(2022-08-25). Biden pledges billions more for the "forever war" against Russia in Ukraine. wsws.org On Wednesday, US President Joe Biden pledged an additional $3 billion in weapons to Ukraine, in the largest single disbursement of US weapons since the start of the war six months ago.
(2022-08-25). Headlines for August 25, 2022. democracynow.org President Biden to Cancel Up to $20,000 of Student Debt Per Borrower, Federal Judge Blocks Part of Idaho's "Trigger Ban" Criminalizing Abortion Care, Russian Missile Attack on Ukrainian Train Station Kills at Least 25 Civilians, U.N. Chief Slams "Senseless War" in Ukraine on 6-Month Anniversary of Russian Invasion, Russian Dissident Arrested After Calling Russia's War in Ukraine an "Invasion", Fighting Shatters Truce in Ethiopia's War-Torn Tigray Region, California to Phase Out Sales of Gasoline-Powered Cars by 2035, Uvalde Schools Police Chief Pete Arredondo…
(2022-08-25). Inflated by meager advances, the deluded still cling to the 'Trump Party of Stable Geniuses'. nationofchange.org Do Trumpers have to sustain their dignity with loyalty not only to a naked emperor but one about to be run out of town on a rail?>
(2022-08-25). Killing Spree: Starting Today, Oklahoma to Execute One Man Per Month for Next 2 Years Amid Protests. democracynow.org 
Oklahoma plans to execute a person a month for the next two years, starting today. We get an update from Connie Johnson, former state senator and murder victim family member with the Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, and speak with world-renowned anti-death-penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean. "Our death penalty is broken. It always was from the beginning," Prejean tells Democracy Now! "I recognize that this is torture and an abuse of human rights. In time, with our help, as we continue to get the word out, the American people are going to see that, too. And we are going to end…
(2022-08-25). Pelosi Resign! San Franciscans Accuse Pelosi of War Mongering Against China. indybay.org Dozens of people rallied in Portsmouth Square in San Francisco Chinatown and demanded that San Francisco House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi resign. They accused her of whipping up war against China and being responsible for the escalating attacks on Chinese and Asian Americans.
(2022-08-25). "Freedom Dreams": How Student Debt Crushes Black Women & Why Debt Relief Would Benefit Everyone. democracynow.org 
"Freedom Dreams: Black Women and the Student Debt Crisis," a new short documentary from The Intercept, profiles Black women educators and activists struggling under the weight of tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of dollars in student loan debt. It is directed by Astra Taylor and Erick Stoll, narrated by former Ohio state Senator Nina Turner, and was supported by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. "A system where Black women do not have to be subject to crushing debt is a system that would benefit everyone," says Shamell Bell, one of the women featured in the film.
(2022-08-25). Who Is Barre Seid? Secretive Tycoon Gives Record $1.6 Billion to Fund GOP Takeover of the Courts. democracynow.org 
We speak with one of the reporters who this week exposed the secretive Chicago industrial mogul who has quietly given $1.6 billion to the architect of the right-wing takeover of the courts — the largest known political advocacy donation in U.S. history. The donor is Barre Seid, who donated all of his shares in his electronics company, Tripp Lite, to the nonprofit group run by Leonard Leo, who helped select former President Trump's conservative Supreme Court nominees. "This transaction was all structured in a way that really gamed the rules around donations to nonprofits," says Andrew Perez…
(2022-08-25). Biden's Debt Cancellation Plan Is a Step Forward on the Racial Wealth Divide. inequality.org
(2022-08-25). Some Facts About Pelosi's Visit to Taiwan. ecns.cn Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi made a provocative visit to China's Taiwan region recently in disregard of the Chinese side's stern warnings.
