Melat Kiros, a 29-year-old Democratic socialist from Ethiopia, defeated U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., who has been serving in Congress for about as long as Kiros has been alive, which was seen as the most recent example of how young people in the U.S. are over politics as usual.
Category: 7 July 2026
TRUMP SEES PERSONAL INCOME JUMP TO $2.2B IN 2025: REPORT
President Donald Trump pulled in $2.2 billion during the first year of his second term in office, benefiting from a crypto windfall that earned him more than $1 billion alone, The Wall Street Journal reported.
ISRAEL APPROVES THE STEALING OF MORE PALESTINIAN WEST BANK LAND
Israel’s Security Cabinet approved plans to build 13 new settlements in the West Bank that the politicians and Presstitutes call “occupied territory.”
NO DEAL: NETANYAHU SAYS TRUMP NEVER RESTRICTED IDF ATTACKS ON LEBANON, WHICH WOULD KILL MOU WITH IRAN
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a cabinet meeting over the weekend that President Donald Trump never put any restrictions on the IDF’s war in Lebanon, despite Iran insisting that the war end as part of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) that was signed with the U.S. last month.
TRUMP’S RELATIONSHIP WITH SAUDIS HITS ROUGH PATCH
President Donald Trump’s relationship with the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) has been damaged because of Washington’s illegal war of aggression against Iran that has exposed Gulf states’ vulnerabilities, and provided Iran with newfound power in the region, according to a report.
FASCISM: OPENAI CONSIDERED GIVING U.S. GOVERNMENT 5 PERCENT STAKE IN COMPANY
Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, has had conversations with members of the Trump administration about giving the federal government a 5 percent stake in the company, according to the Financial Times.
GRIM MILESTONE: TWO MILLION KILLED IN WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE
A Washington think tank published a study last week that said at least two million Russian and Ukrainian troops have been killed in the Ukraine War that started in February 2022 and shows no end in sight.
MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX REWARDS: SAAB SIGNS FIGHTER JET DEAL WITH KYIV
Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, announced last week that his country signed a $2.54 billion deal with Saab, the Swedish defense manufacturer, to produce 16 Gripen E fighters for its military, which are expected to be delivered beginning in 2027.
RUTTE: NATO’S SPENDING BIG ON DEFENSE, AND U.S. COMPANIES ARE BENEFITING
Mark Rutte, the Head of NATO, said in an interview last week with the Financial Times that companies in the U.S. have been benefiting financially from Europe’s rearmament and that there was a “total order book now of $300 billion outstanding of European and Canadian sales from the U.S. over the next couple of years” that supports nearly 200,000 jobs in the country.
NETANYAHU SAYS HE WANTS U.S. TO END FINANCIAL AID TO ISRAEL
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last week that he wants the U.S. to end financial aid to Israel and compared the payments to welfare.









