2025-07-04: Trump Roundup

So far today: 2025-07-04 1:32pm GMT

geo.tv (2025-07-04). Trump-Putin call fails to break Ukraine deadlock. geo.tv Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump. — AFP/FileWASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a phone call earlier in the day with Vladimir Putin resulted in no progress at all on efforts to end the war in Ukraine, while a Kremlin aide…

WSWS (2025-07-04). Trump-Kennedy attacks on vaccines and public health will kill millions globally. wsws.org Three simultaneous withdrawals—from the World Health Organization, USAID and the Gavi vaccine alliance—represent a coordinated abandonment of America's role in global health leadership with devastating consequences for the world's most vulnerable populations.

Kenny CooperEmily Neil (2025-07-04). Rep. Fitzpatrick voted against Trump's 'big beautiful bill.' How does his vote complicate Bucks County's midterm race? whyy.org From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? President Donald Trump's spending and tax bill Trump's "big beautiful" bill

Daanish Faruqi (2025-07-04). Between Two Enemies: Syria's Silence in the Israel-Iran Conflicts. juancole.com ( Aljumhuriya ) — Even as a ceasefire has, for now, calmed tensions between Israel and Iran, Trump's decision to officially join Israel's war effort has been illuminating on a multitude of fronts. In particular, it revealed how quickly Iran was able to cultivate global support for its sovereignty and multiple calls for restraint, particularly …

Arnold R. Isaacs (2025-07-04). The Trump Team's Purge of Pentagon Photos Raises Sinister Echoes from the Past. juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com ) — In early June, the Washington Post published a follow-up to earlier stories on a Trump administration plan to remove thousands of photographs from Defense Department websites because of "DEI-related content." Illustrated with more than a dozen samples of the targeted photos (which…

geo.tv (2025-07-04). Trump to sign massive tax cuts, debt-boosting bill Friday after narrow House win. geo.tv President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, US, February 10, 2025.— ReutersBill to add $3.4 trillion to US debt over a decade.Contains many of Trump's top domestic priorities.Dem Jeffries sets record with defiant 8-hr, 46-min…

WSWS (2025-07-04). July 4, 2025: Trump, the oligarchy and the American counter-revolution. wsws.org As the United States begins the 250th year of its existence, it is in the throes of a political, social, intellectual and cultural counterrevolution.

NorCal (2025-07-04). Thursday 7/3: Trump Must Go NOW! Hands Across Dolores Park Mass Protest. indybay.org Dolores Park | 18th Street and Dolores Street | San Francisco…

editor (2025-07-04). Trump & Bin Salman: opt for the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine. onlineopinion.com.au HKOPS… trumps the 'Palestinian state peaceful card' pursued unsuccessfully by the United Nations for the last 58 years.

WSWS (2025-07-04). Stateless Palestinian Ward Sakeik released after five months in ICE custody. wsws.org Ward Sakeik, a 22-year-old stateless Palestinian, was released from ICE customer late Tuesday just two days after the Trump administration failed to illegally deport her to a third country for a second time.

Labor Video Project (2025-07-04). Students & Labor Rally at SF City Hall to Defend Ethnic Studies at SFUSD. indybay.org Labor and community supporters of SFUSD Ethnic Studies program rallied at San Francisco City hall to oppose the attack on it by politicians and supporters of Trump.

Sasan Fayazmanesh (2025-07-04). The Madmen Behind the Israel/US-Iran War. counterpunch.org It has now been more than 30 years since the butcher of Auschwitz Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu, warned the world that Iran would soon acquire nuclear weapons. In 1992, in an address to the Israeli Knesset, he stated: "Within three to five years, we can assume that Iran will become autonomous in its ability to develop and produce a nuclear bomb." He repeated the warning and whispered the need to invade Iran in the ears of every US president ever since. The warnings became louder after Al Qaeda attacked the US. The Jerusalem Post reported on September 12, 2001, that "Netanyahu warned last night that the attack could be…

WSWS (2025-07-04). House passes Trump bill, which robs working people to give tax cuts for the super-rich. wsws.org The bill cuts taxes for the wealthy by $3 trillion, slashes more than $1 trillion from social spending on Medicaid and food stamps and pours $300 billion more into military violence abroad and domestic repression, particularly against immigrants.

