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A federal judge has temporarily blocked Trump's attempt to derail the midterm election by restricting mail-in voting. Judge blocks rule implementing Trump plan to restrict mail-in voting : A federal judge on Thursday blocked the U.S. Postal Service from implementing core parts of a new rule it adopted at President Dona
A Florida grand jury has handed down a rather awkward verdict for the DeSantis administration: $10 million in taxpayer money was misappropriated and ultimately used for political purposes, CBS News reports . Gee, who didn’t see that coming? The catch? After finding what it described as serious wrongdoing, the grand jur
Starbucks workers have been fighting with the company for years, first to be allowed to unionize and now to get their first contract. However, Starbucks has been pulling every dirty trick in the book and has refused to bargain in good faith. They are currently leaning heavily on AI technology and continue to put increa
On Sunday Donald Trump vowed to report Meet the Press host Kristen Welker to the FCC because she rightly reported that Trump has had mixed results on his endorsements leading up to 2026 midterm elections. This is another blatant attempt to bully the media and undermine the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Welk
I grew up a progressive rocker in the 70s, but I really dig something about the English explosion in the 80s. Part of their success came from the advent of MTV in 1981 , and the other part was that they had great hooks and inventive grooves. Howard Jones was one of those dudes. Open thread. read more
Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell’s health situation is becoming increasingly difficult to understand, largely because his team continues to provide very little information about the 84-year-old senator’s condition. It has now been roughly two and a half months since emergency responders were called to McConnell’s Washingt
Experts and onlookers have long questioned and theorized that Donald J. Trump was under the manipulation of a foreign leader, whether that be Russia, North Korea, or Israel. Now, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has effectively removed all doubt after he went on live television in his country and said the quie
Nowhere is Trump's trade war more unpopular than in the state of Michigan. And while Trump's flunky, Mike Rogers, has to play along, Abdul El-Sayed can call out Trump for what he is: an asshole. Source: Huffington Post Progressive U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed called Trump an asshole while condemning his “disast
During a softball interview on Fox not "news" this Sunday, Trump once again proved he's living in some alternative reality. Following yet anther unhinged rant during an hour long softball interview with former GOP Rep. turned Fox host Trey Gowdy, where he was going on about how terribly Democrats supposedly treated him
Wisconsin Election Commission Chair Don Millis explained to UpFront's Matt Smith that as it is written, it would be impossible for any state to follow Trump's myopic mail-in ballot restrictions, and even if it were able to be followed, it would hurt Republicans more than Democrats: SMITH: Don Mills, a republican, is ch
“Why would I want to blow up the global financial system?” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said during a press conference earlier this week, while discussing Iran. In our history, no president or White House would deliberately hurt the global economy, right? However, some believe Treasury Secretary Bessent and Preside
The Trump administration has been “ secretly plotting ” to give away a portion of America's public land in Yosemite National Park to a private developer with ties to Trump cronies. The developer wants to build a road into the park and develop two 40-acre parcels near the park, according to The New York Times . The road
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