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Monday, August 26, 2024 ■ Today's Top News  MUST READ! FTC CHAIR LINA KHAN IS DOING HER JOB TO PROTECT CONSUMERS! CORPORATE MEDIA IS NOT REPORTING ACCURATELY! 'Corporate Greed at Its Absolute Worst': FTC Challenges Kroger Merger "As grocery store 'price gouging' reaches the top of the political ticket, the FTC is intervening to protect consumers and workers from further harm." excerpt: As grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons faced the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in a federal court Monday, economic justice advocates said Americans should be wary of the corporate media's reporting on the FTC's lawsuit, which aims to block the companies' proposed $24.6 billion merger. "Get ready for more takes like these from corporate media," said the American Economic Liberties Project (AELP), posting on social media a clip from CNBC in which anchor Joe Kernen echoed Kroger and Albertsons' claims that the merger would help them compete with big box stores like Walmart, lower prices for consumers, and benefit workers. "With a merger this blatantly harmful to consumers, workers, and countless local communities, Wall Street cheerleaders can't help but rely on misleading arguments," said AELP. By Julia Conley US-Trained Military in Uganda Targets Oil Pipeline Protesters "The arrest of climate activists against EACOP is a blatant move to silence crucial advocates for change," said Fridays for Future Uganda. By Jessica Corbett ICC Urged to Probe Israel's Alleged Torture of Gaza Medical Workers "The torture of Palestinian healthcare workers is a window into the much larger issue of the Israeli government's treatment of detainees generally," said one Human Rights Watch expert. By Brett Wilkins As Drones Enter Battlefields Worldwide, Call Grows for Global Ban on Killer Robots "Without explicit legal rules, the world faces a grim future of automated killing that will place civilians everywhere in grave danger," one human rights expert said. By Olivia Rosane MUST READ! DON'T LET $$$ BUY YOUR VOTE! INFORM YOURSELF ABOUT EACH CANDIDATES HISTORY & PERFORMANCE! 'Thanks to Citizens United': 50 Megadonors Have Put Over $1.5 Billion Into 2024 Election The top 50 contributors "skew Republican" but the list includes donors to both major parties, an analysis from The Washington Post showed. By Edward Carver Relentless Israeli Assault Keeping Medical Teams From Delivering Polio Vaccines, Aid "Children in Gaza are already suffering from starvation and rampant infectious disease as a result of Israel's blockade and attacks on civilian infrastructure and are now facing an unprecedented polio outbreak." By Julia Conley

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■ More News Report Exposes 'Systemic Abuse' at For-Profit Migrant Detention Centers in Louisiana excerpt: Louisiana has nine immigrant detention centers that together typically hold more than 6,000 people—second only to Texas. Eight of the nine are run by for-profit companies that have contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The report says the centers' food is insufficiently nutritious and cites instances of it being contaminated by rats or cockroaches. Authorities there often deny detainees access to menstrual products and key medicines, it says. Four of the nine centers are run by Geo Group, a Florida-based multinational prison firm that has long been the target of activist rage and reform efforts, which the Biden administration hasn't successfully delivered. The company reported $2.41 billion in revenues for 2023. Four other facilities are run by LaSalle Corrections, which operates facilities across the U.S. South, while one is publicly run per an ICE contract with a local sheriff's office. The report says that the "for-profit incentive" leads to "a dangerous combination of overcrowding and understaffing" as the firms seek to pad their bottom line. A woman at one detention center said she was not fed enough so she had to buy extra items at its commissary, where a bag of Doritos cost $9. Meanwhile, detainees who took jobs at the center earned as little as $1 per day. Pacific Islands Summit Highlights Disproportionate Climate Impacts THANK YOU SENATOR WARREN! Vance Claims Trump Would Veto Federal Abortion Ban. Warren Responds: 'Women Are Not Stupid' Blinken Condemned for 'Empty Words' on Genocide as US Backs Israel's Obliteration of Gaza

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■ Opinion A Detailed Look at What the US Doesn't Want You To Know About Weapons It Sends to Israel If the Biden administration is truly concerned about the loss of innocent Palestinian life in Gaza, it can stop Israel’s atrocities by denying it the tools it needs to commit them. By Stephen Semler Supporters of Palestinian Rights Were Victorious at the Democratic Convention Despite the hurt and pain of seeing the plight of those suffering in Gaza sidelined at the DNC, the entire saga represented a win—one we must recognize and embrace, and on which we must now build. By James Zogby The Rising Democratic Threat of "Hopeful Militarism" The Democratic Party's attempt to associate militaristic policies with a campaign centered on hope and joy represents a dangerous conflation of progress and military power. By Peter Bloom

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