30, 2nd round on July 7).
Debate Debacle Triggers Panic In Democratic Party| Countercurrents
Thursday night’s debate between Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican ex-President Donald Trump was a totally degraded spectacle. One candidate could barely finish a sentence, while reiterating his commitment to US military supremacy and war against Russia. The other openly defended the attempted fascist coup of January 6, 2021 in which he attempted to establish a presidential dictatorship. Biden’s disastrous performance has already touched off a full-blown crisis in the Democratic Party.
Australians return home
The first Australians evacuated from riot-stricken New Caledonia have arrived back in the country but not everyone is safely home. At least 300 Australian travellers have been stuck in or near the capital of Noumea since violent protests erupted last Monday, with some saying they have been unable to access essential medications or food.
Threat Of War Between Israel And Iran Grows As New Offensives Launched In Gaza| Countercurrents
Tensions between Israel and Iran reached new heights Thursday after the United States warned of an “imminent” attack being planned by Tehran. The Iranian regime has said since Israel’s bombing of its Syrian embassy at the start of this month, killing senior members of Iran’s military, that it would retaliate.
How Did Zionists Come To Behave Like Nazis?| Countercurrents
The images are hard to fathom. How have well educated, well fed young Israelis been won to commit atrocities in Gaza similar to those perpetrated by Nazis against Jews? How do we explain the images of the military spending two weeks destroying Al-Shifa hospital, killing patients – including babies and children – unarmed civilians, medical and humanitarian workers? How do we explain watching soldiers shoot starving civilians approaching aid trucks or old women waving white flags?
Escalation—Will Middle-East Crisis Worsen Further?| Countercurrents
Deeply worrying as the Gaza and the overall Middle-East situation already is, escalatory events continue to take place. Israel’s strike on an Iranian Embassy building in Damascus which killed several senior Iranian commanders was followed by provocative exchange of threats between Israel and Iran. On April 10 President Biden spoke of USA’s ‘ironclad’ commitment to the security of Israel against threats from Iran and its proxies.
Biden Declares “ironclad” Commitment To Israel As Death Toll Mounts In Gaza| Countercurrents
US President Joe Biden declared his “ironclad” support for Israel Wednesday, as Israeli bombing of Gaza intensifies and the mass starvation of the trapped Palestinian population worsens, threatening to kill more people in Gaza than the bombs and missiles. Biden was speaking at a press conference at the White House, alongside visiting Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
US Imperialist Hypocrisy And The Libyan Flood| Countercurrents
Over the weekend, former President Barack Obama urged his 132 million followers on Twitter (X) to make contributions to charitable organizations aiding the people of Derna, the Libyan city devastated by a flood that killed well over 20,000 people, according to estimates by local officials. “If you’re looking to help people impacted by the floods in Libya, check out these organizations providing relief,” Obama wrote, citing an appeal from his own foundation.
Why Biden World Cares - a lot - About When He Announces His Reelection
Patrick Martin, Public Strategies Executive Vice-President, was quoted in Politico discussing President Biden’s likely announcement of his re-election bid next week and the pros and cons of launching a full campaign about 18 months out from the November 2024 presidential election. “The more time you have, the less rushed you feel,” said Patrick. “They have hit the point where it makes sense to get the formal campaign started.” To read more, click here.
Fox Corp. to pay $787.5 million for pushing Trump election lies
World Socialist Web Site Fox Corp., the corporate owner of Fox News, agreed Tuesday to pay Dominion Voting Systems $787.5 million to settle a lawsuit triggered by the broadcast on a massive scale of slanders claiming that the company’s voting machines had switched votes from Donald Trump to Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
Biden’s $1 Trillion Budget for World War
The White House unveiled its budget request for the 2024 fiscal year Thursday, with the largest ever proposed spending on the military. It is a $1 trillion budget for world war. The Biden administration wants the resources to fight Russia in Ukraine, intensify its buildup towards war with China in the Far East and sustain US military aggression in the Middle East.
Biden’s $1 trillion budget for world war
The White House unveiled its budget request for the 2024 fiscal year Thursday, with the largest ever proposed spending on the military. It is a $1 trillion budget for world war. The Biden administration wants the resources to fight Russia in Ukraine, intensify its buildup towards war with China in the Far East and sustain US military aggression in the Middle East.
