Listen: Biden says he is ‘first black woman to serve with a black president’ ( www.telegraph.co.uk )
Top Oklahoma educator says teachers who won't teach Bible could lose license ( www.nbcnews.com )
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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 )
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....
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....
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....
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.”...
Confrontation at Asia Society: Fiery Activist Jose Vega Challenges Pottinger on US-China Policy ( m.youtube.com )
Homes are unaffordable in 80% of larger U.S. counties, analysis finds ( www.cbsnews.com )
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....
The first 6 months of 2024 were the hottest ever measured across the USA
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....
Bronx Pride March: ‘There is no pride in genocide’ ( www.workers.org )
As anti-imperialist Bronxites, we reject the bourgeois co-optation of queer revolt, the Zionist attempt to pinkwash the genocide in Gaza and the consistent pushing out of Bronxites by capitalist real estate developers....
