House makes history, removes McCarthy as Speaker (thehill.com)
Political drama, but the US House has never done this in its history
North Carolina Republicans create "secret police force" (popular.info)
North Carolina’s… state budget contains a provision that gives extraordinary investigative powers to a partisan oversight committee co-chaired by Senate Leader Phil Berger ® and House Speaker Tim Moore ®....
FCC Restores Its Responsibility to Oversee Corporate Control of Internet (fair.org)
At the National Press Club this week, Rosenworcel (9/26/23) said that the FCC will vote on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking at its next meeting in mid-October. And they will center the role of Title II, the part of federal communications law that gives the agency the power to even go about overseeing corporate control of the...
Writers’ strike wins gains in tentative agreement (www.workers.org)
Picketing has been suspended and writers are returning to work. The rank and file will be voting on the contract from Oct. 2 to Oct. 9....
The US Is Lapping Up China's Unwanted Gutter Oil (www.reuters.com)
Listen to the confusing 911 call made by a homeowner and the Marine pilot who landed in his backyard after ejecting from an F-35 stealth fighter (www.businessinsider.com)
Of course, as a CPC bot, I am obligated to remind everyone of the narrative propagated by Lemmygrad’s official news station The Giant Spoon:...
Nebraska US mother sentenced to two years in prison for giving daughter abortion pills (www.theguardian.com)
Oregon’s Portlanders protest city’s deals with fossil fuel companies (www.workers.org)
Organizers have developed a slide show exposing the dangers of Zenith trains and the CEI Hub storage tanks. Their goal is to reach all 95 Portland neighborhood associations and collect residents’ signatures on a petition letter to city officials....
Starlink lost over 200 satellites in two months (cybernews.com)
The U.S. Military is Unequipped for High-Intensity Combat (nationalinterest.org)
US government is basically run by BlackRock, notice how none of these people are in their 80s (media.mas.to)
A reminder : (lemmygrad.ml)
Rest of the thread...
Christian nationalist group sues left-wing gun club after fight outside Fort Worth drag show (www.keranews.org)
A Christian nationalist group that protests drag shows in North Texas is suing another group that aims to defend the performances, after an altercation outside a Fort Worth brewery this spring....
Movement ‘not afraid’ as ‘Stop Cop City’ activists face felony charges (www.workers.org)
The spirit of resistance to this attack on the right to dissent was evidenced again Sept. 8, as a multinational, multigenerational demonstration gathered outside Carr’s office across the street from the State Capitol....
Census Bureau: US Child poverty in 2022 more than doubled from 2021 (www.motherjones.com)
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House speaker Kevin McCarthy announces impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden (www.theguardian.com)
Archive link if needed: web.archive.org/…/biden-impeachment-kevin-mccarth…
New COVID vaccines will be out later this week (nytimes.com)
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PENTAGON Spokesperson: "I would push back on the assertion from Russian officials here. The CDC has stated that there is no evidence that the depleted uranium rounds cause cancer." 🤡 (nitter.net)
Elon Musk Did Major Damage to a Ukrainian War Offensive Last Year: Report (www.vanityfair.com)
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Cleveland: A message to the community — “No new jail!” (www.workers.org)
Brochures supporting the “No New Jail!” campaign explained that $2 billion would be better spent on jobs, education, mass transit and other community benefits. The Coalition calls for “Care Not Cages” — offering individuals in crisis the care they need and creating alternatives to incarceration. Money bail has been...
Trump waives 4th arraignment because it was for show the whole time (www.chicagotribune.com)
US suicides hit an all-time high (apnews.com)
The state of mental health in the US is hitting a tipping point.
So-called socialist Bernie Sanders urges left to back President Biden for reelection (www.theguardian.com)
Protest hits profit gouging in Texas prisons: Roll back water prices now! (www.workers.org)
According to a 2022 USA Today investigation, at least 44 states lack universal air conditioning in their prison facilities. Across the South, including in Texas, there is no air conditioning in all prisons. This makes clean water a necessity for life....
