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TIDBITS- JULY 31-READERS COMMENTS: TRUMP SCREWING COUNTRY, WORLD,
CLIMATE, GAZA, NOW READY TO MAKE DEAL WITH SEX TRAFFICKER GHISLAINE
MAXWELL; MCCARTHYISM AND ITS VICTIMS; KEEP ICE OUT OF MLB STADIUMS;
ISRAELIS CALL FOR CRIPPLING SANCTIONS ON ISRAEL  
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_ Readers Comments: Trump Screwing Country, World, Climate, Gaza, Now
Ready to Make Deal with Sex Trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell; McCarthyism
and Its Victims: Here We Go Again; Keep ICE Out of MLB Stadiums;
Israelis Call for Crippling Sanctions on Israel _

Tidbits - Reader Comments, Take Action, Resources, Announcements AND
cartoons - July 31, 2025, xxxxxx

 

* RE: TRUMP’S EPSTEIN FIASCO TAKES DARKER TURN AS DEM SENATOR
DROPS NEW BOMB  (VELVA SPRIGGS)
* TRUMP WILL NOT SAY IF HE WILL PARDON GHISLAINE MAXWELL  --
 CARTOON BY MICHAEL DE ADDER
* RE: ‘SOUTH PARK’ VS. TRUMP: AND THE LITTLE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD
THEM  (MARK I. PINSKY; PAUL BUHLE)
* CANKLES  --  CARTOON AND COMMENTARY BY ROB ROGERS
* RE: HOW ZOHRAN MAMDANI SHOULD GOVERN  (DAVID BERGER; NANCY
CUFFMAN)
* RE: AMERICAN JEWS WERE PLAYED — NOW WHAT?  (LUKE HIKEN)
* RE: 'PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO BE COMPLICIT IN WAR CRIMES'  (CATHY
DEPPE)
* THE FINAL FINAL SOLUTION  --  CARTOON BY MR. FISH
* RE: TRUMP’S LABOR DEPARTMENT PROPOSES MORE THAN 60 RULE CHANGES
IN A PUSH TO DEREGULATE WORKPLACES  (PAM MITCHELL)
* RE: MCCARTHYISM AND ITS VICTIMS: HERE WE GO AGAIN?  (ALAN WALD;
DANIEL MILLSTONE; JEREMY GRAINGER; ETHAN YOUNG)
* TRUMP CAME BACK  --  CARTOON BY DAVID COHEN
* CORRECTION: THE ICEMEN COMETH
* TRUMP OFFICIATES MEANEST  (PETER PHILLIPS)
* TRUMP’S TROOPS LEAVE L.A. – IS AMERICA GREAT AGAIN?  --
 CARTOON BY LALO ALCARAZ

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TAKE ACTION:

* SIGN THE PETITION: TELL MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TO KEEP ICE OUT OF
THEIR STADIUMS  (DEMAND PROGRESS AND WIN WITHOUT WAR)

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RESOURCES:

* THE STARVATION OF GAZA IS SHAMEFUL. CRIPPLING SANCTIONS ON ISRAEL
ARE NEEDED  (THIRTY-ONE ISRAELI SIGNATORIES)

* TEACHING LABOR HISTORY IN K-12 SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE  (AMERICAN
LABOR STUDIES CENTER)

 

* REPORT: THE CENSORSHIP ACCELERATION - AN ANALYSIS OF BOOK BAN
TRENDS AFTER 2020  (THE EVERYLIBRARY INSTITUTE)

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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

* STOP STARVATION, STOP ETHNIC CLEANSING - JEWS SAY NO MORE !  --
 MASS MOBILIZATION  - AUGUST 4  --  NEW YORK CITY  (T'RUAH)

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RE: TRUMP’S EPSTEIN FIASCO TAKES DARKER TURN AS DEM SENATOR DROPS
NEW BOMB
 

Thank you for this article.  Please consider not referring to these
financiers as elites; they are clearly scumbags, regardless of the
amount of money they possess. Their social status, when involved in
illegal, noxious behavior, is reason enough to lose the title of
"elite". There ain't nothing elite about their alleged behavior. How
about just calling them financiers? 

