Thursday, September 5, 2024

■ Today's Top News 


50 Arrested in Final 'Historic' Summer of Heat Protest at Citibank

"We're here for you and your children," one campaigner told a police officer who was arresting her. "We're here for our world."

By Julia Conley



After 100 Days of 100°F, Sanders Says 'Climate Emergency Demands a Massive-Scale Mobilization'

"This is a moral imperative," said the senator as historic heat continued in Phoenix, Arizona.

By Jessica Corbett



Macron Names Right-Wing Prime Minister, 'Turning His Back' On French Voters

The president drew criticism for rejecting the candidate put up by the left-of-center coalition that won the most seats in parliamentary elections.

By Edward Carver



JD Vance's Solution to Childcare Crisis? 'Maybe Grandpa or Grandma Wants to Help'

"You're on your own. You ain't getting shit from us. Call grandma," one Democratic congressman translated.

By Julia Conley



Israeli Rights Group Leader Tells UN It's Clear Netanyahu 'Does Not Want' a Hostage Deal

Israel's far-right government is "cynically exploiting our collective trauma" to "violently advance its project of cementing Israel's control" over Palestinian land, said B'Tselem CEO Yuli Novak.

By Jake Johnson



'Baffling Capitulation to Wall Street': Harris Breaks With Biden on Capital Gains Tax

"Harris seems to be making a policy choice based on the disproven, failed ideology of trickle-down economics, and giving petulant billionaires a gift in the process," said one progressive advocacy group.

By Jake Johnson


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■ Opinion


Trump Has Delivered Unto Us a Nation of Fascist Bullies

If we don’t take on bullies — particularly fascist bullies — they keep going further and further until either they win or you fight back and defeat them. So that's what we must do.

By Thom Hartmann


Popular Israeli Podcasters Crave Button to Press That Would 'Erase Every Single Living Being in Gaza'

“Forgive us if we don’t give a shit if everybody there dies. It’s just the way we feel. It’s just the way Israelis feel," said Two Nice Jewish Boys co-host Eytan Weinstein.

By Katherine Hearst


Trump’s Visit to Howell, MI Turned a Dog Whistle Into a Bullhorn

The former president spoke of sending outside police to Detroit to Intimidate voters in a place with a troubling history of white supremacist and far-right activity.

By Hank Kennedy