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23+ min ago (242+ words) As Americans around the country settled down to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner with family, far-right Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) workshopped an idea for how to disrupt one of those family's dinners next year for a political stunt. "Next year, I think I'm going to hold a contest to show up at someone's Thanksgiving day dinner to debate their leftist family members," Luna suggested on X. "What do you think?" Her idea was largely not met with enthusiasm. "That it's time to touch grass?" wrote Democratic strategist and author Lis Smith. "I think I would absolutely wreck you," wrote Texas Democratic legislative candidate Sara McGee. "Or you could just be a normal person and enjoy the god damn holiday instead of ruining someone else's," wrote Democratic strategist Mike Nellis. "It would be an accurate representation of conservative politics at the moment, going…...

24+ min ago (405+ words) New Orleans, LA " On Saturday, November 22, hundreds of New Orleans residents from all walks of life gathered to protest against the new presence of U.S. Border Patrol agents in the city. The protest, led by the New Orleans Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, gathered local activists to send a message to Trump and Jeff Landry that the city will not bow down to attacks on immigrants. "The time is now to follow suit with Los Angeles, with Chicago, to take these streets and fight back against this invasion," said Emma Maxwell from the New Orleans Alliance. Terri Mogilles spoke on behalf of the National Nurses United union local at University Medical Center which has been fighting for a decent contract. Mogilles affirmed that this federal crackdown affects all workers and stated that nurses will unequivocally protect the rights of their…...

26+ min ago (118+ words) Last week Italy's metal workers secured a major victory as the unions Fim, Fiom and Uilm, all affiliated to IndustriALL Global Union, signed the renewed National Collective Labour Agreement (NCLA) with Federmeccanica and Assistal after four days of continuous and intense negotiations. The agreement covers more than 1.5 million workers across the country and guarantees a "205(US$ 237.17) increase on minimum contractual salaries over four years, which the unions say is essential to protecting wages amid rising living costs and economic uncertainty. The post Historic Win For Italy's Metal Workers appeared first on PopularResistance.Org. The unions Fim, Fiom and Uilm, all affiliated to IndustriALL Global Union, signed the renewed National Collective Labour Agreement (NCLA)....

28+ min ago (286+ words) President Donald Trump and Steve Bannon are just trolling about a potential third term, according to journalist Jonathan Karl, but he said they're trolling one particular person. The ABC News correspondent and author of Retribution: Donald Trump and the Campaign That Changed America, appeared Thursday on MS NOW's "Morning Joe," where he was asked whether Trump would "voluntarily" leave the White House at the end of his second and final term, reported The Daily Beast. "I do think that the reason why he keeps bringing up Trump 2028 " he's got the hats he shows everybody," Karl said. "It is absolutely trolling, and frankly, Steve Bannon, who was the one that really started to get this going, is trolling not just Trump's critics and Democrats " he's also trolling JD Vance. Bannon, privately, [is] not a big JD Vance fan at all." The…...

29+ min ago (729+ words) Several content creators have gone viral on TikTok for pointing out that the pricey athleisure brand Alo might not be worth the hype. Olympia Trihas (@olympiafuckingtrihas) shared a video about a $148 sweatshirt she purchased that quickly caught the attention of online viewers. After waking up from a nap, she noticed the word "alo" stitched across the front of the sweater had mostly fallen off, leaving just the letter "o." "Pov you wake up from your nap and your alo becomes o," she said in her clip, which has racked up more than 991,500 views. In the video, she even searches under her bedsheets for the missing letters. Trihas told us that while an Alo manager who saw her video assisted with getting her a replacement sweatshirt, she doesn't think other customers would get the same treatment. "If I did not have a…...

31+ min ago (268+ words) UFC 324 will stream on Jan. 24 starting at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT Paramount's $7.7 billion media rights deal with the UFC will kick off with their first live event in 2026. UFC 324, the first of 13 marquee numbered events, is set to stream Jan. 24 on Paramount+. UFC 324 will be headlined by two marquee championship fights: former interim UFC lightweight champion and former BMF titleholder Justin Gaethje will face off against Paddy "The Baddy" Pimblett, while UFC women's bantamweight champion Kayla Harrison defends her title against UFC Hall of Famer Amanda Nunes, who returns to the Octagon for the first time since 2023. The main card will take place at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT, while the prelims will start at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT and the early prelims will kick off at 5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT on Paramount+. The event marks a historic milestone for UFC fans in the U.S. and Latin America as every…...

32+ min ago (1748+ words) It's a day to give thanks. But for millions of Indigenous Americans, it also serves as a reminder of loss. Across the United States, November is synonymous with preparations for Thanksgiving. Classrooms and public areas are decorated with warm-, earthy-toned cutouts of turkeys; English settlers " the Pilgrims, as they are known " who made a new home in a country new to them; and "Indians" with colourful feather headdresses and vests made of construction paper. Families come together from all over the country for a feast. And some arguments. America's pop culture dominance has meant that songs and movies have introduced these cultural staples to the rest of the world, even among those who don't celebrate Thanksgiving or fully understand it. But to millions of Indigenous Americans, the story of Thanksgiving is also closely intertwined with their history of invasion, occupation,…...

33+ min ago (554+ words) Airlines including Iberia and TAP had paused flights to Venezuela after warnings about "heightened military activity" in the area. Venezuela has pulled the operating rights for six foreign airlines that paused flights to the South American country amid rising tensions with the United States. But on Thursday, foreign officials and airline representatives blasted that decision as a "disproportionate" response. A day earlier, Venezuela"s civil aviation authority announced it had revoked permits for air travel companies, including Spain"s Iberia, Portugal"s TAP, Colombia"s Avianca, Brazil"s GOL, Turkish Airlines and LATAM, which has headquarters in Chile and Brazil. It accused the airlines'of joining "actions of state terrorism promoted by the United States". The Venezuelan government has been on edge in recent months, amid speculation of a possible US military attack. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had warned…...

38+ min ago (382+ words) Things became briefly awkward on Thursday when Fox News" Will Cain was praising guest Andrew Schulz"s podcast, but had to inform him his co-host once branded him "donkey of the day." Comedian Schulz joined Cain on The Will Cain Show on Thursday where Cain praised Schulz"s podcast Brilliant Idiots, co-hosted by Charlamagne Tha God. As Cain was in the middle of praising the "thoughtful" discussions from the podcast pair, he informed Schulz that Charlamagne had once branded him "donkey of the day" on his Breakfast Club radio show. "No! For what? What did you do?" a surprised Schulz asked. Charlamagne made Cain his "donkey of the day" a running segment on his show that is still going " in 2019 for criticizing the Philadelphia Flyers for removing a statue of late singer Kate Smith and stopping using her rendition of…...

44+ min ago (126+ words) Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, one of the two victims in the Washington, D.C. shooting on Wednesday, has passed away, President Donald Trump said Thursday, according to Fox News and The New York Post. "He just announced that one of those guardsmen, the female, Sarah Beckstrom, the 20 year old from West Virginia, has passed away," a Fox News anchor announced Thursday. The suspected shooter was later identified to be Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan man who was arrested shortly after the incident. Lakanwal reportedly used a .357 revolver to shoot two National Guard members " 24-year-old Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe and Beckstrom. Wolfe remains in critical condition. ALSO READ: This MAGA leader's angry exit spells mortal danger for Trump...