Velva Spriggs

 

TRUMP WILL NOT SAY IF HE WILL PARDON GHISLAINE MAXWELL  --  CARTOON
BY MICHAEL DE ADDER

 

 

Michael de Adder
July 29, 2025
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RE: ‘SOUTH PARK’ VS. TRUMP: AND THE LITTLE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD
THEM
 

Thanks for including my "South Park" piece today. I admire and rely on
your site.

Mark I. Pinsky

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not to forget that M*A*S*H was the #1 TV show for many years.

Paul Buhle
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CANKLES  --  CARTOON AND COMMENTARY BY ROB ROGERS

 

 

_Trump has been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency. Turns out
it is a common affliction among brutal dictators of his age_.

Rob Rogers
July 25, 2025
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RE: HOW ZOHRAN MAMDANI SHOULD GOVERN
 

Dear Brother Shahid,

If you think that this program has anything to do with socialism, I
suggest you look up the meaning of the word. This is a very moderate
program which focus on administration and coalition building as
opposed to the class politics that characterize socialist, as opposed
to social democratic, democratic socialist of liberal politics.

I've been a socialist for more than 65 years. I know that of which I
speak.

David Berger

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I hope he wins

Nancy Cuffman
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RE: AMERICAN JEWS WERE PLAYED — NOW WHAT?
 

Zionists redefined anti-semitism to include anything that suggested
Israeli imperialism was illegal.

Luke Hiken
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RE: 'PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO BE COMPLICIT IN WAR CRIMES' 
 

How can this entire lengthy conversation not even once suggest that
taxpayers consider not paying?

There is a national movement afoot to refuse complicity - and to
redirect dollars to peaceful causes. [link removed]

Cathy Deppe

 

THE FINAL FINAL SOLUTION  --  CARTOON BY MR. FISH

 

 

Mr. Fish
July 28, 2025
Mr. Fish - ClownCrack
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RE: TRUMP’S LABOR DEPARTMENT PROPOSES MORE THAN 60 RULE CHANGES IN A
PUSH TO DEREGULATE WORKPLACES

(posting on xxxxxx Labor
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War on the Workers! 

_"....a “barrage of attacks on workers,” the U.S. Department of
Labor under President Donald Trump is planning to overhaul dozens of
rules that protect workers from exploitation and wage theft."_
    

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Pam Mitchell
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RE: MCCARTHYISM AND ITS VICTIMS: HERE WE GO AGAIN?

(posting on xxxxxx Culture
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Thanks--many useful insights. I'll look into these two books.

Alan Wald
Post on Facebook

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In a sense, Paul Buhle [[link removed]]'s review
here
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of two books by friends which focus on the CPUSA, US Communism (and
anti communism) is of interest to people like me: leftist activists
and red-diaper babies. 1) Mary Anne Trasciatti
[[link removed]]'s biography of Elizabeth
Gurley Flynn, a leading figure in the Industrial Workers of the World,
The American Civil Liberties Union, and the Communist Party.  2)
 Menace of Our Time; The Long War Against American Communism by Aaron
Leonard [[link removed]].

IMO, obviously, these books are timely. The repression encountered by
Flynn during the 20s and McCarthy period terror has been recurring in
the US albeit in somewhat different forms. People are seized off the
streets by masked ICE agents, placed in vile detention. People are
fired, expelled, deported because of their views on (fill in the
blank) socialism, Gaza, etc. How can we best resist the fascist tide?

