(2025-08-04). Trump announces US submarine deployments in nuclear war threat against Russia. wsws.org Trump's pledges to negotiate an end to the Russia-Ukraine war have failed, and a seemingly unstoppable momentum is building up in ruling circles for a massive military escalation of the NATO conflict with Russia.
(2025-08-04). PBS Accounts For Nearly Half Of First Graders' Most Frequently Watched Educational TV And Video Programs. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | CC BY-ND | At U.S. President Donald Trump's request, Congress voted in July 2025 to claw back US$1.1 billion it had previously approved for the Corporation for Public …
(2025-08-04). The New York Times Does Not Fear Trump… But Bret Stephens Is Another Matter. counterpunch.org 
After the long-time skittish New York Times published a lengthy essay by the renowned genocide scholar, Prof. Omer Bartov of Brown University titled "I'm a Genocide Scholar, I Know It When I see It," the Palestinian-hater, Timescolumnist Bret Stephens immediately jumped into the Netanyahu‚Äëstyle rebuttal mode. His column was titled "No, Israel is Not Committing
(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). Thousands of Boeing fighter jet workers strike in St. Louis. wsws.org The strike against the aerospace giant Boeing is at the same time a fight against the Trump administration, which has awarded the company a multibillion-dollar contract to build fighter jets in preparation for war against China.
(2025-08-04). 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."
(2025-08-04). Japan: Ishiba signals talks with Trump for early cut to US auto tariff. moderndiplomacy.eu TOKYO, Aug 4 (Reuters) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday he will not hesitate to hold talks with President Donald Trump to ensure an agreed cut to U.S. automobile tariffs is implemented soon. In a parliament session on Monday, Ishiba drew criticism from some opposition lawmakers for not having signed an official …
(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). US Bureau of Labor Statistics Outdated and Archaic Algorithms. " There are No Jobs and the Downtrend began in 2021″. Helena Glass. globalresearch.ca President Trump has fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner because she was the messenger of bad news. But there is a parallel agency, ADP, which also provides private employment data monthly. Last summer, ADP completely upgraded its IT and …
(2025-08-04). Trump confirms US envoy Witkoff to travel to Russia this week. newarab.com 
Speaking to reporters, Trump also said that
(2025-08-04). Senate Sanctions Bill Threatens India. "Trump's Habit of Escalating" . Renee Parsons. globalresearch.ca The use of arbitrary
(2025-08-04). Israeli ex-security chiefs 'urge Trump' to help end Gaza war. newarab.com 
"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. | "At first this war was a just war, a defensive w…
(2025-08-04). Trump fires Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner following negative July jobs report. wsws.org President Trump announced the firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Friday, following the publication by the agency of a monthly jobs report for July that showed continued weakening of the US labor market.
(2025-08-04). The Corporation For Public Broadcasting Shutdown. popularresistance.org The truth is, from Nixon to Trump, Republicans were actually rather successful in manipulating the CPB to serve their partisan agenda. Back in 2005, when Republican Kenneth Tomlinson was in charge, the New York Times reported that the chairman aggressively pressed "public television to correct what he and other conservatives consider liberal bias." The chief executive of PBS even accused Tomlinson of threatening "editorial independence." | Peter Hart of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) further noted that an unnamed senior official at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) claimed Tomlinson was "enga…
(2025-08-04). 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…
(2025-08-04). Cosmic irony, cosmic con job: MAGA Trump, hatched in savage distrust of government, now explodes rage against a hateful, rights-abusing state. nationofchange.org The biggest, worst Trump Lie: that good governance that serves the majority is impossible and that burning all down is superior to reforming structures.
(2025-08-04). Is Trump Taking Us to War? Dr. Paul C. Roberts. globalresearch.ca I need to be more empathetic with Putin's hopes. Sometimes I, too, let hopes run away with me. | Yes, I was wrong to hope President Trump would normalize relations with Russia. Perhaps Trump intended to do so, until the men …
(2025-08-04). Trump's MAGA Inc. Super PAC Donor List is Littered with Corporate and Billionaire Influence Buyers. commondreams.org President Trump's MAGA Inc. SuperPAC received $1 million or more from more than 70 donors since January, according to the SuperPAC's most recent
(2025-08-04). 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?
(2025-08-04). 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).
(2025-08-04). Trump asserts dominance over Europe with tariff agreement. infobrics.org Macron admits Europe is not "feared enough".
