Samuel Alito's flag lie ( www.newsweek.com )
Supreme Court Justice Alto claimed that an inverted American flag flown at his house was not in support of "Stop the Steal", but because of an argument with neighbors....
California courts on the hunt for ‘Antifa conspiracy’ ( www.workers.org )
Lightfoot and White were the only two individuals to go to trial among the group known as the San Diego 11. In the months leading up to the trial, nine of the other protesters against the “Patriot March” in Pacific Beach all pled guilty to a variety of charges, including felony assault and unlawful use of tear gas....
Matt Taibbi & Walter Kirn on Katherine Maher and expanded FISA surveillance powers ( www.racket.news )
The civil liberties stans try to make sense of Katherine Maher, the new president of NPR, ex-CEO of Wikimedia, ex-Atlantic Council, ex-State Department, and current member of the Council of Foreign Relations. But as usual their liberal ideology doesn’t quite get them there. They see that Maher has a relationship with the...
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%....
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....
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....
Presidents Who Gamble With Nuclear Armageddon ( www.commondreams.org )
Six thousand academic workers hold one-day strike, win ( www.workers.org )
Before the strike, the academic workers held two sit-ins on campus to pressure the administration with their demands. The workers also held a joint action with Resist U.S-Led War, which organized the Palestine Solidarity Encampment at U of W....
Pigs Riot at U.C. Irvine ( clarion.unity-struggle-unity.org )
When supply creates demand: Yellen’s errors of omission ( asiatimes.com )
McKinsey Under Criminal Investigation Over Opioid-Related Consulting ( www.wsj.com )
Victory at Columbia Univ. — Now, drop all charges! ( www.workers.org )
Fourteen of the 15 remaining defendants, proudly wearing their Palestinian keffiyehs defiantly in court, turned down the ACD deal and issued a joint statement stating the reason for their decision: “We stand here today united by our action and the Palestinian cause. The state has attempted, once again, to divide us —...
UPenn graduate students, bus drivers, & legal workers are active in the class struggle today ( www.workers.org )
Along with demands for safer work conditions and fair financial compensation, GETUP-UAW is demanding disability justice, protection against harassment, equal rights for international students and just treatment for surrounding neighborhoods....
United Auto Workers celebrate Daimler victory ( www.workers.org )
Signs and chants said “Tick tock!” to send a message that time was running out for Daimler — which made record profits in 2023 — to deliver a “record contract.” The contract includes big raises, a cost-of-living adjustment, an end to unequal pay tiers and job security language.
Forget the old jokes, foreign policy was the real debate horror ( responsiblestatecraft.org )
(CW SA) Pastor Robert Morris resigns from Gateway Church after child abuse allegation ( www.nbcnews.com )
March PCE inflation, the Fed's preferred inflation measure, rises to 2.7%, above expectations of 2.6% ( www.wsj.com )
Buffalo City activists speak out at budget hearing ( www.workers.org )
Other concerns raised at the hearing included a lack of funding for social services and community resources. The Buffalo Public Schools system has had its annual funding increased by only $500,000 in the last 15 years and its administrators are planning to lay off 30 teachers and leave positions made open by retirements vacant...
Boeing Whistleblower Reportedly Claims 787 Planes Could Break Apart Mid-Air Due to Construction Flaws ( ca.news.yahoo.com )
To protest Zionism’s neocolony, seven anti-Zionist Jewish artists pull out of California Jewish museum’s exhibit ( web.archive.org )
In her own statement, one of the artists, Kate Laster, wrote: “As Jews, we refuse to allow any justification, any weaponization of our generational trauma, or to give our consent to normalize apartheid. There is power in refusal — it’s a form of honoring rebellion and imagining what cultural arts ecosystems could be like...
'If anything happens, it's not suicide': Boeing whistleblower's prediction before death ( abcnews4.com )
I guess if people travel to Xinjiang see it for themselves it kind of destroying the whole American narrative ( asia.nikkei.com )
Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands ( apnews.com )
End Capitalism Before it Ends Us ( votesocialist2024.com )
Claudia De la Cruz and Karina Garcia are running for President and Vice-President as the candidates of the Party for Socialism and Liberation. Claudia De la Cruz is a mother, popular educator and theologian born in the South Bronx who has spent her life organizing for justice for working people at home and to end U.S. empire...
An Attorney Is Going Viral for Exposing Pastors and Republicans Who Are Grooming Kids ( www.them.us )
Kristen Browde has amassed over 380,000 followers on TikTok by debunking the anti-LGBTQ+ “groomer” myth, and no one is more shocked by her success on the platform than she is. “TikTok is supposed to be this app where teenagers do dance moves, but it turns out it's an incredibly effective political organizing tool,” she...
