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On July 12, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1928, Alastair Burnet, English journalist (died 2012) was born. In 1935, Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel (born 1859) passed away. In 1944, Simon Blackburn, English philosopher and academic was born. In 1948, Elias Khoury, Lebanese intellectual, playwright and novelist (died 2024) was born. In 1996, John Chancellor, American journalist (born 1927) passed away. In 1996, Moussa Dembélé, French footballer was born. In 2010, Harvey Pekar, American author and critic (born 1939) passed away. In 2014, Valeriya Novodvorskaya, Russian journalist and politician (born 1950) passed away. In 2014, Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author (born 1919) passed away. In 2015, Cheng Siwei, Chinese engineer, economist, and politician (born 1935) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.
I Know the Truth About Trump’s Demented Greed: Biographer
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/ReutersPresident Donald Trump’s “demented” grifts are not only the result of him wanting to make money—they’re because he feels he deserves to, the president’s biographer says. Michael Wolff told the Daily Beast’s Inside Trump’s Head podcast that Trump, 80, is more than just cynical in his financial motivations. Wolff pointed to the Trump administration’s deal allowing an American company to mine tungsten in Kazakhstan, with up to 1.6 billion in federal financing going toward the project.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Consortium News
· Jul 4, 2026
Chris Hedges: Requiem for America on the 4th of July
The con of neoliberalism has gutted U.S. democracy and paved the way for fascism. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost Neoliberalism, better understood by its less sanitized term cutthroat capitalism, is the poison that destroyed our democracy. It gave the billionaire class andRead more
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· Jul 3, 2026
God’s Country: America250 History Comic Book Has Very Strong Opinions About the Constitution
By now it’s clear Donald Trump has ruined America’s semiquincentennial. From the corporate cage fight on the White House lawn...
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· Jun 29, 2026
Fetterman Roasts Dem ‘Crazypants’ as Media Pulls a Classic: Total Amnesia Until the Primary’s Over
Fetterman Roasts Dem ‘Crazypants’ as Media Pulls a Classic: Total Amnesia Until the Primary’s Over
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· Jul 1, 2026
DAN HODGES: The PM had just two things in mind - saving his tarnished legacy and throwing a spanner in Burnham's works
DAN HODGES: The PM had just two things in mind - saving his tarnished legacy and throwing a spanner in Burnham's works
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· Jun 29, 2026
What Epstein Revealed About Putin Behind Closed Doors: Wolff
Rick Friedman / Corbis via Getty ImagesAn author has claimed that disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein oftentimes knew what was coming in geopolitics before it happened. In a new column for his Substack, HOWL, author Michael Wolff recalled several instances in which he said Epstein had a way of predicting political events before they occurred, likening him to a “mobster.”“As with mobsters, there was a sense of knowingness, of a deep, well-informed cynicism, and, too, the suggestion that he had important people, politicians, law enforcement, bankers in his pocket and always talking to him,” Wolff wrote. “There was a constant sprinkling of extraordinary but otherwise casually revealed information.”Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Ripe for Another Revolution: 250 Years Later, American Capitalism Is in Decay
Trump personifies the social, moral, and strategic decomposition of a ruling class that is on its way out. He is presiding over the self-evident decline of an empire, but seems too busy erecting monuments to himself to notice. The post Ripe for Another Revolution: 250 Years Later, American Capitalism Is in Decay appeared first on Revolutionary Communists of America.
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Related coverage for "I Know the Truth About Trump’s Demented Greed: Biographer": Consortium News — Chris Hedges: Requiem for America on the 4th of July. Talking Points Memo — God’s Country: America250 History Comic Book Has Very Strong Opinions About the Constitution. Twitchy — Fetterman Roasts Dem ‘Crazypants’ as Media Pulls a Classic: Total Amnesia Until the Primary’s Over. Daily Mail — DAN HODGES: The PM had just two things in mind - saving his tarnished legacy and throwing a spanner in Burnham's works. The Daily Beast — What Epstein Revealed About Putin Behind Closed Doors: Wolff. Revolutionary Communists of America — Ripe for Another Revolution: 250 Years Later, American Capitalism Is in Decay