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From The Real Enemy Within? The Capitalist Class! The Endless Quest for Profits at Human Expense The Crimes of Capitalism

  1. Capitalism is the Cause of Global Warming! And the Obstical to the survival of all living things!
  2. Capitaptalism Pollutes the World! 
  3. Drug War?: Bansters are the Biggest Crooks! Trump States That he is Using ICE to Drive Crooks out of the   Country! If he was serious about crime, he would drive the money lenders from the country — The Banksters! Without Money Laundering the Drug Cartels would find it hard put to operate!)
  4. The Capitalist Industrial Farming Adds to Global Warming, Causes Pandemics, and Poisons the Food we Eat!: Warning: Factory Farms are a Threat to Life!
  5. Capitalism is Responsable for the Plasticzing of the World!
  6. Capitalist War for Profit adds to Global Warming, Environmental Destruction, and Death!

Due to Capitalism’s Destruction the Question Before All of Us is a Life and Death Choice!  A Green Industrial Revolution Based on Life’s Needs, Ecoscocialism, or Ecocide!

Dramatic lightning illuminates London skies during heatwave thunderstorm – video

A super El Niño threatens disaster. Trump is handling it recklesslyThe administration interrupted data streams that are key to forecasting. These systems should not be vulnerable to political whims A super El Niño threatens disaster. Trump is handling it recklessly.    The administration interrupted data streams that are key to forecasting. These systems should not be vulnerable to political whims   In 1877, North Americans experienced an unusually mild winter – it was known as the “year without a winter”. It coincided with one of the strongest El Niño events ever recorded. Scientists suspect the same El Niño was a major factor in one of the worst environmental disasters in history. As much of the world was enveloped in drought, harvests collapsed in India, China, parts of Africa, and Brazil. The drought, compounded by colonial and other socioeconomic policies, led to the “Great Famine”, which killed between 30 and 60 million people, about 3% of the world’s population at the time.   What distinguishes us from the victims of 1877 is not luck but data. When I served as deputy administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, I saw modern ocean monitoring and forecasting provide the advance warnings the Victorians lacked. This lead time saves thousands of lives and billions of dollars each year. Today, we can anticipate climate shocks before they arrive.

The Hidden Cost of the U.S. Military: The Real Budget is Far Larger Than Reported U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed a $1.5 trillion military budget for the fiscal year 2027, which would increase by 44 percent the acknowledged budget for 2026. While a roughly $500 billion increase would be unprecedented in modern U.S. history, the idea that the military budget only recently hit $1 trillion is incorrect. U.S. military spending has exceeded $1 trillion for many years. Adding $500 billion (and potentially $200 billionmore to fund war in Iran), as the president has proposed, would take the total military budget up to $2 trillion to $3 trillion.

Iran Challenges the US Doctrine of Low-Intensity WarfareIn the US-Israeli war on Iran and the negotiations to end it, we are witnessing a serious effort by an attacked country to stand up to the bullies, redress the imbalance of power, and uphold international law.

Environmental Racism: The Troubling Precedent of Federal Immunity for Corporate PollutionLast week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a notice in the US District Court to dismiss a case between the NAACP and Elon Musk’s xAI based on “federal policy, national security, and the public interest.”    The case revolves around a gas turbine plant dubbed the Colossus Gas Plant that residents complain is pumping toxic pollutants into nearby neighborhoods.   But the DOJ states that the turbines are essential to nearby data centers that power xAI’s Grok, an AI tool the government says is critical to military operations in Iran. DOJ’s lawyers are also arguing that citizens don’t have the right to sue, a stance that is quickly becoming the de facto position within the administration on pollution.     It all started in 2025, when residents of Boxtown, a predominantly Black neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee, saw the arrival of Musk’s xAI, which took over an old manufacturing factory to build its Colossus 1 data center. To power the data center, the company installed methane-burning, or gas, turbines. Per the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) own site, these turbines emit pollutants, including nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, and carbon monoxide, which are linked to increased rates of asthma, respiratory diseases, heart problems, neurological issues, and certain cancers.  

It’s not easy being green: Trump’s botched reflecting pool becomes 2,028ft metaphorThe symbolic power of a stagnant pond beneath Lincoln’s statue has proven irresistible for the president’s critics

Trump Is the Vandal He’s Been Looking ForPresident Donald Trump accuses vandals of sabotaging his efforts to refurbish the Reflecting Pool, but he and his administration are the ones sacking US democracy and its symbols.

We Need Class Warriors — Not Class Worriers and Wimps This Article isby Robert Reich, Who as  Clinton’s Labor Secretary, ‘Brokered the Labor/Management Partneship’, Labor Breaucracy Betrayal of the Working Class! The Democratice Party was Never a Friend of the Working Class, Just a Friend of the Labor Bureaucracy!