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NewsdiveJul 23, 2020
Aaron Bushnell Says "Free Palestine" in the Most Powerful Way | Newsdive Ep.137
Aaron Bushnell was an active duty service member who gave his life to send a message. That message was "Free Palestine!" This is a message that should not be forgotten despite the efforts to minimize his actions and obfuscate his final words.
Historic Turnout in Pakistan Interrupts Military's Effort to Rig Election | Newsdive Ep. 136
Candidates Jailed. Party Banned. Supporters Harassed. This did not stop Pakistanis from going to the polls in droves to show their displeasure of the US-backed Military Dictatorship.
Democrats Give Republicans The Border Policy They Wanted, Republicans Say No | Newsdive Ep. 135
Republicans are threatening civil war over states rights to abuse migrants. This comes following huge concessions from democrats over border policy to gut asylum protections and increase border militarization. Both parties are playing politics as Republicans tank the most right-wing border legislation in decades and Democrats abandon any interest in human or immigrant rights.
ICJ Rules Gaza Genocide is "Plausible"; US Cuts Off Aid Funding to UNWRA | Newsdive Ep. 134
The International Court of Justice has ruled that the claim of Genocide is "Plausible." After the ruling, the US cut off funding to the most important humanitarian aid group in Gaza. Meanwhile, Israel is ramping up their slaughter of civilians after being told to take steps to do otherwise. Also, Nancy Pelosi thinks ceasefire protesters are Russian Plants. All that and more on this week's episode.
Israel's Final Solution | Newsdive Ep. 133
Shane & Nehemiah break down the past few weeks of slaughter in Gaza
CEOs Blame Striking Workers For Economic Problems & Trump's Astroturfed Union Rally | Newsdive Ep. 132
Shane & Nehemiah discuss the autoworkers strike.
98-Year-Old Kansas Newspaper Co-Owner Dies Day After “Gestapo” Style Police Raid
The police sent the message: “mind your own business or we’re going to step on you,” the co-owner said.
The Supreme Court’s “Major Questions Doctrine” Is a Threat to Democracy
The “major questions doctrine,” cited to invalidate student loan forgiveness, empowers the conservative Supreme Court to veto any executive action with broad social impact. Its goal is to undermine the government’s ability function and aid average people.
US Is Leading Push for Armed Multinational Intervention in Haiti
Critics of the proposal warn that foreign intervention may strengthen and legitimize the currently unelected government.
DeJoy’s 10-Year Plan Could Gut USPS. He Doesn’t Want You to Know the Details
The Trump-appointed postmaster general behaves as if the public isn’t entitled to transparency at a public institution.
The New UAW Is Ready to Fight the Big 3 Automakers
This week, the UAW presented proposals to automakers in contract negotiations covering some 150,000 workers. Autoworkers want big raises, an end to tiers, and the right to strike over plant closures — and conditions appear favorable for them to win.
Joe Biden Wants You to Kill and Die for the Saudi Monarchy
The Biden administration is entertaining the idea of pursuing a US-Saudi mutual defense pact. How does the prospect of risking lives for the Saudi monarchy sound?
The Latest Trump Indictment Is the One That Really Matters
Special prosecutor Jack Smith charged the disgraced ex-president with multiple counts of conspiracy leading up to the January 6 insurrection. Republicans can’t keep making excuses for him anymore.
Humans Might Be About to Break the Ocean? Don’t Stop the Presses
When a new peer-reviewed study announces that a crucial Atlantic Ocean circulation system, a cornerstone of the global climate, may collapse as quickly as two years from now, you’d think news outlets might want to put that on the front page.
Obama’s Greenwash
If Barack Obama and David Axelrod are really concerned about the climate crisis, they can fess up to their culpability — and demand change from Joe Biden.
Niger Coup Leader Joins Long Line Of U.S.-Trained Mutineers
Brig. Gen. Moussa Salaou Barmou, who trained at Fort Benning, Georgia, helped oust Niger’s democratically elected president.
The US Government Is Ramping Up an Anti-China Witch Hunt
The US government is launching investigations of US academics with ties to Chinese research institutes. It’s a dangerous escalation of anti-China surveillance, which threatens civil liberties while doing little to help those it is supposed to protect.
Amid Heat Wave, GOP Adds Climate Denial To Spending Bills
House Republicans are helping their fossil fuel donors with legislative fine print that would block climate action.
Covering ‘Racist State’ Backlash—but Not the Reality That Israel Is a Racist State
Media coverage mainly focused on the politics of calling Israel a “racist state” rather than on the question of whether Israel was racist.
Americans Feel Negative About Biden’s Economy Because There’s a Lot to Feel Negative About
Pundits are insisting Americans only feel bad about the economy because they’re ignorant or delusional. But maybe it has something to do with the very real economic hardships Americans are still suffering three years after the worst of the pandemic economy.
As Skies Turn Orange, Media Still Hesitate to Mention What’s Changing Climate
If apocalyptic air enveloping major news headquarters hundreds of miles away from record-setting fires doesn’t prompt these necessary conversations, what will?
“Climate Optimism” Is Dangerous and Irrational (Part 2)
Overly-confident math models based on unrealistic assumptions are used to avoid crisis-consistent climate policies and to protect global elite privilege, while abandoning our duties to the planet’s most vulnerable.
