1. By asserting that it is not bound by laws passed by Congress or powers granted to Congress by the Constitution, the Trump White House proceeds to strip the government of all functions except war and repression: what is unfolding is the violent transformation of political forms in the United States to align with the reality of oligarchic rule

2. Trump's executive order titled “The Iron Dome for America," is part of a massive expansion of US nuclear forces in what US military planners call the “second nuclear age"

3. US President Donald Trump announces that he intends to assert the power to deport any person from the country, including US citizens

4. A week after Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization, his administration is now ordering all Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) staff and other public health employees to stop all communications and work with the organization

5. President Trump's freeze on nearly all federal grants and loans jeopardizes billions, if not more, in funding previously appropriated by Congress, and it will accelerate the transformation of the American state along fascistic lines

6. Amazon’s expansion of its delivery network into rural areas is replacing the United States Postal Service as its last mile delivery service and threatening the livelihoods of rural carriers

7. Hundreds of thousands of Gazans are returning to the north to find their homes turned to rubble and holes in the ground

8. A protracted campaign by the Australian establishment to tar all opposition to the Israeli genocide in Gaza as antisemitism has found an improbable new target: a prominent anti-Zionist Jewish leader, Sarah Schwartz

9.  The resignation of around 181 New South Wales public sector psychiatrists will only help the Australian Labor government accelerate the privatization of already inadequate psychiatric services

10. The legal battle of Sri Lankan plantation estate workers who insist they were framed for assaulting estate managers and damaging property during a protest for higher wages drags on

11. After being jailed for three days and two nights, Palestinian American journalist Ali Abunimah was released by Swiss authorities on Monday and deported to Istanbul, Turkey

12. The inability of Los Angeles to adequately fight its devastating fires is a result of the role of Democrats and Republicans acceding to the demands of private equity firms determined to commodify everything

13. Milwaukee's CBS Television affiliate, Channel 58, fires meteorologist Sam Kuffle for criticizing Elon Musk's unmistakable Nazi salute

 Sam Kuffle

14. Frustrated victims of Los Angeles wildfires turn to internet crowdfunding platforms for recovery relief while waiting for government help

15. Midterm elections to be conducted in May in the Philippines will be a referendum on the nation's relationship with Trump's America

16. "Stay soft and avoid cynicism"-- advice from actress Pamela Anderson, who brings her own life experiences to a film about a cabaret performer approaching the end of her career, The Last Showgirl

17. The Transport Workers Action Committee issues a warning to BVG Berlin passenger rail service workers about the ineffectiveness of Verdi union-commanded warning strikes

18. Free Ukrainian socialist and anti-war activist, Bogdan Syrotiuk!

19. San Francisco webpage that shows local legal help for immigrants