Scott Patrick, PhD
@neimanmarxist.bsky.social
DC teacher. PhD. Marxist. Examining the US empire from the belly of the beast. All power to the people. Views = my own.
ICE Director Todd Lyons said that the U.S. needed “to get better at treating this [deportation] like a business.” The country needs to build a system that operates “like [Amazon] Prime, but with human beings,” he added. truthout.org/articles/ice...
ICE and Data Centers Aren’t New, But Face Growing Pushback as They Intertwine
A New Jersey township ordinance is the first in the US reflecting the link between the deportation regime and Big Tech.
truthout.org
Israel and Lebanon are negotiating the disarmament of the Hezbollah militia and the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon – meanwhile, the situation is escalating. www.wsj.com/world/middle... www.nbcnews.com/world/israel...
2 soldiers killed in Lebanon in the first Israeli deaths since June truce with Hezbollah
The Israeli army launched strikes Wednesday in southern Lebanon in response to what it described as Hezbollah’s violation of the ceasefire.
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The dispute over the Strait of Hormuz isn't about religion or sovereignty but about its strategic chokepoint—one navy could block a fifth of global oil. The US calls it a threat; Iran sees no alternative. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
Iran says ‘close’ to Hormuz deal with Oman; UAE says IRGC attacked vessel
Iran, Oman agree on framework regarding Hormuz, with final approval still pending from Tehran.
aljazeera.com
How does the United States unexpectedly lose 23,000 jobs? Are they like a set of car keys?
U.S. economy unexpectedly lost 23,000 jobs in July
Nonfarm payrolls were projected to increase by 83,000 in July while the unemployment rate would hold steady at 4.2%, according to the Dow Jones consensus.
cnbc.com
.Although the Board of Peace plan called for Gaza to demilitarize, Israeli control of the area increased from 53 per cent to nearly 70 per cent. Thus the peace process amounts to annexation.
Israel, Hamas and the Question of Disarmament
Another trumpeted achievement, another heralded occasion of momentous significance. Or it may be nothing of the sort. US President Donald J. Trump is
counterpunch.org
For years, centrists bemoaned that socialists were spoilers, wasting votes on third party candidates. Now that socialists are doing politics better than them, centrists are ready to declare “war.” A dirty break between DSA and the Dems is inevitable
When hacks like Dave Weigel call Cori Bush a “weak candidate” irrespective of AIPAC $$$, understand they are leaning on her being a Black woman so they don’t need to elaborate. AIPAC’s United Democracy Project and allies poured roughly $9 million into the 2024 race against her
AES (actually existing Sayed) defeating $62 million in AIPAC and centrist money is a huge victory, but we should have no illusions. There will be no realignment of the Democrats as long as the donor class rules www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
El-Sayed wins critical Michigan Senate primary: Live results, updates
Abdul El-Sayed defeated Rep. Haley Stevens for the Democratic nomination for Senate in Michigan, NBC News and Decision Desk HQ have projected.
usatoday.com
Another cargo ship attacked, another spike in oil prices. Trump's humiliation continues as his Iran quagmire deepens with each passing week www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/t...
Are the U.S. and Iran negotiating? President Trump says talks to reopen the Strait of Hormuz are happening right now, but Tehran flatly denies it. The diplomatic confusion comes as another cargo ship is attacked, sending oil prices higher.
The international oil benchmark Brent crude rose again to 2.7% with traffic through the crucial waterway at a trickle compared to its peacetime flow.
nbcnews.com
Pirro can read the writing on the wall: the MAGA coalition is fragmenting and circling the drain. She'd rather retire and slowly destroy her liver than attempt to conjure up a prosecution based on fictional "vandalism" www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
Jeanine Pirro struggles to give Trump the wins he craves the most
She’s delivering on some core priorities — but the Reflecting Pool is just the latest politically charged prosecution to fall flat.
politico.com
To suggest that the party should deny a democratically elected Black and Dominican woman a place in the Democratic caucus after she won a primary election for a district that is 50% Hispanic and 24% Black is to delegitimize her voters’ political judgment.
Establishment Democrats’ Response to DSA’s Electoral Wins Should Be of Concern to Anyone Invested in the Future of Black Politics
Whatever happened to “big tent” politics?
thenation.com
AI compounds the harm it causes to labor by complementing, intensifying, and accelerating the privatization of the public sector.
The Labor Movement Is Divided Over How to Deal With AI
Some union leaders who are embracing AI are receiving pushback from rank-and-file workers.
truthout.org
A lot of fascists and racists are going to have to keep their day jobs
Blanche rescinds Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, Todd Blanche, said late Sunday he is formally rescinding the president’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, after Senate Republicans…
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If you oppose apartheid and genocide, don’t be shy about it. Tell the world we aren’t going to tolerate this any longer.
