(2021-08-04). Millionaire Democratic SF Rep Pelosi, Real Estate Donations & Eviction Moratorium. indybay.org "Chairman George Marcus also donated $263,400 that same month to a committee that benefits the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's campaign, and contributed at least $6.5 million to PACs that work to elect Democrats to the Senate and House." See www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/03/democrats-took-millions-real-estate-interests-allowing-eviction-moratorium-end…
(2021-08-04). Biden announces eviction moratorium extension. zcomm.org Bowing to mounting pressure and public outrage, the Biden administration has announced that the nationwide moratorium on evictions would be extended through October 3…
(2021-08-04). AOC Slams Democrats Who Would Rather Skip Town Than Vote to Extend Eviction Ban. zcomm.org "We cannot in good faith blame the Republican Party when House Democrats have the majority."
(2021-08-04). The Progressive Death of Progressivism. dissidentvoice.org Emblematic of our times, the Berniecrat organization Our Revolution — never remotely revolutionary — has rebranded itself as "pragmatic progressive." This innovation is based on the realization that progressive reforms will never be enacted unless they are fought for. And, since they are not about to fight President Biden, then it is only programmatic to …
(2021-08-04). United Auto Workers and auto companies reverse course, reimpose mask mandate in factories. wsws.org The elimination of mask requirements in the auto factories in June was justified by reference to the policies of the Democrats and the Biden Administration, now exposed as based on lies.
(2021-08-04). U.S. habitually ignores adverse int'l rulings: media. ecns.cn U.S. President Joe Biden's administration, which has lectured China about respecting a so-called arbitral tribunal ruling on the South China Sea, is in itself a breacher of the international rule of law.
(2021-08-04). Biden administration promotes fully opening schools amid surge of Delta variant. wsws.org In pushing to fully reopen schools, the White House is giving the green light to the banning of mask mandates in schools, now implemented in eight states that provide public education to a combined roughly 12.7 million children.
(2021-08-04). National Labor Relations Board calls for union revote at Alabama Amazon facility. wsws.org The NLRB and the Biden administration are seeking to promote the trade unions as a way of heading off and containing the struggles of workers.
(2021-08-04). Kamala Harris to Work Against China in Southeast Asia Tour. news.antiwar.com Vice President Kamala Harris is visiting Vietnam and Singapore this month, as the US is increasing focus on boosting partnerships in Southeast Asia as part of its strategy against China. "We do not want to see any country dominate that region or take advantage of the power situation to compromise the sovereignty of others," the White H…
(2021-08-04). J.D. Vance markets himself as 'Hillbilly' Trump, but don't laugh too quickly. peoplesworld.org 
Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance has made his name as a "hillbilly" turned venture capitalist. He met with Trump back in March and is now one of the many Ohio Republicans trying to get Trump's blessing in the race to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Rob Portman. Even with all of his money and connections, Vance …
(2021-08-04). 2021 California Admission Day, Equity and Inclusion Conversation. indybay.org The origin of the State of California and transition to US Statehood through the eyes of Indigenous, Pan African, Latino, European, Asian and Pacific Islanders poised this 2021 Admission Day…
(2021-08-04). Missouri governor pardons St. Louis couple who brandished guns at BLM protesters. rt.com 
Missouri Governor Mike Parson has pardoned Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who rose to national prominence last year after they aimed guns at a group of protesters in their gated St. Louis community, resulting in misdemeanor charges. | The Republican governor
(2021-08-04). Democrats Signal Massive Citizenship Program for Undocumented Immigrants. latinorebels.com "We'd like to make it as robust as possible," Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) told Latino Rebels in the Senate tunnels on Tuesday afternoon.
(2021-08-03). Palestinians Reject Israeli Court's Deal That Would Put Them at "Mercy of Settlers" in Sheikh Jarrah. democracynow.org 
The Israeli Supreme Court this week offered Palestinian residents of Sheikh Jarrah a compromise in their ongoing fight to block Jewish settlers from forcibly expelling them from their own homes. The high court proposed that Palestinian families could stay in their homes for now if they begin paying rent to the Jewish settler group that claims ownership over the properties — a deal the families rejected, insisting they are the legal owners. The planned evictions in East Jerusalem helped spark the last war in Gaza in May and have galvanized international support for Palestinians facing dispossession from sett…
(2021-08-03). 'We Are the Owners': Palestinians Refuse to Concede Land Rights to Israelis in Sheikh Jarrah. commondreams.org Turner and her legions of supporters want nothing less than to transform the Democratic Party into what we desperately need in America: a party that addresses the needs of both people and planet.
