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-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

-Israel breaks ceasefire, targets and kills journalist in Lebanon -Southern Poverty Law Center indicted in latest DOJ political attack -White House re-build is another avenue for corruption -Working Class History: The Sabuk Miners Uprising!

-Trump extends Iran ceasefire, while also violating it with blockade -RFK Jr. defends cuts to public health to pay for war -Voters in Virginia approve new maps to eliminate nearly all GOP seats -CIA gets two agents killed in Mexico

-U.S. breaks Iran ceasefire with blockade, seizing cargo ship -Man-made global warming threatens to shut down critical Atlantic current -GOP bill aims to deport the mayor of NYC -NYC doormen strike averted after building owners agree to new contract

-Trump leans on car companies to boost the U.S. war economy -U.S. House sinks another Iran war powers vote, thanks to lone Democrat -Jury finds Live Nation guilty of monopolistic practices -Rich Dicks' green about to trigger a massive strike in NYC

-Senate defeats another bill to end the illegal war on Iran -Controversial surveillance program set to expire in days -Maine Governor under pressure to sign AI data center moratorium -Working Class History: The start of the West Virginia Mine Wars

-JD Vance defends illegal Iran war from Pope's criticisms -Trump's DOJ pressures judges to deny asylum, grant deportations -Airline CEO lobbies Trump to approve mega merger -Virginia's CIA Governor messes with labor rights bill

-Escalation: Trump claims he imposed a blockade on Iranian ports -MAHA freaks suppress covid-19 vaccine study -Apple closes first union store in the U.S. -Sexual predators from both parties resign from Congress

-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