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“President Donald Trump is set to visit Michigan on Monday to highlight manufacturing and auto industry jobs ahead of the state’s Aug. 4 primary elections,” NewsNation reports.

Happy Sunday everyone.

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[A video podcast about Cuba from the podcast team Cuba Analysis Podcasts]

In this episode of the Cuba Analysis Podcast, co-hosts Helen Yaffe and Nina Blodau speak with Professor Isaac Saney, a Black Studies and Cuba specialist, historian, professor at Dalhousie University, author of two books about Cuba, and spokesperson for the Canadian Network on Cuba, which is among many groups named in the new US State Department report ‘Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism’.

Professor Saney breaks down the 100-page report which, despite lacking evidence, depicts Cuba as a global subversive force guiding the US and international left over decades. Saney explains that the objectives of this McCarthyite document are to justify the genocidal US blockade and lay the groundwork for future military aggression, as well as to revive Cold War-era repression of the left domestically and beyond. 

We discuss the suffocating US sanctions imposed in 2026, their impact on Cuba’s economy and the population’s access to essential goods, and the muted international response. Professor Saney points out that 136 countries voted against the US blockade at the UN, despite US pressure, although Canada and several EU countries shamefully abstained.

We also talk about Cuba’s historic contribution to African liberation struggles, with a focus on Cuba’s support of the struggle for Angolan independence and the defeat of the invading South African army, which contributed to the end of Apartheid – the focus of Isaac’s book, Cuba, Africa, and Apartheid's End. This historic contribution is ignored in the State Department report, which Saney describes as a white supremacist. 

Saney concludes by calling for more concrete international solidarity with Cuba, arguing that defending Cuban sovereignty, self-determination and socialist development, is also a defence of international law, opposition to normalisation of genocide and resistance to imperialism.

Did Cuba foment Black Lives Matter and anti-ICE protests? The State Department seems to think so.

The post Rubio’s Paranoid Cuba Report Designed to “Justify a Military Attack on Cuba,” Says Democratic Rep. appeared first on The Intercept.

A federal appeals court refused to revive the Trump administration’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas, keeping in place a lower court order that blocked the charge while the administration continues its appeal.

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/49981326

Oregon State Police and federal authorities are investigating an assault in Clackamas County after three people posing as federal immigration agents pulled a driver over, detained and assaulted them.

The victim was driving on Highway 211 east of Woodburn the afternoon of July 17 when a car with flashing red and blue lights mounted on its roof got behind them. Believing they were being stopped by law enforcement, officials said, the person pulled over.

Two men approached the person’s vehicle, one carrying a rifle, and told them they were Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and that she was being detained. The duo then reportedly removed the driver from their vehicle, searched them and placed them in the back of their car.

A third perpetrator remained in the vehicle and assaulted the victim, they told police, reportedly telling them he was the “guard.”

After detaining the driver for nearly 20 minutes, the trio told them they were free to leave and released them, authorities said.

The victim then drove themselves to a hospital to seek treatment for unspecified injuries. While there, police said the victim began receiving text messages claiming to be from a law firm offering legal representation related to their detention.

State police said the men were dressed in green long-sleeve shirts and tactical vests labeled “POLICE” and carried fake police badges. They were also wearing boots, baseball caps and face coverings that hid their identities.

Investigators are seeking information from anyone who has received messages from the phone number 971-502-5548, which was used to communicate with the victim. The vehicle involved was described as a newer-model blue or gray SUV.

State officials contacted federal law enforcement agencies who confirmed that the incident was not part of an official operation.

In March, Gov. Tina Kotek signed an executive order banning the use of disguises or face coverings by federal agents. Police said officers conducting legitimate operations in the state will be clearly identified as law enforcement.

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/49982457

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Agents claimed they only stopped on Tribal land to "use the restroom" and deny targeted enforcement (racial profiling). The 1855 treaty with Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs remains legally binding, yet has historically been violated by the U.S.

