After the recognition of a Palestinian state in 2025, what’s next ?

Middle East The recognition of the State of Palestine by several Western countries in September stood out as one of the key diplomatic moments of 2025. Largely symbolic for Palestinians, the move raised questions about whether it could break a decades-long geopolitical stalemate. Issued on: 29/12/2025 – France24.com By: Marc DAOU… Continue reading

Big Banks Are Short of Cash: Another Bailout and Recession to Come, Prof. David Cay Johnston

The Mark Thompson Show Dec 30, 2025 The Mark Thompson Show Live Daily 2p-4p ET/11a-1p PT Prof. David Cay Johnston at RIT, Pulitzer Prize winning Author & Investigative Journalist https://bsky.app/profile/davidcayjohn… Big Banks Enjoy Stealth Bailouts – A DCReport Exclusive https://www.dcreport.org/2025/12/29/n…

New State Laws Aim to Protect Environment, Consumers as Trump Wages All-Out War on Climate

Harry the Happy Dragon, the mascot for Harris Teeter, on reusable plastic bags for sale at a grocery store on December 22, 2025 in Durham, North Carolina.  (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images) “The gridlock and partisanship we see in Washington, DC can be dispiriting. But history shows that states can… Continue reading

Watchdog Warns Trump and Burgum’s Halting of Offshore Wind Projects Is Illegal

US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum speaks during an event with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on October 6, 2025 in Washington, DC.  (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) “Burgum’s actions on offshore wind appear to be motivated by the personal financial interests of those in… Continue reading

‘Fire sale’: S.F. moving to buy out PG&E — even, potentially, if PG&E says no

Public power: It’s not just for lefty conspiracy theorists anymore. Could this city use eminent domain to break up with PG&E and municipalize electric service? It may yet try.  by Joe Eskenazi December 29, 2025 (MissionLocal.org) PG&E, the utility company that, last week, reintroduced one-third of San Franciscans to the Dickensian joys of… Continue reading

We must support the musician Trump is targeting for refusing to play the “Trump Kennedy Center”

We must support the musician Trump is targeting for refusing to play the “Trump Kennedy Center”

Trump is following Stalin’s playbook Dean Obeidallah Dec 28, 2025 (deanobeidallah.substack.com) The Trump regime has a message for all musicians and artists who dare to stand up to Donald Trump: They will destroy you! I’m not exaggerating. That is the threat by the Trump appointed head of the Kennedy Center, Richard Grenell… Continue reading

Khanna Hits Back as Silicon Valley Oligarchs Threaten Primary Challenge Over California Billionaires Tax

U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) speaks during a news conference outside the US Capitol on November 18, 2025 in Washington, DC.  (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images) “We cannot have a nation with extreme concentration of wealth in a few places, but where… healthcare, childcare, housing, education is unaffordable,” the San… Continue reading