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Restore funding for public TV and radio!
Trump’s coordinated campaign to hobble reliable public news will give even greater rise to the right-wing propaganda pushed by Fox News and fring...
 US citizens: call on Congress to restore funds for public media (broadcasting). To phone your congresscritter about this, the main switchboard is +1-202-224-3121. Please spread the word.
the Guardian
Arctic endured year of record heat as climate scientists warn of ‘winter being redefined’
Region known as ‘world’s refrigerator’ is heating up as much as four times as quickly as global average, Noaa experts say
Glossary
 People and animals in the Arctic suffer the direct effects of continuing global heating.
Glossary
the Guardian
Police spied on group set up to expose wrongdoing in Met, inquiry hears
The HCDA, which sought to expose police corruption and violence, was secretly monitored for a decade
 The Hackney Community Defense Association was set up to expose corruption and mistreatment by British thugs. Undercover cops snooped on it for a decade.
the Guardian
Saudi-backed forces gather on Yemen border as separatists face pressure to pull back
Southern Transitional Council, backed by UAE, told it could face airstrikes after its recent huge territorial gains
 Two rich Arab clients of the US are on the verge of fighting a proxy war in South Yemen against each other. Both proxies are enemies of the Houthis, but also of each other.
the Guardian
A visual guide to the historical maps and temples at the heart of the Thailand-Cambodia conflict
Border conflict has roots in colonial maps and long-standing ‘sibling rivalry’
 Thais in Siam began conquering a portion of Khmer territory after 1200 a.d. After France made the Khmer into a colony, France took part of that portion from Siam, while Siam retained the rest of it. Thailand (formerly Siam) and Cambodia are now fighting about the border of the part that France added to Cambodia.
the Guardian
Iran directed arson attacks in Australia and ‘fanned the flames’ of antisemitism, country’s spy chief says
Iranian ambassador expelled from Canberra as Albanese government announces it will list IRGC as terrorist organisation
 The Iranian government organized and set off at least two arson attacks aimed at Jewish activities in Australia. And perhaps more as well. Australia has closed the Iranian embassy, which participated in attacks and in intimidation of Iranian exiles who protested against Iran's government.
the Guardian
A Harvard scholar’s ouster exposes a crisis of institutional integrity | Eric Reinhart
The dismissal of a a renowned health leader who refused to ignore Palestine highlights false claims of universality in human rights, global health ...
 Harvard abruptly forced out the head of the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, which worked with Palestinians in the West Bank to study the medical consequences of discrimination and repression there.
the Guardian
Palestine Action-linked hunger striker Qesser Zuhrah taken to hospital
Protesters had gathered outside prison to demand 20-year-old, who is on day 46, receive urgent medical attention
 Jailed supporters of Palestine Action have been on hunger strike for weeks.
The Onion
Fact-Checking Trump On Voter Fraud
President Donald Trump recently reiterated claims that the U.S. electoral system remains highly susceptible to voter fraud. The Onion assesses the ...
 (satire) *Fact-Checking [the cheater] On Voter Fraud.*
August 23, 2025
“It is my Great Honor to report that the United States of America now fully owns and controls 10% of INTEL, a Great American Company that has an ...
Glossary
 The history of the Republican Party since the 1970s: how it was taken over by plutocratist extremists whose goal was to hand the rich complete power over America.