2025-06-16: Trump Roundup

So far today: 2025-06-17 04:00am GMT

C.J. Atkins (2025-06-16). Iranian, Israeli, Palestinian, and U.S. Communists all condemn Netanyahu's war on Iran. peoplesworld.org NEW YORK—It's unanimous. Communists in Iran, Israel, Palestine, and the United States all strongly condemn Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's attack on Iran and President Donald Trump's backing for it. Communist and workers' parties elsewhere around the world have also issued statements slamming the bombing of Iran, which started last Friday, but the unified stance of …

Daniel Costa (2025-06-16). House GOP budget bill allocates $185 billion for Trump's mass deportation plan, while ignoring workers. peoplesworld.org House Republicans recently passed Trump's budget reconciliation legislation that massively redistributes income from some of the poorest households to the richest. It is now under consideration in the Senate and Trump is pressuring senators to pass it without major changes. Aside from cutting taxes by trillions for the wealthy, kicking 15 million people off health care, and cutting food …

A A (2025-06-16). Trump e Musk hanno litigato. Quindi? strategic-culture.su Trump e Musk hanno litigato? Possiamo tornare a parlare delle cose veramente importanti. | Segue nostro Infowarfare per principianti | Facciamo un test: siamo ad un matrimonio, nel bel mezzo dei festeggiamenti degli sposi, un momento di gioia in cui tutti gli invitati sono concentrati sulla coppia più importante del momento. A un certo punto, qualcuno comincia a litigare, una coppietta di fidanzatini, magari stimolati dall'alcol. Che fat…

A A (2025-06-16). Un primo bilancio della seconda era Trump. strategic-culture.su Con la rottura tra Elon Musk (tra i principali finanziatori della sua campagna elettorale) e Donald J. Trump, inizia una nuova fase del secondo mandato presidenziale del tycoon newyorkese. | Segue nostro Già nel 2016, Donald J. Trump arrivà≤ alla casa bianca con la promessa che avrebbe posto fine alle "guerre infinite" che le amministrazioni Bush Jr. e Obama avevano costantemente nutrito per oltre quindici anni. | Tale promessa si riv…

Jordan Atwood (2025-06-16). Trump signals possible US entry into Israel Iran war as death toll rises and diplomacy collapses. nationofchange.org As Israel expands its military assault on Iran, President Trump suggests US forces "could get involved," sparking warnings from lawmakers and experts of illegal war and regional catastrophe.

newarab (2025-06-16). Trump administration weighs adding 36 countries to travel ban. newarab.com Earlier this month, the Republican president signed a proclamation that banned the entry of citizens from 12 countries, saying the move was needed to protect the United States against "foreign terrorists" and other national security threats. | The d…

newarab (2025-06-16). Trump orders deportation drive targeting Democratic cities. newarab.com "We must expand efforts to detain and deport Illegal Aliens in America's largest Cities, such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York, where Millions upon Millions of Illegal Aliens reside," Trump said on his Truth Social platform. | "These, and other such Cities, are the core of the Democrat Power Center," he…

Norman Solomon (2025-06-16). "No Kings Day" was historic. Now we need a powerful — and independent — movement against Trump. nationofchange.org People can unite to lead so that leaders will follow, and justice can prevail.

Caitlin Johnstone (2025-06-16). Fox News Just Helped Netanyahu Spread The Lie That Iran Tried To Assassinate Trump. thealtworld.com Benjamin Netanyahu was given a platform to spout lies and war propaganda on Fox News Netanyahu promoted countless incendiary falsehoods and unsubstantiated claims throughout the interview, including the assertion that Iran was working on producing nuclear weapons and intended to give them to Yemen's Houthis to facilitate global terrorism, and that Iran was working on intercontinent…

Aamer Madhani (2025-06-16). Trump directs ICE to expand deportations in Democratic-run cities. whyy.org President Trump in a social media posting called on

Allene Florence Darmawan (2025-06-16). Trump vs. Harvard: Defending the Human Right to Education Amid Political Turmoil. moderndiplomacy.eu In this year, 2025, the Trump administration once again took an unprecedented and outrageous step by blocking Harvard University from admitting international students in the name of "national security" concerns. The policy has sparked a fierce legal battle and raised serious questions about human rights, particularly the basic right to education. The impact itself has …

Dr. Arshad M. Khan (2025-06-16). The world with Trump's heavy hand on it. moderndiplomacy.eu So the National Guard has been called in to quell the riots in Los Angeles . . . without as much as a 'by your leave' to the California governor. No wonder Gavin Newsom is mad as hell and is suing President Trump plus the Department of Defense and Secretary Hyseth for the illegal takeover of …

editor (2025-06-16). Israel's attack on Iran and its potential fallout. onlineopinion.com.au Israel's attack on Iran's nuclear facilities may be justified if one takes Netanyahu's explanation at face value. I doubt, however, if he and Trump have fully considered the ominous regional ramifications of the attack.

greenleft.org.au (2025-06-16). Green Left Show LA protests: Resisting racist deportations. greenleft.org.au

Guest Blogger (2025-06-16). STEVE MILLOY: President Trump Moves To End The War On Coal. wattsupwiththat.com President Trump took two major steps this week to end the 14-year-old Democrat war against the coal industry and cheap electricity. Although greens have promised to sue, they are unlikely to succeed as the moves have pretty much been pre-approved by the Supreme Court.

