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<\/a>Every revolution begins quietly, then suddenly looks inevitable. Solar power was once dismissed as expensive and unreliable, but it has spent the past decade proving every sceptic wrong. Forecasts that once looked bold now look timid. With more than 600 gigawatts added in 2024 alone, solar has become the fastest-growing and cheapest source of electricity on the planet.<\/p>\n
Nowhere is that transformation more visible than in Europe. Spain\u2019s vast sunlight and Germany\u2019s relentless investment have pushed both countries to record solar generation. Even in the cloudier north, solar is becoming central to the power grid rather than a marginal addition. It\u2019s proof that technology, policy and persistence can bend the limits of geography itself. There are breadlines in America again. Not the sepia-toned kind from history books, but fresh, pixel-perfect misery: thousands of people standing in the cold, waiting for a box of pasta and canned beans while the self-proclaimed \u201cgreatest country in the world\u201d bleeds dignity on the sidewalk. The air smells like diesel, exhaustion, and the cheap coffee being passed around to volunteers who haven\u2019t slept since the last distribution run. It\u2019s 2025, and the soup line has returned \u2014 rebranded as \u201ccommunity relief.\u201d<\/p>\n And once again, the common denominator is the same malignant strain of political cruelty that keeps resurrecting itself like a virus we refuse to eradicate. Call it fiscal conservatism, call it Christian nationalism, call it MAGA \u2014 it\u2019s all the same damn thing: a theology of punishment disguised as governance<\/em>.<\/p>\n This time, there\u2019s no pandemic to blame. No act of God. The suffering is policy \u2014 a fully human, deliberately engineered hunger crisis. Trump\u2019s government has weaponized austerity like an art form, cutting food assistance with one hand while handing tax breaks to billionaires with the other. He calls it efficiency. His cronies call it patriotism. Economists call it suicide. The rest of us just call it evil<\/em>. Trump has put America into reverse Eighty-eight years ago, in his Second Inaugural Address, Franklin D. Roosevelt told America that \u201cthe test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n (Robert Reich more…)<\/a><\/p>\n … Mamdani, who is Muslim, promised to \u201cbuild a City Hall that stands steadfast alongside Jewish New Yorkers and does not waver in the fight against the scourge of antisemitism. Where the more than 1 million Muslims know that they belong\u2014not just in the five boroughs of this city, but in the halls of power.\u201d His victory has created a harsh contrast between the world we want and the world we have. … New York City\u2019s new mayor-elect also won a fighting chance to enact his ambitious housing agenda.<\/p>\n Left Jews? Or all of them? The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups \u2014 a capitulation to Trump sanctions. Dems didn\u2019t become \u201cmore socialist\u201d \u2014 they tacked toward the center, which is their key to defeating MAGA. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" curated news excerpts & citations James Eagle: Solar power keeps proving the experts wrong Every revolution begins quietly, then suddenly looks inevitable. Solar power was once dismissed as expensive and unreliable, but it has spent the past decade proving every sceptic wrong. Forecasts that once looked bold now look timid. 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\n(James Eagle more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nRook T. Winchester: Starving America on Purpose<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n(Rook T. Winchester more…)<\/a><\/p>\n![\"FDR\u2019s](\"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FDRs-Second-Inaugural-Address-1937.webp\" "\\"FDR\u2019s")
<\/a><\/p>\nRobert Reich: The True Test of our Progress<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n…<\/p>\n
\nHeather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – November 5, 2025<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n\u201cIn this new age we make for ourselves,\u201d Mamdani said, \u201cwe will refuse to allow those who traffic in division and hate to pit us against one another\u2026. Here, we believe in standing up for those we love, whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many Black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job, a single mom still waiting for the cost of groceries to go down, or anyone else with their back against the wall. Your struggle is ours, too.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nMarisa Kabas: Mayor Mamdani redefines what it means to hope<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n…
\nBut unlike past moments of resurgence\u2014the 2018 midterms, for example\u2014it\u2019s hard to feel that same unbridled joy. Part of it, I think, is that we\u2019ve simply seen too much this year; witnessed enough cruelty<\/a> for a lifetime. The other part is that some of this hard-won joy is being matched with such extreme hate and fear<\/a> that it casts a vicious pall on the spirit of celebration.
\n(Marisa Kabas more…)<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Assembly](\"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Zohran-Mamdani.avif\" "\\"Assembly")
<\/a><\/p>\nConversation: Zohran Mamdani\u2019s transformative child care plan builds on a history of NYC social innovations<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nOf all of Mamdani\u2019s campaign commitments, free high-quality child care<\/a> for every New Yorker from 6 weeks to 5 years old \u2013 while boosting child care workers\u2019 wages to match that of the city\u2019s public school teachers \u2013 could be the most transformative.
\n(Conversation more…)<\/a><\/p>\nFast Company: Zohran Mamdani actually won two elections<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nLiz Dye and Joseph Dye: 5 Dem victories you missed while celebrating Mamdani’s win<\/a><\/h2>\n
Rebecca Crosby, Noel Sims, and Judd Legum: Six election results that didn\u2019t make the headlines<\/h2>\n
\nNoah Berlatsky: The GOP War Over Which Jews to Hate<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n… I think it\u2019s clarifying to recognize that the current skirmish in the GOP is not really about whether antisemitism is acceptable in the GOP. Rather, it\u2019s about who you\u2019re allowed to use antisemitism against<\/em>.
\n(Noah Berlatsky more…)<\/a><\/p>\nBoing Boing: Heritage Foundation staff resign over leader’s defense [of] Nick Fuentes<\/a><\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nIntercept: YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n(Intercept more…)<\/a><\/p>\n![\"''Trump](\"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Trump-wasnt-on-the-ballot.webp\" "\\"''Trump")
<\/a><\/p>\nMiles Taylor: Why Trump is worried about last night<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n(Miles Taylor more…)<\/a><\/p>\nWSJ: Trump Really Was on the Ballot<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nJoyce Vance: What the Frogs Know<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nBorowitz: Trump Flees to Argentina<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nTrump Action Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\n
Timeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department\u2019s Anti-Voting Shift<\/a><\/h2>\n
Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump\u2019s Agenda<\/a><\/h2>\n
Trump Pardons Database<\/a><\/h2>\n
Project 2025 Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\n
DOGE Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\n
ProPublica: Elon Musk\u2019s Demolition Crew<\/a><\/h2>\n
Wired: 6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration\u2019s Attacks on Civil Liberties<\/a><\/h2>\n
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