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-Israel keeps bombing Lebanon to scuttle US-Iran peace deal -Democratic Party refuses to condemn the malign influence of AIPAC -Citizens use the ballot box to restrict AI data center construction -Rich Dick is reshaping air travel into a luxury for only the wealthy

-Iran ceasefire close to collapsing due to Israeli bombing, U.S. lies -Trump allows schools to discriminate against transgender students -Pam Bondi defies House subpoena in Epstein probe -Working Class History: The Toledo Auto-Lite Strike!

-Iran declares victory after Trump accepts 10-point peace plan -Business as normal in the imperial core after Trump's threat of genocide -Democrats sabotage climate goals by attacking Chinese EVs -Tax day highlights the gains the rich are making in the class war

-Iran offers plan to end war ahead of Trump's deadline to commit war crimes -U.S. State Dept and DHS kidnap Iranians living in the U.S. -Union pauses largest meatpacking strike in decades -Space capitalists keep close eye on Artemis mission

-U.S. blows up Iranian bridge, attacks on civilian sites escalate -Pedo protector Pam Bondi fired lmao -Washington enlists regional partners to strangle Cuba -Rich Dick carries on tradition of Obama alumni joining scum firms

-Trump delivers deranged speech on Iran, threatens more war crimes -SCOTUS appears skeptical of admin's birthright citizenship order -With blockade broken, Mexico prepares to resume oil sales to Cuba -Working Class History: Land Day!

-Iran vows retaliation against U.S. tech companies -DefSec takes break from illegal war to condemn endangered species -Israel passes new ethnic cleansing law targeting Palestinians -Ruling class uses anti-semitic smear against Hasan Piker

-Trump explicitly threatens war crimes against Iranian civilians -GOP Congress plans to cut health care funding to pay for illegal war -Russia breaks through U.S. oil embargo of Cuba -Zionist extremists target U.S. citizens in West Bank & NYC

-Iran decimates Pentagon bases, U.S. troops use human shields -VP Vance's absurd war propaganda: nuclear suicide vests -Billionaires are already buying the midterm elections -Rich Dick wins a prize for being a boot licker

-US-Israel's illegal war on Iran causes energy crisis in Asia -House Dems have votes to end war, choose to vacation instead -NYU faculty strike secures tentative agreement with school -Working Class History: Toronto Printers Strike!

-Trump insiders profit off war on Iran, market manipulation -ICE deploys at airports in "test run" for midterm elections -Trump loyalist Markwayne Mullin takes the reins at DHS -"God Squad" likely to kill off endangered species protections at behest of oil firms

-Trump begs other countries to bail him out of his illegal war, most refuse -Cuba energy grid collapses after months of U.S. imperial blockade -Fascist DOJ succeeds in prosecuting antifascists in Texas -Largest meatpacking strike in decades kicks off in Colorado

-W.H. claims it's winning the war on Iran, reality suggests otherwise -Former DOGE staffers malfunction during depositions -U.S. military misadventure in Ecuador -Rich Dick can't stop talking about killing people

-Iran maintains control of Strait of Hormuz, attacks oil tankers -Pentagon concludes it blew up Iranian school, Trump dodges blame -DHS Sec. nominee profits off war with suspicious trades -Working Class History:The Black Flag is raised over Paris

-Pentagon reports over $5 billion spent on munitions in first 2 days of Iran war -Iran says U.S., Israel have struck over 10,000 civilian sites -Senators emerge from war briefing, warn of "boots on the ground" -DOGE staffer allegedly stole social security data to use at new job

-U.S., Israel unleash chemical war on Iran -Trump manipulates chaotic markets for insider trading -DHS reports more migrant deaths in detention -Lawmakers advance legislation that will harm kids online

-House GOP & AIPAC-Dems join together to defeat war powers resolution -DoD using AI for targeting in Iran, bombed kids school -DHS Sec. Noem fired, Senate's biggest dumbass tapped to replace her -Rich Dicks share the blame for illegal Iran War

