The Decline of Trust Among Americans Has Been National
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Biden tells Democratic governors he needs more sleep and plans to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m. ( www.cnn.com )
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13-year-old killed by police after officers say teen fled and pointed replica handgun at them | CNN ( www.cnn.com )
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....
June jobs report: US labor market adds 206,000 jobs, unemployment rate rises to 4.1% ( finance.yahoo.com )
Project 2025 leader promises 'second American Revolution' ( www.newsweek.com )
Seems like the next U.S. president could very well be their equivalent of Gorbachev.
NYT asks the important questions, does America need a president? 😂 ( www.nytimes.com )
American democracy: Voters to pick between two poisons, strychnine or cyanide ( www.presstv.ir )
In the past, Americans could argue that they possessed a vibrant democracy. But no longer. A “simple lie” was stripped bare on the world stage on June 27, exposing a “complex truth”: American “democracy” is represented by two repugnant geriatrics yelling at each other....
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....
Who’s Really in Charge ( www.kenklippenstein.com )
Homes are unaffordable in 80% of larger U.S. counties, analysis finds ( www.cbsnews.com )
Laid-off tech workers advised to sell plasma, personal belongings to survive ( www.sfgate.com )
Nina McCollum has been laid off so many times that the 55-year-old is basically an unofficial expert. That’s how she describes herself, at least....
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....
Biden’s aging is seen as accelerating; lapses described as more common ( www.washingtonpost.com )
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 )
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.”...