(2025-08-04). Texas Democrats flee to block GOP gerrymandering as Trump pushes national redistricting blitz. nationofchange.org Fleeing the state to break quorum, Texas Democrats are fighting what they call a racist, Trump-backed effort to rig congressional maps ahead of 2026—sparking a broader national confrontation over voting rights.
(2025-08-04). Caution against hopes | . dawn.com A celebratory — and hopeful — tone has been raised over the reduction announced by the United States in its so-called Liberation Day reciprocal The additional duties were revised just a day after US President Donald Trump announced on social media that he would help Pakistan develop its 'vast oil reserves'. | The new trade
(2025-08-04). Video: Putin Vows to Finish Off Ukraine, EU and Trump Sabotaged Peace. globalresearch.ca Back in June 2025, internationally-recognized former British Diplomat Alastair Crooke predicted Russia's current response to Ukraine's bomber attack, and gave a grave warning to Trump about the dangers of sabotaging peace. | Watch this video asap and share widely. | Our thanks …
(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). From Bolsonaro to BRICS: what Trump's tariffs on Brazil are really about. infobrics.org Trump's 50% tariff on Brazil, framed as support for Bolsonaro, may actually target Brazil's deepening ties with China and the BRICS bloc. The move risks triggering a trade war, damaging US interests, and accelerating the decline of American influence in Latin America.
(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
(2025-08-04). The Case That Saved The Press And Why Trump Wants It Gone. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | President Donald Trump is again attacking the American press this time not with fiery rally speeches or by calling the media the enemy of the people , but through the …
(2025-08-04). Labor, African Americans, Latinos descend on Texas capitol to challenge racist redistricting. peoplesworld.org 
AUSTIN, Texas—Texas State House Democrats left the state Sunday to block the vote of a Trump-ordered Republican redistricting plan designed to steal five U.S. House seats in Texas for Republicans and drown out the voices of predominantly Black and brown voters. The labor movement is giving the bolting lawmakers its full support, with the Texas …
(2025-08-04). Banana republic? Trump puts credibility of US economic data on the line. aljazeera.com Trump's firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics raises fears for the integrity of official statistics.
(2025-08-04). 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…
(2025-08-04). USA-Workers are being deported. war on migrants. indybay.org The American public believes that there are too many immigrants. But when the media tell their stories—what they had to go through to get into the country, how they built a life here—the majority, unlike Trump and his team, do not think that deportation is a fair solution in many cases.
(2025-08-04). White House advisers defend Trump's firing of official behind jobs data. aljazeera.com Trump administration officials question data amid condemnation of dismissal of Bureau of Labor Statistics head.
(2025-08-04). The BRICS, Multipolarity and US Insecurity. Trump's Latest Attack on BRICS. globalresearch.ca US President Trump has
(2025-08-04). NZ Is Looking For A Deal Over Trump's New Tariffs That Could Come With A High Political Price. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | When the Trump administration arbitrarily imposed 15% tariffs on New Zealand exports on August 1, up from a previously announced 10%, no one should have been …
(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 to block $19 disaster aid to states boycotting Israel. newarab.com 
US states and cities that The Federal Emergency Management Agency stated in grant notices posted on Friday that states must follow its "terms and conditions." Those conditions require them to certify they will not sever…
(2025-08-04). Trump targets Social Security for privatization. wsws.org The statement, made to a conference sponsored by the fascist Breitbart News, gives a glimpse of the savage attacks that the financial oligarchy plans against the working class.
(2025-08-04). Monday 8/25: Protest Against the Trump Regime. indybay.org At the corner of Ocean and Water Streets in Santa Cruz…
(2025-08-04). SAFTU condemns Trump's 30% tariffs on South African exports: Calls for urgent meeting. indybay.org The South African trade union federation SAFTU has protested Trump's tariffs and called for a national emergency meeting…
(2025-08-04). Trump administration halted lawsuits targeting civil rights abuses of prisoners and mentally ill people. nationofchange.org The DOJ's Civil Rights Division had brought lawsuits accusing Louisiana of confining prisoners longer than they should and South Carolina of keeping mentally ill people in unreasonably restrictive group homes. Both cases are now on hold.
(2025-08-04). Trump's American-style Gleichschaltung proceeds: The closing down of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. wsws.org The extremely sinister intent and thrust of the action by the Trump administration and Congress should be patently clear.