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AlterNet Black Agenda Report Common Dreams (Note: these articles are from RSS News Feeds websites, and are deleted after 30 days, November 12, 2026 at 5:28 PM EST Jeffries Refuses to Say If He Opposes US-Israeli Military Integration Measure On Thursday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) refused to say whether or not he supports efforts to strip the Pentagon budget bill of a highly controversial provision to integrate the U.S. and Israeli militaries, even as other Democrats unite on the issue. This week, a group of 12 members of the Senate led by Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) urged congressional leaders to remove" November 12, 2026 at 4:55 PM EST Post-Midterm Poll Finds That Two-Thirds of Americans Disapprove of Trump A new Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted right after the midterm elections demonstrates deep voter animosity toward President Donald Trump, with fewer than one third of respondents indicating approval of his job performance. The poll was conducted from November 6-9, just a few days after the elections took place. According to the survey, 65 percent of Americans disapprove of how Trump is" November 12, 2026 at 4:41 PM EST ICE Agent Who Killed Maine Man Was Hired Despite Record of Abuse, Family Says A new report has revealed that the ICE agent who fatally shot a Colombian resident of Maine earlier this year was hired by the federal agency despite his history of racist and violent behavior. According to reporting from The New York Times, David Brouillette -- who has been identified by his family members and ex-partners as the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who killed" November 12, 2026 at 4:18 PM EST 4 Senate Democrats Vow to Refuse Any Funding Package That Enables Iran War A group of four Democrats in the Senate are jointly vowing to oppose any government funding package that allows President Donald Trump to continue his war on Iran, taking a hardline stance on ending the war before the federal government's funding expires on December 11. In a statement released on Thursday, Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colorado), Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), Chris Van Hollen (D" November 12, 2026 at 3:28 PM EST Palestinian Opinions Are Divided as Elections Are Now Postponed Until 2027 On October 10, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued a presidential decree postponing the legislative and presidential elections from November 2026, the original scheduled date, until September 2027. Amid obstacles imposed by the Israeli occupation, the postponement was justified by a need to create appropriate political, security, and on-the-ground conditions for free, fair" November 12, 2026 at 2:52 PM EST Alex Karp Says Palantir Is "Progressive" Now, Months After Fascist Manifesto As Democrats prepare for their sweeping campaign to investigate corporate abuses during the upcoming Congress, Palantir CEO Alex Karp claimed this week that he and his company -- a massive Trump administration collaborator -- are actually "progressive" now. Karp, who gave $1 million to MAGA Inc. in 2024 and another million for Donald Trump's inauguration, told Politico Playbook on Wednesday" November 12, 2026 at 2:42 PM EST Refugee Rights Groups Sue to Stop Canada From Handing Over Asylum Seekers to ICE Canada is violating its own constitution by turning asylum seekers away at the border with the United States, where they face serious threats under U.S. President Donald Trump, Canadian legal experts and rights advocates say. Amnesty International Canada, the Canadian Council for Refugees, and the Canadian Council of Churches are in court this week to challenge a decades-old pact that allows" November 12, 2026 at 2:28 PM EST Democratic Party Factions Are Competing to Define What Is Possible Right Now With Democrats set to take control of both chambers of Congress in January, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders says he will not support Chuck Schumer for another term as the Democratic Senate leader, calling for the party to move in "a new and bold direction." Michigan Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin has said she will not support Schumer unless he presents a plan to govern differently" November 11, 2026 at 12:32 PM EST Justice Department Official Who Led Attacks on Gender-Affirming Care Resigns Brett Shumate has become the fourth Department of Justice official to join the post-election exodus from the agency following Republicans' crushing midterm defeat -- marking the end of the tenure of a man who helped grease the wheels of the anti-trans machine. "The rats are fleeing the sinking ship," Alejandra Caraballo, a lawyer and trans rights scholar, posted on Bluesky" November 11, 2026 at 12:10 PM EST Democratic Lawmakers Demand Removal of Provisions Deepening US-Israel Military Ties Sen. Chris Van Hollen, who is considering a bid for Senate majority leader against Sen. Chuck Schumer, led a group of Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday in demanding that congressional leaders scrap a bipartisan effort to more closely integrate the American and Israeli militaries, warning the initiative would threaten U.S. national security and risk further complicity in Israeli atrocities. November 11, 2026 at 11:31 AM EST Texas Democrats Take Aim at Data Centers, Flock Cameras and Immigration Enforcement Riding high after their success in last week's election, Democrats in the Texas Legislature unveiled an aggressive agenda Monday as bill filing opened for the 2027 session: Expand Medicaid. Boost the minimum wage. End tax breaks for data centers. Ban Flock cameras. Legalize marijuana. Other ideas included undoing a state law that requires sheriffs to partner with U.S. November 11, 2026 at 11:06 AM EST Bill Gates' $29B Stake in Landfill Company Tied to Major Methane Emissions In November 2015, world leaders descended on Paris to negotiate a historic agreement to limit global warming. But on the summit's opening day, attention turned to a private citizen slouched awkwardly in a chair on stage: Bill Gates. Gates, with his characteristic flop of sandy hair, grinned impishly as President Barack Obama called him a "visionary" and a "driving force" behind a pair of" |
