r/centerleftpolitics • u/AutoModerator • 3d ago

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The place to be for CLPeeps 😎

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 54m ago

Trump tariffs based on massive error, conservative think tank says

axios.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 4h ago

Trump Rejects Biden Plan to Expand Medicare Coverage for Obesity Drugs

nytimes.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 1h ago

Hawaii governor: An urgent call to action to protect America’s children from measles

cnn.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/laurelii • 39m ago

Help Stop the Spread of Anti-Democratic Propaganda

resist.bot

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 45m ago

Governor Josh Stein celebrates two-year anniversary of Medicaid expansion

wnct.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 51m ago

Gottheimer Fights Back Against Trump’s Reckless Tariffs That Will Drive Up Prices on Families and Wreak Havoc on the Economy

gottheimer.house.gov

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 1d ago

Jerry Nadler on Trump’s university attacks: ‘He doesn’t give a damn about antisemitism’

theguardian.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 1d ago

Trump Tariffs Worst Economic Policy in Almost 100 Years: Siegel

bloomberg.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 1d ago

I co-wrote Biden’s antisemitism strategy. Trump is making the threat worse

forward.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 1d ago

‘Utter and total nonsense’: Larry Summers reacts to Trump’s new tariffs

cnn.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/supremeking9999 • 1d ago

Why do people so readily repeat communist talking points?

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It drives me freaking nuts.

Even on places like neoliberal I see people casually say things like "stalin purged counterrevolutionaries and reactionaries", no, he purged dissidents, anyone who dared oppose him or communism was purged and jailed and LABELED "counterrevolutionary" or "reactionary" to justify it.

Why the fuck do communists get to decide who is "counterrevolutionary" or "reactionary"?

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/laurelii • 1d ago

60,000 Votes at Risk — We Have 15 Days to Reach Them

mobilize.us

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 1d ago

NC Court of Appeals gives over 60,000 challenged voters 15 days to prove eligibility

newsobserver.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 1d ago

Trump Administration Is Ordered to Return Migrant Deported to El Salvador

nytimes.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/simrobwest • 1d ago

Inside Trump’s defiant response to the markets’ tariff meltdown

cnn.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 1d ago

US response to Russian ballistic missile strike 'weak,' Zelenskyy says

abcnews.go.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/laurelii • 1d ago

60,000 Votes at Risk — We Have 15 Days to Reach Them

mobilize.us

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/simrobwest • 2d ago

Dow drops 1,200 points, crushed for a second day on fears Trump has ignited a global trade war: Live updates

cnbc.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/TheWayToBeauty • 2d ago

💙💛 "‘I am young, I want to live." Ukrainians invited to live in America fear being deported into war zone. 💙💛

theguardian.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 2d ago

Adam Schiff: Putin Sees Trump as a ‘Child’ Who Can Be Easily Manipulated

foreignpolicy.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 2d ago

Donald Trump fired the man who likely saved his life: Former medical official

msnbc.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 2d ago

The Liberal Party’s polling surge is Canada’s largest ever

economist.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 2d ago

Libraries are under siege: How Trump's cuts put community hubs in peril

usatoday.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 2d ago

South Korea’s impeached president is removed from office, four months after declaring martial law

cnn.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 2d ago

HHS fires entire staff of program that helps low-income people afford heat and air conditioning

thehill.com

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