Conservative groups sue to block Biden plan canceling $39 billion in student loans - TheGrio
>It asks a judge to rule the cancellation illegal and stop the Education Department from carrying it out while the case is decided. The suit was filed by the New Civil Liberties Alliance on behalf of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and the Cato Institute.
https://thegrio.com/2023/08/08/conservative-groups-sue-to-block-biden-plan-canceling-39-billion-in-student-loans/ #US #USPolitics #GOP #JoeBiden #studentdebt #studentloans #debt #college #studentloan
Amazon Says It Doesn't 'Employ' Drivers, But Records Show It Hired Firms to Prevent Them From Unionizing
>Amazon spent $14.2 million total on anti-union consulting in 2022, filings with the Department of Labor show.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjv3yp/amazon-says-it-doesnt-employ-drivers-but-records-show-it-hired-firms-to-prevent-them-from-unionizing #Amazon #union #unions #unionizing #labor #unionstrong #solidarity #labour
Trump’s social media posting is already becoming a problem for his defense | Semafor
>in light of Trump’s previous social media comments aimed at witnesses, judges, and attorneys in cases against him. As an example, (prosecutors) included a screenshot of his post from earlier in the day.
https://www.semafor.com/article/08/07/2023/trumps-social-media-posting-is-already-becoming-a-problem-for-his-defense #Trump #DonaldTrump #GOP #TrumpIndictment
Zoom orders workers back to the office - BBC News
>It is the latest push by a major firm to row back flexible working policies.
Amazon and Disney are among the firms that have reduced remote work days.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66432173 #Zoom #Amazon #Disney #workfromhome #wfh
Thousands of US sailors, Marines reach Red Sea after Iran tensions - Kuwait Times
>DUBAI: More than 3,000 United States military personnel have arrived in the Red Sea aboard two warships, part of a beefed up response from Washington after tanker seizures by Iran, the US Navy said Monday. https://www.kuwaittimes.com/thousands-of-us-sailors-marines-reach-red-sea-after-iran-tensions/ #Iran #US #RedSea
Japan plans discharge of Fukushima treated water in late August - Asia News Network
>TOKYO – The government has made arrangements to begin discharging treated water from the #Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant owned by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. into the ocean as early as late August, it has been learned. https://asianews.network/japan-plans-discharge-of-fukushima-treated-water-in-late-august/ #Japan
#UK - Bibby Stockholm: First asylum seekers to board UK's controversial barge despite safety warnings | Middle East Eye
>The Bibby Stockholm, a 222-cabin barge moored off Portland port in Dorset, is anticipated to accommodate double its original capacity, with bunkbeds squeezed into single cabins.
>Narrow corridors, a lack of life jackets, and locked gates could create a “Hillsborough-type crush” and make it a “potential deathtrap,” the FBU warned.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/bibby-stockholm-uk-asylum-seekers-board-controversial-barge #migration #asylum
Extremist Israeli Settlers Aren't Innocent Shepherds. They Are Thirsty for a Provocation - Haaretz.com
>The settlers employ a familiar strategy: Initiating aggressions through armed patrols on the fringes of Arab villages. This serves to intimidate Palestinians and set the groundwork for baseless future land claims
https://archive.is/2023.08.07-114520/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-08-07/ty-article/.highlight/what-were-the-israeli-settlers-truly-looking-for-in-burqa-on-this-deadly-friday/00000189-cc1f-d9f3-a1cd-ff9fc0a40000 #Israel #Palestine #humanrights #farright
TikTok in talks with Indonesia’s central bank for payments license · TechNode
>TikTok, the social media platform owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance, is currently engaging in preliminary discussions with Indonesian regulators to secure a payments license in the country, according to an August 4 report from Reuters.
https://technode.com/2023/08/07/tiktok-in-talks-with-indonesias-central-bank-for-payments-license/ #TikTok #Indonesia #southeastasia #tootsea #china
Russia retaliates against Ukraine for tanker attack | Euronews
>Ukraine's air force said Moscow launched 70 missiles and drones, as it followed through on a promise to retaliate for an attack on a Russian tanker.