“Climate Optimism” Is Dangerous and Irrational (Part 1)
Overly-confident math models based on unrealistic assumptions are used to avoid crisis-consistent climate policies and to protect global elite privilege, while abandoning our duties to the planet’s most vulnerable.
Julian Assange Is “Dangerously Close” to Extradition for Revealing US War Crimes
This is the first time a publisher has been charged under the Espionage Act for disclosing government secrets.
UPS Workers Prep to Strike for Demands That Would Improve Lives of Over 340,000
Negotiations have stalled after the company and the union failed to reach an agreement.
Police Are Spreading Authoritarianism Under the Guise of Counterterrorism
Joe Biden’s Department of Justice has doubled down on an inquisitorial strategy of counterinsurgency in the name of counterterrorism.
Arming Taiwan is an Insane Provocation
The Island of Taiwan has been turned into a “powder keg” by the infusion of U.S. weaponry, pushing the Taiwanese people into the “abyss of disaster.”
Death of an Economic Theory
The notion that public investment crowds out private spending has taken a beating lately.
Cluster Bombs Are “War-Crime” Weapons
Congress should bar the Biden administration from transferring internationally banned weapons to the Ukrainian government.
Henry Kissinger, Elliott Abrams, and the Rot of American Foreign Policy
Our bipartisan elite is always willing to forgive war crimes by its made men.
America’s Power Disconnection Crisis: In 31 States, Utilities Can Shut Off Electricity In A Heat Wave
People are facing rising electricity rates in many areas, rising inflation and higher temperatures that require cooling.
As We Celebrate Independence, the US Stifles Freedom Around the Globe
The U.S. has been a major force of violent repression globally that stamps out people’s hopes for freedom and justice.
SCOTUS Rules: Affirmative Action Is Ok — If Students Are Getting Sent To Die In Wars
By making an exception for military academies — and legacy admissions — the court once again sided with the ruling class.
Supreme Court Decides Fake Plaintiffs Are Good Plaintiffs
If a Colorado web designer can refuse to serve a same-sex couple, why can’t a business owner discriminate against Blacks, Muslims, and Jews? Also, The result is that student debt cancellation for 43 million borrowers has been wiped away.
If We Don’t Rein In Pentagon Spending Now, It Will Keep Increasing in the Future
The $886 billion hike in military spending may prove just a floor, not a ceiling, on what will be allocated next year.
For the Love of God, Stop Saying Trump Was an Antiwar President
The only way you can argue that President Donald Trump bucked the hawkish Washington consensus is if you ignore Trump’s entire foreign policy record.
We’re Number One! (Actually, 38 out of 38)
A new Oxfam survey on worker well-being compares us to the other advanced and semi-advanced economies. America remains exceptional-y bad.
The State That May Let Corporations Vote In Elections
Delaware Democrats could pass GOP legislation letting businesses cast ballots in a municipal election.
What the Hell Happened to Biden’s Human Rights Agenda?
As president, Donald Trump made no secret of his admiration for repressive rulers around the world. Joe Biden campaigned on a promise to change that.
Modi Visit is Part of a Geopolitical Great Game
India is seen as a strategic counterweight to China, and that has overridden any U.S. concerns about repression against ethnic minorities and the press.
The Media Cares More About the Titanic Sub Than Drowned Migrants
U.S. media has largely ignored a shipwreck with hundreds of migrant deaths but has focused intently on a missing submersible full of rich people.
Permanent Apartheid in Palestine: This Is Why Israel Wants To Reactivate E1 Plan
The Israeli government is at it again, actively discussing the construction of thousands of illegal settlement units as part of a massive settlement expansion scheme known as E1. Though Israeli construction in the East Jerusalem area has supposedly been halted under international pressure, the Israeli government has found ways to keep the plan alive.
This Juneteenth, We Are at War Over Our Right to Teach Black History
The right is trying to make truth-telling about U.S. history illegal because it fears the end of white supremacy.
Conservatives Say the Justice System Has Been Weaponized. Cop City Proves Them Right.
In the wake of the Trump indictments, conservatives are concerned that the justice system is being used to target political enemies. They’re right about that — but as the repression of Cop City protesters shows, they’re wrong about who the real targets are.
The DOJ Went Easy on Trump for Political Reasons
Conservative have been complaining all week that Trump's prosecution shows a double standard in the justice system, but the double standard is actually the opposite of what they claim.
What Does The FBI Have On Hunter And Joe Biden?
The FBI is allowing members of the House Oversight Committee to review allegations made against the president and his son.
Beltway Media Is Being Sponsored by Fossil Fuel Cash
Thanks to the protest of climate activists, a recent Semafor event featuring Joe Manchin became a viral illustration of all that’s wrong with the corporate-sponsored media model.
The Right-Wing War on Clean Air
As wildfire smoke hit the East Coast, Fox News claimed it was “perfectly healthy” to breathe.
As 'Absolutely Devastating' Trump Indictment Unsealed, Special Counsel Stresses Gravity of Charges
"The criminal evidence unsealed in the indictment shows in painstaking detail that he acted as if he is above the law, while willfully and recklessly endangering our national security," said MoveOn Political Action's executive director. "Now is the time for Donald Trump to be held accountable."
Funded By Dark Money, Chris Rufo's Nonprofit Stokes The Far Right's Culture War
Rufo’s Documentary Foundation received an influx of untraceable money in 2021, as his national profile grew.