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There’s barely any pretense that Trump cares about Cuban democracy. This is about privatizing Cuba’s public assets and getting them into the hands of Trump’s cronies. 

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They rejected kings and were sincerely concerned about the possibility of a dictatorship. But we need to move past founder-worship and focus on justice.

👑 Full article by Nathan J. Robinson: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/of-course-the-founding-fathers-would-have-hated-trump

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Charles Booker is a former Kentucky state representative and the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Kentucky. His campaign centers on Medicare for All, ending endless war, strengthening labor rights, raising wages, and building a multiracial working-class coalition from “the hood to the holler.”

Booker joined Current Affairs associate editor Alex Skopic to discuss why Kentucky should not be written off as a “red state,” how progressive policies can win in places ignored by the national Democratic Party, what the left can learn from Mitch McConnell’s coalition-building, and why working people need leaders willing to fight for health care, peace, and economic justice.

⛰️ Charles Booker's Website: https://charlesbooker.org/

0:00-9:32 Why Charles Booker Supports Medicare for All

9:32-20:42 Ending Endless War

20:42-23:10 Why Kentucky Isn’t Just a “Red State”

23:10-25:05 Why Progressive Policies Can Win in Red States

25:05-26:43 What “From the Hood to the Holler” Means

26:43-28:19 What the Left Can Learn From Mitch McConnell

28:19-33:34 Building Coalitions With Republicans

33:34-35:56 Andy Barr’s Racist Campaign

35:56-37:16 JD Vance and the Exploitation of Appalachia

37:16-42:02 Labor, Unions, and Working People

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Mark Graham is the director of the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive, and Chris Freeland is the Internet Archive’s director of library services and one of the co-authors of the new report Vanishing Culture: A Report on Our Fragile Cultural Record. Their work focuses on preserving digital materials that might otherwise disappear.

Graham and Freeland joined Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson to discuss why the internet is not forever, how digital culture vanishes through deletion, paywalls, broken links, platform decay, and corporate control, and what can be done to preserve public access to our collective cultural record.

0:00-4:59 Is the Internet Forever?

4:59-9:52 Intentional Erasure vs. Accidental Loss

9:52-14:14 What Happens When We Lose Access?

14:14-20:41 The Problem With Social Media Archives

20:41-24:39 Ownership vs. Licensing

24:39-29:52 The Truth Is Paywalled But the Lies Are Free

29:52-34:38 The Loss of Historically Significant Media

34:38-38:02 The Vanishing Culture Report

38:02-49:20 What Can We Do?

💻 Vanishing Culture Report: https://archive.org/details/vanishing-culture-2026/mode/2up

💻 Internet Archive: https://archive.org/

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Elon Musk is a miserable deadbeat whom no amount of money can make loved, cool, or happy.

🌹 Full article by Nathan J. Robinson & Alex Skopic: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/a-trillion-dollars-isnt-worth-it-if-you-have-to-be-elon-musk

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