https://www.euronews.com/2023/08/07/russia-retaliates-against-ukraine-for-tanker-attack #Russia #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #UkraineWarNews #UkraineWar
Attacks at US Medical Centers Show Why Health Care Is One of the Nation's Most Violent Fields
>Such attacks have helped make health care one of the nation's most violent fields. Data shows American health care workers now suffer more nonfatal injuries from workplace violence than workers in any other profession, including law enforcement.
https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2023-08-07/attacks-at-us-medical-centers-show-why-health-care-is-one-of-the-nations-most-violent-fields #US #gunviolence #healthcare #violence #workplaceviolence
Texas AG office blocks order allowing abortions for women with complicated pregnancies: report - Alternet.org
>"Texas pro-life laws are in full effect," the attorney general's office wrote in a statement. "This judge's ruling is not." https://www.alternet.org/texas-blocks-order-complicated-pregnancies/ #Texas #abortion #healthcare #womensrights #GOP
‘They are silent’: Latvia to order 6,000 Russians to leave country in 90 days
>According to news agency Elta, the Latvian Interior Minister has confirmed that the notices are currently being drafted and will be sent out by September to “around 6,000” recipients.
https://www.firstpost.com/world/they-are-silent-latvia-to-order-6000-russians-to-leave-country-in-90-days-12962202.html #Latvia #Russia #Ukraine #UkraineWarNews #UkraineWar #RussiaUkraineWar
>JACKSON, Miss. — Six former Mississippi police officers, including some calling themselves "The Goon Squad," pleaded guilty Thursday to a racist assault on two Black men that ended with an officer shooting one man in the mouth.
>The officers, [..] entered a house without a warrant on Jan. 24, assaulting the men with a sex toy and using stun guns and other objects to abuse them over a roughly 90-minute period,
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/04/1192071765/6-white-ex-officers-in-mississippi-plead-guilty-to-assault-on-2-black-men #racism #Mississippi
Austrian leader proposes enshrining the use of cash in his country's constitution - ABC News
>Protecting cash against supposed threats has been a demand of the far-right opposition Freedom Party, which has led polls in Austria in recent months. The country's next election is due in 2024. https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/austrian-leader-proposes-enshrining-cash-countrys-constitution-102009937 #FarRight #Austria
Lula rolls back Bolsonaro's looser Brazilian gun controls - CNA
>Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday (Jul 21) signed an executive order tightening civilian access to firearms in a bid to slow a surge in gun ownership during the presidency of his far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/lula-rolls-back-bolsonaros-looser-brazilian-gun-controls-3646181 #Lula #Brazil #Bolsonaro #guns
‘Most corrupt family to ever live in White House!': #Republicans gun for Biden
>Republicans have sought the immediate impeachment of US President #JoeBiden after unclassified #FBI documents detailing his alleged involvement in an international bribery case surfaced.
>Senator Chuck Grassley posted the FD-1023 form that detailed Biden and his son Hunter allegedly “coerced” the CEO of Kyiv-based Burisma Holdings into paying millions of dollars in exchange for their help
5 #JehovahsWitnesses charged with sexual assault in Pennsylvania - UPI.com
> #Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle A. Henry announced the charges Friday, more than three years after opening multiple investigations.
>"The details of these crimes are sad and disturbing, facts which are made even more abhorrent because the defendants used their faith communities or their own families to gain access to victims," Henry said in a statement. https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/07/09/pennsylvania-jehovah-witness-abuse-charges/9581688941029/
Why cancer drugs are running dangerously low.
>These kinds of drugs are generics. They are not patented, and they are sold at extremely low prices. That means that they are very, very unprofitable.
https://slate.com/technology/2023/07/cancer-drug-shortage-supply-chain.html #capitalism
Ron DeSantis says he will try to revoke China’s trade status if elected president
>DeSantis called China “the No 1 geopolitical threat this country faces”.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/09/ron-desantis-revoke-china-trade-status #China #RonDesantis