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TIDBITS- JULY 24-READERS COMMENTS: WORKING-CLASS SOCIAL, ECONOMIC
ATTITUDES; ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP ON ISRAEL, PALESTINE; MPLS SELECTS
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST; DEM YOUTH WING PASSES AMENDMENT OPPOSING ONGOING
GENOCIDE IN GAZA; DEPORTATIONS DESTROYS JOBS  
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July 24, 2025
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_ Readers Comments: Working-Class Social, Economic Attitudes;
Genocide; Academic Scholarship on Israel, Palestine; Minneapolis
Selects Democratic Socialist; Dem Youth Wing Passes Amendment Opposing
Ongoing Genocide in Gaza; Deportations Destroys Jobs _

Tidbits - Reader Comments, Resources, Shorts, AND cartoons - July 24,
2025, xxxxxx

 

* FIRING #COLBERT IS A CANARY IN A COAL MINE.  --  CARTOON BY
PETER KUPER
* RE: NEW REPORT: WORKING-CLASS SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ATTITUDES
 (DANIEL MILLSTONE)
* RE: WHY DID THIS FARMWORKER DIE IN AN IMMIGRATION RAID?  (BEQUI
MARIE)
* RE: I’M A GENOCIDE SCHOLAR. I KNOW IT WHEN I SEE IT.  (GENIE
LINDSEY)
* RE: WHY ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP ON ISRAEL AND PALESTINE THREATENS
WESTERN ELITES  (CAROLYN TOLL OPPENHEIM; PAUL BUHLE; DAVID BERGER)
* IN THE TOILET  --  CARTOON BY NICK ANDERSON
* RE: 80 YEARS AFTER TRINITY  (MARY-ALICE STROM)
* RE: THE COURT’S LIBERALS ARE TRYING TO TELL AMERICANS SOMETHING
 (GWENDOLYN KEITA ROBINSON; LUIS GONZALEZ)
* FAT MAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE: I’M SWOLLEN AND I CAN’T FESS UP
 --  CARTOON BY LALO ALCARAZ
* RE: MINNEAPOLIS DFL CONVENTION ENDORSES DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST OMAR
FATEH FOR MAYOR OVER JACOB FREY  (DANIEL MILLSTONE)
* RE: WHAT CALIFORNIA HISTORY HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE NEW YORK
MAYOR’S RACE  (TED PIERCE)
* THE REPUBLICAN IDEA OF A HEALTHCARE SYSTEM  --  CARTOON AND
COMMENTARY BY ANN TELNAES
* RE: TRUMP'S LABOR DEPARTMENT PROPOSES MORE THAN 60 RULE CHANGES IN
A PUSH TO DEREGULATE WORKPLACES  (MARIANNA)
* RE: THE BELL IS TOLLING FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING AND CBS AND
COLBERTGATE  (KAREN LEE WALD)
* LYING DOG  --  CARTOON BY ROB ROGERS
* RE: SUNDAY SCIENCE: THE FIGHT FROM WITHIN: THE SCIENCE OF
IMMUNOTHERAPY  (DAN MORGAN; MARIANNE HITCHEN)
* RE: CANCELLING COLBERT, BRIBERY, AN $8BN DEAL: WHAT’S GOING ON
AT PARAMOUNT?  (WILL U. BUZZOFF)
* DENY, DEFLECT, DISTRACT  --  CARTOON BY JEFF STAHLER

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SHORTS:

* YOUTH WING OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY PASSES AMENDMENT OPPOSING
ISRAEL’S ‘ONGOING GENOCIDE IN GAZA’  (GRACE GILSON / JEWISH
TELEGRAPH AGENCY)

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RESOURCES:

* TRUMP’S DEPORTATION AGENDA WILL DESTROY MILLIONS OF JOBS  (BEN
ZIPPERER / ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE)

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FIRING #COLBERT IS A CANARY IN A COAL MINE.  --  CARTOON BY PETER
KUPER

 

Firing #Colbert [[link removed]] is a
canary in a coal mine. Next #kimmel
[[link removed]] ?#sethmeyers
[[link removed]] ? #JonStewart
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This is shocking, but not surprising.
The King fears humor.

