David Armiak

A massive regressive national sales tax imposed upon every American by a president with no constitutional authority to impose a national sales tax. The reason why the founders gave this power to Congress is because this would never pass any Congress- even this one.

Palantir Is Extending Its Reach Even Further Into Government Palantir has become one of the few winners in the Trump administration’s cost-cutting efforts, offering other contractors a lifeline while consolidating its own reach and power.

NEW: After massive contract terminations for consulting giants like Accenture, Booz Allen, and Deloitte, Palantir has emerged ahead. Now the data analytics firm is partnering with those companies—offering them a lifeline while consolidating its own power.

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‘Double tap’ airstrikes: How Israel targets Gaza rescue efforts In the aftermath of bombings, the Israeli army routinely fires on Palestinian rescue workers to prevent them from saving the wounded.

"In the aftermath of bombings, the Israeli army routinely fires on Palestinian rescue workers, paramedics, and other civilians to prevent them from saving the wounded, an investigation reveals."

Dropped cases against LA protesters reveal false claims from federal agents Revealed: records show border patrol gave inaccurate testimony about people it jailed. Prosecutors now face ‘embarrassing’ dismissals

Revealed: records show border patrol gave inaccurate testimony about people it jailed. Prosecutors now face ‘embarrassing’ dismissals

Israel committing genocide in Gaza, say Israel-based human rights groups Reports detailing intentional targeting of Palestinians as a group, and systemic destruction of Palestinian society, add to pressure for action

"Two leading human rights organisations based in Israel, B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights, say Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and the country’s western allies have a legal and moral duty to stop it."

In the words of the brilliant Omar el Akkad: "One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling it what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.’

Home Insurance Executives Are Raking It In—at Your Expense Performance-based pay packages incentivize claim denials and other harmful practices.

With record profits, soaring premiums, and denied claims, home insurance execs are getting rich off climate disasters, and you’re footing the bill. From Dan Wagner & Kenny Stancil:
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‘Man-made mass starvation’ in Gaza, WHO chief says Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issues warning, as more than 100 aid groups urge Israel to ease blockade

“A large proportion of the population of Gaza is starving. I don’t know what you would call it other than mass-starvation - and it’s man-made,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

UN food agency says Israeli tanks and snipers opened fire on a crowd seeking aid in Gaza The U.N. food agency says Israeli forces fired on Palestinians seeking food aid in northern Gaza on Sunday.

Gaza's Health Ministry says the Palestinian death toll has surpassed 59,000 after more than 21 months of war.

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👀 Christ Church pastor Doug Wilson—an express proponent of Christian Nationalism & biblical patriarchy—is planting a church in DC. 1/ juicyecumenism.com/2025/07/17/d...

ALEC Brings Voter Suppression Activities Out of the Dark and Coddles Fossil Fuel Industry at This Week’s Annual Meeting - EXPOSEDbyCMD The American Legislative Exchange Council is bringing together state lawmakers, corporate lobbyists, MAGA followers, and right-wing operatives and funders at the four-star JW Marriott Indianapolis thi...

NEW: ALEC is bringing together state lawmakers, corporate lobbyists, MAGA followers, and right-wing operatives & funders this week for its annual meeting, where once again it will strategize about how to further suppress the vote, prop up the fossil fuel industry, push Trump’s priorities, & more.

ALEC Brings Voter Suppression Activities Out of the Dark and Coddles Fossil Fuel Industry at This Week’s Annual Meeting - EXPOSEDbyCMD The American Legislative Exchange Council is bringing together state lawmakers, corporate lobbyists, MAGA followers, and right-wing operatives and funders at the four-star JW Marriott Indianapolis thi...

NEW: ALEC is bringing together state lawmakers, corporate lobbyists, MAGA followers, and right-wing operatives this week for its annual meeting, where once again it will strategize about how to further suppress the vote, prop up the fossil fuel industry, push Trump’s priorities, and more.

The Promise of Divestment Retirement systems and municipal treasuries hold billions of dollars of investments in companies like Tesla and nations like Israel. That means those funds hold enormous potential leverage over such c...

Israel and Musk: two assholes that don’t deserve our money

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Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.

“Some might describe this campaign as ethnic cleansing, not genocide. But there is a link between the crimes. When an ethnic group has nowhere to go and is constantly displaced from one so-called safe zone to another, relentlessly bombed and starved, ethnic cleansing can morph into genocide.”

Far Right Dark Money Elections Group Raised $3.9M in First Full Year Voter suppression advocate Cleta Mitchell formed the group in 2023 to promote the lie that the 2020 election was stolen.

Voter suppression advocate Cleta Mitchell formed the group in 2023 to promote the lie that the 2020 election was stolen.

Blue States Invest Retirees' Savings in Firms Boosting Trump's Extreme Agenda California, New York, and Illinois have invested their public employees’ retirement savings in some of Donald Trump’s biggest corporate supporters.

Trump’s right-wing agenda is getting a financial boost from blue states under attack by the administration

The "machine that eats up Black farmland" After decades of discriminating against Black farmers and ignoring their complaints, the USDA is promising to do better. Again.