Stick a fork in Stevens because she is C O O K E D 🍳⏲️
"I think the greatest gift of the Soviet Union to modern civilization was the dethronement of the clergy and the refusal to let religion be taught in the public schools." ~ W.E.B. Du Bois
A state that owns the banks and lends them out to enable 539 people to build their fortunes has not suppressed the bourgeoisie. It has handed it the means of accumulation.
Concerning Chinese Revisionism
Poverty has indeed been reduced. This has happened in other capitalist economies as they have risen industrially. The reduction of poverty through the development of capitalism is not an example of…
com-intern.org
Beijing revises nothing on the surface. It keeps every word, convenes its congresses under portraits of Marx, and calls the construction socialism. The vocabulary is preserved with care. Only the content is inverted.
Concerning Chinese Revisionism
Poverty has indeed been reduced. This has happened in other capitalist economies as they have risen industrially. The reduction of poverty through the development of capitalism is not an example of…
com-intern.org
Sánchez is a leading left‑wing figure — and targeted. Far‑right Italy and Finland imposed border checks, treating Ceuta as if inside Schengen. Is Morocco's monarch a tool of the neo‑fascist Trumpian bloc?
Spain attacks 'selfish' response of some EU countries to Ceuta migrant crossings
Italy has temporarily suspended the Schengen arrangement with Spain as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called scenes in Ceuta "shocking".
bbc.com
The contentious FIFA deal is done — yet UEFA remains tough on the world governing body's chief, insisting on personnel changes. apnews.com/article/infa...
UEFA declares no confidence in Infantino and vows accountability for failed World Cup equity plan
UEFA says it has lost confidence in FIFA President Gianni Infantino and that “no option should be off the table” as it will pursue a full review of his now abandoned plan to sell stakes of the World…
apnews.com
Every five days, a UK mosque is attacked. That’s 70+ in the past year, per the British Muslim Trust. Most never make the news.
One UK mosque attacked ‘every five days’, says British Muslim Trust
More than 70 attacks have been recorded over past year, including acts of violence, property damage and vandalism
theguardian.com
Over four years, families buried people who died in Fulton's jail without accountability. When Atlanta mayor Andre Dickens needed county votes, that suffering was used as leverage. Those negotiating are not acting on behalf of the people who were jailed.
Atlanta mayor blasts Fulton commission for opting out of tax extension plan
Dickens said the commission's vote two weeks ago "reflects a governing philosophy that values paying for failure over investing in prevention."
ajc.com
Bezos hired an obnoxious libertarian to turn the WaPo opinion section into a Ron Paul fever dream. The backlash from the latte liberal readership was swift www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
Washington Post’s opinion editor resigns after just one year in role
Adam O’Neal did not give reason for his departure at end of August in another major shakeup at US publication
theguardian.com
"For Marx was before all else a revolutionist. His real mission in life was to contribute ... to the liberation of the modern proletariat, which he was the first to make conscious of its own position and its needs, conscious of the conditions of its emancipation." -- Engels' eulogy of Marx
Shell makes more profits in a single minute than most people earn in a year. As wildfires rage, droughts are declared, and temperatures climb, the very fuels heating the planet are also heating company profits, while households pay the price on their bills. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Shell’s profits more than double after jump in oil and gas prices
Environmentalists renew calls for windfall tax to support households after Q2 earnings rise to almost $10bn
theguardian.com
Although LFI does well electorally, it isn't hegemonic among workers and can't escape its leader's imperious style. A mix of ideologies and social groups, it channels the anger and disenchantment of a largely urban, younger electorate.
The French presidential candidate who wants to blow up the Franco-German engine
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the leading left-wing hopeful in next year’s contest, wants Europe to reject Berlin’s economic model.
politico.eu
Morocco, a U.S. ally, eased border security Thursday reportedly at Washington’s request — a move seen as retaliation for Spain’s ongoing refusal to back the U.S. in its standoff with Iran.
60,000 migrants crossed into Spanish territory of Ceuta, but many soon left voluntarily
Some 60,000 migrants have entered Spain’s Ceuta from Morocco in the past 24 hours. That's according to Ceuta’s president.
apnews.com
Ironically, the DSA right is more of a personality cult than the DSA “tankies.” Champing at the bit to put all their faith in AOC/Mamdani/AES like progressives did with Obama. Kids, if AOC beats Newsom in the primary, she’s going to turn around and name him Secretary of State
Cultural appreciation is no substitute for provenance transparency. If these objects are presented publicly as Iranian cultural heritage, their origin, export, ownership history, and acquisition should be open to scrutiny. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
Treasure as trinkets: Zendaya’s earrings renew debate on ownership of ancient artefacts
Jewellery made from BC Iran worn at Odyssey photocall throws spotlight on the trade of rare archeological finds
theguardian.com
