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-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

-Fascists in the White House try to eliminate trans people from society -Senators probe secretive AI data center utility contracts -Trump rolls back marijuana restrictions -Last Rich Dick of the Year!

-House GOP defeats bills to rein in Trump's warmaking on Venezuela -Discharge petition on healthcare subsidies extension hits threshold -Rail unions come out in opposition to Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger -Working Class History: The Manningham Mills strike!

-Trump commits another act of war against Venezuela with naval blockade -Cover up at the Pentagon: Hegseth refuses to release double-tap video -Unemployment rate surges to 4-year high, wage gains stagnate -Border Patrol thugs harass striking workers in Chicago

-Feds claim they busted left-wing terror plot, but it reeks of BS -Starbucks calls cops on striking baristas as ULP picket enters 2nd month -Trump vows retaliation for troops killed in Syria -U.S. freight rail industry is a major driver of climate change

-FBI official clams Antifa is the #1 domestic threat to the U.S. -Pentagon enlists compliant press corp to intimidate actual journalists -Trump signs order to ban local regulation of AI industry -Rich Dick thinks public executions are "masculine"

-U.S. steals oil tanker from Venezuela in another of military escalation -For third straight year Israel is the top killer of journalists worldwide -Baristas shut down largest Starbucks in the world in ongoing strike -Working Class History: Anti-colonial resitance on the French docks

-House Committee Chair wants to shut down war crimes probe -Education Dept. kills SAVE Plan, screws over student borrowers -Republicans mount attacks on largest Muslim civil rights group in the U.S. -GOP Senator endorses single-payer (Costco) health care

-Lawmakers use NDAA to compel more info on illegal boat strikes -SCOTUS likely to approve Trump's power grab over independent agencies -A.G. Bondi instructs feds to make a list of anti-fascists -The race to buy Warner Bros. Discovery: Whoever wins, we lose

-Lawmakers distrubed after watching full video of double-tap war crime -Trump, UK negotiators strike deal to sabotage NHS, boost pharma profits -Nominee to lead NASA wants to violate the Moon Treaty -Rich Dick wants to "financialize everything"

-Formal complaint filed accusing Hegseth of murder in the Caribbean -Trump nukes car fuel standards, bails out big oil -FBI Director Kash Patel is the right man for the job (making the FBI sad) -Working Class History: Trinidad and Tobago General Strike!

-Trump launches racist tirade against Rep. Omar, Somali residents in MN -War profiteers rake in all-time high revenues -Government is reopened, but the W.H. is still trying to starve people -Pentagon briefing provides first glimpse into the new clown press corps

-Controversy over blatant war crime admission envelops the Pentagon -Fossil fuel tycoons leave Brazil with profits secured after climate summit -Unionizing wave sweeps the National Park Service -White House lies about suspected D.C. National Guard shooter

-W.H. wants to hang Dems who called on troops to defy illegal orders -Lawmakers slam Ed. Dept. plans to privatize student loan debt -China EVISCERATES U.S. Ambassador Guilfoyle -Rich Dick is a spy hawk who's suddenly outraged by spying

-Israel kills more than 20 in Gaza, in latest ceasefire violations -Starbucks Strike expands to Pennsylvania distribution center -Political prosecution of James Comey beset by prosecutorial misconduct -Working Class History: 1969 Occupation of Alcatraz!

-Esptein disclosure bill sails through Congress after months of GOP obstruction -Trump lauds Saudi Crown Prince, while his sons profit off Saudi investments -Starbucks Strike Day 7, union threatens expansion -Republicans revive controversial AI deregulation measure

-Federal deportation thugs take their terror campaign to Charlotte -Trump finds a way to wriggle out of Epstein scandal, for now -U.S. Pentagon suffers a setback in Ecuador -W.H. slashes aid for the homeless as economy tanks

-Bombshell Epstein emails provide more proof the President is a pedo -Largest U.S. aircraft carrier arrives off the coast of Venezuela -Starbucks Strike! Don't cross the picket! Get your bean juice elsewhere -Working Class History: The Swiss Landesstreik!

-GOP Senators set to receive $500k payout thanks to shutdown bill -Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire -SCOTUS takes up case that could restrict mail-in voting -"Mar-a-lago Face" proliferating around D.C.

-A Cowards' Caucus takes the lead, Senate Dems cave on shutdown -Newspaper workers in Pittsburgh declare victory in longest running U.S. strike -Massacre in Rio favelas linked to U.S. State Dept. -Trump tariffs burn pasta-loving Americans

-Senate rejects war powers resolution to stop Trump's boat bombings -Tax-prep vulture win big as IRS cancels Direct File -D.C. sandwich thrower acquitted by a jury -Rich Dicks signed off on giving Musk $1 trillion to build a robot army