Max Blumenthal, The Grayzone. (2025-06-16). 'Satanic acts': Iran's Dr. Foad Izadi on Israel's New Regime Change War. popularresistance.org The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal interviews Dr. Foad Izadi, professor of world politics at the University of Tehran, amid Israeli airstrikes on Iran which assassinated nuclear scientists and military officials while killing many civilians. As one of his country's most prolific political commentators, Izadi critiques the Iranian president's diplomacy with the US, Trump's perfidious actions, and the mood of Iranian society.

newleftreview (2025-06-16). Ross Douthat: Condition of America. newleftreview.org Nick Burns quizzes the New York Times columnist on the contradictory ideological forces and factions driving the second Trump Administration, the strengths and weaknesses of American liberalism and the state of the country that he's described as sinking into economic and cultural stagnation.

Tony Schick, Pro Publica. (2025-06-16). Trump Administration Abandons Deal With Tribes To Restore Salmon. popularresistance.org Less than two years ago, the administration of President Joe Biden announced what tribal leaders hailed as an unprecedented commitment to the Native tribes whose ways of life had been devastated by federal dam-building along the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest. | The deal, which took two years to negotiate, halted decades of lawsuits over the harm federal dams had caused to the salmon that had sustained those tribes culturally and economically for thousands of years. To enable the removal of four hydroelectric dams considered especially harmful to salmon, the government promised to invest billions of doll…

Waging Nonviolence (2025-06-16). American Spring? How nonviolent Protest in the US is Accelerating. juancole.com Contrary to conventional wisdom, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests this year have dwarfed those in 2017, and they have been extraordinarily peaceful. Erica Chenoweth, Soha Hammam, Jeremy Pressman, and Christopher Wiley Shay June 12, 2025 ( Waging Nonviolence ) — On streets and highway passes, at intersections and in parks, millions of Americans …

albawaba (2025-06-16). Boring birthday? Trump mocked for falling asleep during military parade. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – US President Donald Trump is facing a huge wave of mockery after a picture of him sleeping during a military parade celebrating his 79th birthday and the 250th anniversary of the founding of the US Army, went viral online.A photo circulating on social media showed the US president sitting next to his wife, Melania Trump, with his eyes closed, appearing to be asleep, while the military procession continued with the ceremony.The photo sparked outrage and mockery at the same time online as a person questioned the situation: "Was Trump seen sleeping at a military parade for his birthday? All these resource…

Ben Samuels (2025-06-16). The Israel-Iran war is letting Trump do what he does best: Opportunism. haaretz.com 'Make the Middle East Great Again!' and other recent comments by Donald Trump capture the U.S. president in his truest form: Convinced he is the sole actor who can prevent World War III, and indignant he doesn't receive credit for pushing the world toward peace…

Democracy Now! (2025-06-16). Democracy Now! 2025-06-16 Monday. democracynow.org Headlines for June 16, 2025; Israel & Iran at War: Trump Is "Only World Leader Who Can Stop the Cycle of Escalation"; No Kings: Millions Across U.S. Protest Trump's Power Grab, Overshadowing His Military Parade; "An Outstanding Leader": Minnesota Mourns Assassinated Lawmaker Melissa Hortman as Suspect Is Arrested | Headlines for June 16, 2025; Israel & Iran at War: Trump Is "Only World Leader Who Can Stop the Cycle of Escalation"; No Kings: Millions Across U.S. Protest Trump's Power Grab, Overshadowing His Military Parade; "An Outstanding Leader": Minnesot…

geo.tv (2025-06-16). Harvard wins extension of court order blocking Trump's international student ban. geo.tv Students walk on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, May 23, 2025. — ReutersA federal judge said on Monday that she would issue a brief extension of an order temporarily blocking President Donald Trump's plan to bar foreign nationals from entering the…

Studio 2 staff (2025-06-16). 'No Kings', ICE raids, Minnesota assassination, more: Political news roundtable. whyy.org We discuss the news of the past week with Solomon Jones, Philadelphia Inquirer columnist and WURD radio host, and lawyer and columnist Christine Flowers.

ecns.cn (2025-06-16). Demonstrators rally across U.S. on parade day. ecns.cn Chanting protesters flooded streets across the United States since Saturday morning for "No Kings "Day, rallying against the administration across multiple policy areas.

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