/leftypol/ - Leftist Politically Incorrect

Bill that would punish Americans boycotting Israel pulled from US Congress
An anti-boycott, divestment and sanctions bill scheduled for a vote on Monday has been pulled from the US Congress after severe backlash from several “America First” Republican lawmakers and social media podcasters.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/bill-that-would-punish-americans-boycotting-israel-pull-us-congress

Trump issues executive order requiring English proficiency for truckers, escalating attacks on immigrant workers
The order, framed by the White House and Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy as a “commonsense safety requirement” and an effort to “protect America’s truck drivers, drivers, passengers, and others,” is nothing of the sort. It is a discriminatory measure that weaponizes a decades-old regulation against immigrant workers, exacerbating an existing labor shortage and ignoring the real, pressing safety issues plaguing the trucking industry.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/05/05/truc-m05.html

Democratic-led states sue to prevent Trump from gutting health agencies
A group of Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit on Monday to challenge the Trump administration's decision to gut the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by firing 10,000 of its employees and shuttering entire agencies within the department.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/democratic-led-states-sue-prevent-trump-gutting-health-agencies-2025-05-05/

Michigan drops charges against pro-Palestinian campus protesters
Attorney General Dana Nessel said she believed the cases were strong but suggested her office was worn down by criticism and other factors. She noted that a judge in Washtenaw County still hadn’t decided whether to send the cases to a trial court despite multiple hearings.
https://apnews.com/article/michigan-campus-protests-charges-palestinian-israel-nessel-6db88c1b08e5553d8958d07fa9b99f06

USPS sorting facility partially collapses in Tampa, Florida
Witnesses and TV crews reported a “chaotic scene” and a “close call for workers” when dozens were inside a USPS distribution center in Tampa, Florida when the structure collapsed, sending them scrambling for safety. Local TV stations reported that code enforcement inspectors had said, “It was miraculous that nobody was injured or killed.”
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/05/05/fsxa-m05.html

Prison guard who helped beat cuffed New York inmate to death pleads guilty to manslaughter
The plea deal, which was the first agreed to by one of the six who were charged with murder, calls for Walrath to get a 15-year prison term. He will remain free on bail pending his Aug. 4 sentencing.
https://apnews.com/article/inmate-death-guilty-plea-robert-brooks-c4f0d1abfa3af3531347bb8be21a85f8

Three tasks we face in confronting an empowered Reform UK
BRITAIN is now confronted with a Reform UK threat of a new scale and character. The party is no longer fringe, but a powerful force, controlling 10 councils and two elected mayoralties outright. The polls suggest it can make serious gains in Scotland and Wales as well. It has already indicated how it will use its new powers. Within a day Nigel Farage and Richard Tice were threatening refugees (saying Reform councils would seek to stop accommodating them, and suggesting they be moved out of buildings and into tents) and local government workers. In the latter case the attack concerned both terms and conditions and jobs relating to concepts Reform doesn’t believe in, from climate change to equalities. The left faces three essential tasks.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/three-tasks-we-face-confronting-empowered-reform-uk

How Hamas Sees the Current Moment: An Exclusive Interview With Osama Hamdan
In an exclusive interview with Drop Site News, a senior Hamas official said that the movement will not capitulate to any demands from Israel or the U.S. to lay down its weapons and vowed that Hamas will reject any temporary ceasefire deal that does not include a clear path to a total Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and an end to the genocide. “No need for a short-term ceasefire,” said Osama Hamdan, one of the longest serving senior officials within Hamas. “What the Israelis are offering is: We will give you a ceasefire for a short while and then we will come back to kill you again. So what's the idea of giving you food for 12, 40 days, two weeks or three weeks, and then coming back to kill you? It means that you endorse the genocide and you accept that for your own people.”
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/osama-hamdan-hamas-gaza-israel-trump

Bureaucratic Mishaps Demonstrate Undemocratic Nature of Elections Under Capitalism.
Gabriela Santiango-Romero, a current Detroit city council person representing a largely Latinx and immigrant district, has been disqualified from running in the upcoming elections in November. According to the Wayne County Clerk’s office, Gabriela Santiango-Romero was disqualified from the upcoming race because she signed an affidavit saying that she did not owe any outstanding campaign fees. It was later discovered that she did have a late fee of $250. Apparently, this issue isn’t an uncommon one. Even a senior official with Detroit’s election department, speaking to Bridge Detroit said that “unfortunately, some candidates only discover they have outstanding obligations when their names are denied placement on the ballot.” In fact, the Detroit Free Press reported that a Wayne County Commissioner dealt with something similar a few years ago, and had to file a lawsuit to get placed back on the ballot. Santiago-Romero filed a lawsuit and is legally represented by the former chair of the Michigan Democratic Party. She has records of her filing on time. She also has records of how she made an error in the original filing, and how she promptly filed the amended paperwork needed. She even has paperwork showing that the late fee has since been waived. Still, she remained off the ballot. The situation was so ridiculous that even the city of Detroit’s lawyers agreed Santiago-Romero’s late fee waiver meant that she should be placed on the ballot. As it stands, Santiago-Romero will appear on the August primary ballot. If an established politician is having a hard time navigating the bureaucracy of local government, imagine how difficult it is for independent candidates. The truth of the matter is that these types of bureaucratic practices are meant to weed out those who don’t have resources from those who do. It can’t be seen any other way.
https://www.leftvoice.org/bureaucratic-mishaps-demonstrate-undemocratic-nature-of-elections-under-capitalism/

>>489314
>Undemocratic Nature of Elections Under Capitalism
Elections won't be any more democratic under socialism. You can throw out all the other machinations of capitalist rule but as long as you keep their oligarchic institution of governance you're going to get an oligarchy under socialism.

>>489312 (OP)
>>489313
Thanks comrade anon, your efforts are appreciated as always.