Joseph Natoli (2025-07-04). The Politics of the Street-Corner Wiseass. counterpunch.org The Politics of Street Corner Wise-Ass Joseph Natoli Assessing the damage President Donald J. Trump's street corner smart ass politics has done begins first with defining the domain. National and International, surely. On the national scene, with a phony warrant declaring "waste, fraud and abuse," he's taking down "The Deep State," that dark imagined fortress

W. T. Whitney (2025-07-04). US Imperialist War Against Haiti. counterpunch.org The Trump administration on June 27 announced that Temporary Protected Status (TPS) applying to half a million Haitians living in the United States will end on September 2. That total includes 300,000 people who, having fled unrest and violence, gained TPS in June 2024 under the Biden administration; 200,000 other Haitians who entered following a

ecns.cn (2025-07-04). Trump cuts Vietnam tariffs to 20%. ecns.cn U.S. President Donald Trump has announced a 20 percent tariff on all imports from Vietnam — a move that, coupled with a 40 percent levy on transshipments — may put renewed pressure on Asian economies, analysts say.

WSWS (2025-07-04). Canada's Liberal government lashes out against the working class. wsws.org Canada's ruling class is rushing to implement massive military spending hikes and Trump-like socio-economic policies, using his bullying as the cover to push through changes for which it has long agitated.

Indivisible Tracy (2025-07-04). Friday 7/4: Tracy: No Kings Since 1776! Join Indivisible Contingent in the July 4th Parade. indybay.org Starts at 11th Street and Central Ave. | Tracy, CA 95376…

Indivisible (2025-07-04). Friday 7/4: Redwood City: Indivisible Democracy Dancers Contingent in 4th of July Parade. indybay.org 9am at intersection of Hopkins Strete and Arguello Road | Downtown Redwood City, CA…

The Wolves (2025-07-04). Tuesday 7/8: Protest Elon Fascist Government Takeover – 7-Day Stanford Tesla Takedown Extravagan. indybay.org Stanford Tesla•393 Stanford Shopping Center , Palo Alto, CA 94304 US…

The Wolves (2025-07-04). Monday 7/7: Protest Elon fascist government takeover day 2 of week long action. indybay.org Stanford Tesla•393 Stanford Shopping Center , Palo Alto, CA 94304 US…

The Wolves (2025-07-04). Saturday 7/12: Protest Elon Fascist Government Takeover – Stanford Saturdays. indybay.org Stanford Tesla•393 Stanford Shopping Center , Palo Alto, CA 94304 US…

Mark Gruenberg, C.J. Atkins (2025-07-03). Republicans pass Trump's budget, workers respond: 'Your vote is killing us'. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—In the final hours before July 4, labor unions pulled out all the stops in a last-ditch effort to block President Donald Trump's Project 2025-inspired billionaire budget from becoming law, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., staged a marathon 8hr. 44 min. floor speech to delay the vote on the measure. But in the …

Newswire Editor (2025-07-03). Trump's Budget Bill is Direct Attack on Health and Safety of Most Americans. commondreams.org Today Congress is poised to pass the Republicans' massive budget reconciliation bill. The legislation will then go directly to President Trump for his signature. The House rushed to hold the final vote before an arbitrary July 4 deadline urged by Trump. In addition to eliminating healthcare for an estimated 17 million people, the law will have

Brian S. Willson (2025-07-03). July 4, 2024: What The Flag Means To Me. Brian Willson. globalresearch.ca First published on July 4, 2022 | *** | I was probably seven years old before it really sunk in that everybody in my town was not celebrating my birthday on July 4. It was an exciting day with parades, picnics, fireworks …

Michelle Ellner, Counter Punch. (2025-07-03). What July 5th Taught Me That July 4th Never Did. popularresistance.org Growing up in Venezuela and now living in the United States, I've always felt caught between two independence days: July 4th and July 5th. Two celebrations. Two flags. Two very different ideas of what it means to be free. | In the U.S., the Fourth of July comes with fireworks, parades, and an almost unquestioned belief in the righteousness of the revolution it commemorates. But in Venezuela, July 5th conjures up different thoughts. It is not just a break from colonial rule but the beginning of a long, unfinished struggle to define freedom on our own terms. It's not something we inherited. It's something we're sti…

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