(2021-08-03). Fed Up With Democrats, Thousands March to Demand Medicare for All. zcomm.org Neither the ACA nor the American Rescue Plan's health care provisions ensure that all Americans have good-quality free health care…
(2021-08-03). BREAKING: Biden announces eviction moratorium extension. liberationnews.org 
Bowing to mounting pressure and public outrage, the Biden administration through the Centers for Disease Control has just announced that the nationwide moratorium on evictions would be extended through October 3 in parts of the country with high rates of COVID-19 spread.
(2021-08-03). Democrats Stop Talk Of Structural Racism After Election, Let Covid Eviction Moratorium Expire. moguldom.com Hot topics during the 2020 presidential election campaign included reparations, structural racism and covid relief programs such as the eviction moratorium. Post-election, these topics have seemingly gone away. The covid eviction moratorium expired July 31 and liberal Democrats are blasting the White House for not extending it. Several progressive Dems have protested. "The White House …
(2021-08-03). Democrats Took Millions From Real Estate Interests Before Allowing Eviction Moratorium to End. commondreams.org "Andrew Cuomo is unfit to lead and must resign or be removed from office."
(2021-08-03). Cori Bush, Progressive Lawmakers and Activists Hailed for New CDC Eviction Moratorium. commondreams.org Calls for the New York Democratic governor's ouster are growing after an investigation found that he sexually harassed multiple women in violation of state and federal law.
(2021-08-03). Headlines for August 3, 2021. democracynow.org Louisiana Orders Mask Mandate as U.S. Logs Highest Coronavirus Toll Since February, Federal Employees Must Show Proof of Vaccination or Face Regular Tests, U.S., U.K. Say Afghan Taliban Massacred Civilians in Spin Boldak, State Department Offers to Resettle Thousands of Afghans Who Worked with U.S. , Refugee Advocates Sue as Biden Admin Continues Trump-Era Border Policy, HHS Watchdog to Probe Reports of Dire Conditions at Migrant Youth Detention Camp , Progressives Blast White House for Allowing Eviction Moratorium to Expire, 200+ Arrested at D.C. Protest Demanding End to Filibuster, Voting Rights, Study: Gerryma…
(2021-08-03). Fightback! 8 Million families facing eviction and foreclosures. liberationnews.org 
Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how the Democratic Party leadership in Congress and the Biden administration are failing to act in the face of impending mass evictions. They also discuss the grassroots movement against evictions — including the sit-in outside Congress by Rep. Cori Bush, the latest from the Olympics, the surge in Covid infections, Peru's new left wing government, and more.
(2021-08-03). Biden washes his hands of responsibility for mass evictions. wsws.org A statement issued by the White House Monday, after the expiration of the nearly year-long ban on evictions due to the pandemic crisis, promised no action at all.
(2021-08-03). Eviction tsunami crashes, Democrats shrug shoulders. zcomm.org An all-out struggle by the working class is the only hope to prevent perhaps the worst eviction crisis in the country's history…
(2021-08-03). California, national right wingers push Newsom recall drive. peoplesworld.org 
Republicans in California, with substantial in-state and out-of-state money, have succeeded in getting a special election scheduled for Sept. 14, in which they're attempting to recall Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. The recall is spearheaded and led by a cabal of the most reactionary sectors of the ruling class-supporting fascist Trump elements in the Republican Party. …
(2021-08-03). "I Alone Can Fix It": Book Details Trump's Last Year & the Military's Fear He Would Stage a Coup. democracynow.org 
A new book by two Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporters provides fresh details on former President Trump's response to the pandemic, his campaign to overturn the 2020 election results, and the events surrounding the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The book, "I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year," details how the country's top general, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, feared Trump would wage a coup after losing the November election, among other revelations. We speak with co-authors Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig, who say their reporting unearthed "a lot…
(2021-08-03). The Russia -U.S. Strategic Dialogue and the Putin-Biden Relationship: Diplomacy, Strategic Stability and Cybersecurity. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-03). The COVID challenge ‚àí cooperation or competition. workers.org 
President Joe Biden's May 25 announcement, calling on U.S. intelligence agencies to launch an inquiry into the charge of a lab leak in Wuhan, China, is an aggressive act that disrupts cooperative work to contain the virus. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases in Fort Detrick, Md is being . . . |