Black farmers have lost more than 90 percent of their land since 1910. (From 2021)

Five reported dead in Gaza after Israeli strike on school sheltering displaced people – Middle East crisis live Separately, the Al-Awda hospital in Nuseirat said it received several casualties after Israeli forces had opened fire at civilians near an aid distribution point Continue reading...

Five reported dead in Gaza after Israeli strike on school sheltering displaced people – Middle East crisis live

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has imposed sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory.

Albanese says the move is an effort to “distract” from the genocide in Gaza.

Cleta Mitchell’s New Dark Money Elections Group Raised $3.9 Million in Its First Full Year of Operations - EXPOSEDbyCMD Housed in the offices of the Conservative Partnership Institute, the Foundation for Accountability Integrity & Research in Elections Fund (FAIR Elections Fund), brought in $3.9 million between July 1,...

NEW: Housed in the offices of the Conservative Partnership Institute, insurrectionist Cleta Mitchell's FAIR Elections Fund brought in $3.9 mil between July 1, 2023 & June 30, 2024, and disclosed $2.1 mil in expenses, more than three-quarters of which was disbursed in grants to other organizations.

Koch Fleet of Organizations Invests More Than Ever in Expanding Its Influence - EXPOSEDbyCMD Charles Koch’s fleet of organizations spent a combined net total of $833 million in 2023 to influence public policy, elections, and certain charitable causes — marking its highest spending total to da...

Yes, check this latest analysis from the Center for Media and Democracy on his Stand Together network. 👇
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Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale announced today that, “The Abundance Institute, in partnership with Stand Together, is raising $4M to place a strike team of 15-20 AI-native software engineers, data scientists, & product leaders inside the FDA…” 7/7/25 1/ blog.joelonsdale.com/p/engineerin...

Right-Wing State Tax “Revolution” Rolls On - EXPOSEDbyCMD Republican state legislators backed by corporate-funded advocacy groups have also made significant strides toward flattening or eliminating once-progressive state income taxes in this year’s legislati...

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GOP state legislators backed by corporate-funded advocacy groups have made significant strides toward flattening or eliminating once-progressive state income taxes in this year’s legislative sessions.

The National Education Association just voted to cut all ties to the Anti-Defamation League In a momentous vote, the National Education Association voted to cut all ties with the Anti-Defamation League. The reason? “Despite its reputation as a civil rights organization, the ADL is not the so...

“Union delegates speaking on the Assembly floor rejected the ADL’s abuse of the term ‘antisemitism’ to punish critics of Israel, and its use of hyperinflated statistics on hate crimes to gin up fears about Jewish safety and paint calls for Palestinian rights as ‘hate speech.’”

Texas Officials Face Scrutiny Over Response To Catastrophic And Deadly Flooding Local officials have insisted that no one saw the flood potential coming and have defended their actions.

Same folks that deny we are in the midst of a climate emergency. They refuse to educate themselves and listen to the climatologists.

Man indicted for distributing face shields at L.A. immigration protest The face shields, which guard against irritants and debris, were handed out to demonstrators protesting the Trump administration’s immigration raids.

Man indicted for distributing face shields at L.A. immigration protest

After media reports & experts warned for months that drastic & sudden cuts at the Nat Weather Service by Trump could impair their forecasting ability & endanger lives during the storm season, TX officials blame an inaccurate forecast by NWS for the deadly results of the flood.

At least 92 Palestinians killed in Gaza Strip on Thursday <article data-history-node-id="425276" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/least-92-palestinians-killed-gaza-strip-thursday" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/least-92-palestinians-killed-gaza-strip-thursday" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">At least 92 Palestinians killed in Gaza Strip on Thursday</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The death toll from Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip since dawn on Thursday has risen to 92 Palestinians, Wafa news agency reported, citing medical sources.</p> <p>Almost half the people - 45 civilians - were killed waiting for humanitarian aid.</p> <p>At least seven civilians were killed and dozens injured when Israeli forces targeted a crowd gathered near the Tahlia area in eastern Khan Younis, in southern Gaza.&nbsp;</p> <p>At least 13 people were killed while an unknown number of people were injured in Israeli air strikes targeting Gaza City and Deir al-Balah in central Gaza. Four civilians were killed when an Israeli drone strike hit a civilian vehicle near the Al-17 roundabout, west of Deir al-Balah.</p> <p>In another air strike, four Palestinians were killed and several were wounded in the Al-Ghafari neighbourhood on Yafa Street, east of Gaza City. The victims have been identified as Mohammad Saeed Ghazal, Amjad Khalil al-Bahtini, and Mohammad Khalil al-Bahtini.</p> <p>Additionally, one person was killed and several were injured during Israeli artillery shelling in the eastern part of Gaza City.</p> </div> </div> </article>

At least 92 Palestinians killed in Gaza Strip on Thursday - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/least-92-palestinians-killed-gaza-strip-thursday

Heritage Foundation Partners with Ivermectin Group - EXPOSEDbyCMD Despite its failed Covid “miracle cure,” the anti-vax Independent Medical Alliance has gained political power in the MAHA world thanks to support from right-wing stalwarts.

NEW: Despite its failed Covid “miracle cure,” the anti-vax Independent Medical Alliance has gained political power in the MAHA world thanks to support from right-wing stalwarts.