Peter Kuper
July 19, 2025
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RE: NEW REPORT: WORKING-CLASS SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ATTITUDES
 

From James H. Williams [[link removed]],
comes this analysis
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of some of the survey views of working class voters from which Isaac
Rabbini concludes that the "Democrats" could win with a progressive
program. While I am convinced that some Democrats could win in some
places, I am not at all persuaded that leaders of the party want a
progressive program. Many recent examples suggest that business as
usual and loyalty to big donors remain their strategies.

    Working-Class Voters Are Not Centrists
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More? Via xxxxxx - New Report: Working-Class Social and Economic
Attitudes
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Daniel Millstone
Post on Facebook

 

RE: WHY DID THIS FARMWORKER DIE IN AN IMMIGRATION RAID?
 

They tased him, so that he'd fall. They killed him. Several Spanish
speaking outlets have reported this based on witness statements.

Just another among the many murdered by these thugs.

Bequi Marie
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: I’M A GENOCIDE SCHOLAR. I KNOW IT WHEN I SEE IT.
 

Tragically yes while the world watches and the current occupant of the
executive branch of US boasts of turning the Gaza strip into a beach
resort. 

Genie Lindsey

 

RE: WHY ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP ON ISRAEL AND PALESTINE THREATENS WESTERN
ELITES
 

This is all true. I entered a Ph.D. program in Middle Eastern Studies
at the Univ of Michigan Ann Arbor in 1966.........in 1967 when I was
learning was dangerous to discuss during the euphoria among Jews on
campus at "winning" the war and occupying so much territory. Everyone
was an expert on campus except people who actually studied the
subject.

Carolyn Toll Oppenheim
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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I learned, at U-Wis in the later 1960s, that only ten years earlier,
folk dancing included Palestinian, African and Israeli dances and that
people took part in each others'. By 1967, campus Hillel reflected the
Pentagon view, but by 1970, it defended people rushing in to get away
from the cops. That the leader of the Jewish sororities was a leading
antiwar activists (later in the LA city council) reflected the
difference. But 20 years or more of Birthright Israel has dragged
Hillel there and perhaps everywhere back into the Hawk Camp.

Paul Buhle
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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My experience with organized Zionism in NYC that, except for Hashomer
Hatzair, the CP group, the Zs took no part in the Civil Rights, unlike
many Jewish organizations, including Reform youth organizations.

David Berger
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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IN THE TOILET  --  CARTOON BY NICK ANDERSON

 

 

_With President Trump’s budget scalpel finally carving up public
broadcasting like it’s a Thanksgiving turkey filled with liberal
stuffing, America’s children are being lovingly shoved into the
comforting arms of Skibidi Toilet and the algorithmic abyss.._

Nick Anderson
July 18, 2025
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RE: 80 YEARS AFTER TRINITY
 

IMAGINE: that we put the same amount of effort into caring for others
that we put into constructing methods to cause pain, suffering, and
death.

Mary-Alice Strom
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: THE COURT’S LIBERALS ARE TRYING TO TELL AMERICANS SOMETHING
 

Three women: DEI.

Gwendolyn Keita Robinson
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Imagine, for the balance of their respective career as a jurist in the
Supreme Court, their legacy will be a trail of powerfully written
dissenting opinions.

Luis Gonzalez
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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FAT MAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE: I’M SWOLLEN AND I CAN’T FESS UP  --
 CARTOON BY LALO ALCARAZ

 

Lalo Alcaraz
July 18, 2025
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RE: MINNEAPOLIS DFL CONVENTION ENDORSES DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST OMAR
FATEH FOR MAYOR OVER JACOB FREY
 

In Minneapolis, Democratic Socialist State Senator wins the
endorsement of the Democratic Farmer Labor party in his bid for Mayor.
Thanks to xxxxxx
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for the link. 

Daniel Millstone
Post on Facebook

 

RE: WHAT CALIFORNIA HISTORY HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE NEW YORK MAYOR’S
RACE
 

Here's at least one problem with all this. The Dems like the GOP, is
controlled by millionaires who couldn't care less about poor people or
their problems. While we want Mamdani to win, and hopefully begin some
reforms, the Dems will always be a party of millionaires (in control)
with a guilty conscience. That's not what a real working class party
is all about. A real socialist party must be built (hopefully GREEN
party) that can stand on its own and not use the Dems as a surrogate
birth mother. A new way has to be found. Mamdani's will be few and far
between --if ever--found, and the establishment will try to destroy
him tooth and nail. It will be a miracle if he's elected, and a bigger
miracle if he actually achieves something, with all the political
opposition to him.

