Daily News 07/06

Daily News 07/06

The Declaration of Independence had declared that “All Men are created equal”, With “certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” And that “when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.” And that we have a right and a duty to overthrow an unjust government! What new concepts! — Their ‘Founding Fathers’ and Mine

The Anti-Indigenous Slur in the Declaration of Independence Speaks Volumes The US Declaration of Independence frames Indigenous resistance as aggression and colonial violence as self-defense, Every Fourth of July, the Declaration of Independence is the cornerstone of the U.S.’s celebrations. It’s read aloud in radio, television, and public celebrations. But it carries a contradiction expressed through a slur that Native people have never been able to ignore — a scathing reference to “merciless Indian Savages.” Even as the framers promised a nation of equality and liberty for all, they also made it clear that Indigenous people are not included in their notion of “all.” So, within Native communities, the yearly invocations of the Declaration Independence are also a reminder of how long we have been struggling to resist, survive, and defeat every effort to silence, erase, and eradicate us.

The genocide in Gaza started under Democratic President Biden. The vast majority of House Democrats, including my main opponent 29-year incumbent Adam Smith, have voted to send tens of billions of dollars for the genocide and they continue to fund it. Even virtually all of the so-called progressive Democrats have voted repeatedly for what they call “defensive” weapons, but as we know, there is absolutely no aspect of the genocidal Israeli state that is defensive. After over two and a half years of Democratic-Party-supported genocide of the Palestinian people, the Washington state Democratic Party has now decided to pass a resolution condemning the genocide and urging Congressmembers to call for an arms embargo on Israel. This is obviously under the intense pressure of millions of working people across the nation, especially with powerful AIPAC-bankrolled incumbents being thrown out by antiwar candidates in New York City and Colorado primaries. And yet, even now, the King County Democrats and five Democratic Party Legislative District groups in Washington have endorsed Democrat Adam Smith. Smith is a darling of AIPAC who has not only voted for tens of billions of dollars of weapons to Israel for the genocide, but has also voted repeatedly to block U.N. food aid to Gaza. We should recognize this resolution for what it is: an attempt by the Democratic Party to launder their genocidal and warmongering record and save their rotten party from the massive working-class anger. — Why is This July 4th So Special!, Kshama Sawant, Socialist who won nation’s highest minimum wage • Running for Congress to end all military aid to Israel • Help us defeat AIPAC-bankrolled Democrat Adam Smith

From Federalist No. 10: A national convention was called for May 1787, to revise the Articles of Confederation. Madison believed that the problem was not with the Articles, but rather the state legislatures, and so the solution was not to fix the articles but to restrain the excesses of the states. The principal questions before the convention became whether the states should remain sovereign, whether sovereignty should be transferred to the national government, or whether a settlement should rest somewhere in between. By mid-June, it was clear that the convention was drafting a new plan of government around these issues—a constitution. Madison’s nationalist position shifted the debate increasingly away from a position of pure state sovereignty, and toward the compromise.^[8] In a debate on June 26, he said that government ought to “protect the minority of the opulent against the majority” and that unchecked, democratic communities were subject to “the turbulency and weakness of unruly passions”.^[9]

Protecting the opulent minority policy has led to the establishment of a corporate despotism: A Citizen’s Declaration of Independence for July 4, 2026The history of the government of the United States in this century, especially under this president, is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all tending to the establishment of a corporate despotism over the American people.

Archaeologists uncover ancient Byzantine city in Egypt’s western desert Well-preserved fourth-century quarters reveal details of daily life, urban development and economic activities

As High Heat Cancels July 4 Plans, US Must ‘Declare Our Independence From Fossil Fuels’

Chemical Accidents Are on the Rise as Trump Proposes Weakening Regulations Chemical releases from industrial accidents that hurt or killed people increased by nearly 50 percent in recent years.

New Diseases Threaten Public Health as Trump’s Cuts Leave US Unprepared Gaps in government health surveillance are leaving openings for dangerous diseases to slip through undetected.

Most Empires in History Fell by Age 250. The US Is at a Weighty Crossroads. It’s far past time to bring an end to US militarism.