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-More news of attacks on cargo ships as war against Iran spills over -Mixed bag of results for the electoral left on Tuesday -Study: Medicare for All would save 100,000+ lives a year -Prosecutors try to curtail public access to Mangione trial

-Iran issues new demands on Washington -Pentagon begs contractors to speed up weapons production -Trump shakes up childhood vaccine schedule with lies -Oil corps make record profits while the U.S. records hottest month ever

-Trump renews push to end birthright citizenship -AIPAC, Third Way to spend millions attacking progressives in the midterms -Hegseth's military is knocking planes out of the sky in the U.S. -Rich Dick serves up the public airwaves to rightwing media monopolies

-Pentagon out of missiles, U.S. sidelined in Strait of Hormuz negotiations -Senators urge CFTC to take action against online wildfire betting -Bari Weiss accused of protecting Epstein Class on Wall St. -Working Class History: A Damn Dam Strike!

-Abdul El-Sayed beats back AIPAC to win Senate primary in Michigan -Senators advance corrupt Todd Blanche's nomination to be A.G. -Another migrant dies in ICE custody, bringing total to 56 deaths since last year -Musk litters the moon with one of his rockets

-Pentagon all out of ideas when it comes to Iran war -Election day in Michigan as AIPAC tries to buy another Senate seat -Amazon & Apple receive direct payments from the White House -Trump media company sells access to insider information

-Trump touts peace deal in Gaza, Israel likely to break it -Government uses federal land transfers to further inflate AI bubble -Rightwing governments crackdown on dissent in Latin America -Rich Dick fires workers who earned him his bonus

-Trump lashes out at advisors over failing Iran war -Rand Paul protects the ruling class by misdirecting pandemic anger -FBI Director Kash Patel humiliated again -Working Class History: Cuban strike topples dictator

-Iran attacks show Pentagon no longer dictates pace of war -Ebola cases in Congo surge, made worse by Musk's DOGE cuts -July heat wave killed at least 70 people in U.S., likely a lot more -Online sports gambling SuperPAC meddling in elections with $72 million

-Illegal war on Iran expands, and merges with other conflicts -Trump admits U.S. munitions are running low -In addition to Venezuela and Cuba, Rubio eyes regime change in Brazil -NYC's socialist mayor unveils public grocery store plan

-Pentagon covers up troop deaths in illegal war -Capitalists panic over AI company expenditures -U.S. to keep Maduro locked up another year, as it steal oil revenue -Rich Dick confirms "Fishhook Theory"

-House approves NDAA, tying U.S. and Israeli militaries closer -Trump strikes a deal to allow Saudis to enrich nuclear material -American kids go starving while U.S. war machines gets trillions -Working Class History: socialist brewery workers strike in S.F.

-Hegseth begs Congress for more money as illegal war bill inflates -Iran says it destroyed Amazon data center in Bahrain. Oh no! -Anthropic settles $1.5 billion copyright infringement suit -Calif. judge puts the brakes on Paramount-WBD merger

-More U.S. troops die in pointless, illegal war against Iran -Rubio makes the case for war on Cuba, and a crackdown on the left -Platner's platform preserved in Maine, as Troy Jackson closes in on Senate nod -Diarrhea outbreak still not contained, FDA send conflicting messages

-Rubio calls for a new global war on the Left -Trump's teleprompter guy involved in latest Kalshi insider trading scheme -Lawsuit: Meta used AI tools to discriminate against disabled workers -Rich Dicks profit off failed negotiations and war

-100+ Dems vote to cut off weapons to Israel, amendment still fails -States join together to block Paramount-Warner Bros. merger -N.Y. becomes first state to impose moratorium on new AI data centers -Working Class History: The Telegraphers Strike!

