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As of late August, before the latest renewal of strikes, the war had damaged or destroyed 80 energy facilities, 27 airports, 12 bridges, two tunnels, over 210 health centers, and at least 1,288 schools, including 32 universities, in Iran, the report finds.

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A new report details the widespread damage to civilian infrastructure in Iran amid the U.S.-Israeli war, adding to war crimes allegations as the U.S. openly targets civilian sites and threatens genocide against the country’s 92 million residents.

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Report: Nearly 1,300 Schools, 210 Health Centers Damaged in Iran Amid US Assault

The war has knocked out six hospitals, including a children’s cancer hospital that was temporarily rendered inoperable.

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An audio recording of a private conversation between U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton and conservative donors last week reveals that he may view President Donald Trump as a “drag” on his and other Republicans’ campaigns. Republicans in general have seen their numbers slip since the convention.

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Ken Paxton Caught on Tape Saying Trump’s Midterm Convention Dragged Republicans Down. Polls Show He Might Be Right.

“Everybody’s numbers dropped” after Trump’s midterm convention event, the Senate candidate from Texas was heard saying.

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The attorneys general from Louisiana, Arkansas and Alabama filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Supreme Court, suing California, Massachusetts and New York to invalidate the so-called “shield laws” that have allowed providers in those states to send abortion medication to people in states with abortion bans.

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Republican Attorneys General Sue Abortion “Shield Law” States in Supreme Court

The AGs also filed a separate lawsuit in a Louisiana district court against individual providers in three states.

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The Trump administration’s abduction and deportation machine is multifaceted. There are clear-cut components — agents, shackles, and jails — and less obvious, although no less essential, ones — cars and parking spaces.

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Activists Are Targeting One of ICE’s Key Staging Grounds — Parking Spots

Protesters say they are “throwing sand in the gears” of the agency’s deportation and abduction machine.

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“Behind the friendly PR, Amazon sees workers as property and treats their fundamental right to unionize as a threat to be managed and then eliminated.”

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Atlas produces not just a granular measurement of worker unrest, worksite by worksite around the world, but also a prediction model for future organizing. It’s like the “precrime” police in the film Minority Report who use psychic powers to identify and apprehend would-be criminals before they act.

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Amazon employs what it calls the “Atlas” model, inputting into a computerized model a staggering amount of information on workers, their thoughts and behaviors, the workplace environment, and myriad other factors — “hundreds of data points,” according to the company.

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A recent disclosure of Amazon’s internal “employee relations” documents reveals just how extreme Amazon’s methods of warehouse surveillance and control have become.

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Amazon Is Deploying AI to Spy on Its Workers and Bust Unions Before They Form

Internal company documents obtained by a Canadian labor board show how Amazon is tracking workers’ every move.

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Trump announced that several tech firm executives had signed an accord agreeing to self-regulate their AI ventures amid growing concerns about the technology’s rapid expansion.

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Trump Rejects AI Regulation as Tech CEOs Sign Voluntary “Self-Policing” Accord

Critics warn that self-regulation isn’t enough to prevent AI models from making disastrous mistakes in the future.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 5h

When we concede fundamental rights like due process for some, we begin to concede those rights for all. When we fight only for those immigrants who have not yet been labeled “criminal,” we’ll find ourselves unprepared when authoritarians inevitably stamp that label on more and more of us.

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As the Trump administration’s enforcement net widens to target and arrest political dissidents, families, and even U.S. citizens, we must recognize the role criminalizing narratives have played in leading us to our present slide into authoritarianism.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 5h

The modern-day legal basis for the criminalization of immigrants largely rests on two anti-immigrant bills signed into law by Bill Clinton 30 years ago. The IIRIRA and the AEDPA further entrenched mass incarceration and laid the blueprint for the detention and deportation machine we have today.

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Clinton-Era Laws Passed 30 Years Ago Enabled Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Agenda.

Clinton’s ‘96 laws provided the legal foundation for mass detention, rapid deportations, and the evasion of due process.

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The planned recruitment comes as the movement to abolish ICE is gaining momentum across the country. Polling indicates that support for terminating the agency is supported by a majority of Americans.