-Hegseth describes "death" from the skies as Tehran is bombarded -U.S. Navy commits a war crime off the coast of Sri Lanka -Noem pressed on lies and corruption at DHS oversight hearing -Working Class History: First anti-fascist revolt in Europe

-U.S., Israel pummel Iranian schools, hospitals; assassinate leaders -Trump threatens Spain after being denied airbases -Pentagon radar & comms take a beating in retaliatory strikes -Insider traders make a million bucks betting on Iran war

-U.S., Israel launch illegal war against Iran -Ayatollah killed, Iran retaliates across the region -Rubio claims "Israel made us do it" -6 U.S. troops dead so far in conflict

-Pentagon wants AI for mass domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons -Billionaire Ellison family poised to expand media empire -Commerce Sec. Lutnick lied again about Epstein ties -Rich Dick ushers in era of mass layoffs

-U.S. shifts demands as negotiations with Iran enter round 3 -Vance targets the poor in Minnesota with Medicaid cuts -New MAHA freak wants to wreck public health in the U.S. -Working Class History: The Woolworth's Sit-down Strike!

-Suspected pedophile delivers State of the Union -Dem leaders try to derail war powers vote on Iran -Tenn. GOP wants to execute people who have abortions -Pentagon's military blockade is collapsing Cuba's healthcare system

-Pentagon concerned U.S. could lose a war against Iran -ICE whistleblower accused agency of lying about new agent training -Trump's tariffs struck down, but Americans likely won't be compensated -Public pays for pathetic hanger-on Kash Patel to party with Team USA Hockey

-"Board of Peace" schemes to profit off ethnic cleansing in Gaza -Arizona GOP wants ICE at polling stations -More scandal at the Labor Dept. -- Secretary's husband accused of sexual assault -Rich Dick is a corrupt liar

-Trump moves closer to catastrophic war against Iran -UN Panel: Epstein files reveal "crimes against humanity" -CFTC moves to protect corrupt prediction markets -Working Class History: Pittston Coal Strike Victory!

-Twin Cities residents organize historic rent strike after DHS occupation -U.S. military bombs more boats in the Caribbean in illegal killing rampage -CBS prostrates itself before Trump's censorship regime -A warrior for the poor and working class: Jesse Jackson dead at 84

-Trump ally Bannon plotted with Epstein to take down the Pope -U.S. aims war machine at Iran, as 2nd round of nuke talks begin -Workers in India stage mass general strike against Modi government -That's capitalism! Website offers wagers on if astronauts blow up

-DHS retreats from Minneapolis, for-profit jailers complain -Libertarian weirdo Milei jams through anti-worker "reforms" in Argentina -The dweebs are freaking out about weed again -Rich Dick pushes bill to reduce the minimum wage

-EPA revokes "Endangerment Finding", sabotages U.S. climate policy -A.G. Bondi grilled over DOJ's Epstein cover-up -New files raise doubts over how the well-connected pedophile died -Working Class History: The Black Cat Protest!

-War criminal Netanyahu back in D.C. to push for attacks on Iran -ICE has made over 400,000 arrests during Trump's first year in office -DHS officials can't name a single agent who's been fired for misconduct -Democrats let Lutnick off the hook during Senate hearing

-Lawmakers find DOJ broke the law with Epstein redactions -Calls grow louder for Howard Lutnick to resign over ties to Epstein -FBI Director Kash Patel directly involved in a murder cover-up -Union protects Ford worker who called Trump a pedo

-Pro-genocide lobby group AIPAC defeated in NJ special election -Senators warn the CIA is up to something "deeply concerning" -A.I. company uneasy with how Pentagon plans to use its product -Rich Dick brags about killing Iranians

-Billionaire Jeff Bezos destroys the Washington Post -Trump ally Bannon calls for ICE patrols outside polling stations -Government attorney melts down in court over illegal DHS arrests -Working Class History: A 19th Century Climate Strike!

