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- US company agrees to fine for hiring children to clean slaughterhouseswww.theguardian.com US company agrees to fine for hiring children to clean slaughterhouses
US labor department announced that Fayette Janitorial Service agreed to $650,000 fine and mandate to no longer employ minors
- A Majority of Democratic Voters Believe Israel Is Committing Genocidezeteo.com EXCLUSIVE: A Majority of Democratic Voters Believe Israel Is Committing Genocide
Mehdi’s Memo on the results of our new poll on Gaza and Iran
> Mehdi’s Memo on the results of our new poll on Gaza and Iran
- R.F.K. Jr. says doctors found a dead worm in his brain that ate part of his brain.www.nytimes.com R.F.K. Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain
The presidential candidate has faced previously undisclosed health issues, including a parasite that he said ate part of his brain.
- Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna reveal bill aimed at eliminating medical debtwww.theguardian.com Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna reveal bill aimed at eliminating medical debt
Exclusive: legislation would create a program to cancel all existing patient debt and block creditors from collecting past medical bills
> Exclusive: legislation would create a program to cancel all existing patient debt and block creditors from collecting past medical bills
- Suppressing Pro-Palestinian Speech is the New McCarthyismprogressive.org Suppressing Pro-Palestinian Speech Is the New McCarthyism
The crackdowns on pro-Palestine protesters recast protected speech as harassment, and have little to do with protecting Jewish students from antisemitic threats.
- Utah tip line flooded with false reports of trans bathroom law violationswww.theguardian.com Utah tip line flooded with false reports of trans bathroom law violations
State auditor, tasked with managing tip line, has been swamped with hoax reports made to protect trans people from inquiries
> State auditor, tasked with managing tip line, has been swamped with hoax reports made to protect trans people from inquiries
- R.F.K. Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brainwww.nytimes.com R.F.K. Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain
The presidential candidate has faced previously undisclosed health issues, including a parasite that he said ate part of his brain.
Likely explains his long history of pushing conspiracy theories, and makes him utterly unsuited to be President
- US Company Fined $649K for Illegally Hiring Children to Clean Slaughterhousestruthout.org US Company Fined $649K for Illegally Hiring Children to Clean Slaughterhouses
“For too long this industry has evaded basic legal oversight,” a legal scholar told Truthout.
> “For too long this industry has evaded basic legal oversight,” a legal scholar told Truthout.
- Opposing The War Machine Is Cool Again, And The Empire's Getting Nervouswww.caitlinjohnst.one Opposing The War Machine Is Cool Again, And The Empire's Getting Nervous
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): American rapper Macklemore has released a single titled “Hind’s Hall”, the name given to Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall by anti-genocide protesters in honor of the six year-old Hind Rajab who was murdered in Gaza by Israeli forces. The...
- In New Sweep, Police Ban Observers & Media from Control Zone in Kensington, Philadelphiaunicornriot.ninja In New Sweep, Police Ban Observers & Media from Control Zone in Kensington, Philadelphia - UNICORN RIOT
Philadelphia police officers, under orders from the mayor's office are conducting anti-homeless encampment sweeps early on a rainy Wednesday morning.
- Mitt Romney Reveals Twisted Reason Why Congress Moved to Ban TikToknews.yahoo.com Mitt Romney Reveals Twisted Reason Why Congress Moved to Ban TikTok
It’s not about national security, after all.
- Georgia claims police not using Signal to message about ‘Cop City’, despite evidence to contrarywww.theguardian.com Georgia claims police not using Signal to message about ‘Cop City’, despite evidence to contrary
Defense attorney in conspiracy case cites Guardian reporting in seeking police messages on activists opposed to training center
> Defense attorney in conspiracy case cites Guardian reporting in seeking police messages on activists opposed to training center
- LAPD using Israeli spy company to gather personal data, report saysktla.com LAPD using Israeli spy company to gather personal data, report says
Is the Los Angeles Police Department accessing data from your phone and social media accounts without a warrant? That’s what is being claimed in a new report published by the nonprofit news o…
- 54% of young Americans say food costs are the biggest strain on their financeswww.cnbc.com 54% of young Americans say food costs are the biggest strain on their finances
Over half of young Americans say that rising food prices are the most noticeable effect of inflation.