(2022-08-25). Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Is a Drop in the Bucket. scheerpost.com 
A desperate statement spray-painted on a wall. [ By India Walton and Sam Rosenthal | As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden was hardly bullish on student debt cancellation. He was cajoled by progressives and his presidential primary opponents into adopting a more forceful student debt cancellation stance, one which ultimately helped win him the support of young voters. | Now, after a series of tepid moves, President Biden's grand statement in the student debt saga has arrived. To put it mildly, it's not very inspiring. Over t…
(2022-08-25). Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan Strike Force. dissidentvoice.org Step right this way! Roll up, roll up for the Mystery Tour Roll up, roll up for the Mystery Tour — The Beatles, "Magical Mystery Tour," 1967 Recently, the Wicked Witch of Ice Cream, octogenarian Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, took an officially unscheduled trip to Taiwan that caused quite a stir. Beyond the …
(2022-08-25). China Drought Causes Yangtze to Dry Up, Sparking Shortage of Hydropower. globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-25). Parliament and democracy: It's not just about Morrison's ministeries. greenleft.org.au The Scott Morrison multiple-portfolio saga is just the tip of the credibility crisis plaguing politics. Sam Wainwright argues we need to look a lot further than the restoration of Westminster conventions.
(2022-08-25). Poyang Lake in Jiangxi keeps shrinking due to drought. ecns.cn The water level of China's largest freshwater lake Poyang Lake in Jiangxi Province continues to decline.
(2022-08-25). Taiwan is China's Taiwan and Taiwan question is China's domestic affairs: China's Defense Minister. ecns.cn Taiwan is China's Taiwan and the Taiwan question is China's domestic affairs, said China's State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe during a video speech at a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting on Wednesday, noting that China appreciates the more than 170 countries and international organizations that support China's condemnation of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan island earlier this month.
(2022-08-25). As teachers continue strike in Columbus, Ohio, UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman visits picket lines. wsws.org The Biden administration, concerned the walkout in Columbus could spark a wider movement of educators, has intervened with a federal mediator in an effort to crush the strike before teachers can win their demands.
(2022-08-25). Cancel It All: Debt Collective's Astra Taylor on Biden Plan & Need for Full Student Debt Relief. democracynow.org 
In a much-anticipated move, President Biden has signed an executive order Wednesday for student debt relief that could help more than 40 million borrowers by canceling up to $20,000 of their federal loans. Many advocates for canceling student debt say Biden's plan doesn't go far enough, while Republicans decry the plan as "student debt socialism." We speak to Astra Taylor, writer, filmmaker and co-director of the Debt Collective, a union for debtors and one of the original advocates for a debt jubilee that would cancel all student debt. Despite the mixed reaction, "this is incredibly…
(2022-08-25). Wednesday 8/24: Pelosi's Taiwan Visit: U.S. Dangerous Saber-Rattling vs. Rival China. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…
(2022-08-25). CIA Democrats and fascist Republicans notch primary wins. wsws.org Seven of 12 Democratic nominees for open or contested seats in New York state have a military-intelligence background.
(2022-08-25). Organizaciones bolivianas convocan a marcha por la democracia. telesurtv.net Los líderes sociales prevén reunir un millón de personas en la marcha por la democracia.
(2022-08-24). US, South Korea resume large-scale joint war games. wsws.org The military drills in South Korea, adjacent to northern China and Russia's Far East, take place as the Biden administration wages a proxy war against Russia in Ukraine and goads Beijing into conflict over Taiwan.
(2022-08-24). US Details Its Largest-Ever Weapons Package for Ukraine. news.antiwar.com President Biden on Wednesday announced new military aid for Ukraine worth nearly $3 billion, marking the single largest weapons package for Kyiv since Russia launched its invasion on February 24. The Pentagon detailed the contents of the $2.98 billion package and said it demonstrates the US commitment to "supporting Ukraine over the long term." The …
(2022-08-24). Biden's shame The 8 minute expose of Ukraine's biggest lies/ By G.H. Eliason. marktaliano.net *Fact checkers- This video is backed up by thousands of pages of academic, political science, and historical whitepapers.It is also a lead in to a much larger work to be released later.Are there Nazis in Ukraine?Witness the undeniable development of political Nazism from 1917-2022 and its devastating impact on the Ukrainian people as well as …
(2022-08-24). The birth of propaganda and The war of perception. indybay.org One of the founding fathers of modern propaganda, Edward Bernays, openly admitted that especially in democracies, where the majority of people decide, the control of thoughts and feelings is a central tool. "Public relations involves what I call 'the engineering of consent.'"
(2022-08-24). Labour sabotaged pro-Corbyn candidates in 2019 election. electronicintifada.net Secret document accuses party staff of undermining their own leader.