(2021-08-03). U.S. faces defeat in Afghanistan. fightbacknews.org Biden has been portraying the drawdown of U.S. troops as a sign of victory in Afghanistan, but the truth is that resistance forces are winning. In describing the motivations behind the drawdown, Biden stated, "We went to war with clear goals. We achieved those objectives. Bin Laden is dead, and al-Qaeda is degraded in Iraq – and in Afghanistan." However, the story on the ground is different. The puppet government set up by the United States has very little popular support and the U.S.-backed military forces have no will to fight. | Although the war in Afghanistan was originally portrayed as a response to the Sept…
(2021-08-03). Lawyer's Groups Support Hawaii's Case For Ending US Occupation. popularresistance.org The Water Protector Legal Collective (WPLC), alongside the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) and National Lawyers Guild (NLG), filed an amicus curiae ("friend of the court") brief today in support of the Hawaiian Kingdom's complaint against the United States government, President Joe Biden, and other defendants, due to the unlawful occupation of Hawai'i by the United States since January 17, 1893. The complaint and the amicus brief request Declaratory and Injunctive Relief, namely for the US to end the occupation of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
(2021-08-03). Biden's plan to turn Central America into a 'kettle' for migrants. therealnews.com 
President Biden's plan for "security and prosperity" in Central America appears to be a continuation of the longstanding policy of US intervention in Latin America and economic exploitation of its people and resources. Experts not only doubt that the Biden administration's plan will do much to mitigate the political, economic, and climate-related issues driving migrants to leave their home countries for the United States, but fear that it will exacerbate said issues while leaving migrants in ever more precarious positions. In this week's episode of The Marc Steiner Show, Marc talks to professor Aviva Chomsk…
(2021-08-03). Report outlines 'crucial' need for Biden administration to aid climate refugees. nationofchange.org "Ready solutions are available to address root causes and displacement that are centered in human rights and humanitarian protection."
(2021-08-03). As Biden Touts 110+ Million Vaccine Donations to the World, US Urged to Go Much Further. commondreams.org "I think the message here today is clear," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. "It's that everyday people can make a change. We can always demand better."
(2021-08-03). Biden Has Abandoned His Covid Worker Safety Pledge. popularresistance.org Until she got her first Pfizer shot on July 16, Cindy Cervantes toiled in the Seaboard Foods pork processing plant in Guymon, Oklahoma for most of the pandemic without a vaccine‚Äâ—‚Äâworking unprotected in an industry devastated by Covid-19 illnesses and deaths. | "In one day, at least 300 people were gone" from the plant, sick from Covid, Cervantes says. Still, "Seaboard wanted a certain number of hogs out. They kept pushing people, the chain was going even faster. People were getting injured, and we were losing even more people." Six of her coworkers…
(2021-08-03). 'I Think He Should Resign': Biden Joins Chorus of Demands for Cuomo to Step Down. commondreams.org
(2021-08-03). Groups Welcome Biden Review But Demand Congress Permanently Protect Arctic Refuge From Drilling. commondreams.org "This poll confirms that high drug prices are a top-of-mind issue for seniors when making voting decisions."
(2021-08-03). Is Biden Doing Enough to Fight Off the GOP's Relentless Assault on Democracy? I Fear Not. commondreams.org "Real estate developer money unites the Democratic Party."
(2021-08-03). 'Dangerous and Deadly': Biden CDC Under Fire for Preserving Trump-Era Migrant Expulsion Policy. commondreams.org "If there was ever a teachable moment that we need to invest in public health, it is now."
(2021-08-03). As US Hits Biden's 70% Vaccination Goal, World's Poor Nations Barely Over 1%. commondreams.org Activists urge lawmakers to reverse a relevant 2017 law, "cancel the leases issued by the Trump administration, and shut down this dangerous drilling program once and for all."
(2021-08-03). Sacrificing Truth to Stay in Power. counterpunch.org "Truth is too simple for us: we do not like those who unmask our illusions." —Ralph Waldo Emerson Republicans blaming Democrats for not having enough police to keep Trump's stormtroopers from besieging the Capitol is like getting caught robbing a bank and blaming its officials for not hiring enough guards to prevent a robbery. You
(2021-08-03). Tuesday 8/3: Protect Indigenous Sites! Interact with Amah Mutsun Tribal Chair! indybay.org Online, via Zoom. The Zoom link can be found at www.svslvdemocrats.org…
(2021-08-03). 'Stunning': Democrats Considering Major Cuts to Future Pandemic Preparedness. commondreams.org While the scales might be heavily "weighted in favor of disaster," there are reasons for a certain hopefulness.
