Liberal politics headlines

2+ min ago (423+ words) Larry Robinson/The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel via AP Former Colorado election official Tina Peters" latest effort to get out of prison flopped Monday, as a federal magistrate judge denied her habeas corpus petition because her state-level appeals had not yet run their course. She was convicted of seven felonies (including attempting to influence a public servant, criminal impersonation, first-degree official misconduct, violation of duty, and failure to comply with the statutory requirements of her role as clerk) and then sentenced to nine years in prison in October 2024. Trump has repeatedly and vociferously attacked the prosecutors, the judge, and others involved in convicting Peters, complaining it was caused by "Communist persecution by the Radical Left Democrats to cover up their Election crimes and misdeeds in 2020" " even though the DA was a Republican. The president has gone so far as to…...

4+ min ago (247+ words) Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts committed two turnovers on the same play in a losing effort against the Los Angeles Chargers on Monday Night Football. But the most memorable " and infamous " moment of the game came midway through the second quarter with the Eagles trailing 7-3. On 3rd and 2 from the Los Angeles 21, Hurts dropped back and threw a pass that was intercepted by defensive lineman Da'Shawn Hand, who promptly fumbled the ball, which Hurts scooped up, only to cough it up back to the Chargers. HURTS THREW A PICK, GOT IT BACK, THEN FUMBLED " " ESPN (@espn) December 9, 2025 Here is the chaos as documented by ESPN's play-by-play log from the game. (Shotgun) J.Hurts pass short middle intended for A.Brown INTERCEPTED by D.Hand at LAC 17. D.Hand to LAC 24 for 7 yards (W.Shipley). FUMBLES (W.Shipley), RECOVERED by PHI-J.Hurts at LAC 32. J.Hurts to LAC 33 for…...

6+ min ago (242+ words) The defense lawyers commissioned Yuri Borisovich Irkhin, one of Ukraine's leading criminologists, to conduct a "linguistic examination" of the statements and articles that Bogdan wrote and published, and that have served as the principal foundation for his prosecution. Irkhin found that they provide no basis whatsoever for his prosecution as a "traitor" and a supporter of the Putin regime. His conclusion is unequivocal:" 2. ".there are NO statements, phrases, sentences, or word combinations that have signs of propaganda aimed at supporting the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine." (Emphasis in the original) Irkhin reached the same basic conclusion with regard to all statements that expressed the position of the YGBL and the WSWS on the war. Thus, after analyzing the speeches of Andrei Ritsky and Bogdan Syrotiuk to the 2023 International May Day Rally, Irkhin notes:" Irkhin found that all…...

12+ min ago (1684+ words) For decades, India's diamond industry offered workers a way to a better income and life for their families. Not anymore. By Anuj Behal and Suchak Patel Surat, India "In 2018, Alpesh Bhai enrolled his three-year-old daughter in an English-language private school in Surat. This was something he never imagined possible while growing up in his village in the Indian state of Gujarat, where his family survived on small fields of fennel, castor and cumin, with their earnings barely enough to cover basic needs. He had studied in a public school, where, he recalled, "teachers were a rarity, and English almost didn't exist. "Maybe if I knew English, I would have been some government worker. Who knows?, he said, referring to the dream of a majority of Indians, as government jobs come with tenure and benefits. His finances improved once he joined…...

17+ min ago (1713+ words) Somewhere between a renaming and a re-founding " deceptively labelled "Generation Germany" (GG) " Germany's far-right, or neo-Nazi, AfD has given itself a new youth organization. The cunning, innocent, and thoroughly deceptive name " "Generation Deutschland" " clearly could not be "HJ 2.0" or the more modern version of the HDJ " Heimattreue Deutsche Jugend. At one point the HDJ's Nazi connotations and ideology became all too obvious; the state declared it illegal. The neo-fascist AfD's "Generation Deutschland" is designed to avoid this fate. The founding of the AfD's new youth platoon was a right-wing revelation. As has become common for the neo-fascist AfD, the minions' congregation of the neo-fascistic faith-"fools" was accompanied by loud and persistent protests organised by Germany's democratic civil society. At the meeting, right-wing extremists, neo-Nazis, right-wing populists and members of neo-fascist networks shook hands. At the well-choreographed party show, the…...

