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“The memo is alarming, because it speaks to the intent to use the military within the United States at a level not seen since Japanese internment,” Carrie Lee, senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund,said.

Required reading on NYC DSA electoral work

“The aim of red scares, past and present, has been to get the public to become quiescent in the face of interlinked crises; it is a goal at which the government has too often succeeded. But government success is not totalizing, especially when the oppressed fight back.”

Jim Crow, but make it national.

More attention here please.

Anatomy of a Red Scare As the Trump administration escalates its anti-radical crackdowns, past moments of repression offer a preview of what’s to come.

"Red scares recast legitimate political thought and action as threats and conspiracies." Important piece by @drcbs.bsky.social for @jewishcurrents.bsky.social

jewishcurrents.org/anatomy-of-a...

We were told the Israeli side had warned that any shots of Gaza filmed from the air could result in these aid flights being cancelled. But Israel's tight grip has not stopped the images from Gaza getting out, horrifying people around the world.

A Sky News correspondent on board a Jordanian aid-dropping flight in Gaza reveals that "we were told the Israeli side had warned that any shots of Gaza filmed from the air could result in these aid flights being cancelled."

The project is to conceal the genocide.

news.sky.com/story/mile-a...

News article titled "Trump orders firing of BLS commissioner, after large summer revision" by Andrew Ackerman. It reports that President Donald Trump ordered the firing of Erika McEntarfer, head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after the agency released major downward revisions to May and June jobs data. Trump announced the decision on social media, stating she would be replaced with someone "much more competent and qualified." The revisions removed 258,000 jobs from earlier counts, marking the largest two-month downward adjustment since the pandemic.

Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor statisti s. This is the end of being able to trust the data from the federal government on employment, GDP, or any other critical information. They will only want to produce information that pleases Trump, not the truth. This is how you get a failed state.

I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump | Rashid Khalidi The university’s draconian policies and new definition of antisemitism make much teaching impossible

“an anti-university, a gated security zone with electronic entry controls, a place of fear and loathing”

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The “deal” that Brown made with the Trump admin is much more extreme than is being reported. It includes government oversight of course evaluations and no barrier to government interference in faculty hiring.

Read it for yourself here:

www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...

Here are when the 17 Dems who voted against the Sanders resolution are up for reelection:

2026:
Booker
Coons
Hickenlooper
Peters
Warner

2028:
Blumenthal
Cortez Mastro
Fetterman
Hassan
Padilla
Schumer
Wyden
Bennet

2030:
Cantwell
Gillibrand
Rosen
Schiff

Senate Confirms Conspiracy Theorist To Lead National Counterterrorism Center

Hey no big deal and all but... Senate Republicans just confirmed Joe Kent, a conspiracy theorist with alarming ties to white nationalists and far-right groups, to lead the National Counterterrorism Center. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

In a teaching evaluations committee I raised the point that questions about care and being a caring teacher, which some evals ask, can be used against faculty in a whole bunch of ways, including for political reasons, especially in this moment.

Letter in Defense of the Fired Four at the City University of New York We republish the text of a mass letter in defense of the “Fired Four” adjunct faculty dismissed from their positions at the City University of New York with “all appearances of an ideological purge” for their pro-Palestine activism outside of the classroom.

"1) Immediately reinstate all four faculty members."

"2) Provide a full and transparent explanation of the decision-making process."

"3) Uphold the First Amendment rights of all members of the CUNY community and end CUNY's complicity."
#NewYork #USA #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide

two of the baddest ever.

I think the really important thing about the "trans sports debate" is that it's NOT REAL, the things that people are fearmongering about are NOT REAL and are NOT HAPPENING. Cis women are not competing at a disadvantage against trans women, cis men aren't transitioning to win at sports, IT'S NOT REAL

Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and

Important Thread 🧵:

This Trump Executive Order allows for the expansion of a legal doctrine called "Civil Commitment," allowing for INDEFINITE DETENTION based on a determination of dangerousness

NOT for being charged and convicted of a crime

Minority Report

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

“It’s abhorrent”: A whistleblower contractor speaks out amid Gaza aid chaos. Retired U.S. Army officer Anthony Aguilar recounts violence and chaos at food sites run by the American group Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in this special France 24–Mother Jones report.

NEW: “I believe that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is complicit in war crimes,” alleges a former contractor for the US-funded group.

Retired US Army officer Anthony Aguilar recounts violence & chaos, in this special @france24.com–@motherjones.com report.

Look at these numbers and think of how often the Democratic party claims to love and want these voters.

…And then think of how hard the Democratic party has worked to stop Zohran Mamdani.

we know.

A tweet by Sam Stein (@samstein) reads: “Student loan forgiveness…” followed by a screenshot of a federal incentives list. The list highlights that ICE is offering a robust package for law enforcement, including: a $50,000 signing bonus, student loan repayment and forgiveness options, 25% Law Enforcement Availability Pay (LEAP) for HSI Special Agents, administratively uncontrollable overtime for deportation officers, and enhanced retirement benefits. Timestamp: 8:46 AM · Jul 30, 2025 · 31.4K views.

😐 So ICE can get student loan forgiveness...

A photo of labor activist Chris Smalls, talking into a mic

A spokesperson for the Freedom Flotilla Coalition tells me:

“Chris Smalls is still in Givon Prison and despite repeated requests to meet with the U.S. Embassy has been ignored by his country after being abducted by the IOF in international waters.”

Elkind criticizes Mamdani and is financed by Reid Hoffman (the billionaire who tried to oust Lina Khan and funds efforts to block progressive challengers). Meanwhile, AIPAC world is growing angry with Nadler over his recent shifts on Israel.

"As explained above, the emails and texts provided by the whistleblower show that Bove played a central role in ignoring Boasberg’s orders. What happened here is not a close case."

The Cowardice of Senate Democrats Made Emil Bove’s Confirmation Possible Senate Democrats could have confirmed Biden nominee Adeel Mangi to the Third Circuit last year. They caved to a disgraceful right-wing smear campaign instead.

Emil Bove's confirmation was only possible because Democrats caved to a vile right-wing smear campaign of Adeel Mangi, who would have been the first Muslim appeals court judge, when Biden nominated him for the same seat last year. Absolutely disgraceful. Bove's confirmation is on them, too.

Why we have Emil Bove, folks.

Bove is going to be the new Clarence Thomas, but worse (until he gets elevated): A petulant, vindictive asshole who is going to use the bench to make up for his moral emptiness and deep sense of inadequacy

Billionaire Peter Thiel backing first privately developed US uranium enrichment facility in Paducah A California-based company with ties to billionaire investor and Trump ally Peter Thiel announced plans Friday to build America’s first U.S.-owned, privately developed facility to enrich uranium in fa...

The first privately developed U.S. nuclear enrichment facility is going to be built in Paducah, Kentucky at the site of a former nuclear fuel plant.

The US government is now allowing a private citizen to enrich uranium, aka nuclear bombs.

That private citizen is "destroy humanity" Peter Thiel.

Poll: New York Dems side with Mamdani on Israel, Netanyahu New York City’s Democratic primary voters overwhelmingly believe that Israel is “committing genocide” in Gaza.

New poll: The vast majority of NYC Dem primary voters agree with Mamdani’s Israel positions, even arresting Bibi.

57% say they’d be less likely to support incumbent Dems who don’t endorse Mamdani. That includes Schumer and Jeffries right now. www.semafor.com/article/07/2...