(2021-08-03). Charter School Promoters Loathe Public Authority and Intensify Lawlessness, Threats, and Bully Tactics. dissidentvoice.org 
In recent years, and especially in the past 2-3 years, more public school boards across the country have taken resolute action to reject more charter school applications and not renew the contracts of existing privately-operated charter schools. These democratic decisions are usually taken for valid reasons such as: the charter school application is poorly-written the …
(2021-08-03). Counter-Revolution Strikes Tunisia. strategic-culture.org 
The UAE, Saudi Arabia, Israel and the U.S. just don't want democracy in the Arab world, writes As'ad AbuKhalil. | By As'ad ABUKHALIL | The monarchical-sounding declaration by KaàØs SaàØed eight days ago was stunning: the president who was freely elected in 2019 (for only the second time in Tunisian history) was basically proclaiming a coup d'etat by dismissing the prime minister and suspending parliament. | SaàØed was elected nine years after the overthrow of President Zine Ben Ali, who in 1987 as the security chief launched a coup against Habib Bourguiba, the founding president of Tunisia. T…
(2021-08-03). Refugees Continue to Face "Extreme Danger" in Mediterranean Sea as Aid Groups Scramble to Respond. democracynow.org 
The number of refugees trying to reach European soil continues to grow due to worsening poverty, violence and the climate crisis, and over 1,100 refugees have perished crossing the Mediterranean so far this year, according to the United Nations. We speak with Laurence Bondard of SOS Méditerranée, a humanitarian group that rescues migrants at sea, who says there is a severe shortage of search-and-rescue resources in the area to address the crisis. "The people that are actually fleeing via the sea that are on tremendously unseaworthy dinghies — most of the time without life jackets, without enough food or wat…
(2021-08-03). Paving a Pathway to Citizenship Also Means Paving a Pathway to Recovery. counterpunch.org As Democratic lawmakers wrangle over a $3.5 trillion recovery package, immigrant rights advocates and faith leaders are demanding the inclusion of a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million immigrants living and working in the United States. Faith in Action, the largest faith-based grassroots organization in the country, and the LA RED Campaign, its immigration
(2021-08-03). On Contact: The Trial Of Ghislaine Maxwell. popularresistance.org On the show this week Chris Hedges talks to investigative journalist Nick Bryant about the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell. | The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, held at New York's Metropolitan Detention Center and denied bail, will be tried this fall on sex-trafficking charges for allegedly recruiting and grooming teenage girls to engage in sex acts with the late American financier Jeffrey Epstein. She is reputed to have procured teenage girls for Epstein to abuse between 1994 and 2004 and allegedly paid the girls hundreds of dollars in cash after each encounter with Epstein. Epstein died in a New York jail cell…
(2021-08-03). NY AG Letitia James Drops Hammer On Democrat Playboy Cuomo: He Violated State Laws Sexually Harassing Women. moguldom.com New York State Attorney General Letitia James announced Tuesday in a bombshell report that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo violated federal and state law by sexually harassing at least 11 women and then retaliated against a former employee who complained publicly about his behavior. The two U.S. senators from New York, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, are calling on …
(2021-08-03). European Union Sanctions Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo. orinocotribune.com On Monday, August 2, the Council of the European Union (EU) announced the imposition of sanctions on the Vice President and First Lady of Nicaragua, Rosario Murillo, and seven other individuals for alleged involvement in human rights violations. | "The Council has imposed restrictive measures on eight individuals, including Vice President Rosario Murillo, for being responsible for serious human rights violations or actions undermining democracy and the rule of law in Nicaragua," read the official statement of the EU Council. | According to the European Union, the restrictive measures are designed so as not to har…
(2021-08-03). Collapsing Federal Corporate Crime Enforcement. popularresistance.org Despite constant exposés in the mainstream media — still only reporting the tip of the iceberg — neither members of Congress nor presidents from the Republican and Democratic parties have raised the banner of tough "law and order" to counter rampaging corporate crime. Proposals to bring the laws up to date in their penalties and coverage to deter corporate lawbreaking are never a priority for Congress. When was the last time you heard a politician demand "corporate reform"?
(2021-08-03). Black Community Group Puts Up Highest Bid To Purchase LA Mall But Is Rejected. moguldom.com A Black community group in South Los Angeles was rejected from purchasing a historical downtown LA mall despite offering the highest bid, according to recent reports. Downtown Crenshaw Rising (DCR) offered $115 million to purchase the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza, affectionately known as the Crenshaw Mall, in 2020. However, the mall's current owners, brokerage firm DWS …
(2021-08-03). Nina Turner: A Champion of the People Redeeming Our Frayed Democracy. commondreams.org "The longer billions of people remain unvaccinated, the more variants will develop that threaten all of us."