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Sunday, August 4, 2024 ■ Today's Top News  Michigan Secretary of State Probing Elon Musk Super PAC Over Voter Data Scheme "Every citizen should know exactly how their personal information is being used by PACs, especially if an entity is claiming it will help people register to vote." By Jessica Corbett US Congressmen Say 'No War With Iran!' "Israel's dramatic escalation is completely compatible with its past efforts to drag the U.S. into another war," one expert said of the Israeli assassination of a Hamas leader in Iran. By Jessica Corbett 5 Years After El Paso Shooting, Calls for Fighting Gun Violence and Racism "When politicians use 'great replacement' conspiracies and xenophobia to stoke fear and divide us, real people pay the price in blood," said Democratic Texas Congressman Joaquin Castro. By Jessica Corbett Sanders Says Possible VP Walz 'Understands the Needs of Working Families' "I hope very much that the vice president selects a running mate who will speak up and take on powerful corporate interests, and I think Tim Walz is somebody who could do that." By Jessica Corbett Trump Dodges ABC and Demands Fox Debate With Harris "Donald Trump is running scared and trying to back out of the debate he already agreed to," said the Democrat's campaign. By Jessica Corbett 'Dirty Move': Pentagon Chief Ditches Plea Deals With Tortured 9/11 Defendants One lawyer warned it will not only "push 9/11 victim family members over an emotional cliff," but likely lead "prosecutors to resign and defendants to seek dismissal of all charges for unlawful command influence." By Jessica Corbett

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■ Opinion Why the Left Must Resist Unconditionally Backing Harris "Leftist leaders hope to prevent a wholesale abandonment of the transformative vision that has energized millions of voters, particularly young people." By Peter Bloom Defeating Trump Gives Us a Real Chance to Restore Sanity to the Tax Code The Trump tax cuts set off a wave of corporate profiteering that never “trickled down” to the rest of us. Soon we’ll get a chance to fix that—but only if the Republicans are soundly defeated. By Dr. Rakeen Mabud The Gaza War in This Dangerous Era of Polycrisis The events triggered by the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel show the irrationality, unpredictability, uncontrollability, and folly that human actions have acquired in the era of the polycrisis. By Jeremy Brecher UAW's Shawn Fain for Vice President The labor leader would be able to draw a sharp contrast between the fascistic faux populism of Trump and Vance and real pro-labor policies. By Michael Albert,Stephen Shalom

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