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Michael Parenti - Inventing Reality [audiobook] by dessalines ( m.youtube.com )

Sex workers at Nevada brothel fight for the first unionization ( apnews.com )

PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) — Nevada is the only state where people can legally purchase sex, and now sex workers at one of the state’s oldest brothels are fighting to become the nation’s first to be unionized. ...

Cattle Raised for Beef Are Heavier Than Ever, Raising New Concerns in the Industry About Animal Health and Welfare ( sentientmedia.org )

Leakers Helped Destroy Deportation Case Against Tufts Student ( theintercept.com )

The video was shocking, and devoid of context, it appeared Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk was abducted off the street by masked men and hauled to a waiting van. In what turned out to be an immigration operation, the Trump administration arrested Öztürk in March 2025, jailed her in horrific conditions for ...

The American dream is fading for many Asian students ( e.vnexpress.net )

Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts ( www.nytimes.com )

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Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change ( www.nytimes.com )

Paywall bypass: https://archive.ph/gWLDS ...

Virginia Supreme Court allows redistricting special election to move forward ( www.nbcnews.com )

Gallup's presidential approval ratings poll is ending after eight decades ( www.axios.com )

Zohran Mamdani appoints liberal Zionist to lead Office to Combat Antisemitism ( www.thejc.com )

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed the Zionist leader of a liberal Jewish community group to lead his Office to Combat Antisemitism. ...

House votes to slap back Trump's tariffs on Canada in rare bipartisan rebuke (though it wouldn’t actually undo the tariffs without support from Trump himself, which is highly unlikely) ( apnews.com )

It's all about interests

Turns out that the US is unable to produce enough missiles for Ukraine and a war with Iran ( responsiblestatecraft.org )

Strip out health care and social services, and the U.S. lost jobs in 2025—something that usually happens in recessions ( fortune.com )

Trump’s religious liberty commissioner removed after Zionism dispute ( www.middleeastmonitor.com )

Carrie Prejean Boller, a former Miss California, was removed Wednesday from President Donald Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission following a contentious hearing on antisemitism for what she claimed were efforts to “force” commissioners to affirm Zionism. ...

Nelson Mandela killed people. Will you do the same?

It is documented fact that Nelson Mandela lead an organization that killed innocent people. ...

Gallup to Stop Tracking Presidential Approval After More Than 80 Years ( www.axios.com )

America borrowed $43.5 billion a week in the first four months of the fiscal year, with debt interest on track to be over $1 trillion for 2026 ( fortune.com )