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Tonight’s Stories:

⭐ VA Terminates Union Contracts for Nurses

1. VA Just Terminated Most Federal Union Contracts

   1. https://nurse.org/news/va-terminates-union-contracts-nurses-united

2. VA terminates union contracts for most bargaining-unit employees: Department of Veterans Affairs PR

   1. https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-terminates-union-contracts-for-most-bargaining-unit-employees/

3. NNU statement responding to VA collective bargaining agreement termination: National Nurses United

   1. https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nnu-statement-responding-to-va-collective-bargaining-agreement-termination

⭐ This is What Genocide Looks Like. This Week In Israeli War Crimes

1. “Deadliest Day In a Week”: Tiberius

   1. https://x.com/ecomarxi/status/1956072902950051971

2. Israeli Forces Kill 50 Palestinians in Gaza Over 24 Hours: Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com

   1. https://news.antiwar.com/2025/08/14/israeli-forces-kill-50-palestinians-over-24-hours/

3. Israel Announces "Final Plan" to Occupy Gaza: Simplicius the Thinker

   1. https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/israel-announces-final-plan-to-occupy

4. The Real Goal is Stealing All the Land and Erasing Palestinian Existence: Assal Rad

   1. https://x.com/AssalRad/status/1955706052609228889

   2. https://x.com/AssalRad/status/1955129703133815137

5. “Israel is Wiping Out Everything We Ever Had” - Hind Khoudary

   1. https://x.com/hind_gaza/status/1956822477562417236?s=46&t=l_iy3TIb0ynzeH0gjwLxAA

6. Israel Abducted Child Near Gaza Aid Site and Tortured Him for Nearly a Month: Sharon Zhang, Truthout

   1. https://truthout.org/articles/israel-abducted-child-near-gaza-aid-site-and-tortured-him-for-nearly-a-month/

⭐ WAR CRIMES! Spy Flights Provided By UK & USA - People Are Starting to Notice

1. US flew spy flights for UK months before MoD admitted it: Iain Overton, Declassified UK

   1. https://www.declassifieduk.org/us-flew-spy-flights-for-uk-months-before-mod-admitted-it/

2. US Company Forgot To Turn Off Transponder As It Circled Khan Younis: Matt Kennard

   1. https://x.com/kennardmatt/status/1955023410356003275?s=46&t=l_iy3TIb0ynzeH0gjwLxAA

3. Matt Kennard talked to Asa Winstanley & Nora Barrows-Friedman about US Support Spy Flights

   1. https://asawinstanley.substack.com/p/britain-moves-to-hide-its-gaza-spy

4. Starmer refusing to say how much the contract is costing the British taxpayer

   1. https://x.com/kennardmatt/status/1955312283023745272?s=46&t=l_iy3TIb0ynzeH0gjwLxAA

5. Yvette Cooper on the Take

   1. https://prismreports.org/2025/08/11/fiu-workers-secretly-deliver-equipment-to-alligator-alcatraz/

⭐ National Guard in DC, Private Prisons Booming, Afghani Student on Special VISA Arrested By ICE

1. FIU workers secretly delivered equipment to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

   1. https://prismreports.org/2025/08/11/fiu-workers-secretly-deliver-equipment-to-alligator-alcatraz/

2. Immigration Detention Has Become a Booming Business for Private Prison Giants: By Bianca Tylek & Worth Rises, Truthout/TheNewPress

   1. https://truthout.org/articles/immigration-detention-has-become-a-booming-business-for-private-prison-giants

3. ICE Arrests High School Student who Helped US Troops in Afghanistan

   1. https://x.com/jakki_jax/status/1955803900986188045

4. Martial Law in DC: Collin Radix-Carter

   1. https://x.com/ogbonna_collin/status/1955867004750991388

⭐ Boeing Strike | Enshittification of Substack | Record Layoffs | YouTube Censors Robert Inlakesh | Troops in South America

1. Boeing strike erupts at the heart of the US war machine: WSWS

   1. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/08/06/cnlu-a06.html

2. Ripple (XRP) Is FULL STEAM AHEAD after SEC troubles settled: Golden Monarch, Golden Monarch Domain

   1. https://goldenmonarchdomain.substack.com/p/ripple-still-lurks-around-on-top

3. Substack Is Your Boss, and He's Dissatisfied With Your Performance: S Peter Davis

   1. https://speterdavis.substack.com/p/substack-is-your-boss-and-hes-dissatisfied

4. US-Based Companies Announce Record Number of Impending Layoffs: Truthout

   1. https://truthout.org/articles/us-based-companies-announce-record-number-of-impending-layoffs/

5. Censorship Continues to Escalate - YouTube eliminates Robert Inlakesh’s account

   1. https://x.com/falasteen47/status/1955683118179840370

6. Report: US Deploys Air and Naval Forces to Southern Caribbean To ‘Address Threats from Cartels’: Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com

   1. https://news.antiwar.com/2025/08/14/report-us-deploys-air-and-naval-forces-to-southern-caribbean-to-address-threats-from-cartels/

7. Netanyahu advisor arrested in Las Vegas sting on p3do charges, released on bail & runs back to Israel where he will see no consequences: Zei Squirrel

   1. https://x.com/zei_squirrel/status/1956841369462624467

8. GoFundMes for our friends who need help - Anthony Malecki and AnnaMari Smith

   1. Nataliya Vlchekova - Here Legally, Held by ICE in Ohio

      1. https://x.com/IndLeftNews/status/1951704022802665788

      2. https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-nataliyas-legal-fight-with-ice

   2. AnnaMari Smith was back in the hospital for another surgery

      1. https://x.com/AndrewZigmund/status/1955610489993736444

      2. https://x.com/AndrewZigmund/status/1956535135232311444

      3. https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-make-annamaris-dreams-come-true

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