Daniel Millstone
Post on Facebook

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The history of US organizing and political repression in two new
Rutgers University Press books, reviewed by Paul Buhle
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Rutgers is having a sale right now so you can get books at 50% OFF!
Use code RSUMMER50
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Jeremy Grainger
Post on Facebook

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In the late 70s I worked as a paralegal on a class action suit against
the Chicago PD's Red Squad, who spied on everybody from Weathermen to
Republicans. I learned something from the files: the difference
between machine boss Dick Daley and J. Edgar Hoover. The Red Squad,
patronage workers, had no idea what they were spying on as they sat
through endless boring meetings. The FBI was ideologically fascist,
making note of Jewish presence and interracial couples

Ethan Young
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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TRUMP CAME BACK  --  CARTOON BY DAVID COHEN

 

 

David Cohen
July 30, 2025
David Cohen Facebook page
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_[Cartoonist for the Asheville Citizen-Times, drummer, pet
portraitist, pot stirrer]_

 

CORRECTION: THE ICEMEN COMETH
 

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Our democracy isn’t on autopilot. The machinery will not repair
itself. Judges, executives, university presidents, media and tech
leaders, donors, lawyers—those with some power—must join the work
of defending the legal frameworks that protect us all.

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article incorrectly credited
The Washington Examiner as the publisher. We regret the error.

 

TRUMP OFFICIATES MEANEST

 

By Peter Phillips,

Millions of undocumented Americans have lived and contributed to our
country for decades. Multigenerational families with children born in
the US have paid taxes and contributed to social security for years. 

According to the PEW research center, in 2022 11 million undocumented
immigrants lived in the US. 4 million from Mexico and 3.1 million from
central and south America, making brown-Latino people the largest
segment. There are 1.7 million undocumented Asians, 750,000 Africans,
and 180,000 middle easterners. 775,000 undocumented mostly white
immigrants are from Europe of Canada.   

Now under the Trump administration the government is acting in pure
meanness towards these long-term immigrants with a special focus on
brown people. ICE's engagement in mass arrests, hunt-down strategies,
and wholescale detentions is nothing other than gestapo-like racist
acts of pure hatred. Trump's mean strategies are focused on
brown-Latino people with some limited aggression towards blacks and
Asians as well. Mostly absent from ICE raids are those focusing on the
hundreds of thousands of white European or Canadian undocumented
people living and working in the US.

Americans do not see our nation as a mean country. Many of us have
friends and associates who are undocumented. This is how is the
country has evolved over the past several decades, especially in
California. As a nation we must put human rights before immigrant
status and allow most all undocumented people a chance to remain in
the US and provide them with a full path to citizenship.

_[Peter Phillips is a professor emeritus of political sociology from
Sonoma State University]_

 

TRUMP’S TROOPS LEAVE L.A. – IS AMERICA GREAT AGAIN?  --  CARTOON
BY LALO ALCARAZ

 

Lalo Alcaraz
July 29, 2025
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SIGN THE PETITION: TELL MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TO KEEP ICE OUT OF THEIR
STADIUMS  (DEMAND PROGRESS AND WIN WITHOUT WAR)
 

TELL MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Trump has sent ICE to terrorize cities,
especially Los Angeles. Violent ICE raids in LA led to mass protests
and Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard against civilians.
ICE then tried to gain access to Dodger Stadium, but the Dodgers said
NO. SIGN THE PETITION: URGE ALL OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TO KEEP ICE
OUT OF THEIR STADIUMS!

Los Angeles has become a flashpoint of Trump's mass deportations.
Communities across LA are responding with mass protests to the violent
ICE raids terrorizing their city. ICE TRIED TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE
PARKING LOT AT DODGER STADIUM, BUT THE DODGERS DENIED ICE ACCESS.1

ICE is rounding up innocent people in their workplaces, schools,
places of worship, homes, and right off the street. Major League
Baseball (MLB) owners and executives have the power to prevent
stadiums from being added to this list. The rest of the MLB must
follow the Dodgers’ lead now.

