All-in costs for troubled F-35 fighter jet program price tag likely to top $2 trillion, GAO says ( www.washingtontimes.com )
Pentagon blows $1bn in 'unsustainable' naval campaign against Yemen ( thecradle.co )
US executive pay rises at fastest rate in 14 years ( www.ft.com )
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A heat wave currently roasting the southeastern US is expected to spread into the country’s Midwest and northeast, potentially affecting nearly 250 million people, with temperatures up to 40C. ( www.theguardian.com )
The Cybertruck: A Perfect Symbol of American Political Rot ( www.truthdig.com )
FAA investigating Southwest flight that came within 400 feet of crashing into the ocean ( www.cnn.com )
Progressive African American journalist fired for pro-Palestine stance ( www.workers.org )
The Hill’s firing of Gray was in retaliation for an interaction between her and Yarden Gonen, whose sister was allegedly taken hostage during the al-Aqsa Flood. Throughout the interview, Gray calmly and cordially disagreed with Gonen, who was espousing Islamophobic and anti-Arab bigotry, as well as repeating the debunked...
Boeing investigates quality problem on undelivered 787s ( www.reuters.com )
Washington cozies up to another dictator, hoping that he will help prevent refugees ( web.archive.org )
The self-proclaimed "world's coolest dictator," El Salvador's president Nayib Bukele, has suddenly become an OK-with-us dictator. As the Biden administration thrashes about for solutions to the so-called refugee problem, it has put criticism of dictators aside in hope that they will somehow clamp down on people fleeing... wait...
When principled Texans care for migrants, state politicians attack ( archive.is )
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Asylum lawyers are even more overworked and stressed this year than last ( www.findlaw.com )
The complex U.S. immigration system has made it difficult for refugees and asylum seekers to secure their rights without legal help. This is doubly true for people whose first language is not English....
Philadelphia mayor plans prisons for drug users ( www.workers.org )
This time around, Parker has outdone herself in her plots against the drug-using community. Her budget has earmarked $100 million to create a facility to treat Substance Use Disorder. Dubbed the “Riverview Wellness Village,” This creation will provide treatment, job training, Medication Assisted Treatments such as methadone,...
In a historic advance, Amazon Labor Union joins the Teamsters ( www.workers.org )
On June 5, the Teamsters union made this groundbreaking announcement: “In a milestone for organized labor, the Amazon Labor Union has formally affiliated with the 1.3 million-member International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The affiliation supplies renewed representation and stronger resources for Amazon workers — behind the...
Portland, Oregon: People’s Summit Against U.S.-led War ( www.workers.org )
The summit’s keynote speaker was Brandon Lee, a San Fransisco-born Indigenous rights activist who was shot and badly wounded in the Philippines during a suspected assassination attempt by the U.S.-backed Philippine government....
Texas Secessionsts Win GOP Backing for Independence Vote: 'Major Step' ( www.newsweek.com )
Joe Biden distorts D-day ( www.workers.org )
The powerhouses of [neo]imperialist propaganda — think Hollywood — present World War II and especially the Normandy landing as the Western imperialist powers’ contribution to a heroic victory of Western democracy over totalitarianism, meaning over Adolf Hitler and Nazism....
American Conservatives go mask off with their misogyny ( youtube.com )
Protesters tell Biden: ‘We are your red line’ ( www.workers.org )
Calling for an end to the war in Gaza, the demonstrators loudly told Biden: “We are your red line!”...
UC, California courts attempt to shut down student-worker strike ( www.workers.org )
“We call on the California Labor Federation and the entire labor movement to join us in fighting this calculated attack on the right to strike and on the rights of workers everywhere. We remain committed in our opposition to the U.S. war machine and the UC’s vast investments in the industries that support it. We remain...
U.S. lifts weapons ban on azov ( www.washingtonpost.com )
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West Virginians demonstrate for Palestine ( www.workers.org )
The tone of the chants was very militant, and they often connected the liberation of Palestine with the struggles against racism, national oppression and U.S. [neo]imperialism. Chants included: “Yemen, Yemen, make us proud, turn another ship around,” “From Palestine to Mexico, border walls have got to go,” and “From...
SNCF was very angry. They told the state they were leaving for North Africa, which was less politically dysfunctional. Morocco’s bullet train started service in 2018. ( www.nytimes.com )
US has the highest rate of maternal deaths among high-income nations. Norway has zero ( www.cnn.com )
Meet the pro-Zionist group that is trying to erase Palestinian history from public schools ( youchu.be )
But the greatest distortion of the ICS is that it denies the existence of Palestinian identity entirely. In its eighty‐slide curriculum, teaching the history of Arab–[settler] conflict using primary sources, there’s not one explanation or even reference to what Palestine is or what being Palestinian means in the modern...
