Five reasons American decline appears irreversible ( thehill.com )
ICE’s Use of Solitary Confinement “Only Increasing” Under Biden ( theintercept.com )
Mudslides, flash flooding threaten tens of millions in California ( www.usatoday.com )
US did not properly track more than $1 billion worth of weapons sent to Ukraine, watchdog report finds ( www.cnn.com )
The debt explosion: How neoliberalism fuels debt crises ( geopoliticaleconomy.com )
New poll spells trouble for US military recruitment woes ( www.newsweek.com )
Secret US spying program targeted top Venezuelan officials, flouting international law ( apnews.com )
US officials: "We realize that efforts, implied or explicit, to shape or change the PRC over several decades did not succeed" ( www.whitehouse.gov )
Biden sure sounds a lot like Trump when talking about the border ( apnews.com )
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Only 44% of Americans can afford a $1,000 emergency expense, says Bankrate. What this illustrates is that over half the working population in US is now living on subsistence wages. ( www.kiro7.com )
The number of homeless people in America grew in 2023 as high cost of living took a toll ( www.usatoday.com )
In the 2023, homelessness in US has reached new heights....
Half of US tenants can’t afford to pay their rent. Here’s what’s ahead ( www.cnn.com )
US has no evidence that Iran is responsible for the attack, it’s an assumption 🤡 ( www.defense.gov )
Q: Just to follow up, you said Iran was behind the attack. What does that mean? Have -- have you seen evidence of financing or directing, anything specific (inaudible) not just in -- generally but specifically?...
Biden charged with genocide in US Federal Court ( peoplesdispatch.org )
Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands ( apnews.com )
American men are stuck in what’s been dubbed a friendship recession, with 20 percent of single men now saying they don’t have any close friends. ( www.pbs.org )
As Biden vows retaliation after drone strike kills US troops, Republicans push for bigger response. Looks like US is headed for another forever war. ( abcnews.go.com )
Sentinel setbacks expose aged and decrepit US nukes ( asiatimes.com )
Odds of US Bank Failures Rise with Office Space Loan Losses, Fed Interest Rate Mismanagement ( www.nakedcapitalism.com )
Closing the 'Collapse Gap': the USSR was better prepared for collapse than the US ( www.resilience.org )
One of the largest unions in the United States just called for a ceasefire in Gaza ( peoplesdispatch.org )
As folks freeze to death in Milwaukee, Ohio pastor charged for offering shelter ( www.jsonline.com )
"Are they stopping the Houthis? No. Are they gonna continue? Yes," Biden told reporters aboard Air Force One. 🤡 ( www.reuters.com )
McDonald’s, KFC, Burger King and Wendy’s Rely on Alabama Prison “Slavery” ( truthout.org )
Incarcerated Alabamans and labor organizations have filed a federal class action lawsuit to dismantle the forced prison labor system in the state, which rakes in $450 million annually from leasing incarcerated people to companies like McDonald’s, KFC, Burger King and Wendy’s....