SIGN THE PETITION: TELL MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TO KEEP ICE OUT OF THEIR
STADIUMS!
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ICE is using increased funding from Trump's big budget bill to expand
its horrific mass detentions and deportations.2 It’s also building
new dangerous makeshift immigrant prisons while working to meet Trump
advisor Stephen Miller’s unattainable daily arrest quotas.3

In what's become a calling card of Trump's immigration crackdown, ICE
agents are wearing masks and hiding their identities, acting as
Trump's secret police.4

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL HAS A DUTY TO THEIR WORKERS AND THEIR FANS TO
KEEP BASEBALL STADIUMS FREE OF ICE’S TERROR.

SIGN THE PETITION: BAN ICE FROM MLB STADIUMS!
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Sources:

1. Reuters, "LA Dodgers say they denied immigration agents access to
Dodger Stadium parking lot,” June 19, 2025.
2. The Wall Street Journal, “Newly Flush With Cash, ICE Races to
Build Migrant Tent Camps,” July 19, 2025.
3. Forbes, “Stephen Miller Pushes For Even More Surprise ICE
Raids—His Deportation Quotas, Explained,” June 9, 2025.
4. CNN US, “Masked ICE officers: The new calling card of the Trump
administration’s immigration crackdown,” June 21, 2025.
 

 

THE STARVATION OF GAZA IS SHAMEFUL. CRIPPLING SANCTIONS ON ISRAEL ARE
NEEDED  (THIRTY-ONE ISRAELI SIGNATORIES)

Thirty-one Israeli signatories express their shame, rage and agony
over the plight of Palestinians and call for action from the
international community

 
‘Our country is starving the people of Gaza to death.’
 (Photograph: APA Images/Shutterstock  /  The Guardian)
We, Israelis dedicated to a peaceful future for our country and our
Palestinian neighbours, write this with grave shame, in rage and in
agony. Our country is starving the people of Gaza to death and
contemplating the forced removal of millions of Palestinians from the
Strip. The international community must impose crippling sanctions
on Israel [[link removed]] until it ends
this brutal campaign and implements a permanent ceasefire.

YUVAL ABRAHAM _Journalist; Academy Award recipient (2025)_
RA’ANAN ALEXANDROWICZ _Documentary film-maker; Sundance world
cinema jury prize recipient (2012)_
UDI ALONI _Film-maker; Tribeca film festival best international
narrative feature recipient (__2016)_
LIRAN ATZMOR _Documentary film-maker; Peabody Award recipient (2014)_
PROF TALI BITAN _University of Haifa_
MICHAEL BEN-YAIR _Former attorney general of Israel; former acting
supreme court judge_
NIR BERGMAN _Screenwriter and film director; Ophir award recipient
(2020)_
AVRAHAM BURG _Former speaker of the Knesset; former head of the
Jewish Agency_
PETER COLE _Poet and translator; MacArthur Fellow_
GUY DAVIDI _Documentary film-maker; International Emmy Award
recipient (2013)_
ARI FOLMAN _Screenwriter and film director; Golden Globe recipient
(2009)_
SHIRA GEFFEN _Act__or and screenwriter; Camera d’Or recipient
(2007)_
PROF EMERITUS AMIRAM GOLDBLUM _Hebrew University of Jerusalem_
PROF ODED GOLDREICH _Weizmann Institute of Science;_ _Israel prize
recipient (2021)_
TAMAR GOZANSKY _Former Knesset member_
PROF URI HADAR _Tel Aviv University_
PROF MOTY HEIBLUM _Wolf prize in physics recipient (2025)_
ADINA HOFFMAN _Writer; Windham Campbell prize recipient (2013)_
ERAN KOLIRIN _Screenwriter and film director; Ophir Award recipient
(2021)_
NADAV LAPID _Screenwriter and film director; Golden Bear recipient
(2019)_
ALEX LEVAC _Israel prize recipient (2005)_
HAGAI LEVI _Television writer and director; Golden Globe recipient
(2015)_
SAMUEL MAOZ _Film director; Golden Lion recipient (2009)_
DR ADI MORENO _Tel Aviv-Yafo Academic College_
PROF MICHAL NA’AMAN _Painter; Israel prize recipient (2014)_
OHAD NAHARIN _Choreographer; Israel prize recipient (2005)_
DANIELLA NOWITZ _Cinematographer; Academy Award recipient (2023)_
PROF ADI OPHIR _Tel Aviv University_
INBAL PINTO _Choreographer and dancer; Israeli ministry of culture
award recipient (2011)_
AHARON SHABTAI _Poet and translator; Israeli prime minister’s prize
recipient (1993)_
EYAL WEIZMAN _Architect; director of Forensic Architecture_