Ted Pierce
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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THE REPUBLICAN IDEA OF A HEALTHCARE SYSTEM  --  CARTOON AND
COMMENTARY BY ANN TELNAES

 

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_Between their Medicaid cuts and an anti-vaccine HHS secretary, this
is the Republicans’ idea of a healthcare system. And as I’ve said
before, Americans don’t have a healthcare system, they have a
healthcare insurance system. Contrary to what politicians say, it is
not the best in the world- far from it. There are many, many other
countries which provide superior preventive care to all (which is the
foundation of a healthy society)._

Ann Telnaes
July 7, 2025
Open Windows- Ann Telnaes
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RE: TRUMP'S LABOR DEPARTMENT PROPOSES MORE THAN 60 RULE CHANGES IN A
PUSH TO DEREGULATE WORKPLACES 

(posting on xxxxxx Labor
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People are going to get hurt.  This rollback all the protections we
worked hard to put in place and literally on the backs of workers who
died because of these dangers.  

In NYC Home health workers work for 24 hours and only get paid for 13
and the New York City Council refuses to do anything. The speaker
insists it is up to the state to handle. New York City councilman
Chris Marte has a bill that the City Council speaker Adrienne Adams
refuses to move. These workers are largely immigrant mostly Chinese
women. .  

Marianna

 

RE: THE BELL IS TOLLING FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING AND CBS AND
COLBERTGATE

(posting on Media Bits and Bytes – July 22, 2025
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Re PBS and NPR:  while joining most intelligent and caring people in
condemning the massive cuts to public media, I think we should say two
things:

1. Jeff Cohen (and xxxxxx editors) must certainly have known for
quite some time that big corporations don't care about democracy or
free speech— why would they assume that most readers don't also know
this and are just learning it now? That's kind of arrogant (and
misinformed), isn't it?

2. What progressive writers should be doing is urge people to listen
to and watch — and support — the Pacifica stations, which have
always provided progressive and accurate news and programs, and which
thanks to the internet can now be heard and seen even for those who
don't have a local station nearby.

Karen Lee Wald

 

LYING DOG  --  CARTOON BY ROB ROGERS

 

 

_"Trump denied sending a letter to Jeffrey Epstein that included a
sketch of a nude lady. He claimed, "I never wrote a picture in my
life." Then, the internet provided plenty of evidence to the contrary.
What a surprise."_

Rob Rogers
July 22, 2025
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RE: RE: SUNDAY SCIENCE: THE FIGHT FROM WITHIN: THE SCIENCE OF
IMMUNOTHERAPY
 

Very important, and a good description of the subject. Another aspect
that needs more research is how bee venom therapy seems to modulate
the immune system, effective in boosting the response to some cancers,
and in 'dialing down' the immune system in autoimmune diseases

Dan Morgan
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Sounds very plausible to this layperson

Marianne Hitchen
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RE: CANCELLING COLBERT, BRIBERY, AN $8BN DEAL: WHAT’S GOING ON AT
PARAMOUNT?

(posting on xxxxxx Culture
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BOYCOTT PARAMOUNT, BOYCOTT CBS

Will U. Buzzoff
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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DENY, DEFLECT, DISTRACT  --  CARTOON BY JEFF STAHLER

 

Jeff Stahler
July 22, 2025
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YOUTH WING OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY PASSES AMENDMENT OPPOSING
ISRAEL’S ‘ONGOING GENOCIDE IN GAZA’

The amendment underscores growing fault lines between Israel and the
Democratic party.

By Grace Gilson
July 22, 2025
Jewish Telegraph Agency
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Fatima Heyward, the newly elected president of the Young Democrats of
America, speaking at the organization's convention in Philadelphia
last week. (Screenshot  //  Jewish Telegraph Agency)
The Young Democrats of America, the youth wing of the Democratic
Party, has passed an amendment to its foreign policy plank opposing
the “Israeli government’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.”

