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News 8/27/26 News Anon 3.0 27-08-26 23:09:30 No.2901888

Military Deployment in Bolivia’s Roads Anticipating New Blockades
The government of Rodrigo Paz has deployed Police and Military units after the announcement of road blockades in different areas of Bolivia. In June this year, the government issued a decree to deploy the repression forces of the State before popular protests, such as the road blockades. Therefore, the government imposed a state of exception, which is still ongoing and will last another 22 days.
https://redherald.org/2026/08/26/military-deployment-in-bolivias-roads-anticipating-new-blockades/

Venezuela: Opposition Lawmaker Ecarri Proposes Dollarization Plan
Ecarri, a National Assembly Deputy from Alianza del Lápiz, has hired US economist Steve Hanke as an advisor for his plan to change the national currency. …. Hanke, a Johns Hopkins University academic who served in the Reagan administration, has advised countries such as Ecuador and Zimbabwe on similar initiatives. In an article for business magazine Fortune, he confirmed that he has already drafted “a bill for the Venezuelan parliament.”
https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuela-opposition-lawmaker-ecarri-proposes-dollarization-plan/

U.S. close to striking "massive" deal for Venezuelan oil fields
The historic deal would more than double U.S. oil reserves by drawing from a country that has the world's largest proven reserves. "Calling this deal huge would be an understatement," one of the officials said. "It is massive." Adding pressure to get the deal signed: the wars in Iran and Ukraine, which have disrupted global oil supplies and raised prices.
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/27/trump-venezuela-oil-deal-talks
https://archive.ph/HRScX

Israeli forces set to deploy troops to West Bank as settler attacks continue
The move was justified by Israeli army chief Eyal Zamir, who said that amid the upcoming Jewish holiday season, he is “ordering the elevation of readiness of an additional division headquarters in order to reinforce the forces in the area.” “In addition, preparations must be made for the immediate deployment of units and battalions to reinforce the area," he added.
https://www.newarab.com/news/israeli-forces-set-deploy-troops-west-bank-amid-attacks

Algerian wildfires claim at least 12 lives and 54 injured
He reported 54 burn cases at the hospital, including six people who were in critical condition. Mr Sayoud said civil protection teams recorded 154 fire outbreaks across the country on Wednesday, including 36 in Bejaia province, 18 of which had been brought under control.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/algerian-wildfires-minister-of-interior-said-sayoud-12-dead-54-injured

Chad accuses Sudan of cross-border strike, raises alert level
Chad has accused neighbouring Sudan of carrying out an air strike that hit a military convoy in its territory last week, and has raised its alert level in ‌the area to its highest point, a security source said. Sudan said on Thursday it was surprised its army had been blamed for the attack without an independent investigation, and that its forces were working to protect its sovereignty.
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/chad-accuses-sudan-cross-border-strike-raises-alert-level-2026-08-27/

UK urged to help free British-Egyptian ‘arrested in Cairo over sister’s activism’
Eman el-Shazly, a 45-year-old based in Birmingham, was arrested on 16 August while visiting Egypt. Her lawyers say she has been detained in an attempt to silence her sister Mona, a relentless and harsh critic of the Egyptian government on her UK-based YouTube channel.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/27/uk-urged-to-help-free-british-egyptian-arrested-in-cairo-over-sisters-activism

Fears raised for 40 children still missing from asylum-seeker hotels
Last year then border security and asylum minister Dame Angela Eagle told the committee that some of those found were “located in exploitative situations and may have been trafficked or victims of other forms of exploitation.”
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/fears-raised-40-children-still-missing-asylum-seeker-hotels

French presidential candidates clash at first debate before upcoming elections
hard-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon urged business leaders to "raise wages" to prevent France from "falling into recession" and slammed "tax giveaways" under Macron which he alleged equalled the sum of the entire deficit. Centrist hopeful Édouard Philippe, a former premier under Macron, accused Melenchon of seeking to "burn" France's debt and take steps that would "result in France being shut out of the banking system".
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260827-french-presidential-candidates-clash-at-first-debate-before-upcoming-elections