- Mitt Romney Says Congress Supports Banning TikTok for Israelnews.antiwar.com Mitt Romney Says Congress Supports Banning TikTok for Israel - News From Antiwar.com
In a conversation with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) acknowledged that banning TikTok has such strong support in Congress because the social media platform has hurt Israel's public relations battle. "Some wonder why there was such overwhelming support for us to shut down...
Antony Blinken says Israel is losing the PR war because of social media.
- Boeing 787 employees falsified inspection records; FAA opens probewww.seattletimes.com Boeing 787 employees falsified inspection records; FAA opens probe
The FAA has opened a new investigation into a potential manufacturing quality lapse on Boeing's 787 Dreamliner and whether inspection records were falsified.
>The FAA has opened an investigation into Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner after the company disclosed that employees in South Carolina falsified inspection records on work done where the wings are joined to the fuselage body.
>Boeing informed the Federal Aviation Administration in April that, despite records indicating completion of required inspections, workers had not performed some of those inspections to confirm adequate bonding and electrical grounding at the 787 wing-to-body join.
>“The FAA is investigating whether Boeing completed the inspections and whether company employees may have falsified aircraft records,” the federal safety agency said via email.
>Boeing said its engineers have established that this newly discovered lapse does not create “an immediate safety of flight issue.”
- Rudy Giuliani struggles to find an accountant: ‘nobody seems interested’www.theguardian.com Rudy Giuliani struggles to find an accountant: ‘nobody seems interested’
Lawyers for former Trump attorney attempt to explain failure to meet accounting obligations in bankruptcy case
> Lawyers for former Trump attorney attempt to explain failure to meet accounting obligations in bankruptcy case
- Conservative States Say They Won’t Comply With Rule Against Trans Discriminationtruthout.org Conservative States Say They Won’t Comply With Rule Against Trans Discrimination
Biden “needs to ensure that states follow through in compliance with the law,” said an LGBTQ advocate.
> Biden “needs to ensure that states follow through in compliance with the law,” said an LGBTQ advocate.
- They Walk Among Us: Mississippi Goddamn, Stillwww.commondreams.org They Walk Among Us: Mississippi Goddamn, Still | Common Dreams
As the dystopian movie Civil War sets records depicting the "colorful horrors of the American future" on its current trajectory, we saw the same mindless, time-honored rancor play out at "Ole Miss being Ole Miss," where a pack of rabid, jeering, shit-for-brains frat bros with white-supremely punchab...
- New York governor said Black kids in the Bronx do not know the word ‘computer’www.theguardian.com New York governor said Black kids in the Bronx do not know the word ‘computer’
Kathy Hochul made comment at California conference to showcase upstate AI center before apologizing on Monday night
> Kathy Hochul made comment at California conference to showcase upstate AI center before apologizing on Monday night
- TikTok owner ByteDance files lawsuit against US law forcing app’s salewww.aljazeera.com TikTok owner ByteDance files lawsuit against US law forcing app’s sale
In April, President Joe Biden signed a law giving ByteDance nine months to sell US operations over security concerns.
- House passes bill to expand definition of antisemitism amid growing campus protests over Gaza war. Pretty hilarious that Americans still claim to have freedom of speech.www.pbs.org House passes bill to expand definition of antisemitism amid growing campus protests over Gaza war
The legislation would broaden the legal definition of antisemitism to include the "targeting of the state of Israel, conceived as a Jewish collectivity."
- Mexico’s Manual Subaru WRX Wagon Is Another Car The U.S. Misses Out Onwww.carscoops.com Mexico’s Manual Subaru WRX Wagon Is Another Car The U.S. Misses Out On
The WRX Sportswagon is already sold in other global markets, including Australia
The WRX Sportswagon is already sold in other global markets, including Australia
- “Stop Weaponizing Antisemitism”: Police “Body-Slam” Jewish Dartmouth Prof. at Campus Gaza Protestwww.democracynow.org “Stop Weaponizing Antisemitism”: Police “Body-Slam” Jewish Dartmouth Prof. at Campus Gaza Protest
Gaza solidarity protests continue at college campuses across the nation — as does the police crackdown. This comes as more than 50 chapters of the American Association of University Professors have issued a statement condemning the violent arrests by police at campus protests. At Dartmouth College l...