-Dems block NDAA over illegal Iran war, Israeli military integration -Another man killed in ICE encounter, agency halts traffic stops -Trump's DOJ targets class warrior UAW President Shawn Fain -Journalists and activists under increased threat across Latin America

-Trump notifies Congress that war with Iran is back on -Rep. Ro Khanna detained by IDF & settlers in West Bank -Another person murdered on the streets by ICE -- this time in Maine -Amid speculation on Mitch McConnell's health, Lindsey Graham dies

-Rubio recruits foreign governments in crusade against antifascism -Trump witholds disaster assistance from blue states -Foodborne parasite spreads after Musk & RFK Jr.'s budget cuts -Rich Dick puts profits over soccer kids

-U.S. intensifies illegal war against Iran, Hormuz traffic slows again -Maine Democratic Party fears democracy in process to replace Platner -Tranportation Secretary attacks "DEI bike lanes" -Working Class History: Gravediggers win strike in NYC

-Trump's illegal war on Iran erupts again -ICE kills another man, also accused of covering up detainee death -Treasury officials warn of AI bubble risks -Oil man is installed at DOJ to protect polluters

-Platner campaign in Maine crashes out amid sexual assault allegation -Utility workers win strike in Pennsylvania -Team USA eliminated in corruption-filled World Cup -U.S. election meddling in South America turns governments to the right

-Gaza genocide hits 1,000 days -Court blocks Trump's assault on mail-in voting -Nuclear oversight agency proposes relaxing rules on radiation expsoure -Working Class History: Another boss-napping in China!

-SCOTUS upholds birthright citizenship, but only narrowly -Hight court then assaults transgender people and democracy -U.S. House defeats Lebanon war powers resolution -Democratic Socialists pick up another congressional win in Colorado

-Israel commits to destroying US-Iran ceasefire -Electoral left rises in NYC, sweeps out genocide apologists -Lawmakers resume work on bill that will end online privacy -Anti-ICE protesters get decades in prison, in disturbing attack on dissent

-President Trump displays more erratic behavior on illegal Iran war -SpaceX IPO day, Musk could become world's first trillionaire -Latest on Colombia's elections and Bolivia's uprising -Rich Dick pitches luxury real estate development in genocide country

-Israel warmaking threatens NATO ally Turkey -State Dept. accepts white South Africans, throws babies in detention -The Pope gives workers a tool against A.I. -Working Class History: Ford strike in Australia!

-More humiliation for the Pentagon: Iran shoots down Apache helicopter -Platner wins primary in Maine, survives first test against wave of attacks -Super wealthy lobby for measure to evade taxes on private jets -World's richest man to blame for spread of flesh-eating parasite

-Iran hits Israel, Yemen re-enters war that Trump has lost control of -Companies donate to W.H. renovations, score billions in contracts -U.S. tries to ruin World Cup before a ball is even kicked -Row over Mormonism at the DoD highlights Hegseth's own extreme faith

-Israel threatens Lebanon with famine, just like it did to Gaza -ICE and CBP receive tens of billions more in funding as kids starve -George Santos is back -- accused of insider trading at Kalshi -Rich Dicks set off mass protests with Albanian land grab

-U.S. House passes resolution to end the illegal war on Iran -W.H. drops $1.8 billion slush fund, plans to keep Trump tax immunity -Critical ocean observation program dismantled to suppress climate science -Working Class History: Workers shut down the Faroe Islands

-Iran retaliates against ceasefire violations, attacks U.S. allies in region -Senators divulge new info about Pentagon's illegal boat strikes -Trump appoints corrupt henchman as nation's top spy -President's sons join in the war racket

-Iran lashes out over repeated US-Israeli ceasefire violations -War criminals allowed to march on the streets of NYC during Israel parade -Elon Musk engineers a massive theft of the public with SpaceX IPO -The latest on "HondurasGate"

-Gaza ceasefire on verge of collapse amid wave of Israeli attacks -Delaware judge rules corporations can vote in local elections -Oil barons' chase for profits threatens the existence of New Orleans -Rich Dick wants to take healthcare and food away from the poor