The amendment, which passed narrowly at the organization’s
convention in Philadelphia last week, also expresses opposition to the
Israeli government’s “occupation of the West Bank, and its denial
of civil and political rights on an equal basis in the territories it
militarily occupies,” according to an updated foreign policy plank
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by Jewish Insider
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The changes to the organization’s foreign policy stances underscore
a sharp decline in the perception of Israel across the Democratic
Party as Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza wages on after more than 21
months.

Last month, a poll released by Quinnipiac University found that among
Democrats, 12% said that their sympathies lay more with Israelis,
while 60% sympathized more with Palestinians
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In February, a Gallup poll found that just 33% of Democrats
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a favorable view of Israel overall.

The Young Democrats of America added the word “genocide” to an
existing amendment which outlined its policy stances for the years
2023 to 2025. It was proposed to “reflect current events and align
with present-day actions,” according to a platform committee
document
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the convention obtained by Jewish Insider.

Using the term “genocide” to describe Israel’s ongoing offensive
in Gaza has become a lightning rod for discussions surrounding the
war. Israel and its supporters vehemently deny the characterization,
but as the death toll mounts in Gaza and killings at aid distribution
sites have been reported on a near-daily
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some of Israel’s supporters are beginning to use the term,
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are a number of scholars of genocide
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At the biennial convention last week, YDA also approved a resolution
that voiced support for student protests “against U.S. complicity”
in what it called the “Israeli government’s genocidal actions in
Gaza,” according to a document shared with Jewish Insider.

Last year, some Jewish caucus members criticized
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group’s denunciation of former President Joe Biden after he gave an
address condemning violence at pro-Palestinian campus protests.

But despite the organization’s condemnation of Israel’s ongoing
war in Gaza, some efforts to amend YDA’s Middle East policy plank
failed to pass, including an effort to strike a line that endorsed
Israel’s “right to exist as a Jewish democratic state,”
according to Jewish Insider.

Some delegates also proposed removing language that condemned “the
oppression of the Iranian government” and backing “anti-regime
protests,” which was met by alarm by Jewish members
following Israel’s ceasefire with Iran
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according to Jewish Insider.

While those proposals failed to pass, one member of YDA’s Jewish
caucus told Jewish Insider that the fact they were suggested
“presents a scary reality.”

 

TRUMP’S DEPORTATION AGENDA WILL DESTROY MILLIONS OF JOBS
 

Both immigrants and U.S.-born workers would suffer job losses,
particularly in construction and child care

By Ben Zipperer
July 10, 2025
Economic Policy Institute
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Overview

 • Read the Report
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Summary: Deportations will eliminate millions of jobs held by
immigrant and U.S.-born workers according to research on increased
immigration enforcement.

Deportations will lead to job losses
 

Key findings

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The number of deportations will skyrocket once the Trump
administration fully rolls out its agenda. This will curtail business
operations and reduce employer demand for immigrant and U.S.-born
labor.

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If the administration follows through on its goals of deporting 4
million people over four years:

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* There will be 3.3 million fewer employed immigrants and 2.6
million fewer employed U.S.-born workers at the end of that period.
* Employment in the construction sector will drop sharply: U.S.-born
construction employment will fall by 861,000, and immigrant employment
will fall by 1.4 million.
* The deportations will eliminate half a million child care jobs.

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California, Florida, New York, and Texas will have the highest number
of job losses due to larger immigrant populations in these states.

Why this matters

Deporting vast numbers of immigrants from the United States is a major
goal of the Trump administration and the Republican-controlled
Congress. However, immigrants are an integral part of the U.S. labor
market, and an increase in deportations will result in fewer jobs for
both immigrant and U.S.-born workers.

How to fix it

To limit damage to the labor market, policymakers should stop the
tactics that are vastly increasing immigration enforcement like the
arrest, detention, and deportation of immigrants, and reinstate
temporary immigration protections like parole and Temporary Protected
Status. Instead of providing additional funds for an increase in
aggressive and indiscriminate immigration enforcement, Congress should
focus on policies that will improve wages and working conditions like
providing work permits and green cards to those who lack a regular
immigration status, as well as providing adequate resources for the
enforcement of labor standards.

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