Biden’s $1 Trillion Budget For World War| Countercurrents
The White House unveiled its budget request for the 2024 fiscal year Thursday, with the largest ever proposed spending on the military. It is a $1 trillion budget for world war. The Biden administration wants the resources to fight Russia in Ukraine, intensify its buildup towards war with China in the Far East and sustain US military aggression in the Middle East.
Wie die US-Demokraten den Krieg in der Ukraine vorbereiteten
Dies ist der erste Teil einer zweiteiligen Serie. Die Biden-Regierung und die amerikanischen bürgerlichen Medien stellen die Konfrontation zwischen den US-Nato-Streitkräften und Russland ausschließlich als Ergebnis des russischen Einmarschs in der Ukraine dar. Dieser wiederum wird auf die dämonischen Absichten eines einzigen Mannes zurückgeführt: Russlands Präsident Wladimir Putin. So wird der russisch-ukrainische Krieg aus seinem historischen Kontext herausgelöst.
COVID-19 cuts a swathe through official Washington
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tested positive for COVID-19, her office announced Thursday, one day after she was in the White House for two events, and in close proximity to President Joe Biden. Pelosi is only the latest, and most prominent, among dozens of top officials in Congress and the Biden administration who have contracted the potentially lethal virus in recent weeks.
La fin du test COVID-19 pour les personnes non assurées: la classe dirigeante américaine s’en remet à l’infection de masse
Le mois dernier, le programme américain qui finance les tests COVID-19 pour les personnes non assurées a cessé d’accepter les demandes «faute de fonds suffisants». Cela signifie que dans une grande partie des États-Unis, les personnes sans assurance maladie n’auront pas accès aux tests COVID-19, à moins qu’elles ne puissent payer de leur poche. Certaines cliniques ont déjà commencé à refuser les personnes sans assurance qui viennent se faire dépister et n’ont pas les moyens de payer.
The end of COVID-19 testing for the uninsured: The American ruling class doubles down on mass infection
Last month, the US program that pays for COVID-19 tests for uninsured people stopped accepting claims “due to lack of sufficient funds.” This means that in large sections of the United States, those without health insurance will have no access to COVID-19 testing unless they can pay out of pocket. Some clinics have already started to turn away people without insurance who come to get tested and cannot afford to pay for it.
Inflation slashes living standards and pushes millions of workers in the US to the brink
The rising cost of living will force the average American household to spend $5,200 more a year just to buy the same goods and services as last year, according to a report released Thursday by Bloomberg Economics. This comes to an average of $433 a month robbed from the pockets of workers and their families, under conditions where 60 percent of the US population cannot afford an unexpected expense of $500. The gasoline price board is shown at a gas station in Menlo Park, Calif., March 21, 2022.
How the Democratic Party prepared the war in Ukraine: Part two
Part two of a two-part series. Part one, covering the period from the dissolution of the Soviet Union to the “Maidan Revolution,” can be accessed here. The 2016 election and the Mueller investigation The “Russian question” was put back on the US agenda in the course of the 2016 presidential election. Democrat Hillary Clinton ran openly as the preferred candidate of the national-security apparatus and a strident advocate of stepped-up intervention in the territories of the former Soviet Union.
Biden unveils 2023 budget with massive spending on the military and police
President Joe Biden revealed his administration’s 2023 budget proposal Monday afternoon, featuring the largest ever US military spending and a substantial increase for domestic police repression. President Joe Biden speaks from Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol to mark the one year anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol by supporters loyal to then-President Donald Trump, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, in Washington.
How the Democratic Party prepared the war in Ukraine
Part One | Part Two The mounting confrontation between US-NATO forces and Russia is portrayed by the Biden administration and the American corporate media as entirely the product of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This in turn is attributed to the demonic intentions of one man: Russian President Vladimir Putin. This rips the Russia-Ukraine war out of its historical context. Most importantly, it conceals the role of American imperialism in preparing and deliberately instigating the conflict.