-As illegal Iran war drags on, Trump threatens to bomb U.S. ally Oman -Republicans steal food assistance from 700,000 kids, hunger surges -ICJ rules that workers have a human right to strike -Working Class History: Uprising in Curacao

-Energy Dept. to hand over weapons-grade plutonium to capitalists -Musk gouges the Pentagon during Iran war -Trump's grip on GOP death cult confirmed in Texas -State Dept. back rightwing Bolivia government amid worker revolt

-Neocons try to disrupt emerging US-Iran peace deal, as war turns hot again -ICE pepper sprays U.S. Senator during detention center protest -Ebola spread in Central Africa made worse by the Trump admin. -It pays to post: Another Kirk criticizer wins free speech settlement

-Congress cancels votes, skips town, to avoid embarassing Trump -Iran moves closer to formalizing control over Strait of Hormuz -Government contractors desecrate indigenous sites while building border wall -Rich Dick chooses machines over workers

-Israel condemned around the world for mistreatment of aid flotilla members -U.S. indicts former Cuban President, parks aircraft carrier off coast -CFTC sues Minnesota to block ban on prediction markets -Working Class History: Shoemakers go on strike in Cincinnati!

-Senate advances bill to end illegal Iran war, but passage is unlikely -Zionists knock off GOP war critic in Kentucky -Trump family exempted from tax law as part of $1.8 billion heist -GOP rhetoric toward Muslims indistinguishable from mass shooters' writings

-W.H. gets Axios to publish new war propaganda against Cuba -Workers in Bolivia revolt against US-backed rightwing President -Rail workers end strike in Long Island after securing higher wages -Tonight concludes the most expensive House primary in history

-U.S. war planners pressed on civilian sites struck in Iran -Trump prepares to steal a billion dollars from the public for his allies -DOJ to let billionaire fraudster evade punishment -Rich Dick screws over hundreds of thousands of Virginia workers

-Senate defeats another resolution to end illegal war on Iran -Lawmakers begin probing Pentagon's nasty business in Latin America -New scandal hits the White House: PoolGate -Working Class History: Teamsters shut down Minneapolis

-Trump heads to China as his war planners get grilled on Capitol Hill -Private prison executive takes over at ICE -FDA chief ousted for not selling vapes to kids fast enough -"Golden Dome" military boondoggle likely to cost over $1 trillion

-Neocons waking up to fact that the Iran war is lost -Zionists panic as NYT covers Israeli sexual abuse of Palestinians -AI chat bot helped plan a mass shooting -SCOTUS boosts GOP efforts to rig 2026 midterms

-U.S. naval ships retreat from Strait of Hormuz after Iranian attacks -Lucky Strike sued over monopolistic practices, accused of ruining bowling -Musk vs Altman in court... can they both lose??? -Rich Dick wants to build the biggest A.I. data center in the world

-Iran secures more war gains as US-Gulf alliance fractures -Sign of the end times: Polymarket lets you bet on Hantavirus pandemic -Air Force hid jet fuel leak that contaminated water and soil -Working Class History: UK General Strike!

-Trump abandons "Project Freedom" military escort after 1 day -Lawmakers press for answers on Israeli nuclear weapons policy -WHO struggles to finalize a pandemic treaty -Conservative commentator Matt Taibbi "Owned" in legal fight

-Trump blows passed 60-day deadline, making Iran war even more illegal -DHS closes down migrant detention watchdog -NASA enlists Ireland in bid to privatize space resources -Celebs, NYC Mayor protest Bezos' Met Gala

-W.H. uses correspondents dinner incident to attack the left -VP Vance tries to cover his own ass as illegal Iran war goes south -Billionaire techno-fascist meddles in Dem Senate primary in Maine -RW media moguls seek permission to use foreign money to buy CNN

-Trump admits Iran war could go on a lot longer -U.S. troops busted doing insider trading on Maduro kidnapping op -DOJ reschedules marijuana... finally -Rich Dick loves coal more than Joe Manchin