Raid on Kansas Paper Shows Perilous State of Free Press (fair.org)
The reason, according to news reports, seems fairly petty, sparked by the complaints of local restaurateur Kari Newell, who had demanded that Meyer and a reporter be removed from an event with area Congressmember Jake LaTurner (R.-Kansas). She alleged later that the paper had unlawfully obtained personal records showing that...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Accidentally made a Biden campaign video (imgur.com)
Joe Biden approves of this message....
Hunter Biden's lawyer claims he has proof J6 masterminds also 'fabricated' laptop lies (www.rawstory.com)
“There are some things I can’t talk about, unlike the grifters. I have to have transparency and verification to stand up in a court of law, but I can tell you this,” [Former Republican Rep. Denver] Riggleman continued. "What we want to look at first is the data out there purported to be Hunter Biden’s laptop, and we...
Texas GOP tries to argue that the Rio Grande is simultaneously nothing and also super important (apnews.com)
In a hearing before the 5th Circuit court of appeals, lawyers on behalf of Texas tried to argue both that the giant buoys the state has deployed in the Rio Grande are necessary to ward off an “invasion” of immigrants, and that the Rio Grande is more of a creek than a river—because if it is “navigable” then the federal...
Nakba commemorated in Seattle (www.workers.org)
On May 11, in downtown Seattle, 2,000 demonstrators marched and rallied to remember Nakba Day, chanting: “From the River to the Sea, Palestine is almost Free!”...
CEO of Palantir: “If we lose the intellectual debate, you will not be able to deploy any army in the West, ever.” (www.workers.org)
Far exceeding the accumulated endowments are funds directly pumped into universities by the Department of Defense. These research and development grants dominate the budget of entire departments, especially in STEM — science, technology, engineering, mathematics — fields....
Biden's tariffs on China expose US hypocrisy on 'free trade' & tech subsidies (www.youtube.com)
Biden announces new tariffs on Chinese EVs, semiconductors, solar cells and more (lemmygrad.ml)
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Bronx, New York: Marchers deliver protest letter to Rep. Ritchie Torres (www.workers.org)
The second part took place when the activists and health care workers marched to Fordham Plaza for a rally, where they were joined by Neturei Karta, an anti-Zionist Jewish organization, which has been a regular presence at Palestine solidarity protests in this city. A Fordham University student who was arrested at a student...
Yellen was stumped by the question: Is it possible we’re just being outcompeted by the Chinese in those (electric vehicles, batteries, all of those things.) (www.marketplace.org)
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Reproductive rights activists resist Florida’s abortion ban (www.workers.org)
Across the state, reproductive rights activists have been mobilizing, marching, rallying and petitioning since the ban was first proposed. The “Rally to Stop the Six-Week Abortion Ban” drew 2,000 people to Lake Eola Park in Orlando on April 13 to kick off the “Yes on 4” campaign geared to getting passage of Amendment 4...
MINREX Accuses U.S. Of Protecting Anti-cuban Terrorists (www.telesurenglish.net)
“These terrorist acts are the direct result of the policy and aggressive speech of the United States government against Cuba, of the permanent instigation of violence and hatred”....
Case Western Reserve students maintain week-long encampment (www.workers.org)
In the next few hours, the entire sidewalk was covered with chalked slogans, voicing solidarity with Palestine and demanding CWRU divest from […] apartheid. Other comments drew links with “Stop Cop City!” in Atlanta and the fight against capitalism in general....
Who Runs U.S. Foreign Policy: Biden or Netanyahu? w/Professor Jeffrey Sachs (youtu.be)
China lives rent free in the heads of Americans giving them anxiety (www.nytimes.com)
Three U.S. wars threaten World War Three: $95 billion targets Palestine, Iran, Russia and China (www.workers.org)
A majority of the supplemental package is $61 billion to Ukraine to prop up a collapsing [neo]fascist régime that is so mired in corruption that huge amounts of equipment are pirated and resold on arrival....
Penn for Palestine encampment still going strong (www.workers.org)
The university hosted the Penn Relay races over the weekend, so it was unlikely the administration would use Philadelphia police against students on campus just blocks from Franklin Field, where high school athletes and their families were gathered....
U.S. lawmakers urge Blinken to issue 'do not travel' notice for Xinjiang. Can't have people seeing what Xinjiang is actually like. (asia.nikkei.com)
Second Iranian university offers scholarships to expelled students in US, Europe (www.presstv.ir)
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America Has No Idea What a Ukraine 'Victory' over Russia Looks Like (nationalinterest.org)
Why America's Military Is Physically Falling Apart (indi.ca)
Pro-Palestinian Protests Spread in US Universities (www.telesurenglish.net)
On Wednesday, 93 people were arrested at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles....
Hundreds of Jews on the second night of Passover take Eastern Parkway to demand the end of Gaza’s suffering (nitter.poast.org)
Melania Trump hawking $250 gold-plated necklaces for Mothers Day (www.newsweek.com)
Melania Trump announcing the sale of a new customizable necklace on her website has been met with a wave of criticism and mockery on social media....