(2025-08-05). Swiss hoping Trump will lower tariff rate. ecns.cn Switzerland has launched a last-ditch attempt to persuade United States President Donald Trump not to hit Swiss imports with a 39 percent tariff.And he said that could rise to 0.7 percent if pharmaceuticals, which are not covered by the current tariff rate, are added to the mix.
(2025-08-05). Trump's Latest China Moves are not Concessions. counterpunch.org 
A recent Washington Post report suggests a concerning "softening" in the Trump administration's approach to Beijing, highlighting what it views as dangerous concessions on Taiwan and technology driven by a singular focus on a trade deal. However, from China's perspective, these developments are less about "concessions" and more about a necessary, albeit belated, recognition of
(2025-08-05). Zhang Yongle: Reconfiguring Hegemony. newleftreview.org A view from China of the battle for America's ideological soul, pitting Trump, home-grown nemesis of Western liberal democracy, against Francis Fukuyama, subtlest philosopher of its world-historical triumph. Are these contrasted figures two manifestations of the same hegemonic principle?
(2025-08-05). India's US lobby and BRICS. dawn.com TWO deviously connected messages in a Donald Trump tweet targeted India and Russia simultaneously. To India, the A subsequent tweet rejoiced in cultivating robust US ties with Pakistan, thereby rubbing more salt into India's lacerating wound. To Russia, the threat was more dire and more troubling even though Indians are full of their own grief, which otherwise should be an occasion to pick up another more trustworthy date for a life tog…
(2025-08-05). Linking tariff 'deals' to US security interests is harder than it looks. responsiblestatecraft.org In its July 31
(2025-08-05). Why is Ghislaine Maxwell so central to Trump-Epstein conspiracy theories? aljazeera.com With prison move, Justice Department meeting and possible Congress testimony, Trump faces scrutiny from his own base…
(2025-08-05). Funding cuts kill the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). indybay.org The rabid dog pitbull convicted felon President Donald J. Trump and his Republican myrmidons have decimated and killed the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).
(2025-08-05). Prof. Rashid Khalidi Slams 'Crushing Repression' at Columbia, Cancels Course over Trump Settlement. scheerpost.com In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible By Rashid Khalidi, the renowned Edward Said professor emeritus of modern Arab studies at Columbia University, says he is withdrawing from teaching his fall course after the sch…
(2025-08-05). Palestinian Peace Activist Killed by Israeli Settler After Being Deported by Trump. indybay.org Awda Hathaleen was described as "a teacher and an activist who struggled courageously for his people."
(2025-08-05). India fires back at Trump's tariff threat, calls U.S. criticism hypocritical. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- India issued a strong rebuttal on Sunday in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose higher tariffs over India's continued imports of Russian oil. The üî&oacu…
(2025-08-05). Trump's Africa deal: Peace plan or power grab? aljazeera.com As Rwanda and the DRC hold their first meeting under a US-backed peace deal, Trump is touting it as a diplomatic win…
(2025-08-05). Hamas to Witkoff: "We will not disarm unless an independent Palestinian state is established" peoplesdispatch.org The Trump administration has intensified its pressure on the resistance movement to lay down arms to reach a Gaza ceasefire deal, while supporting Israel's plans to continue with its 22-month genocide.
(2025-08-05). Israeli ex-security chiefs urge Trump to help end Gaza war. dawn.com • Say conflict is leading Israel to 'lose its security, identity'
| • Aid seekers among 19 more killed over 24 hours | JERUSALEM: More than 600 retired Israeli security officials have urged US President Donald Trump to pressure their own government to end the war in Gaza. | "It is our professional judgement that Hamas no longer poses a strategic threat to Israel," the former officials wrote in an open letter shared with the media on Monday, calling on Trump to "steer" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decisions. | "At first this war was a just war, a defensive war, but…
(2025-08-05). The New York Times Does Not Fear Trump… But Bret Stephens Is Another Matter. scheerpost.com
(2025-08-05). Christian Nationalism's Plot on Civil Society: The Seven Mountains Mandate. juancole.com Oakwood, Ga. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) — A concerning story out of Georgia offers a window into the rise and possible demise of an all-encompassing strategy of Christian Nationalism finding unheralded success in the Trump era. On July 10th federal regulators filed a complaint "seeking the seizure of Georgia lender First Liberty Building & …
(2025-08-05). The Proud Republican History of Paranoia and Anti-Semitism About Government Statistics. counterpunch.org Donald Trump's decision to fire Erika McEntarfer, the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), brings back memories of Richard Nixon's orders to identify Jews at the Labor Department. Both efforts stem from paranoid delusions that the people producing the economic data were involved in a conspiracy to make them look bad.
