Leftists Today - 7/17 Early Edition Top Articles & Videos

Featuring: WSWS, The Texas Tribune, Joe Lauria, Consortium News, KUNC, Red Berets Medicare for All, Chris Hedges, Andrew Nef, Bothered Boy, #M4M4ALL, Chicago Corner, "Misinformation" + more!

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Top Headlines:

• ☀️  Flood of the century in Western Europe: over 100 dead, thousands missing: Elisabeth Zimmermann & Marianne Arens, WSWS

  World Socialist Web Site @WSWS_Updates

  The flood disaster in western Germany, Belgium and part of the Netherlands is taking on ever more horrific proportions.

  

  wsws.orgFlood of the century in Western Europe: Over 100 dead, thousands missingThe flood disaster in western Germany, Belgium and part of the Netherlands is taking on ever more horrific proportions.

• ☀️  Sen. Joe Manchin, key Democratic holdout on federal voting protections, coming to Texas for fundraiser hosted by several GOP donors: Abby Livingston & Carla Astudillo, The Texas Tribune

  Judd Legum @JuddLegum

  "Sen. Joe Manchin, key Democratic holdout on federal voting protections, coming to Texas for fundraiser hosted by several GOP donors"

  

  texastribune.orgSen. Joe Manchin, key Democratic holdout on federal voting protections, coming to Texas for fundraiser hosted by several GOP donorsThe fundraiser comes just a day after Manchin met with Texas House Democrats on Capitol Hill who are desperate for his support of the congressional efforts which could preempt the statewide GOP’s push to pass bills that would restrict voting ac...

• ☀️  RUSSIAGATE: Luke Harding's Hard Sell: Joe Lauria, Consortium News

  John Pilger @johnpilger

  Luke Harding, the Guardian's promoter of the discredited spook tale known as Russiagate, is back with another 'exclusive' and a 'secret document' that 'proves' he was right all along. Read Joe Lauria's piece below, and wonder what happened to the Guardian.

  

  consortiumnews.comRUSSIAGATE: Luke Harding’s Hard SellThe only interests this leak serves — if it was a leak — are those of Harding and U.S. intelligence, who were hung out to dry by the collapse of the Russiagate narrative, writes Joe Lauria. Read in Italian, German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Korean, Portuguese and Arabic

• ☀️  New York Times hails Eric Adams’ election victory as a “watershed” for black political power: Fred Mazelis, WSWS

  World Socialist Web Site @WSWS_Updates

  The ruling elite is brazenly combining identity politics with “law and order” as a means of strengthening the capitalist political establishment.

  

  wsws.orgNew York Times hails Eric Adams’ election victory as a “watershed” for black political powerThe ruling elite is brazenly combining identity politics with “law and order” as a means of strengthening the capitalist political establishment.

• ☀️  Colorado River Basin Reservoirs Begin Emergency Releases To Prop Up A Troubled Lake Powell: Luke Runyon, KUNC

  David Sirota @davidsirota

  Hi from out here in the West — we’re in a climate emergency, and it would be cool if more folks in Washington, DC cared.

  

  kunc.orgColorado River Basin Reservoirs Begin Emergency Releases To Prop Up A Troubled Lake PowellEmergency water releases from reservoirs upstream of Lake Powell are underway to preserve the nation’s second-largest reservoir’s ability to generate hydroelectric power.

Top Videos:

• ☀️  "The Left's Curious Silence' by Shamus Cooke (CounterPunch)!! M4M4ALL: Red Berets Medicare For All (48:19)

• ☀️  Chris Hedges on Why Biden & Democrats are TRASH: Andrew New (6:33)

• ☀️  NANCY PELOSI!!! DEMOCRAT CRUSADER OR INSIDER TRADER!?: RUSSELL BRAND (8:27)

• ☀️  I'm bothered by Jen Psaki's comments about misinformation, and the resulting discourse...: Bothered Boy (4:36)

• ☀️  Chicago Medicare For All March Organizers Join Us to Discuss #M4ALL: Chicago Corner (1:05:50)

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