Madeleine Albright dead at 84: American imperialism mourns a war criminal
The death of Madeleine Albright on Wednesday was the occasion for an outpouring of praise by the American political establishment and the corporate media, glorifying her role as the first female Secretary of State and covering up her close identification with some of the worst imperialist crimes of the 1990s—and today. Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, center, gets briefing on the situation around the border between two Koreas from American Sgt.
As Omicron BA.2 threat grows, US COVID-19 testing, treatment funds exhausted
Amid mounting evidence of a new surge in coronavirus driven by the BA.2 subvariant of Omicron, federal funds for COVID-19 testing and treatment and future mass vaccinations are running out. White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Friday, March 18, 2022, in Washington.
Ultra-right takes control of Northern California county through recall election
Ultra-right forces have taken control of the board of supervisors in Shasta County, California, the largest county in the northern third of the state, with nearly 200,000 residents, after a recall campaign that ousted a member of the board based on fascistic demagogy over coronavirus restrictions.
Ukraine, Saudi-Arabien und die Heuchelei des Imperialismus
Im Ukrainekrieg vergeht kein Tag, ohne dass die Biden-Regierung und die Leitmedien Putin in schärfsten Worten als den neuen Hitler und das russische Militär als moderne Version von Dschingis Khans Horden anprangern. Wenn dagegen ein Verbündeter der USA und Hauptlieferant von Öl für den Weltkapitalismus ein barbarisches Massaker anrichtet, kommt aus Washington nicht der leiseste Protest. Verteidigungsminister James N.
Ukraine, Saudi Arabia and the hypocrisy of imperialism
No Russian military operation in the invasion of Ukraine goes by without a torrent of denunciations from the Biden administration and the corporate media in the most strident of terms, portraying Putin as the new Hitler and the Russian military as a modern version of the hordes of Genghis Khan. But when a US ally and major supplier of oil to world capitalism carries out a barbaric massacre, Washington does not make even the mildest protest. Defense Secretary James N.
Saudi monarchy executes 81 men in one day: Medieval barbarism from top US ally in Mideast
In a brutal act of mass murder, the US-backed Saudi monarchy executed 81 men Saturday, the largest such massacre in the history of the kingdom. The Saudi government did not say how the executions were carried out, but beheading is the method it usually employs against its victims. Seven of those executed were Yemenis, one was Syrian, and the rest were Saudi citizens.
Democrats, Republicans, Biden agree on staggering increase in military budget
The Biden administration and congressional leaders in both the Democratic and Republican parties reached agreement early Wednesday on the passage of an overall budget bill funding federal spending for the rest of the current fiscal year, which runs until September 30. The House of Representatives passed the legislation Wednesday night, divided into two sections.
Studies warn Omicron BA.2 is the most dangerous COVID variant ever
Recent studies of the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron suggest that it is both more transmissible and more lethal than Omicron BA.1, and that it is quickly supplanting the previous variant in country after country. The findings directly contradict the claims of governments around the world that the pandemic is ending, that Omicron is “mild,” and that public health measures to fight to pandemic can be relaxed or eliminated altogether.
House Select Committee: Trump potentially guilty of at least two crimes connected with January 6 attack
A document released Wednesday night by the House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on Capitol Hill gives its first detailed account of the efforts by Donald Trump to overturn the result of the 2020 election. The document suggests that Trump engaged in several criminal actions to stay in office, even before the violent attack on Congress by his supporters. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Cecil Airport, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, in Jacksonville, Fla.
Filing by special counsel greeted with right-wing media celebration and Trump death threats
A 13-page legal document filed by Justice Department Special Counsel John Durham last Friday has become the trigger for a frenzy in the right-wing pro-Trump faction of the corporate media, and a new fascistic outburst from the ex-president himself. Donald Trump speaks during the ‘Save America’ rally at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds on January 29, 2022 in Conroe, Texas.
Super Bowl 2022-A spectacle of money-making and nationalism in the midst of mass death
The 2022 Super Bowl in Los Angeles, like last year’s in Tampa, was a mass superspreader event, held in complete disregard of public health. It brought 70,000 people together, with little or no masking, as well as countless watch parties held in communities large and small.
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