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“The EU is now a War Project – a project that will either land us in permanent war, or bankrupt us further. Or both.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP52...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP52...
Yanis Varoufakis: Europe Has Become a War Project | Explosive EU Parliament Speech
YouTube video by DiEM25
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June 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
“The EU is now a War Project – a project that will either land us in permanent war, or bankrupt us further. Or both.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP52...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP52...
“What they say is, ‘The status quo is working pretty good, and we will tinker around the edges’, and that is not a message that resonates with working people”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
‘Saying Trump is dangerous is not enough’: Bernie Sanders on Biden, billionaires – and why the Democrats failed
The senator and twice Democratic presidential hopeful is on tour with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez trying to build a new progressive movement. He reveals why he thinks Republicans are scared to speak up a...
www.theguardian.com
June 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“What they say is, ‘The status quo is working pretty good, and we will tinker around the edges’, and that is not a message that resonates with working people”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Tempe changed the rules it uses to approve cooling centers, denying approval to several that operated last year and therefore giving unhoused residents fewer places to seek refuge from the heat. This summer is forecasted to be hotter than normal
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix...
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix...
The Valley’s homeless population went up again. It may get even worse
The annual Point in Time count found 9,734 unhoused people in the Valley, and a dramatic spike in those without any shelter.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Tempe changed the rules it uses to approve cooling centers, denying approval to several that operated last year and therefore giving unhoused residents fewer places to seek refuge from the heat. This summer is forecasted to be hotter than normal
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix...
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix...
Authoritarianism march is on..
Millions of legal immigrants may be left unable to work after the US Social Security Administration quietly instituted a rule change to stop automatically issuing them social security numbers
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Millions of legal immigrants may be left unable to work after the US Social Security Administration quietly instituted a rule change to stop automatically issuing them social security numbers
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Millions of legal immigrants’ lives upended after social security freeze
Program halted suddenly, leaving legal immigrants unable to work due to lack of US social security number
www.theguardian.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Authoritarianism march is on..
Millions of legal immigrants may be left unable to work after the US Social Security Administration quietly instituted a rule change to stop automatically issuing them social security numbers
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Millions of legal immigrants may be left unable to work after the US Social Security Administration quietly instituted a rule change to stop automatically issuing them social security numbers
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
With clear data and charts..
Economic opportunity remains far out of reach for many low- and middle-income (LMI) Americans, with little to no improvement in wages or the ability to achieve a minimal quality of life for most since 2001
www.lisep.org/content/majo...
Economic opportunity remains far out of reach for many low- and middle-income (LMI) Americans, with little to no improvement in wages or the ability to achieve a minimal quality of life for most since 2001
www.lisep.org/content/majo...
Majority of Americans Can't Achieve a Minimal Quality of Life, According to New Ludwig Institute Research
www.lisep.org
June 3, 2025 at 6:53 AM
With clear data and charts..
Economic opportunity remains far out of reach for many low- and middle-income (LMI) Americans, with little to no improvement in wages or the ability to achieve a minimal quality of life for most since 2001
www.lisep.org/content/majo...
Economic opportunity remains far out of reach for many low- and middle-income (LMI) Americans, with little to no improvement in wages or the ability to achieve a minimal quality of life for most since 2001
www.lisep.org/content/majo...
So much for nature …
Millions of acres of Alaska wilderness will lose federal protections and be exposed to drilling and mining in the Trump administration’s latest move to prioritize energy production over the shielding of the US’s open spaces
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Millions of acres of Alaska wilderness will lose federal protections and be exposed to drilling and mining in the Trump administration’s latest move to prioritize energy production over the shielding of the US’s open spaces
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump officials open up millions of acres in Alaska to drilling and mining
Doug Burgum says Biden order that banned drilling in 23m-acre National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska will be reversed
www.theguardian.com
June 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
So much for nature …
Millions of acres of Alaska wilderness will lose federal protections and be exposed to drilling and mining in the Trump administration’s latest move to prioritize energy production over the shielding of the US’s open spaces
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Millions of acres of Alaska wilderness will lose federal protections and be exposed to drilling and mining in the Trump administration’s latest move to prioritize energy production over the shielding of the US’s open spaces
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
..no shortcuts to building the kind of popular power necessary to shift from defense to offense. The task is a generational one, requiring even greater discipline, sacrifice, perseverance and patience. .. the past offers clues.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to fight back against Trump? Look to poor people’s movements | Rev Dr Liz Theoharis and Noam Sandweiss-Back
Anti-poverty activism has provided a model for transformational power, based on four strategic principles
www.theguardian.com
June 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
..no shortcuts to building the kind of popular power necessary to shift from defense to offense. The task is a generational one, requiring even greater discipline, sacrifice, perseverance and patience. .. the past offers clues.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
ICE in full tactical gear raid San Diego restaurants—throw flashbang grenades into crowd.