(2022-08-24). CIA intimidated Britain to force 'ally' to cut ties with China's Huawei. multipolarista.com The Donald Trump White House and CIA ran "black ops" to intimate Britain to cut ties with China's tech giant Huawei, hurting the UK's economic interests to advance Washington's trade war on Beijing.
(2022-08-24). Turkish Loitering Munition Kills Three Civilians In Syria's Aleppo (Videos). southfront.org 
An STM Kargu loitering munition. Source: STM. Click to see full-size image. | On August 24, three civilians were killed and six others were wounded when a Turkish loitering munitions struck the municipality of Tell Rifaat town in Syria's Aleppo. | Tell Rifaat, one of the largest urban centers in the northern countryside of Aleppo, is jointly held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Syrian Arab Army. | The strike was likely carried out with an STM Kargu loitering munition, which has a maximum…
(2022-08-24). BREAKING NEWS: Biden Cuts Student Debt. levernews.com Today, after extensive pressure, President Joe Biden
(2022-08-24). Four Times The US Nearly Killed Us All With Nuclear Armageddon. popularresistance.org Nancy Pelosi's recent trip to Taiwan to try to start a proxy war with China helped remind a lot of Americans that our "leaders" do not have our best interests at heart and, in fact, willfully push us all toward nuclear Armageddon. Of course, this is just the latest moment when the U.S. empire has nearly caused a doomsday scenario. Here are some of the other greatest hits over the past 70 years. | One night in 1961, the U.S. dropped nuclear bombs on North Carolina! A B-52 crashed in the middle of the night in Faro, North Carolina, but it was more than just a downed aircraft. As National Geographic magazine reporte…
(2022-08-24). PSL Editorial — Cancel ALL the student debt now! liberationnews.org 
All student loan debt should be canceled immediately. This is something that Biden has the power to do through executive order — he cannot blame obstruction by the Republicans or uncooperative Democrats like Joe Manchin.
(2022-08-24). Palestinians resist U.S. imperialism and Israeli occupation. workers.org 
On Aug. 18, Israeli occupation forces raided, physically blocked and imposed closure orders on the offices of seven prominent Palestinian human rights, feminist and social services organizations operating in the Ramallah area of the occupied West Bank. Background to the demonization In 2021, Israel falsely and preemptively designated six of . . . |
(2022-08-24). In OtherWords: August 24, 2022. otherwords.org On Wednesday, President Biden took the huge step of cancelling up to $20,000 in student debt for working and middle-class borrowers. We'll have some valuable perspectives to offer on that very soon. | Canceling student debt will befit tens of millions of ordinary people, but it's an usual step for the federal government. This week in OtherWords, Rakeen Mabud takes aim at a much more common policy that has the opposite impact:
(2022-08-24). Biden Expected To Announce Student Debt Relief Of $10,000 For Borrowers With Income Less Than $125K. moguldom.com Under pressure from congressional Democrats, the Biden administration is expected to announce today the cancellation of up to $10,000 in student loan debt for borrowers who earn less than $125,000 income. Student loan payments have been on pause during the pandemic until now. President Joe Biden has been under pressure to forgive at least $ ,000 …
(2022-08-24). What's at Stake in Brazil's Presidential Election. infobrics.org The race to be the next president of Latin America's biggest country could hardly be more polarised…
(2022-08-24). Carlos Ocariz Proposes Schedule for Opposition Primaries in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com On Monday, August 22, Carlos Ocariz, leader of the Venezuelan opposition party Primero Justicia (PJ), called on the right wing to "move from eternal rhetoric to concrete action" and suggested that the opposition's primary elections ahead of the 2024 presidential elections be held on June 24, 2023. | "It is time to move from eternal rhetoric to concrete action," Ocariz stated in a press release. "Every day you all say that the primaries are important, but you do not fix a date. I propose that on the day of the Battle of Carabobo, the date on which Venezuela was liberated, June 24, that this internal consultation o…
(2022-08-24). NBA Hall Of Famer Isiah Thomas Wants To Make Cars With Weed: 5 Things To Know About Hemp Cars. moguldom.com Entrepreneur and NBA Hall Of Famer Isiah Thomas wants to dominate the cannabis industry as he did the courts. One of the ways he plans to accomplish this is by helping make cars with interiors made of hemp. Here are five things to know. 1. Isiah Thomas is the CEO of One World Products. It …
(2022-08-24). Biden Student Debt Relief Plan a 'Big Deal,' Says Sanders, 'But We Have Got to Do More'. commondreams.org "At a time of massive income and wealth inequality, education, from pre-school through graduate school, must be a fundamental right for all, not a privilege for the wealthy few."
