Inside China-Focused Congressional Hearings, Panic, Paranoia, and Hypocrisy Reign ( original.antiwar.com )
Nearly all AT&T cell customers’ call and text records exposed in a massive breach ( www.cnn.com )
The Pentagon’s $52,000 trash can ( responsiblestatecraft.org )
NEA Educators for Palestine call on union to un-endorse Biden ( www.workers.org )
Members of Educators for Palestine had already introduced their NBIs for consideration and a vote by NEA members. They seek to educate union members on the crisis for Palestinians under [neocolonial] occupation. This includes having the NEA “use its digital communication tools to educate about the history of the Nakba.”...
US Air Force fleet’s mission-capable rates are stagnating. ( www.airforcetimes.com )
US workers in debt to buy groceries - 'I had to downgrade my life' ( www.bbc.com )
Seymour Hersh: The Foreign Policy Biden is Putting On the Ballot ( seymourhersh.substack.com )
Hard paywall....
Storm Beryl kills three, knocks out power for 2.7 million in Texas ( www.reuters.com )
July 8 (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Beryl brought howling winds and torrential rain to southeast Texas on Monday, killing at least three people, flooding highways, closing oil ports, canceling more than 1,300 flights and knocking out power to more than 2.7 million homes and businesses....
Supreme Court ruling criminalizes homelessness ( www.workers.org )
Homelessness has been increasing exponentially in Oregon since the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent cost-of-living crises. There are not enough accommodations for the large homeless population, and as a result unsheltered homelessness is the fastest growing form of homelessness in Oregon....
Antidemocratic Supreme Court rules that Trump is above the law ( www.workers.org )
On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court declared that presidents have “absolute immunity” from prosecution. These nine appointed justices declared that any sitting and former president’s actions are officially above the law, just two weeks before Trump’s scheduled July 11 sentencing. In an effort to gaslight the people of...
The White House won't explain why a Parkinsons' specialist visited 8 times in 8 months ( www.businessinsider.com )
10-year-olds found working at McDonald’s until 2 a.m. ( www.axios.com )
Cost of Sentinel ICBM Swells Again to $214 Million a Missile: Sentinel projected to cost 81% more than originally forecast ( www.bloomberg.com )
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....
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....