Agents "They handcuffed everybody. The first ten minutes, they don’t give any explanation."
Customers surrounded the agents—calling them fascists
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fF1...
Agents "They handcuffed everybody. The first ten minutes, they don’t give any explanation."
Customers surrounded the agents—calling them fascists
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fF1...
Federal immigration agents raid San Diego restaurants
YouTube video by CBS 8 San Diego
www.youtube.com
June 1, 2025 at 9:09 AM
ICE in full tactical gear raid San Diego restaurants—throw flashbang grenades into crowd.
Agents "They handcuffed everybody. The first ten minutes, they don’t give any explanation."
Customers surrounded the agents—calling them fascists
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fF1...
Agents "They handcuffed everybody. The first ten minutes, they don’t give any explanation."
Customers surrounded the agents—calling them fascists
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fF1...
Protecting human rights? NOT
“They were so eager to speak with us and share sickening stories about things like lack of access to basics like food and water or essential medical care when they are in crisis,” Ansari said.
ktar.com/immigration/...
“They were so eager to speak with us and share sickening stories about things like lack of access to basics like food and water or essential medical care when they are in crisis,” Ansari said.
ktar.com/immigration/...
Yassamin Ansari shares Arizona migrant detainees' stories
U.S. Rep. Yassamin Ansari said she heard “sickening” stories from detainees during a surprise visit to an Arizona immigration detention center.
ktar.com
May 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Protecting human rights? NOT
“They were so eager to speak with us and share sickening stories about things like lack of access to basics like food and water or essential medical care when they are in crisis,” Ansari said.
ktar.com/immigration/...
“They were so eager to speak with us and share sickening stories about things like lack of access to basics like food and water or essential medical care when they are in crisis,” Ansari said.
ktar.com/immigration/...
If mass deportations go forward as promised, growers and ranchers will be even more desperate for these workers. Undocumented workers compose about 40% of the agricultural workforce
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump has no plan for who will grow US food: ‘There is just flat out nobody to work’
Farms rely on seasonal workers and undocumented immigrants, but the Republican’s plans to fill the gap would ‘legalize oppression’, advocates say
www.theguardian.com
May 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
If mass deportations go forward as promised, growers and ranchers will be even more desperate for these workers. Undocumented workers compose about 40% of the agricultural workforce
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Water, water..everywhere.
Nor a drop to drink
Meanwhile, underground water supplies continue to shrink to the point that some wells in rural areas have gone dry. Residents are faced with the choice of drilling deeper, hauling water or moving
www.kjzz.org/politics/202...
Nor a drop to drink
Meanwhile, underground water supplies continue to shrink to the point that some wells in rural areas have gone dry. Residents are faced with the choice of drilling deeper, hauling water or moving
www.kjzz.org/politics/202...
No water deal in sight as legislative session drags on. Hobbs said she'll take action on her own
Talks have stalled and frustration has mounted as both sides try to find a solution to conserve water that's increasingly becoming more scarce amid a prolonged drought.
www.kjzz.org
May 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Water, water..everywhere.
Nor a drop to drink
Meanwhile, underground water supplies continue to shrink to the point that some wells in rural areas have gone dry. Residents are faced with the choice of drilling deeper, hauling water or moving
www.kjzz.org/politics/202...
Nor a drop to drink
Meanwhile, underground water supplies continue to shrink to the point that some wells in rural areas have gone dry. Residents are faced with the choice of drilling deeper, hauling water or moving
www.kjzz.org/politics/202...
..elected Democrats consider social movements subordinate to their electoral work.
Campaigns and candidates should be subordinated to progressive social movements, not the other way around.
scheerpost.com/2025/05/21/h...
Campaigns and candidates should be subordinated to progressive social movements, not the other way around.
scheerpost.com/2025/05/21/h...
How to Fight Trump Without Caving to Corporatists
Campaigns and candidates should be subordinated to progressive social movements, not the other way around. That’s how we win. Change doesn’t come from the top.
scheerpost.com
May 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
..elected Democrats consider social movements subordinate to their electoral work.
Campaigns and candidates should be subordinated to progressive social movements, not the other way around.
scheerpost.com/2025/05/21/h...
Campaigns and candidates should be subordinated to progressive social movements, not the other way around.
scheerpost.com/2025/05/21/h...
Financialization in real estate ..
Corporate landlords are buying up more of the state’s single-family homes
Blackstone, Progress Residential, and Amherst Holdings — use hundreds of different names and addresses to obscure their ownership.
www.gpb.org/news/2025/05...
Corporate landlords are buying up more of the state’s single-family homes
Blackstone, Progress Residential, and Amherst Holdings — use hundreds of different names and addresses to obscure their ownership.
www.gpb.org/news/2025/05...
