NEA Educators for Palestine call on union to un-endorse Biden ( www.workers.org )
Members of Educators for Palestine had already introduced their NBIs for consideration and a vote by NEA members. They seek to educate union members on the crisis for Palestinians under [neocolonial] occupation. This includes having the NEA “use its digital communication tools to educate about the history of the Nakba.”...
US Air Force fleet’s mission-capable rates are stagnating. ( www.airforcetimes.com )
10-year-olds found working at McDonald’s until 2 a.m. ( www.axios.com )
Supreme Court ruling criminalizes homelessness ( www.workers.org )
Homelessness has been increasing exponentially in Oregon since the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent cost-of-living crises. There are not enough accommodations for the large homeless population, and as a result unsheltered homelessness is the fastest growing form of homelessness in Oregon....
US workers in debt to buy groceries - 'I had to downgrade my life' ( www.bbc.com )
Seymour Hersh: The Foreign Policy Biden is Putting On the Ballot ( seymourhersh.substack.com )
Hard paywall....
Storm Beryl kills three, knocks out power for 2.7 million in Texas ( www.reuters.com )
July 8 (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Beryl brought howling winds and torrential rain to southeast Texas on Monday, killing at least three people, flooding highways, closing oil ports, canceling more than 1,300 flights and knocking out power to more than 2.7 million homes and businesses....
Antidemocratic Supreme Court rules that Trump is above the law ( www.workers.org )
On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court declared that presidents have “absolute immunity” from prosecution. These nine appointed justices declared that any sitting and former president’s actions are officially above the law, just two weeks before Trump’s scheduled July 11 sentencing. In an effort to gaslight the people of...
The White House won't explain why a Parkinsons' specialist visited 8 times in 8 months ( www.businessinsider.com )
Beryl to intensify as deadly storm barrels towards Texas coast ( www.aljazeera.com )
While no deaths were reported in Mexico, Beryl killed at least 11 people across the Caribbean after its strong winds and heavy rains lashed Jamaica, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and northern Venezuela....
Cost of Sentinel ICBM Swells Again to $214 Million a Missile: Sentinel projected to cost 81% more than originally forecast ( www.bloomberg.com )
Philadelphia: Police attack pro-Palestine march ( www.workers.org )
The pro-Palestine rally was called on the U.S. Independence Day holiday to focus on [neo]imperialism’s support for [Herzlianism]. The rally gathered at Rittenhouse Square near Walnut and 19th streets starting at 6 p.m., and nearly 1,000 people participated in the march that followed. Militant chants and a lead banner called...
Community outrage over Utica police killing of teenager ( www.workers.org )
Mway and a friend were profiled, stopped and frisked by Utica police. A terrified Mway fled the encounter. He feared for his life, as many people of color do when they are stopped by police....
NYT asks the important questions, does America need a president? 😂 ( www.nytimes.com )
June jobs report: US labor market adds 206,000 jobs, unemployment rate rises to 4.1% ( finance.yahoo.com )
Biden’s aging is seen as accelerating; lapses described as more common ( www.washingtonpost.com )
Listen: Biden says he is ‘first black woman to serve with a black president’ ( www.telegraph.co.uk )
The SCOTUS is complicit in destroying the environment, waging class war against us ( www.workers.org )
Also on June 28, the same far-right SCOTUS justices responsible for the EPA decision overturned a landmark 40-year-old ruling that became known as the “Chevron” doctrine. The Chevron doctrine came out of a 1984 SCOTUS decision in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council....
‘Nurses Against Genocide’ protest the American Nurses Association’s silence ( www.workers.org )
One of the organizers who participated in the action said: “We coordinated online from different states. All of us are full-time, working nurses who participate in activism regularly, including staging actions like this one. Not everyone could make it in person, but there were nurses from across the country who helped outline...
The UAW Strike May Have Finally Set Us Up for a General Strike ( www.teenvogue.com )
Biden tells Democratic governors he needs more sleep and plans to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m. ( www.cnn.com )
More troops are quitting the military over Gaza ( youchu.be )
Over one hundred activists gathered at Harvard Square to shut down Elbit Systems ( www.workers.org )
At the rally an organizer called for further direct action in the U.S. imperial core: “We are here, because we absolutely have to be, because this genocide is being carried out with our dollars, in our name, by entities, by companies that we do not have to let keep operating, that we can close down.”...
US Ports Warn White House of ‘Grave’ Economic Risks With China Crane Tariff ( www.bloomberg.com )
US ports are urging the Biden administration to reconsider a proposed 25% tariff on Chinese-made cranes, arguing it will increase costs by over $130 million and hurt their competitiveness. They argue there are no alternatives to Chinese cranes and the tariff will negatively impact efficiency, capacity, and the overall economy....