(2025-08-05). Food Prices Stagnating Wages Weigh on US Residents. orinocotribune.com New economic data and surveys reveal growing financial anxiety among US nationals, who are grappling with rising food prices and slowing wage growth. Nearly seven months after Donald Trump returned to the White House, the promised "golden age" has not materialized for most, according to polls. | According to a recent Associated Press—NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey, the vast majority of US adults feel stressed about food costs. This concern is particularly acute for low-income US residents, among whom 64% say grocery prices are one of their top sources of stress. | The survey also indicates t…
(2025-08-05). California's Immigrant Past May Be the Key to Resisting Trump's Future. Murali Kamma
(2025-08-05). Monday 8/25: Protest Against the Trump Regime. indybay.org At the corner of Ocean and Water Streets in Santa Cruz…
(2025-08-05). What It Will Take To Get US Citizens To Work The Farm? popularresistance.org The agriculture sector is on edge like never before. | With ICE officers chasing undocumented immigrants through fields and barging into meatpacking plants, workers are spooked. Even before the farm raids, workforce shortages and economic uncertainty rankled the industry. Now, as harvest season arrives for many crops, concerns are growing that there may not be enough workers out there to feed the country. | To Dolores Huerta, it's an unprecedented problem caused squarely by the Trump administration. "It's an atrocity, what they've been doing to the immigrant community," Huerta said in an interview with POLITICO M…
(2025-08-05). Trump and the Lemon Law of Voter Denial. scheerpost.com 2020 Million MAGA March. Elvert Barnes, CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. By Kenneth …
(2025-08-05). Trump slams India over Russian oil trade, threatens major tariff hike. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- In a fiery post on Truth Social, U.S. President Donald Trump accused India of profiting from Russia's war in Ukraine by purchasing large volumes of discounted Russian oil and reselling it on the global market. He condemned India for "not caring" about the ongoing war casualties in Ukraine, stating: "India is not only buying massive amounts of Russian oil, they are then, for much of the oil purchased, selling it on the open market for big profits. They don't care how many people in Ukraine are being killed by the Russian War Machine."Donald J. Trump Truth Social 08.04.25 10: 50 AM EST | India is not only…
(2025-08-05). Retired Security Officials Warn Israel On 'Precipice Of Defeat'. popularresistance.org Over a dozen former Israeli security officials issued a joint video statement on 3 August demanding an end to the war in Gaza and warning that Tel Aviv is on the brink of "defeat." Former officials have also demanded that US President Donald Trump pressure Israel to end the genocidal campaign which has raged since October 2023 — in a separate letter accompanying the video and signed by 550 former security officials. | The video statement was made by 19 retired army chiefs, intelligence heads, Shin Bet and Mossad directors, and police commissioners.
(2025-08-05). Monday 9/1: Oakland: Stop the Fascist Billionaires! Labor Day Protest Supporting Freedom & Democracy. indybay.org Frank H. Ogawa Plaza | 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza | Oakland, CA 94612 | This is a peaceful, nonviolent protest…
(2025-08-04). Corrupt DoJ Shields Trump on Epstein, Extorts CBS and Columbia U. in Protection Racket. juancole.com Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) — Gangster president Trump and his Justice Department lackeys are engaged in a coordinated cover-up of his entanglements with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein by unleashing a blizzard of insults, lies, and worn-out conspiracy accusations to deflect criticism. So far this hasn't worked. But the same authoritarian tactics that have failed …
(2025-08-04). Trump says will raise tariff on India over Russia oil purchases. geo.tv US President Donald Trump and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrive for their joint news conference at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, February 25, 2020. — ReutersIndia ignores Ukraine deaths caused by Russian aggression: Trump.Trump slams India's oil trade as…
(2025-08-04). Know Your Enemy: Has Trump 2.0 Been a Success So Far? dissentmagazine.org 
Matt and Sam answer listener questions about Trump, Judaism and Catholicism, bourbon, literature, and more.
(2025-08-04). Headlines for August 4, 2025. democracynow.org Six More Palestinians Die of Starvation in Gaza; Hamas and Islamic Jihad Release Videos Showing Two Emaciated Hostages, 600 Retired Israeli Security Officials Urge Trump to Pressure Israel to End War in Gaza, 60 Palestinian Women on Hunger Strike, Demanding the Body of Slain Activist Odeh Hadalin, Far-Right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir Leads Prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sparking Outrage, As Many As 300K People March Across Sydney Harbour Bridge to Protest Israel's Genocide, Texas Gov. Abbott Threatens to Remove Democratic State Legislators Who Fled the State to Block GOP Congressional Ma…
(2025-08-04). Democracy Now! 2025-08-04 Monday. democracynow.org Headlines for August 04, 2025; Prof. Rashid Khalidi Slams "Crushing Repression" at Columbia, Cancels Course over Trump Settlement; "It Is Our War": Palestinian American Scholar Rashid Khalidi on U.S. Complicity in Gaza Genocide; Torture at CECOT: Venezuelan Men Freed from Salvadoran Mega-Prison Describe Brutal Beatings, Humiliation | Headlines for August 04, 2025; Prof. Rashid Khalidi Slams "Crushing Repression" at Columbia, Cancels Course over Trump Settlement; "It Is Our War": Palestinian American Scholar Rashid Khalidi on U.S. Complicity in Gaza Genocide; Torture a…
(2025-08-04). Why have relations between Trump and Modi nosedived so quickly? aljazeera.com The United States slaps 25 percent tariffs on a nation long viewed as an ally.