Why JP Nadda met anti-reservation protesters, and what BJP wants
Union Minister J P Nadda on Thursday met members of the “Reservation Hatao Andolan” here, days after hundreds of people gathered at Jantar Mantar demanding that affirmative action be based on economic criteria rather than caste.
https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/jp-nadda-meets-reservation-hatao-andolan-bjp-up-upper-caste-tactics-10852517/?ref=hometop_hp

Residents denounce Bulacan barangay officials' repression
Since August 21, the barangay has banned and blocked the entry and exit of vehicles residents use for their livelihood. The vehicle is loaded with plastics that residents collect, clean and sell to a factory in the city center. Residents said the barangay gave no notice at all regarding the policy. The abrupt ban deprived them of their means of livelihood. The barangay also included a ban on bringing bottled water into the community. They said these measures violate their rights to land, settlement and livelihood.
https://philippinerevolution.nu/angbayan/residents-denounce-bulacan-barangay-officials-repression/

Catastrophic floods kill over 390 in Nepal and Tibet, with more than 1,400 missing
Videos of the disaster showed people running before the floodwaters swallowed them up and washed out buildings and bridges. More than 390 people were killed, according to authorities in Nepal and China, and more than 1,400 were missing, including hundreds of foreigners and pilgrims. Hundreds of others have been displaced across the Himalayan region.
https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-nepal-tibet-glacier-collapse-floods-61b592d428e4631add31ce052d0daf1f

Anonymous 27-08-26 23:38:34 No.2901901

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News Anon 3.0 27-08-26 23:47:56 No.2901908

Trump EPA aims to exempt datacenters from disclosing air pollution, advocates warn
The Clean Air Act requires “minor” air polluters to disclose to the public via state agencies how much pollution their proposed project will release, but the proposed new rule from Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would dismantle that protection for datacenter proposals. Instead, it would make disclosure voluntary at state and some local officials’ discretion.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/25/datacenters-air-pollution-epa

US Postal Service says new mail ballot rules tied to Trump order are in effect
The Trump administration has sought to impose new rules requiring state election leaders to submit their voter rolls for inspection as part of a broader bid to increase federal government oversight over voting and elections. The post office requirements stem from an executive order issued by Trump earlier this year, requiring the post office to refrain from delivering ballots for mail-in voting to registered voters deemed ineligible when compared to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other federal records.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/27/us-postal-service-mail-ballot-rules-trump-order

FAA moves to fire two controllers who left work before fatal LaGuardia collision, sources say
Several controllers interviewed by Reuters described the workload that night as busy and said other controllers would typically be brought in or stay on past their normal shift ⁠end time to manage the heavier-than-scheduled number of flights. One controller told Reuters that there has been a push nationwide by the FAA to crack down on employees leaving on break at the end of their ⁠shift and not coming back.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/faa-moves-fire-two-controllers-who-left-work-before-fatal-laguardia-collision-2026-08-27/

Health insurers seeking to raise premiums on New Yorkers again
Some New Yorkers are shocked as they receive notice that their health insurers want to raise premiums again. Twelve companies have filed requests with the State Department of Financial Services (DFS) to charge customers who buy their own health insurance more.
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/health-insurance-premiums-increase-2027-new-york/

US officials weigh plan to shield farmers from expansion of refinery biofuel waivers, sources say
The administration is considering a plan that would increase biofuel quotas for the 2027 calendar year by roughly 500 million gallons to offset any damage caused by the soon-to-be-announced exemptions for smaller refineries, two separate sources told Reuters. The administration has not made a final decision on the additions, the sources said.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/farm-biofuel-groups-urge-trump-curb-expanded-refinery-exemptions-2026-08-27/

Free-market groups push back on processed food definition
They're urging White House budget director Russell Vought to block the creation of a federal definition. Groups signed onto the message include the Independent Women, the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council and Consumer Action for a Strong Economy — which receives funding from the Consumer Brands Association.
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/27/free-market-groups-processed-food-definition
https://archive.ph/isI11