18+ min ago (613+ words) The new US National Security Strategy shows that the transatlantic alliance is not just superficially damaged, but deeply divided. What President Donald Trump has announced in individual tweets and Vice President JD Vance in a speech at the Munich Security Conference is now official US foreign policy. The new strategy openly states its predatory goals. "The purpose of foreign policy is the protection of core national interests; that is the sole focus of this strategy," the document states. The strategy aims to ensure "that America remains the world's strongest, richest, most powerful, and most successful country for decades to come." To this end, the US wants to "recruit, train, equip, and field the world's most powerful, lethal, and technologically advanced military," build "the world's most robust, credible, and modern nuclear deterrent," and have "the world's strongest, most dynamic, most innovative,…...

24+ min ago (1035+ words) The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature Buenos Aires bus drivers strike Thousands of bus drivers in Buenos Aires and other cities went on strike on Friday December 5 against those lines that still owe drivers 50 percent of their November wages. City bus managers have declared that workers would not get paid until the government money is in their pockets. In the words of one striker: "Many drivers end up having to use their credit cards, which means that that 50 percent owed to us has already being eaten up by high interest rates." The strike is affecting hundreds of thousands of Buenos Aires public transportation users. Protests by pensioners and people with disabilities in Argentina On December 3, International Day of Persons with Disabilities, workers and retirees and people with disabilities marched and…...

27+ min ago (485+ words) This article is based on the detailed descriptions and long conversations with human rights activist Santosh Upadhyay. " The conditions inmates live in are not exaggerated images but grounded reality. In many prisons, inmates have no space to sleep. Access to healthcare is limited, clean water is scarce, sanitation is dismal and mental health needs remain unacknowledged. This is a system that produces fractures rather than rehabilitation. The disproportionately high numbers of women, Dalits, Adivasis and the poor in prisons illustrate how deeply inequality defines access to justice. Upadhyay notes that within prison walls, the voices suppressed most systematically belong to these very groups. As a result, prisons transform from spaces of correction into spaces of oppression. Upadhyay reiterates that harsh punishment does not deter crime. What prevents crime is swift and fair access to justice. This principle is accepted globally,…...

31+ min ago (368+ words) By Rita Bhowmik (Dhaka Bureau): Recalling her memories, Aysha said she became separated from her parents in Madaripur while fleeing the Pakistani forces. Exhausted, she hid in a bush with a few other girls. Driven by hunger, they gathered what they had to cook. She and three other girls were returning to the bush with firewood when Pakistani forces caught them. Regarding her current situation, Aysha says, "The sex workers can't take their children to school. I get two meals a day for taking these children to and from school. In addition, I receive oil, soap monthly, clothes during Ramadan, and 500 Taka at the end of the month. They increase the money a little during Ramadan. I live with the two children in Santosh, Tangail.' "Another Birangona of '71 is Anwara Begum. She cannot walk and is mostly sick. She also…...

37+ min ago (502+ words) Heavy tropical storms and torrential monsoon rains have triggered massive floods and landslides in several parts of South and Southeast Asia. The downpours, which began late last month, have ravaged Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. As climate change exacerbates natural disasters across Asia, more than 1,800 people have been killed by flooding and landslides in affected countries. The rains have also caused extensive damage, destroying homes, flooding streets and wrecking forested areas. The Asian Water Development Outlook 2025, released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday, cautioned that the effects of climate change on Asia's water systems threaten billions of people. In Indonesia, at least 961 people have been killed in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra while 293 are still missing, Indonesia's National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) reported late on Sunday. Some 5,000 people have been injured across the three provinces,…...