The woman has a red handprint painted across her mouth and cheek. That is a symbol of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives movement.

Arrest occurred outside the South Portland ICE facility in Portland, Oregon.

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/49981885

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No press briefing has been held for months, as the defence department belatedly or inaccurately releases figures The Pentagon is taking a “shameful approach” to releasing information about US casualties in the Iran war, Leon Panetta, a former defence secretary and CIA director, has told the Guardian. The defence department has not held a press briefing for two-and-a-half months. Officials have faced accusations that they are engaged in a cover-up designed to hide the true cost of Donald Trump’s war of choic...

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Press release - July 23, 2026

WASHINGTON - Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Peace & Security Taskforce Chair Rep. Ilhan Omar and 10 other CPC members—Representatives Greg Casar, Maxine Dexter, Jesús "Chuy" García, Jonathan L. Jackson, Jim McGovern, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Mark Pocan, Delia C. Ramirez, Rashida Tlaib, and Nydia M. Velázquez—issued the following statement in response to the Trump State Department's release of the 100-page report, Cuba: Capital of 21st-Century Communism:

“Trump appears hellbent on taking America back 70 years to the height of Cold War McCarthyism, when hawkish foreign policy was paired with unsubstantiated accusations of communist subversion and political repression against dissidents at home.

“Trump has repeatedly threatened to take over Cuba and has deployed U.S. military ships to seize fuel vessels attempting to arrive on the island. And yet, in an Orwellian move, this administration now claims it is Cuba carrying out the ‘assault’ against the United States, by turning ‘Americans into instruments of their own nation's undoing.’

Some new ads in North Carolina and Wisconsin too.....

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"The Williston facility, which is in the White Cap Business Park off Industrial Avenue, houses ICE’s National Criminal Analysis and Targeting Center. Data collected at the office from publicly available sources, such as social media feeds, help ICE officers throughout the eastern U.S. know whom to arrest, according to federal records."

https://vtdigger.org/2026/07/24/protesters-again-block-access-to-ice-surveillance-hub-in-williston-prompting-arrests/

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/49938374

A Southwest Airlines flight attendant was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) while at work at Nashville International Airport. The arrest of Lorenzo Thompson on July 14 has sparked immediate pushback from his community and his labor union.

While an ICE spokesperson stated that Thompson is an undocumented immigrant from Jamaica who overstayed a six month visa from 2021, advocates and friends paint a vastly different picture of his legal status. According to a legal defense fundraiser organized on his behalf, Thompson holds a valid work visa and has an active, pending asylum case after coming to the United States to escape life threatening abuse.

Thompson reportedly has no criminal record. He was detained unexpectedly after returning to base from a work trip and is currently remaining in ICE custody pending immigration proceedings.

Union Response

TWU Local 556, the union representing more than 21,000 Southwest flight attendants, released a statement confirming the detention and offering support to Thompson:

“TWU Local 556 has been made aware that one of our Members was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) while at work. Our priority is, and always will be, standing with and supporting our Members. Every Member deserves to be treated with dignity and respect, and we are committed to ensuring this Member and their family know they are not alone during this difficult time.

TWU Local 556 has been in communication with the Member’s family. We are also working with the attorney retained by the Member, as well as TWU Local 556’s legal counsel, to understand the circumstances and provide appropriate support. TWU Local 556 will continue to monitor the situation closely and remain engaged as we learn more. We appreciate our Members’ concern and support, as we all hope for a swift resolution to this situation.”

The union has also made its Critical Incident Stress Management Team available to any impacted members. This remains a developing situation.

Citations & Further Reading:

• ICE detained a Southwest Airlines flight attendant while at work (WFAA)

• Fundraiser: Help Lorenzo Thompson Fight ICE Detention (GoFundMe)

President Donald Trump’s administration has imposed new tariffs on 60 U.S.

cross-posted from: https://startrek.website/post/42594981

Ain't that some BS

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Source: https://iceout.org/en/reportInfo/132503

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