MMN 4/17/25
-U.S. Senator denied access to Abrego Garcia in El Salvador -Trump delivers big win to predatory for-profit tax filing industry -Unions launch new initiative to protect federal workers -Working Class History: The Limerick Soviet
-U.S. Senator denied access to Abrego Garcia in El Salvador -Trump delivers big win to predatory for-profit tax filing industry -Unions launch new initiative to protect federal workers -Working Class History: The Limerick Soviet
-Judge weighs contempt charges as Trump lawyers defy court order -Israel bombs more hospitals in its genocide against Gaza -Whistleblower: Musk's DOGE team stole sensitive union data -Trump's trade war hastens demise of U.S. military
-Trump's favorite goon on the world stage Nayib Bukele visits W.H. -President asks Bukele to expand torture prison to hold U.S. citizens -Another Columbia U. student activist arrested by ICE -NASA cuts suggest the future of space is just joy rides for rich people
-SCOTUS orders admin. to return man wrongfully deported to Salvadoran prison -Sec. of State Rubio concedes Mahmoud Khalil broke no laws -Trump to get what he desires most: a big, stupid military parade -This Week's Rich Dick think pollution rules shouldn't apply to him
-Trump caves on tariffs, pulls the world economy from the crisis he started -White House accused of market manipulation amid the chaos -A major oil spill along the Keystone Pipeline -Working Class History: 1970 Teamsters Wildcat Strike
-A new lawsuit is launched to stop deportations to El Salvador torture prison -Government on deadline to turn over evidence in Mahmoud Khalil case -Climate Doom: Trump signs order to supercharge coal production -AIPAC goes after Dems who voted to block weapons to Israel
-SCOTUS greenlights "alien enemy" deportations, W.H. eyes removing U.S. citizens -Mass protests rock DC to end the genocide in Gaza -Clown economy: Markets swing wildly on fake news tweets -Trump proposes $1 trillion dollar military budget
-Senators reject Sanders bid to block weapons sale to Israel -DOJ drops its trust bustin' agenda, approves mega credit card merger -AI and fossil fuel companies set to muck up public lands -Rich Dick admits mistakes while destroying public health in the U.S.
-Even the penguins are included in Trump's trade war -Unions grow members just as W.H. guts federal labor mediators -Climate change deniers in Congress are getting dumber -Working Class History: The 504 Sit-ins
-DHS admits "error" in deporting protected US resident to El Salvadoran prison -Another atrocity in Gaza: Israel kills 15 rescue workers -DOJ seeks the death penalty against Luigi Mangione -Booker breaks Senate speech record, but accomplishes little
-Trump's gestapo kidnaps another student over her pro-Palestine views -Singal chat messages reveal evidence of a war crime, prove top officials lied -RFK Jr. is shutting down Long Covid research -Boeing set to receive a bailout with new military boondoggle
-More U.S. bombs fall on Yemen, but Houthis are undeterred -Christian Zionist Mike Huckabee protested at Senate hearing -Trump finds new stooge to oversee the destruction of Social Security -U.S. spies no longer regard climate change as a threat
-The U.S. has bombed Yemen for 11 straight days now -Israel assassinates more journalists in Gaza -Judge notes that nazis were treated better than Venezuelan migrants -Mega bank plans for post office privatization
-DHS claimed a soccer tattoo was a gang symbol to justify deportation -Conservatives want to execute Tesla vandals -Amazon union buster set to be NLRB's top lawyer -Rich Dick attempts small village coup
-Another student is targeted for deportation for Pro-Palestinian speech -Trump and Musk are trying to break Social Security -New E.O. slashes pay for federal janitors, food service workers -Working Class History: Mass wildcat strike shuts down the mail system
-Men deported to El Salvador were not in a gang, family members say -Mahmoud Khalil releases letter to the public from detention -U.S. bombs Yemen for the 4th straight night -- a war not declared by Congress -More Teslas set ablzae as Musk forces cuts at EPA
-Over 400 dead in Gaza as Israel shatters ceasefire, resumes mass bombings -Trump admin. launches airstrikes on Yemen, threatens Iran -W.H. deports hundreds of residents to El Salvador concentration camp -Dem Party apprival sinks to all-time low after capitulation
-Protesters hit Trump Tower demanding the release of Mahmoud Khalil -Neo-McCarthyism sweeps the U.S., punishing people for criticism of Israel -Senate Democrats under pressure to not cave on GOP spending bill -Rich Dick hopes to save his failing burger chain by going full MAGA
-Israel reimposes collective punishment on Gaza -FTC asks for delay in Amazon trial due to DOGE cuts, then reverses itself -EPA announces massive rollback in regulations, environmental justice -Working Class History: Workers win the Bread and Roses Strike
-W.H. absurdly claims Mahmoud Khalil undermined U.S. foreign policy -Trump comes to the rescue of his new money man, Elon Musk -House Republicans screw over D.C. residents with forced budget cuts -Starbucks workers arrested while protesting for a first labor contract
-Trump promises more arrests and deportations of student activists -New U.S. Energy Secretary lies about renewables, wants us all to cook -South Carolina man killed in a gruesome firing squad execution -SpaceX rocket explosion disrupted hundreds of flights
-Trump ushers in "Golden Era" for corporate wrongdoing -For-profit jailers are giddy on earning calls discussing mass deportations -Musk is "finding out" as Tesla infrastructure gets torched -Working Class History: The Italian strikes that brought down fascism
-Democrats flail in response to Trump's Address to Congress -RFK Jr. ignores measles outbreak to instead restrict speech at colleges -NY prison guards strike proves why cop unions shouldn't exist -Oregon nurses back on the job after winning 46-day picket
-Trump starts trade war that will hurt working class across the continent -The U.S. government is increasingly just a series of crypto scams -Israel reimposes total blockade on Gaza -America First*: Trump signs off on more bombs for the IDF
-Epstein files debacle, Tate brothers flight prove Pedocon Theory correct agin -DOGE moves to privatize weather forecasting -Asteroid no longer a threat to Earth -Rich Dick wants to lay off entire USPS workforce
-American empire demands more sacrifices from Ukraine -U.S. economy increasingly reliant on rich peoples' spending -Oligarch Jeff Bezos exerts control over WaPo opinions -Working Class History: the 1976 Beer Strike
-Migrants detained at Gitmo describe abusive conditions -Musk secures lucrative FAA deal after DOGE guts agency -CFPB Director shills for company investigated by CFPB -More antics from Ed, "Trump's Attorney" in Washington, DC
-Israel rolls tanks into West Bank and puts Gaza ceasefire in doubt -Musk likely using OPM email to train his AI computers -Postal workers protest Trump's attacks on the USPS -New Deputy FBI Director is a rightwing podcast crank
-D.C. Prosecutor goes after lawmakers & protesters critical of Trump, Musk -Sen. Fetterman keeps losing staff because he's a bad boss -So-called "Right Populists" love scamming their supporters -This week's Rich Dick is exactly who you think it is
-Labor Secretary nominee is not an ally to the working class -CIA conducting secret drone flights over Mexico -Trump moves to kill highly effective NYC congestion pricing -Working Class History: New England Shoemaker Uprising