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Recent recruitment strategies have included the use of neo-Nazi memes to appeal to potential hires, and seeking out extremists at events like gun shows, Ultimate Fight Club venues, and other places where far right individuals are typically present.

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Trump Administration Plans to Add 5,000 New ICE Employees by End of Year

Recent recruitment strategies have included using neo-Nazi memes to appeal to potential hires.

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Fetterman joined nearly every Republican senator in voting against a resolution that would have required the Trump administration to produce an unclassified report on Israeli abuses in the illegally occupied West Bank, including the imprisonment and killing of Palestinian Americans.

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Fetterman Joins GOP to Block Effort to Expose Israeli Abuses in West Bank

The measure would’ve required the State Department to issue a report on Israeli human rights practices in the West Bank.

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The proposal is part of the Trump administration’s broader assault on federal efforts to expand access to voting, especially among groups that have historically faced discrimination and disenfranchisement.

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Miller, who has worked at a nonprofit that helps elderly and disabled people for six years, said she’s never faced regulators wanting to impede her work. “Shutting that down and making it more difficult for these Americans to access the ballot box is bewildering to me,” she said.

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The White House Office of Management and Budget wants to change spending rules to prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives or what it vaguely calls “related activities.”

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New Rule Would Ban the Use of Federal Grant Money for Voter Registration Drives

Advocates worry that the loss of federal funding will effectively disenfranchise many voters with disabilities.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 21h

The Palestinian death toll from Israel’s war on Gaza has surpassed 74,000. While this figure represents the official death toll as confirmed by local authorities, the true number could be much higher. “The [ceasefire] plan ended up just buying more time for the genocide,” says Muhammad Shehada.

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A Year Later, Trump’s Gaza Plan Just Bought “More Time for the Genocide”

Writer and analyst Muhammad Shehada notes the release of Israeli hostages is the only plan item that’s been fulfilled.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 22h

“The Tubasi family had been expelled because the IDF backed terrorists who besieged their house for weeks. They allowed terrorists to roam free while barring journalists and solidarity activists from accessing them,” said Breaking the Silence, an Israeli advocacy organization.

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Haaretz reported that after the Israeli military failed to prevent rampaging Israeli settlers from storming the family’s homes, “they put the family members into an armored military vehicle and evacuated them from the scene.”

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The Israeli military, which was forced by a court ruling to facilitate the Tubasi family’s return, said in a statement that rioting settlers “blocked roads,” “set fires” to structures and vehicles, and hurled rocks at security forces as they tried to escort the Tubasis.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 22h

More than 100 Israeli settlers in the illegally occupied West Bank rioted to prevent the return of a Palestinian family that was driven from its home in the village of Jalud.

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Israeli Settlers Violently Block Displaced Palestinian Family’s Return Home

The family had been forced out after their home was besieged for weeks by state-backed settlers.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 23h

Grassley’s comments come amid renewed scrutiny over age- and health-related concerns for members of Congress. During his three-month absence this summer after he suffered a fall at his residence, McConnell faced numerous calls to resign.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 23h

Sen. Chuck Grassley, the oldest member of the Senate, has said that he worries Iowa may elect a Democratic governor because that person would pick his replacement if he dies while in office. Grassley will be 95 when his term expires in January 2029.

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Chuck Grassley, 93, Laments a Democrat Could Replace Him If He Dies in Office

The remarks come as Sen. Mitch McConnell, 84, faces calls to step down over health- and age-related concerns.

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“Protecting child predators, facilitating extra-judicial murders, jacking up everyone’s prices through tariffs and military misadventures, all so that Donald Trump can get rich and he doesn’t yell at you, is a hell of a closing message,” wrote Rep. Sean Casten on Bluesky.

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“What we would do in the next two years is exactly what we have been doing already,” Johnson said, attempting to make the case for his party retaining control of Congress ahead of the midterm elections.

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Johnson’s Message to Midterm Voters? GOP Will Keep Doing “What We Have Been Doing” If They Win

Polling data indicates that likely voters want change, not more of the same, as the Speaker of the House is promising.