Meta's social media settlement leaves its money machine unscathed
Instead, the settlement removes a significant regulatory hurdle that has weighed on Meta's stock and allows the company to avoid a potentially lengthy trial that could have exposed more internal documents about its treatment of young users, according to over a dozen analysts and legal experts.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/metas-social-media-settlement-leaves-its-money-machine-unscathed-2026-08-27/

OP/ED News Anon 3.0 27-08-26 23:56:10 No.2901911

The Mountains Gave Birth to a Mouse: MKP
Within the parliamentary arithmetic, there were those who, like the DEM Party, approached the issue with optimism, offering the lesser of two evils, as well as those who took a direct critical approach. Of course, those who signed and those who did not sign the draft law also began to reveal their stance. It is possible to interpret this dual, and perhaps even triple, difference in attitude as normal reactions in accordance with the principle of democracy. However, it is obvious that where there is no democracy, these reactions and differences do not, and will not, develop on the basis of this principle. In this case, it would not be wrong, and would be accurate, to say that bourgeois and bourgeois clique interests lead to differences in reactions and attitudes. Therefore, it would not be a prophecy to argue that the current differences in reactions and attitudes will continue to sharpen during the legalization process of the bill. It is clear that the ongoing debates and cracks will have much more to say. Without needing to say more about the bourgeois squabbles, we move on to our main topic…
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/36397/

Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan on the August 23rd parliamentary elections
"On August 23, Kazakhstan held elections to the unicameral parliament, the Kurultai, as part of the constitutional reform that had been carried out. As a result, the main presidential party, “Adilet,” which was established just a few months ago, along with other parties representing large capital, secured more than 70 percent of the seats in the legislative body. The party of large agrarian capitalists, “Auyl,” came second in the parliament, receiving only 6.26 percent. The other three parties — the CPC, “Ak Zhol,” and “Respublika” — made it into parliament by overcoming the five percent threshold, with minor differences between them in terms of fractions of a percent. Only two associations remained outside the legislative body: the Green Party “Baitak” and the former pro government “communists” party, the People’s Party of Kazakhstan. The main outcome was the consolidation of all political entities around the current president, Kassym Jomart Tokayev, and his party, as part of the restructuring of the political system and the removal of all possible supporters of the family of the previous president, Nursultan Nazarbayev. Although this structure fully replicates the one used by Nazarbayev, since the then ruling party “Nur Otan” achieved the same results and was the main pillar.
https://www.idcommunism.com/2026/08/socialist-movement-of-kazakhstan-on-august-23rd-parliamentary-elections.html

The Fight Over Data Centers Is Dividing the Labor Movement
Several weeks ago, Jason Kelce (football player, podcaster, Taylor Swift’s brother-in-law) starred in an ad asking Americans to pee in jars and send them to their nearest artificial intelligence data center. The spot — a collaboration between Liquid Death and Kelce’s own Garage Beer — was nominally about water consumption. Mostly, though, it was evidence that hating on data centers has gone fully mainstream. The polling backs this up. The University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Public Policy Center found that opposition to local data centers jumped twelve points in four months this year — from 49 percent in March to 61 percent in July. And an August Heatmap Pro poll pushed the number to 75 percent, with more than six in ten Americans strongly opposed — the most negative result since the outlet began tracking the question a year ago. Americans are wary of AI data centers, and politicians have taken note (much faster than they usually do). In July, New York Governor Kathy Hochul imposed the country’s first statewide moratorium. Weeks later, Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott — a longtime data center recruiter — paused new grid connections pending an audit. And just this month, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro — who celebrated Amazon’s data center investment as recently as last year — signed an executive order marketed as the nation’s strictest guardrails on the industry. But while opposition to data centers grows, the labor movement remains divided, for obvious reasons. The data centers are creating jobs (at least, right now), while AI threatens to eliminate jobs in the future. And those jobs largely belong to different sets of people.
https://jacobin.com/2026/08/ai-data-centers-construction-unions

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