Leftists Today - 8/25 Early Edition Top Articles & Videos

Featuring: Abby Martin, The Empire Files, Graham Elwood, Katie Halper, Facts on the Ground, Rachel Blevins, ROAR Media, WSWS, The Texas Tribune, Ray McGovern, Richard Medhurst, Lauren Elizabeth + more

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Top Videos:

• 🏖️  Empire Files LIVE // Afghanistan Defeat + US Military Drives Climate Disaster: Abby Martin (2:29:56)

• 🏖️  Ro Khanna's Wife Owns $376K In Defense Stocks: Graham Elwood (18:11)

• 🏖️  The "#MeToo" PR Firm That Helps Dems Kill Sex Scandal Stories: Katie Halper (10:48)

• 🏖️  Rachel Blevins | Imperial narrative management, from Afghanistan to COVID-19 to social media: Facts on the Ground with Jesse Zurawell & Misty Winston (1:02:42)

• 🏖️  ROAR Media's Zoom Meeting w/ Savage Joy, Shahid Buttar, Vickie Casanova & Martha L. Schmidt: (1:33:23)

Top Headlines:

• 🏖️  US House vote to move forward on budget framework heralds major cuts in $3.5 trillion price tag: Barry Grey, WSWS

  IndependentLeft.news @IndLeftNews

  2/ through the Senate, i.e., that she would support major cuts to the social spending outlined in the budget resolution. Both Manchin and Sinema have declared that they will not vote for a budget bill with a $3.5 trillion price tag." @WSWS_Updates

  

  wsws.orgUS House vote to move forward on budget framework heralds major cuts in $3.5 trillion price tagTo overcome the opposition of the Democratic holdouts, Pelosi made a significant concession, incorporating into the procedural rule a pledge to bring the infrastructure bill to a vote in the House by September 27, regardless of whether the “human infrastructure” budget bill had passed in the Senate.

• 🏖️  New Texas voting laws, political maps could once again require federal approval under U.S. House bill named after John Lewis: Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune

  Texas Tribune @TexasTribune

  Texas Democrats are cheering the U.S. House’s passage of a bill that could require federal approval of new elections laws and political maps. Republicans say such changes should solely remain in the hands of state legislatures.

  

  bit.lyNew Texas voting laws, political maps could once again require federal approval under U.S. House bill named after John LewisThe federal bill seeks to reinstate sections of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that were written to protect people of color. Texas House Democrats see it as a way to prevent implementing provisions of a Texas voting restrictions bill moving through...

• 🏖️  US flees from Afghanistan w/ Ray McGovern: The Communiqué with Richard Medhurst, Press TV

  Richard Medhurst 🇸🇾🇵🇸 @richimedhurst

  My latest on Afghanistan for @PressTV with legendary political activist and former CIA analyst Ray McGovern @raymcgovern

  

  presstv.irUS flees from AfghanistanIt’s August 2021, and the Taliban has de facto taken over Afghanistan, establishing full territorial control, after it was toppled in 2001 by American and NATO troops who invaded and occupied the country for almost 20 years.

• 🏖️  Joe Manchin is Attempting to Broaden His Influence in the House.: Lauren Elizabeth

  IndependentLeft.news @IndLeftNews

  Joe Manchin is Attempting to Broaden His Influence in the House by @xLauren_Mx

  

  xlauren-mx.medium.comJoe Manchin is Attempting to Broaden His Influence in the House.There are few democratic lawmakers I disagree with or even dislike more than Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, and the reasons why are too numerous to mention. But of course, high on the list…

• 🏖️  What Dana workers are fighting against: A profile of the Fortune 500 auto parts maker: Jerry White, WSWS

  World Socialist Web Site @WSWS_Updates

  The auto parts giant is a powerful and politically-connected company, but the allies of Dana workers in the US and around the world are more powerful.

  

  wsws.orgWhat Dana workers are fighting against: A profile of the Fortune 500 auto parts makerThe auto parts giant is a powerful and politically-connected company, but the allies of Dana workers in the US and around the world are more powerful.

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