(2022-08-24). Grand Rapids jury finds Fox and Croft guilty of conspiracy to kidnap the governor of Michigan in 2020. wsws.org Adam Fox and Barry Croft were found guilty on Tuesday in their federal retrial for conspiring to kidnap and kill Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer with the aim of inciting nationwide chaos and violence prior to the 2020 presidential elections.
(2022-08-24). How Republicans Became The Party Of Climate Obstruction (feat. Elizabeth Kolbert). levernews.com On this week's episode of Lever Time,
(2022-08-24). Dr. Oz Condemned for 'Disgusting' Comments on Fetterman Stroke. commondreams.org "I know politics can be nasty, but even then," said Democratic candidate John Fetterman, "I could never imagine ridiculing someone for their health challenges."
(2022-08-24). Ministry: Nation to resolutely safeguard sovereignty. ecns.cn Beijing vowed to take resolute and strong measures to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity after a group of Japanese lawmakers led by Keiji Furuya of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party visited the Taiwan region.
(2022-08-24). House Report Shows Trump 'Deliberately and Repeatedly' Undermined Covid-19 Response. commondreams.org "The Trump administration's nearly year-long crusade against FDA resulted in damaging consequences for the coronavirus response," the new publication states.
(2022-08-24). High-level Trump lawyers personally directed efforts to break into voting machines. wsws.org Lead Trump coup lawyer Sidney Powell paid a private company to copy voting data obtained from voting machines, which was then accessed by Trump operatives.
(2022-08-24). Primary results yesterday have Republicans shaking in their shoes. peoplesworld.org 
KINGSTON, N.Y.—The constitutional right to abortion and democracy itself took center stage and gave Democratic Ulster County, N.Y., Executive Pat Ryan a win in a special congressional election in a swing U.S. House seat in New York's Hudson Valley. The unexpected win by a pro-abortion rights candidate in his race against a popular Republican, Marc …
(2022-08-24). No let-up in criminal probe of Trump's handling of military-intelligence documents. wsws.org Amid new revelations about the highly sensitive character of the documents Trump illegally removed from the White House, the Justice Department appears to be expanding its investigation into the ex-president's violations of national security procedures.
(2022-08-24). Corporate Democrats Maloney and Goldman Fend Off Progressives in NY Primary. commondreams.org Despite narrow defeat to Dan Goldman in the state's 10th District, progressive Yuh-Line Niou said her campaign showed "why betting on people is always the right choice."
(2022-08-24). US responded to Iran's comments on EU proposed draft: Price. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) — The US State Department Spokesperson says that the Biden administration sent its response to Iran's comments on the EU draft agreement that would restore the Iran nuclear deal.
(2022-08-24). Progressives Say Biden Student Debt Plan 'A Good Start, But Not Enough'. commondreams.org "In the long term, we need to keep pushing for more relief and for free public college and vocational school," said Rep. Ro Khanna.
(2022-08-24). No Flat Country for Old Growth. indybay.org Forest Defenders drop banners, occupy trees and demand Biden stay true to his word to protect forests as expressed in his Executive Order.
(2022-08-24). Stunning tree-shape formation appears in Poyang Lake amid severe drought. ecns.cn Aerial photos show a tidal-flat landscape in the shape of a tree in the Jinxian section of Poyang Lake in east China's Jiangxi Province, Aug. 23, 2022. This unique landscape in China's largest freshwater lake demonstrates another alarming sign of the severe drought in Jiangxi.
(2022-08-24). Teoría del dominó: el siguiente argumento (falaz) de la propaganda occidental y sus medios de desinformación. cubadebate.cu Uno de los argumentos de la propaganda occidental sobre la guerra en Ucrania es este: es fundamental combatir a Rusia en Ucrania porque la invasión de Ucrania es el primer paso de un proyecto imperialista ruso, destinado a reconstituir las fronteras de la URSS o del Imperio zarista y difundir el "autoritarismo" donde hoy hay "democracia".