- Giant Batteries Are Transforming the Way the U.S. Uses Electricity | They’re delivering solar power after dark in California and helping to stabilize grids in other states. The technology is expandingwww.nytimes.com Giant Batteries Are Transforming the Way the U.S. Uses Electricity
They’re delivering solar power after dark in California and helping to stabilize grids in other states. And the technology is expanding rapidly.
- Gaza Protests Disrupt Graduation Ceremonies; Police Crack Down on Encampmentswww.democracynow.org Gaza Protests Disrupt Graduation Ceremonies; Police Crack Down on Encampments
Police have now arrested more than 2,500 students at pro-Palestine protests across the U.S., yet students continue to call for an end to the war on Gaza and universities’ investment in companies that support Israel’s occupation of Palestine. We speak to three student organizers from around the count...
- [Video][Al Jazeera] University of Chicago protests: Faculty join students under threat of arrest
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- Kristi Noem defends killing dog: ‘I’m tired of politicians pretending to be what they’re not’www.theguardian.com Kristi Noem defends killing dog: ‘I’m tired of politicians pretending to be what they’re not’
South Dakota governor and possible Trump running mate says she made ‘a choice between [my children] and a dangerous animal’
> South Dakota governor and possible Trump running mate says she made ‘a choice between [my children] and a dangerous animal’
- Who Runs U.S. Foreign Policy: Biden or Netanyahu? w/Professor Jeffrey Sachs
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- What Cities Can Learn From Seattle’s Racial and Social Justice Lawnextcity.org What Cities Can Learn From Seattle’s Racial and Social Justice Law
Op-ed: While other cities have adopted equity-focused policies for housing access and other specific programs, Seattle stands out for its citywide ordinance to address institutional racism.
- [Video][Al Jazeera] MIT students defy deadline to end Gaza solidarity encampment
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- [Video][Breaking Points] Israel Defenders Continue Attacks on Free Speech
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- When Prison & Mental Illness Amount to a Death Sentence: The downward spiral of one inmate in Illinois, Markus Johnson, shows the larger failures of the nation’s prisons to care for the mentally ill.www.nytimes.com When Prison and Mental Illness Amount to a Death Sentence
The downward spiral of one inmate, Markus Johnson, shows the larger failures of the nation’s prisons to care for the mentally ill.
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- Retired US Navy captain killed by police in child sex predator stingwww.stripes.com Retired US Navy captain killed by police in child sex predator sting
Bruce Coval Meneley, who retired in 2016 as a Navy captain having earned dozens of awards and commendations, died when he was shot multiple times by police at a DoubleTree hotel in a suburb south of Seattle.
- Oil Companies Contaminated a Family Farm. The Courts and Regulators Let the Drillers Walk Away.www.propublica.org Oil Companies Contaminated a Family Farm. The Courts and Regulators Let the Drillers Walk Away.
The oil and gas industry has reaped profits without ensuring there will be money to plug and clean up their wells. In Oklahoma, that work could cost more than $7 billion if it falls to the state.
- [Video][Al Jazeera] US rapper Macklemore releases track about college protests over Gaza
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- F-22 Raptor involved in ‘mishap’ during Georgia training exercisewww.airforcetimes.com F-22 Raptor involved in ‘mishap’ during Georgia training exercise
An F-22 Raptor taking part in a fighter exercise Monday in Savannah, Georgia, was involved in a mishap around 11:30 a.m. local time.
- US Retailers are feeling jittery. Consumers aren’t shopping like they used to.www.cnn.com Retailers jacked up prices and squeezed consumers. They might have just blinked | CNN Business
Retailers are feeling jittery. Consumers aren’t shopping like they used to. In a game of chicken between stores and shoppers, it’s the stores that appear to be yielding first, by dropping prices on thousands of products.