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President Donald Trump said Monday that “if Oman gets in the way” of an Iran deal, the United States will “bomb the s*** out of them,” in an interview with Fox News. In a separate Truth Social post Monday, Trump said the “number one Goal” of the Iran War is “that Iran cannot have, in any way, shape, or form, a Nuclear Weapon.” His comments seem to contradict remarks made by Vice President JD Vance last Thursday that the administration’s “goal number one” is to “keep oil and gasoline cheap for Americans.” News outlet Al Arabiya reported Monday that the…
An excerpt from Friday’s concurrence in Guerra Quezada v. U.S., by Fifth Circuit Judge James Ho: The Constitution vests Congress—not the judiciary—with the power to “establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization.” And that basic principle dictates the correct result in this case. Federal courts may not confer U.S. citizenship on any individual who fails to comply with all of the conditions and requirements set forth in our naturalization laws—and that includes the requirement of physical presence in the United States. Yet that’s precisely what Plaintiffs [who were born outside the U.S. -EV] urge us to do here: They ask us…
By Ella Fassler This article was originally published by Truthout The co-directors of a new docuseries offer their theory of change for transcending capitalism and the state. After neighbors took care of neighbors during the COVID-19 pandemic, the concept of mutual aid suddenly catapulted into the national spotlight. The speed and nimbleness with which mutual aid projects emerged was a strength, but it also meant many participants did not have preexisting relationships, trust, or shared political commitments. What has happened to the mutual aid movement since then? Maroon and Cassa, longtime organizers with Mutual Aid Disaster Relief, are well-positioned…
The combination of a midterm election and high gas prices could be difficult for Republicans to overcome – but there’s good reason to believe it could actually be worse this year for the GOP. Source link
The AI arms race heats up: “The U.S. is preparing to tell dozens of countries they must pick sides in the artificial intelligence race with China, warning they will be excluded from a U.S.-led AI coalition if they also sign up for Beijing’s competing framework,” reports Reuters. “Washington last year launched the Pax Silica initiative aimed at securing supply chains for AI models, semiconductors and critical minerals, amid a fierce technology rivalry with Beijing….By pressing countries to choose sides the U.S. hopes to starve China of resources in a race to make the most sophisticated AI, which could be used…
Adam Johnson TRNN As progressive, DSA, and DSA-adjacent candidates win primaries throughout the US, corporate media is rushing to prop up their favorite “centrist” and “moderate” critics—who, ostensibly, are just looking out for the wellbeing of the Democratic Party—to explain why these candidates people are voting for are actually dangerous and “unelectable.” What the media is refusing to do, on an institutional level, is disclose the glaring conflicts of interests these groups—backed by billionaires, health insurance giants, pro-Israel lobbying firms, and massive corporations —would have in attacking candidates who undermine their sponsors’ bottom lines and ideological agendas. As progressive,…
El-Sayed is doing his part to alienate possible supporters, and the race hasn’t even shifted into high gear. Source link
On Saturday I addressed the crew, congratulated them on a magnificent job, and sent them home. Source link
In Gaza’s displacement camps, survival has bred a new economy: a gym owner forges weights from empty cans, a supermarket owner turns baker, a housewife becomes a street vendor — each person rebuilding a livelihood from the wreckage of genocide. Tareq S. Hajjaj MondoWeiss Iman Mughira had spent months and up to $250,000 building a gym in Rafah with several partners before Israel destroyed it during the genocide. Displaced to al-Mawasi in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, she tracked satellite images of her city until she was certain the gym was gone. “When I realized it had been destroyed, I felt…
Terraforming, altering a planet’s atmosphere and surface to make it more Earth-like, has become a staple of science fiction. The benefit of successfully terraforming a planet are huge in that we now have an entire planet we can settle without the need for spacesuits and air-tight stations. We could also farm the surface for food, and would have access to liquid water. But how feasible is it? Is this something we could theoretically do with existing technology, and how long would it take? The answer to these questions depends upon the planet in question. Right now the only planet for…