University officials giving names of dissenters to federal fascists
SFGate, 9/12–Officials at UC Berkeley have sent over a hundred names of students and staff to federal officials, who are looking into allegations of antisemitism as part of an ongoing federal investigation. The names of 160 students, faculty and staff were sent to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights after the office demanded documents related to complaints of antisemitism and discrimination at the university. “The UC systemwide Office of the General Counsel (OGC), in compliance with its legal obligations to cooperate with the agency, directed UC Berkeley to provide those documents to the federal agency”...
Israeli military continues bombardment of Palestinian homes
Al Jazeera, 9/14–Israeli forces have intensified their bombardment of Gaza City, leveling three residential blocks and killing at least 53 Palestinians, including 35 in Gaza City, as families continue to flee under the threat of new forced evacuation orders. The Israeli army marked the al-Kawthar tower in Gaza’s southern Remal neighbourhood as a target before destroying the building on Sunday with a series of missile strikes less than two hours later…“It was another sleepless night for those in Gaza City, with the sounds of drones, the constant hum of machines of war, and the explosive remotely detonated robots across the city”...
U.S. bosses crack down of workers critical of Kirk
France24, 9/14–For some Americans on the far right, Charlie Kirk died a “martyr” and any criticism of the hugely popular conservative activist must be punished…Middle Tennessee State University’s president announced…an employee’s firing for a “callous” comment about Kirk…Some Kirk supporters have turned into online sleuths, searching out accounts that praised or celebrated Kirk’s murder…These efforts have targeted teachers, firefighters and even military personnel, some of whom have lost their jobs. MSNBC political analyst Matthew Dowd lost his job shortly after on-air comments about Kirk, one of the first of many figures to experience similar fallout. Office Depot said Friday that it fired a worker at a Michigan store who was seen on video refusing to print flyers for a Kirk vigil…
Small fascists expanding influence in news outlets
The Guardian, 9/14–The US right has appeared to increase its influence on mainstream media in America in recent weeks, especially in television news which has been a major target of the Donald Trump administration. CBS News…installed a Trump ally as its ombudsman, weeks after the family of Larry Ellison, one of the world’s richest men, and a friend of the US president, sealed control over Paramount, the owner of CBS. Now Paramount is reportedly looking to buy Warner Bros Discovery, the media behemoth behind CNN, which would potentially bring the influential news network under the roof of an increasingly Trump-friendly conglomerate. At CBS News, parent company Paramount placed Kenneth Weinstein, the former head of the conservative Hudson Institute thinktank, to oversee public complaints.
U.S. borrowing leading to another bubble
Foreign Affairs, September/October–For much of the past quarter century, the rest of the world has looked in wonder at the United States’ ability to borrow its way out of trouble…bond markets have become far less submissive, and long-term interest rates have risen sharply on ten- and 30-year U.S. Treasury bonds… As of May 2025, all the major credit-rating agencies had downgraded U.S. debt, and there is a growing perception among banks and foreign governments that hold trillions of dollars in U.S. debt that the country’s fiscal policy may be going off the rails.
IDF snipers used to target civilians
Der Spiegel, 9/10–”Sergeant D.”...is a sniper in the Israeli army…suspected of having committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip…One accusation that has been made repeatedly is that the army has been intentionally killing civilians. Numerous reports and anonymous statements from soldiers seem to indicate that such accusations are rooted in fact…Videos, photos and digital analyses in addition to interviews with dozens of experts, former soldiers and international law experts indicate that members of the unit have likely shot unarmed people to death and thus may have committed war crimes.