Newsdive

Aaron Bushnell was an active duty service member who gave his life to send a message. That message was "Free Palestine!" This is a message that should not be forgotten despite the efforts to minimize his actions and obfuscate his final words. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/newsdive/support

Candidates Jailed. Party Banned. Supporters Harassed. This did not stop Pakistanis from going to the polls in droves to show their displeasure of the US-backed Military Dictatorship. Show Links --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/newsdive/support

Republicans are threatening civil war over states rights to abuse migrants. This comes following huge concessions from democrats over border policy to gut asylum protections and increase border militarization. Both parties are playing politics as Republicans tank the most right-wing border legislation in decades and Democrats abandon any interest in human or immigrant rights. Show Links --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/newsdive/support

The International Court of Justice has ruled that the claim of Genocide is "Plausible." After the ruling, the US cut off funding to the most important humanitarian aid group in Gaza. Meanwhile, Israel is ramping up their slaughter of civilians after being told to take steps to do otherwise. Also, Nancy Pelosi thinks ceasefire protesters are Russian Plants. All that and more on this week's episode. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/newsdive/support

Shane & Nehemiah break down the past few weeks of slaughter in Gaza Show Links --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/newsdive/support

Shane & Nehemiah discuss the autoworkers strike. Show Links --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/newsdive/support

The police sent the message: “mind your own business or we’re going to step on you,” the co-owner said. Show Links Source Article --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/newsdive/support

The “major questions doctrine,” cited to invalidate student loan forgiveness, empowers the conservative Supreme Court to veto any executive action with broad social impact. Its goal is to undermine the government’s ability function and aid average people. Show Links Source Article --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/newsdive/support

Critics of the proposal warn that foreign intervention may strengthen and legitimize the currently unelected government. Show Links Source Article --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/newsdive/support

The Trump-appointed postmaster general behaves as if the public isn’t entitled to transparency at a public institution. Show Links Source Article --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/newsdive/support

This week, the UAW presented proposals to automakers in contract negotiations covering some 150,000 workers. Autoworkers want big raises, an end to tiers, and the right to strike over plant closures — and conditions appear favorable for them to win. Show Links Source Article --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/newsdive/support

The Biden administration is entertaining the idea of pursuing a US-Saudi mutual defense pact. How does the prospect of risking lives for the Saudi monarchy sound? Show Links Source Article --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/newsdive/support

Special prosecutor Jack Smith charged the disgraced ex-president with multiple counts of conspiracy leading up to the January 6 insurrection. Republicans can’t keep making excuses for him anymore. Show Links Source Article --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/newsdive/support

When a new peer-reviewed study announces that a crucial Atlantic Ocean circulation system, a cornerstone of the global climate, may collapse as quickly as two years from now, you’d think news outlets might want to put that on the front page. Show Links Source Article --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/newsdive/support

If Barack Obama and David Axelrod are really concerned about the climate crisis, they can fess up to their culpability — and demand change from Joe Biden. Show Links Source Article --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/newsdive/support

Brig. Gen. Moussa Salaou Barmou, who trained at Fort Benning, Georgia, helped oust Niger’s democratically elected president. Show Links Source Article --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/newsdive/support

The US government is launching investigations of US academics with ties to Chinese research institutes. It’s a dangerous escalation of anti-China surveillance, which threatens civil liberties while doing little to help those it is supposed to protect. Source Article Show Links --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/newsdive/support

House Republicans are helping their fossil fuel donors with legislative fine print that would block climate action. Show Links Source Article --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/newsdive/support

Media coverage mainly focused on the politics of calling Israel a “racist state” rather than on the question of whether Israel was racist. Show Links Source Article --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/newsdive/support

Pundits are insisting Americans only feel bad about the economy because they’re ignorant or delusional. But maybe it has something to do with the very real economic hardships Americans are still suffering three years after the worst of the pandemic economy. Show Links Source Article --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/newsdive/support