Listen: Biden says he is ‘first black woman to serve with a black president’ ( www.telegraph.co.uk )
Biden tells Democratic governors he needs more sleep and plans to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m. ( www.cnn.com )
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....
U.S. Supreme Court decided that the US Constitution does not protect homeless people against cruel and unusual punishment ( homelesslaw.org )
In a profoundly disappointing ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court today decided that the US Constitution does not protect homeless people against cruel and unusual punishment, even when they have no choice to sleep in public using things like blankets or pillows....
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.
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....
Axios just comes out and says that US is ruled by an oligarchy ( www.axios.com )
Who’s Really in Charge ( www.kenklippenstein.com )
Suicides rates among US construction and mine workers at alarming levels ( www.wsws.org )
An analysis published last December by the CDC, based on data collected in 2021, reported that the suicide rates in these industries are nearly double the average of all occupations and the highest of 20 industry groups examined....
NYT asks the important questions, does America need a president? 😂 ( www.nytimes.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....
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.”...
Oh No, Now The US Has To Stop Imprisoning Ex-Presidents For Their Crimes! ( caitlinjohnstone.com.au )
Debate merely (re)exposes two enemies of the people ( www.workers.org )
It was telling, however, that for one issue Biden forcefully defended his foreign policy against Trump’s. That exception concerned NATO and the proxy war in Ukraine against Russia, which Biden backed 100%....
New York City: Solidarity with the Kenyan, Haitian masses ( www.workers.org )
Jason Cohen of Friends of Swazi Freedom noted that the Kenyan police killed at least 20 people on the day they stormed parliament protesting the finance bill and that on June 27 they reportedly killed 250 people as they left a protest....
US Supreme Court Says Trump Immune From Prosecution for Official Acts ( sputnikglobe.com )
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US Supreme Court said on Monday that former US President Donald Trump can claim immunity from prosecution on election subversion charges as it relates to official acts as president, although he could still face prosecution for unofficial acts....
Oregon’s striking nurses: ‘Patients over profits’ ( www.workers.org )
Providence, one of Oregon’s largest corporations, owns one-quarter of Oregon’s health care market. The yearly income of Providence CEOs has risen to $10 million. The nurses are being offered a 7% raise the first year and only 3% in subsequent years, less than the annual rate of inflation....
Amazon Labor Union, Teamsters take on world’s largest online retailer ( www.workers.org )
The affiliation agreement gives the ALU the exclusive right to organize other New York City area Amazon facilities into the Teamsters union, which has pledged an initial $8 million toward that effort....