Metro Atlanta has highest rate of corporate home ownership, says Georgia State researcher
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff gave updates on an investigation into corporate home ownership rates across Georgia — a practice experts say has made it harder for individuals to buy affordable housing.
www.gpb.org
May 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Financialization in real estate ..
Corporate landlords are buying up more of the state’s single-family homes
Blackstone, Progress Residential, and Amherst Holdings — use hundreds of different names and addresses to obscure their ownership.
www.gpb.org/news/2025/05...
Corporate landlords are buying up more of the state’s single-family homes
Blackstone, Progress Residential, and Amherst Holdings — use hundreds of different names and addresses to obscure their ownership.
www.gpb.org/news/2025/05...
Masks, hoods, refuse to identify ... seen this before.
“My client has no criminal history; he entered the U.S. through the CBP program,” .. when federal agents grabbed him from the court.
azmirror.com/2025/05/21/m...
“My client has no criminal history; he entered the U.S. through the CBP program,” .. when federal agents grabbed him from the court.
azmirror.com/2025/05/21/m...
May 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Masks, hoods, refuse to identify ... seen this before.
“My client has no criminal history; he entered the U.S. through the CBP program,” .. when federal agents grabbed him from the court.
azmirror.com/2025/05/21/m...
“My client has no criminal history; he entered the U.S. through the CBP program,” .. when federal agents grabbed him from the court.
azmirror.com/2025/05/21/m...
The illusion of creativity and democracy..
AI ventures, like those of other tech billionaires, aim not at expanding human creativity but enclosing it within profit-driven, automated systems designed to concentrate power.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
AI ventures, like those of other tech billionaires, aim not at expanding human creativity but enclosing it within profit-driven, automated systems designed to concentrate power.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The trouble with AI art isn’t just lack of originality. It’s something far bigger | Eric Reinhart
When artwork is invented by a machine, it loses its most important power: to help people connect. In an already lonely era, that is particularly dangerous
www.theguardian.com
May 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The illusion of creativity and democracy..
AI ventures, like those of other tech billionaires, aim not at expanding human creativity but enclosing it within profit-driven, automated systems designed to concentrate power.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
AI ventures, like those of other tech billionaires, aim not at expanding human creativity but enclosing it within profit-driven, automated systems designed to concentrate power.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity: “The bottom 60% of U.S. households don’t make enough money to afford a “minimal quality of life.”
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LISEP Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity
LISEP’s mission is to help achieve shared economic prosperity for all Americans, particularly for middle- and low-income families. Our focus is fact-based economic and policy research.
lisep.org
May 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity: “The bottom 60% of U.S. households don’t make enough money to afford a “minimal quality of life.”
lisep.org/mql?fbclid=I...
lisep.org/mql?fbclid=I...
“We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.”
– Goethe
www.counterpunch.org/2025/05/16/s...
– Goethe
www.counterpunch.org/2025/05/16/s...
Roaming Charges: Sturm und Drang Warnings
As a parable from the past to help us come to grips with our perilous present, you could do worse than screen Storm Warning, the 1951 noir that may be the most unlikely Klan movie ever made. It featur...
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May 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
“We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.”
– Goethe
www.counterpunch.org/2025/05/16/s...
– Goethe
www.counterpunch.org/2025/05/16/s...
For only the second time in three decades, the number of measles cases in the United States has surpassed 1,000 in a calendar year, with no sign of new cases slowing down any time soon.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
truthout.org/articles/100...
1,000 Measles Cases in the US, But Few Solutions From RFK Jr.
Three people have died so far in the US, the highest number of yearly deaths since 1992.
truthout.org
May 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
For only the second time in three decades, the number of measles cases in the United States has surpassed 1,000 in a calendar year, with no sign of new cases slowing down any time soon.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
truthout.org/articles/100...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
truthout.org/articles/100...
A win for democracy/compassion over anger and corruption.
"The City of Tempe dropped a criminal charge it brought against a local activist ..
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/tempe-d...
"The City of Tempe dropped a criminal charge it brought against a local activist ..
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/tempe-d...
Tempe drops charge against man it cited for feeding the homeless
After a year of ramped-up enforcement against the unhoused and people who help them, is Tempe changing its tune?
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
A win for democracy/compassion over anger and corruption.
"The City of Tempe dropped a criminal charge it brought against a local activist ..
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/tempe-d...
"The City of Tempe dropped a criminal charge it brought against a local activist ..
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/tempe-d...
A family thing ...
After his father was elected president, Donald Trump Jr. made a career move that seemed a bit odd. He became a partner in a small investment startup called 1789 Capital.
Its portfolio has begun to blossom.
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
After his father was elected president, Donald Trump Jr. made a career move that seemed a bit odd. He became a partner in a small investment startup called 1789 Capital.
Its portfolio has begun to blossom.
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
MSN
www.msn.com
May 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
A family thing ...