(2022-08-24). La sequía en China revela estatuas ocultas bajo el río Yangtzé. cubadebate.cu La ola de calor en China confirma la preocupación por el cambio climático. A medida que el nivel del agua del río Yangtzé ha ido bajando en los últimos días en el sur del país, tres estatuas budistas de 600 años de antigàºedad han asomado la cabeza por el mayor río de China y tercero del mundo.
(2022-08-24). Detrás de los paneles del T-MEC, la joya que encontró Pemex en el Golfo de México|. globalizacion.ca 
De acuerdo a la oposición mexicana, los paneles de consulta solicitados por Estados Unidos y Canadá en el marco del T-MEC para evaluar la política energética de México, son una muestra que la 4T incumple sus compromisos en materia ambiental…
(2022-08-24). Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia seeks Congressional seat in California. peoplesworld.org 
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Robert Garcia is the first LGBTQ mayor of Long Beach, the second-largest city in Los Angeles County and the seventh-largest in the state. Prior to his mayoralty he served as a City Councilman from 2009 to 2014. Garcia is a Democrat running for election to the U.S. House of Representatives in the …
(2022-08-23). Disaster In Cuba Highlights Biden's Disastrous (And Illegal) Foreign Policy. popularresistance.org On August 5, lightning caused a fire at an oil supertanker base in Matanzas, Cuba. The fire caused the collapse of three large oil tanks, killed 16 people and wounded 146 people. Immediately, friendly nations sent aid, including $70 million in oil from Russia, but the United States only provided technical advice to the neighboring Caribbean nation that has been crippled by six decades of the US' economic blockade. Clearing the FOG speaks with Arturo Lopez-Levy of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs about the fire, the Biden administration's continuation of Trump's policies in Cuba and the campaign to change that,…
(2022-08-23). US-Backed Ukrainian Officials Are Trying To Prosecute Journalists. popularresistance.org This past May, Rand Paul, the Senator from Kentucky, did something that made a lot of sense. Before a vote to send another $40 Billion to Ukraine, Paul demanded language that would create oversight for that money. | Most of Congress was furious with him for daring to put restrictions on U.S. funding for the proxy forces in Ukraine. One of his peers who was most upset with him was Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. | As former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter writes for Consortium News, three weeks after Schumer forced that bill through and got the money for the proxy war in Ukraine, something funny happened.
(2022-08-23). Greater Peril, Greater Reward? A New Risk Assessment Tool For Activists. popularresistance.org In March 2019, following numerous community pleas to curb graft among local police that had fallen upon deaf ears, residents of Kyere, Uganda tricked a notoriously corrupt police officer into a bribery arrangement. They caught him red-handed. Emerging from their hiding places in a community market, they seized the officer and arrested him—a man who had often used the same power of arrest to extort from them! This effective sting operation occurred without any of the usual police brutality toward activists. | As democracy erodes at an Increasing Pace, slipping our species toward the normalization of authorit…
(2022-08-23). Scenes From A Summer Of Strikes In A South Carolina Starbucks. popularresistance.org Since the Starbucks Workers United campaign launched last fall, workers have won union authorization elections at 220 stores, and struck at least 60. The company has retaliated harshly—closing some stores, firing dozens of union leaders, claiming interference by the National Labor Relations Board, and calling for a moratorium on mail-in elections. | Starbucks also barred union stores from receiving long-awaited benefits to be implemented August 1, provoking several strikes. | Jonah Furman from Labor Notes spoke with Tripathi about the joys of the picket line, Starbucks' retaliation, and how a store manager…
(2022-08-23). OAS Continues to Dodge Accountability for Actions in the 2019 Bolivian Election. cepr.net The failure of the OAS to explain false claims of fraud it made during the Bolivian elections in 2019 continues to fuel doubts about its ability to monitor elections fairly and objectively.
(2022-08-23). Bernie Sanders Makes the Washington Post Oped Page: We Don't Need Government-Granted Patent Monopolies to Finance Drug Research. cepr.net Moving away from … government-granted patent monopolies to a system of direct public funding will be a long process. But we have to get the debate started.