(2025-08-04). Trump Administration Is Deploying Soldiers to Immigration Jails in 20 States. truthout.org The Trump administration is deploying National Guard troops to immigration jails in 20 states with Republican governors, including Florida, Georgia, Virginia, Texas and Louisiana, according to The New York Times. On July 30, the Times reported that ICE officials had sent a memo to field offices stating that troops will help with "alien processing," which the Times defined as paperwork… |
(2025-08-04). Of Pedophiles and Pedociders. counterpunch.org 
"We have met the enemy and he is us." —Pogo Trump warned of the enemy within — unaware that he and his enablers are that enemy. America's decline was not ushered in by external forces. Rather, it's Trump — or to be more precise those who voted for him and who continue to support his
(2025-08-04). ICE is Enticing New Recruits With Student Loan Forgiveness. truthout.org With an influx of funding from President Donald Trump's so-called "Big Beautiful Bill," Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is ramping up recruitment efforts to implement its plans to arrest, detain, and deport millions of people living in the United States. ICE is trying to entice recruits with signing bonuses of up to $50,000 and student loan forgiveness of up to $60,000. |
(2025-08-04). Yosemite Employees Worked for Weeks Without Pay After Chaos of Trump Budget Cuts. truthout.org NPR on Monday published a lengthy investigation that found seasonal workers at Yosemite National Park this year worked for as long as six weeks without pay amid the chaos caused by the Trump administration's massive staffing cuts. Multiple Yosemite workers told NPR that they felt exploited and added that they haven't received any backpay for the work they performed for free earlier this year. |
(2025-08-04). Trump Administration Won't Provide Disaster Relief to States and Cities That Boycott Israeli Companies. news.antiwar.com Updated at 7: 02 pm EST on August 4, 2025 The Trump administration has said that states and cities will not receive funding to prepare for natural disasters if they choose to boycott Israeli companies, Reuters reported on Monday, citing a terms document from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published in April. The document says …
(2025-08-04). Netanyahu Plans Full Israeli Occupation of the Gaza Strip. news.antiwar.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to order the full Israeli military occupation of the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli media reports on Monday, which means a significant escalation of the genocidal war is likely coming. According to Ynet, President Trump has given Netanyahu a "green light to launch a more aggressive military operation …
(2025-08-04). Lula and Brazil's Unions Respond to Trump's Threats. counterpunch.org 
On July 30, US President Donald Trump declared bilateral relations with Brazil a national emergency in order to justify raising import tariffs. In a menacing statement entitled "Addressing Threats to the United States by the Government of Brazil," he declared: Recent policies, practices, and actions of the Government of Brazil threaten the national security, foreign
(2025-08-04). A further U.S. attack on Iran would be pointless kabuki. thealtworld.com Escalation with Russia is clearly on the cards (in one form or another), but Trump has also threatened to attack Iran's nuclear sites — again. | A U.S. President, beset by the Epstein story that refuses to lie down and die, and under pressure from domestic hawks because of a visibly collapsing Ukraine, has been letting off a blunderbuss of geo-political threats across the board: Firstly, and principally, at Russia; but secondly at Iran: | "Iran is so nasty, they're so nasty in their statements. They got hit. We cannot allow them to have nuclear weapons. They are still talking about uranium enrichment. Who…
(2025-08-04). US Democrats flee Texas to block Trump-backed election redistricting. aljazeera.com Texas House fails to establish quorum as dozens of Democrats leave state to block redrawn congressional map.
(2025-08-04). Donald Trump Creates More Roadblocks for Cheap, Reliable, Renewable Energy. commondreams.org Donald Trump's Department of the Interior has effectively cut off federal land leases for renewable energy. The new rules require that leases can only be made if the renewable energy project can produce the same amount of energy as that of coal, gas, or nuclear per acre. Because solar and wind farms use more acreage …
(2025-08-04). DHS Attacks DACA Recipients, Tells Them to Self-Deport. truthout.org Despite previous statements indicating that the president wanted to protect Dreamers, the Trump administration is now calling DACA recipients "illegal aliens" and encouraging them to self-deport. DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is a program that began under President Barack Obama which allows people who came to the United States as children no later than June 15, 2007… |
(2025-08-04). President Reagan's Advice to Mr. Trump on Nuclear Threats to Russia. counterpunch.org What Mr. Trump does not understand about his juvenile social messaging spewing of taunts followed by ordering US nuclear submarines closer to Russia (Russia may only have 3-4 minutes to decide if US subs have attacked)—is his ignorance of how Russia thinks. He should read President Reagan's memoir, in which he wrote: "Three years had