Few were paying much attention to Scott Colom for most of his campaign. Then he toppled the Republican incumbent.

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What’s Next is a gathering of Democrats, organized by a wealthy donor, to discuss the way forward after the midterm blue wave.

A New York Times journalist is calling out President Trump for some "fake news" regarding a "huge" migrant caravan that the president believes is meandering through Mexico on its way to the U.S.

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The 2026 blue wave could end up washing away the Electoral College. In addition to winning Congress, Democrats won full control of state governments in Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. That means that a two-decades-in-the-making plan to switch our presidential elections to a popular vote system — a plan 18 states have already approved— […]

Members of Congress seek to ‘bring sanity’ to system but decline to give details on plans to reform or abolish agency A group of congressional Democrats on Wednesday pushed for immediate efforts to rein in the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration enforcement operation and “bring sanity” to an immigration system that Donald Trump said, after his party’s midterm drubbing, had been “too tough” in certain aspects. Just over a week after the midterm elections in which the US president’s harsh crackdown on...

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The event was hosted by the group Elect Democratic Women, which funneled nearly $2.4 million from AIPAC into congressional races this cycle.

A Trump administration proposal aims to tighten income and asset requirements for federal food assistance, potentially causing more than 6 million Americans to lose SNAP benefits and threatening access to free school meals.

The post Trump Administration Moves to Cut Food Stamps for 6.3 Million Americans, Threatening Children’s School Meals appeared first on The Washington Informer.

The documents reveal that the U.S. government actively monitored & wiretapped early Israeli diplomats, prominent Zionist leaders, and underground weapon ...

Newsnight speaks to Canadian award-winning author and activist Naomi Klein about her new work, 'End Times Fascism', which looks at its impact on human

podcast overview: a quick (~20 minute) overview of baaja (the bipartisan affordability and jobs act) and discussion about the impacts it would have if implemented on the environment, water, and indigenous cultural sites as well as indigenous rights to challenge projects that threaten those things. james speaks to natali geovia, a lawyer with the water protector league council.

my own take on all this: i personally think that everyone who values clean water owes a huge debt to indigenous water protectors, whether they know it or not. indigenous people continue to shoulder a heavy responsibility in the arena of conservation while simultaneously working to protect their own rights.

i also find it interesting that this is happening at the same time that the carney government is signaling a desire to alter their relationship with first nations. this seems to me to be tied to the same desire to fast-track the types of energy infrastructure projects that baaja would support.

the multinationals that desire the resources of turtle island are absolutely committed to their goals and recognize indigenous people as a major road block.

anyway i think this is bad. projects that involve complicated environmental or cultural issues should move slowly and these initiatives only back up my impression that it's natives who are protecting all our interests.

and furthermore, landback!

Emerging leader Sen. Chris Van Hollen says he is refusing to fund the government next month until the war is defunded.