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Trump Nominates Palantir Executive to Head Cybersecurity Agency
As NextGov/FCW reported Monday night, the White House has nominated Michael LoSapio, the chief information security officer for software giant Palantir Technologies, to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which operates under the Department of Homeland Security.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-palantir

House Republicans block effort to impeach Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth
Thomas Massie, a Republican congressman who lost his primary after breaking with the president, had proposed impeaching Hegseth in September, alleging an array of illegal acts, including killing civilians in Iran, launching unauthorized operations in Venezuela and Yemen, and retaliating against a Democratic senator.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/10/pete-hegseth-impeachment-effort

US consumer prices rise briskly for third straight month
US consumer prices increased more than expected in October amid higher costs for food and accommodation, cementing expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next month. The Consumer Price Index report from the Labor Department on Tuesday also showed ​a strong buildup of underlying inflation pressures for a third straight month. It followed data last week showing the labor market regained momentum in October.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-consumer-prices-rise-above-expectations-october-2026-11-10/

Bernie Sanders says he will not back Schumer for Senate Democratic leader
“I personally have known Chuck Schumer for over 30 years, and I like Chuck. Nobody who works harder than Chuck Schumer. But in my view, the time is now for change, and I will not be supporting Chuck to be re-elected as the Democratic leader,” Sanders told reporters on Capitol Hill.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/10/bernie-sanders-chuck-schumer-senate-democrats

NYPD cops regularly harass NYCHA residents by waving flashlights to break up crowds: report
“Residents report that when they are simply hanging out in common areas or directly in front of their own buildings — socializing, getting fresh air or relaxing in the evening — officers will position themselves nearby and remain in the area for extended periods, at times shining flashlights around the space,” the report says. The officer do not necessarily conduct a formal stop or check IDs, the report notes.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/11/09/nypd-cops-regularly-harass-nycha-residents-by-waving-flashlights-to-break-up-crowds-report/
https://archive.ph/C3C0u

LA Councilmember Pushes Citywide Bathroom Plan as Just 4 Replacements Operate
Councilmember Nithya Raman introduced the motion in October, according to Yahoo News, calling for more public toilets, handwashing stations and drinking-water facilities throughout the city. The motion asks for a report back within 60 days with recommendations for expanding restroom access and identifying funding, per the same report. The motion also seeks permanent funding for existing bathrooms in Skid Row.
https://hoodline.com/2026/11/la-councilmember-pushes-citywide-bathroom-plan-as-just-4-replacements-operate/
https://archive.ph/58cyU

ICE Agent Falsely Accused Federal Defender of Helping Client Evade Arrest and Deportation
Assistant Federal Defender Michael Deates and his Salvadoran client settled inside the Minneapolis courtroom on April 28. ICE Deportation Officer Michael O’Neal sat inside the gallery when he heard a familiar name: Ezequiel Portillo-Rodriguez. He pulled out his government phone and then searched for the name. A Certificate of Nonexistence (CTNE) that he filed in April 2025 popped up. To O’Neal, this meant that there were no official records of Portillo-Rodriguez ever holding a visa, green card or U.S. citizenship. He texted agent Blake Willwerscheid, asking if he knew about the case. Willwersheid told him that Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent Brubaker was in charge of the case. A prosecutor later testified that this HSI Agent thought he was talking to an agent Witt in St. Paul. Had O’Neal looked through court records he would have found something more relevant than a CTNE. On Sept. 2, 2025, Portillo-Rodriguez started his six-month stint inside the notorious Golden State Annex in McFarland, Ca. He filed an asylum claim while inside the private immigration jail run by GEO Group. Attorneys wrote that Portillo-Rodriguez had a “fear of persecution and torture” if he were deported back to El Salvador. Two weeks later an asylum officer denied this claim. An immigration judge overturned that denial on November 7, 2025, finding his fears credible.
https://unicornriot.ninja/2026/ice-agent-falsely-accused-federal-defender-of-helping-client-evade-arrest-and-deportation/

( assembly.org.ua ) Ukraine’s internal aggressor seeks a counteroffensive in the social war: some clarifications for anarchism abroad after the riot near Kiev
Following the anti-busification protests that took place over the summer in Kiev and cities in Western Ukraine, the flame of unrest has flared up with renewed intensity. Ukrainian masses have tried to strike back at those who, since 2014, had come to view themselves as an untouchable, sacred caste—a "master race" (on a financial leash of the country’s biggest capitalist, Rinat Akhmetov). Those in Ukraine who had arrogated to themselves the right to speak on behalf of its civil society are now gripped by fear and rage toward those who dared to challenge their monopoly. A new spark of rebellion flared up on November 2 at 7-A Sunny Street in the village of Petropavlovskaya Borshchagovka (Petropavlivska Borshchahivka). A mobilized man named Andriy Kuleshov had escaped from the 52nd International Assault Regiment "Forge" (military unit 3121)—part of the 1st Corpse of the National Guard "Azov"—and, after his recapture, was held in a private house of this village that had been put up for sale by Sense Bank. According to the unit commander, the unrest began following an attempt to free Kuleshov for $7,000. A 49-year-old plastic surgeon, Valentyna Moloda, arrived at the property in a private ambulance, alleging that men were being held illegally and tortured inside the building. Then, on trial, she stated that she had not intended to incite any provocation; instead, she had come to help persons allegedly being held against their will, acting on a request from a woman who had told her about a man being tortured in an undisclosed location. Moloda denies demanding money for the release of the recruits, maintaining that the sum in question was intended to cover the costs of a private medical evacuation.
https://libcom.org/article/ukraines-internal-aggressor-seeks-counteroffensive-social-war-some-clarifications-anarchism

Antonio Gramsci; Democracy and fascism
In what sense should one say that fascism and democracy are two aspects of a single reality, two different forms of a single activity: the activity which the bourgeois class carries out to halt the proletarian class on its path? The assertion of this truth is contained in the theses of the Communist International, but only in Italy does the history of the last few years gives an unambiguous proof of it. In Italy, in the last few years, there has been a perfect division of labour between fascism and democracy. It became clear after the War that it was impossible for the Italian bourgeoisie to go on ruling with a democratic system. Yet before the War, Italian democracy had already been a fairly singular system. It was a system which knew neither economic freedom nor substantial political freedoms; which strove through corruption and violence to prevent any free development of new forces, whether they committed themselves in advance to the existing framework of the State or not; and which restricted the ruling class to a minority incapable of maintaining its position without the active assistance of the policeman and the carabiniere. In the Italian democratic system, before the War, each year several dozen workers fell in the streets; and peasants were sent to pick grapes in some places with muzzles on, for fear they might taste the fruit. Democracy, for the peasants and workers, consisted only in the fact that at the base they had the possibility of creating a network of organizations and developing these, strand by strand, to the point where they included the majority of decisive elements of the working class. Even this very simple fact implied a death-sentence for the democratic system. The post-war crisis made it explicit. The existence and development of a class organization of the workers create a state of affairs which cannot be remedied, either through the State violence which every democratic order permits itself, or with a systematic use of the method of political corruption of leaders. This could be seen in Italy after the first elections held under universal suffrage and with proportional representation. 117 After these, the democratic bourgeoisie felt impotent to solve the problem of how to prevent power slipping from its grasp. Despite the wishes of the leaders, and notwithstanding the absence of conscious guidance, the workers' movement could not fail to advance and achieve decisive developments.
https://marxistleninists.org/Reference/Antonio%20Gramsci/democracy_fascism.htm

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