 

TEACHING LABOR HISTORY IN K-12 SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE  (AMERICAN LABOR
STUDIES CENTER)
 

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Please check out and promote the American Labor Studies Center whose
mission is to promote the teaching and learning about the American
labor movement and its history in K-12 schools nationwide. It also
owns and has restored the Kate Mullany House in Troy, New York who
formed America's first bona fide all-female union in the United States
in Troy, the Troy Collar Laundry Union

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Click HERE
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Collar Laundry Union strike.

Read More
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Thanks.

Paul Cole,
Executive Director,
American Labor Studies Center

 

REPORT: THE CENSORSHIP ACCELERATION - AN ANALYSIS OF BOOK BAN TRENDS
AFTER 2020  (THE EVERYLIBRARY INSTITUTE)
 

Censorship in libraries is not slowing down or hitting a plateau.
It’s actually speeding up as we move into the first year of the
second Trump Administration. In "The Censorship Acceleration", author
and researcher Marianne Wood Forrest provides an in-depth analysis of
how coordinated political, ideological, and religious forces have
transformed the censorship landscape in America since 2020.

Drawing on original research, expert analysis, and the latest data,
this report highlights how book bans have evolved from isolated
parental concerns into a comprehensive political strategy aimed at
undermining public education, silencing marginalized voices, and
promoting a national agenda of school privatization.

The report examines the rise of well-funded “parental rights”
groups, such as Moms for Liberty, and the use of censorship as a
tactic in the broader culture war. It charts the shifting strategies,
language, and power dynamics associated with this new wave of book
bans. Additionally, it discusses the concerning impact of Project 2025
policies on federal education and library funding, emphasizing that
the struggle for intellectual freedom is now closely linked to the
fight for democracy itself.

Key Takeaways in the Report:

* Book bans are increasingly motivated by powerful political and
religious groups rather than by local parental concerns.
* Censorship campaigns are closely connected to school privatization
and efforts against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
* Coordinated campaigns are nationalizing what were previously local
conflicts within school boards.
* Resistance is growing, particularly from student-led movements and
states passing right-to-read legislation.
* The future of libraries, education, and civil liberties is at a
critical juncture and requires urgent advocacy.

The Censorship Acceleration Report reframes the narrative surrounding
book bans by linking the culture war to the privatization of public
education and the erosion of essential democratic institutions.
Whether you are a librarian, educator, journalist, policymaker, or
concerned citizen, this report provides the necessary context and
clarity to understand and respond to these escalating threats.

PLEASE SIGN UP ON THIS PAGE TO DOWNLOAD THE FULL REPORT NOW
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STOP STARVATION, STOP ETHNIC CLEANSING - JEWS SAY NO MORE !  --
 MASS MOBILIZATION  - AUGUST 4  --  NEW YORK CITY  (T'RUAH)

NYC: JOIN US MONDAY, AUGUST 4 AT 6:30PM BY TRUMP HOTEL IN COLUMBUS
CIRCLE.

We need to keep up the pressure and get more food and aid into Gaza
NOW before more Palestinians die of starvation.

This event is a mass mobilization of American Jews who object to our
government's continued support for the policy of starvation and
refusal to leverage its immense power to compel the admission of
humanitarian aid.

*Please do not bring flags.*

T’ruah brings the Torah’s ideals to life by empowering rabbis and
cantors to be human rights leaders.

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