-Top spy Gabbard running a domestic influence op to steal next election -Trump set to raid public treasury to steal billions for himself -Teachers and nurses strike for fair wages -SpaceX purchases xAI, now in the CSAM distribution biz

-New Epstein files release implicates President Trump, other billionaires -5-year-old Liam Ramos freed after ICE kidnapping -DHS agents who killed Alex Pretti identified -U.S. companies trying to profit off Gaza rebuild scheme

-The left prepares for a nationwide day of action against ICE -Democrats in the Senate likely to cave on DHS funding -Rubio sets out to destroy the European social welfare state -Working Class History: 1938 Pecan Shellers Strike!

-Feds broke Pretti's rib a week before they shot and killed him -Trump admin. issues new threats against Venezuela and Cuba -TikTok's new Americans owners censor content critical of Trump -Labor strife in the hospitals: Nurses on strike on both U.S. coasts.Â

-Trump's gestapo kills again in Minneapolis -DHS officials smear the victim, protect killer agents -Senate Dems threaten to withhold ICE, CBP funding -Over 2,300 documented cases of feds illegally detaining someone

-FBI takes a break from protecting pedophiles to arrest peaceful protesters -Trump's son-in-law presents Davos a blueprint for Gaza exploitation -Treasury Secretary defends people who own 12 homes -Rich Dick offers bad advice on how to feed your family

-Trump rules out invasion of Greenland, thankfully -Israel murders 11 in Gaza ahead of "Board of Peace" ceremony -Wealthy elite unlikely to be audited thanks to DOGE sabotage -Working Class History: Cement workers strike in Zambia!

-Greenland, Canada prepare for U.S. invasion -MAHA freaks roll out "Drink Milk" campaign, while measles spreads unchecked -Shock admissions about DOGE misuse of Social Security data -Momentum builds for Minnesota General Strike to force ICE out

-People kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis denied attorney access -Trump steals Venezuelan oil, hands it off to major donor to sell -W.H. turns new Gaza governance board into pay-to-play scheme -Only 6% of Americans satisfied with extent of Epstein disclosures

-Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act on Minneapolis -EPA to focus on business costs, disregard human lives saved by regulations -Pentagon embraces Elon Musk's child porn bot Grok -Rich Dick with a classic rug pull

-GOP Senators cave to W.H. pressure, kill Venezuela war powers bill -Trump imposes visa restrictions on 75 countries ahead of World Cup -US Labor Secretary embroiled in booze & fraud scandal -Working Class History: The Bread Intifada in Egypt

-More Americans now support abolishing ICE than keeping it -U.S. emissions rise for the first time in 2 years due to increased coal burning -Senate Republicans fail to prevent health insurance cost spike -HEARTWARMING: Auto worker calls Trump a "pedophile protector"

-Trump's warmaking in Venezuela spreads to Cuba with oil embargo -DHS continues cover-up of Renee Good killing, blocks lawmakers from ICE facility -Banks freakout as Trump challenges independence of Fed -Largest nurses strike in NYC history kicks off

-FBI tries to cover up ICE shooting in MN -War mongering Trump demands $1.5 trillion "Dream Military" budget -NYC's socialist mayor already delivering the goods -Rich Dick shuts down 240-year-old newspaper

-ICE shoots and kills woman in Minneapolis -Energy Sec: US will control Venezuela's oil "indefinitely" -Trump ally's bid to take over Warner Bros hits a snag -Working Class History: "Boss-napping" in France

-U.S. issues oil demands on new Venezuelan government -Senators prepare war powers resolution to stop Greenland seizure -Trump targets the poor, cuts off welfare funding to 5 states -White House releases "revised" January 6 riot history

-Trump kidnaps Maduro, threatens imperial aggression across hemisphere -Crank health secretary significantly alters childhood vaccine schedule -Mamdani takes the reins in NYC, pisses off Israel -Elon Musk's AI chat bot posts sexualized images of children