After his father was elected president, Donald Trump Jr. made a career move that seemed a bit odd. He became a partner in a small investment startup called 1789 Capital.
Its portfolio has begun to blossom.
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
After his father was elected president, Donald Trump Jr. made a career move that seemed a bit odd. He became a partner in a small investment startup called 1789 Capital.
Its portfolio has begun to blossom.
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
No matter the affiliation…same.
Newsom has escalated efforts to force local governments into action since the 2024 supreme court decision, warning counties that he could withhold state support if they did not do more sweeps.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Newsom has escalated efforts to force local governments into action since the 2024 supreme court decision, warning counties that he could withhold state support if they did not do more sweeps.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Newsom calls on California cities to ban homeless encampments ‘without delay’
Governor announces new ordinance to address ‘persistent’ camps as he intensifies crackdown on worsening crisis
www.theguardian.com
May 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
No matter the affiliation…same.
Newsom has escalated efforts to force local governments into action since the 2024 supreme court decision, warning counties that he could withhold state support if they did not do more sweeps.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Newsom has escalated efforts to force local governments into action since the 2024 supreme court decision, warning counties that he could withhold state support if they did not do more sweeps.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Dealing with a bully….
In other words, the president has caved. He may have been swayed by market wobbles but it seems more plausible that dire warnings from retailers about empty shelves – backed up by data showing shipments into US ports collapsing
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
In other words, the president has caved. He may have been swayed by market wobbles but it seems more plausible that dire warnings from retailers about empty shelves – backed up by data showing shipments into US ports collapsing
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump might claim China tariff victory – but this is Capitulation Day | Heather Stewart
The president’s retreat suggests he might negotiate elsewhere, but leaves corrosive uncertainty in its wake
www.theguardian.com
May 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Dealing with a bully….
In other words, the president has caved. He may have been swayed by market wobbles but it seems more plausible that dire warnings from retailers about empty shelves – backed up by data showing shipments into US ports collapsing
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
In other words, the president has caved. He may have been swayed by market wobbles but it seems more plausible that dire warnings from retailers about empty shelves – backed up by data showing shipments into US ports collapsing
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
All that winning .....
Americans are reconsidering major life events including marriage, having children and buying a home amid economic anxiety in the opening months of the Trump presidency.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Americans are reconsidering major life events including marriage, having children and buying a home amid economic anxiety in the opening months of the Trump presidency.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Americans putting life on hold amid economic anxiety under Trump, poll shows
Harris poll for Guardian finds people reconsidering major life events such as having children or buying a home
www.theguardian.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
All that winning .....
Americans are reconsidering major life events including marriage, having children and buying a home amid economic anxiety in the opening months of the Trump presidency.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Americans are reconsidering major life events including marriage, having children and buying a home amid economic anxiety in the opening months of the Trump presidency.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The war on the poor continues ..
AZ House Bill 2803 would call for hotels to post signs, notifying visitors that the business caters to homeless people, recommends that guests lock their doors and report concerns to local law enforcement.
azcapitoltimes.com/news/2025/05...
AZ House Bill 2803 would call for hotels to post signs, notifying visitors that the business caters to homeless people, recommends that guests lock their doors and report concerns to local law enforcement.
azcapitoltimes.com/news/2025/05...
Legislature approves warning signs for hotels that host homeless people | Arizona Capitol Times
A bill requiring hotels serving homeless people to display signs alerting the general public passed the Legislature on May 6.
azcapitoltimes.com
May 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The war on the poor continues ..
AZ House Bill 2803 would call for hotels to post signs, notifying visitors that the business caters to homeless people, recommends that guests lock their doors and report concerns to local law enforcement.
azcapitoltimes.com/news/2025/05...
AZ House Bill 2803 would call for hotels to post signs, notifying visitors that the business caters to homeless people, recommends that guests lock their doors and report concerns to local law enforcement.
azcapitoltimes.com/news/2025/05...
Considering the AZ State Legislature….
Unofficially, it's lawmakers' spring break — many are probably pounding margaritas on some lobbyist's tab at a beachside bar somewhere.
www.arizonaagenda.com/p/legislativ...
Unofficially, it's lawmakers' spring break — many are probably pounding margaritas on some lobbyist's tab at a beachside bar somewhere.
www.arizonaagenda.com/p/legislativ...
Legislative spring break!
Halftime at the Capitol ... We've had enough ... And they're so ethical.
www.arizonaagenda.com
May 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Considering the AZ State Legislature….
Unofficially, it's lawmakers' spring break — many are probably pounding margaritas on some lobbyist's tab at a beachside bar somewhere.
www.arizonaagenda.com/p/legislativ...
Unofficially, it's lawmakers' spring break — many are probably pounding margaritas on some lobbyist's tab at a beachside bar somewhere.
www.arizonaagenda.com/p/legislativ...