Friday, September 27, 2024

■ Today's Top News 


'This Maniac Must Be Stopped': Netanyahu Condemned Over Massive Beirut Bombing

While Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah reportedly survived the attack on the densely populated area of Lebanon's capitol, one observer warned that Israel may still "get the regional war it has sought."

By Jessica Corbett



'This Is Political,' Journalist Who Published Vance Dossier Says of Permanent X Ban

"It's not about a violation of X's policies," wrote Ken Klippenstein. "What else would you call this but politically motivated?"

By Jake Johnson



Dems Name and Shame Companies Paying Executives More Than They Pay in Federal Taxes

"In the first five years following the 2017 giveaway, 35 companies raked in $277 billion in domestic profits and paid their executives $9.5 billion."

By Jake Johnson



Mass Walkout as 'Global Pariah' Netanyahu Addresses UN General Assembly

The public rebuke of the Israeli prime minister, said one observer, "demonstrates the international community's rejection of genocide."

By Jessica Corbett



AFL-CIO Warns House GOP Not to Interfere With Longshoremen's Labor Battle

"Instead of calling for government intervention, a far more productive tact would be to press the companies to meet the workers' very reasonable demands," the AFL-CIO president said.

By Olivia Rosane



Harris Rips Trump as 'One of the Biggest Losers of Manufacturing in American History'

"As president, he cut taxes for corporations, encouraged outsourcing, and lost nearly 200,000 manufacturing jobs, including auto jobs," said Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.

By Jake Johnson


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■ Opinion


Why Isn’t the Nuclear Threat a 2024 Campaign Issue?

Neither Donald Trump nor Kamala Harris has volunteered positions on nuclear arsenals or nuclear abolition, due to either not wanting to appear weak or a lack of understanding of the risks of their continued existence.

By Robert Dodge


A Vote for Trump Is a Vote for Hell on Earth

A Trump victory could, in every sense, put us in a lost universe, floating not just in space but in a space growing hotter by the year.

By Tom Engelhardt


False Accusation Against Tlaib Also Proves Tapper and Bash Are Very Bad at Their Jobs

Quite justified moral outrage shouldn’t obscure what this episode taught us about the professional quality exhibited by two of CNN's most prominent anchors.

By Richard Eskow