Archive for April 2026
Random Observations on Another Weird Attempted "Assassination"
1. The quotation marks around “assassination” in the title are not because I believe in any of the conspiracy bullshit about the attempt by Cole Tomas Allen to kill someone at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner last night. It’s comforting to think that our enemies are so competent that they can stage shootings with ease any time they think it…Read More
Reining in the Pentagon
Right at this moment, we are witnessing an unprecedented shift of resources from domestic investments in the United States to the military-industrial complex (aka the war machine). The only comparable period in our history was the buildup to World War II, when the United States confronted a powerful adversary in Nazi Germany with designs to control not just Europe, but the…Read More
Trump Lies. Economy Dies. Will Juan’s Chances Meet Their Demise?
Credit: Al Habtoor Research Centre The state of the US economy is hard to get a grip on these days , even with the statistics often pondered over by economists and journalists. The stock market is way up (although it’s mostly powered by a few large corporations), and unemployment is holding steady (although that … Read more Source link…Read More
Phil Scott Gets Pantsed on a National Stage
Has Danziger been our cartoonist laureate yet? If not, why not? Anyway, to business. Recently, Gov. Phil Scott took a flying elbow off the top rope in the opinion section of The Hill, that bastion of conventional wisdom inside the Beltway. It was a complete and utter smackdown from beginning to end. And I’ll stop with the wrestling metaphors now,…Read More
IN THE STATES: Democrats Score Major Victory in Virginia Against Republican Attempts to Rig Elections and Costs Continue to Soar Under Trump
Democrats in Virginia pulled off a historic victory on Tuesday: Virginians passed a ballot measure to redraw the Commonwealth’s congressional maps, netting up to four new blue seats. Donald Trump and Republicans set off this redistricting crisis with their desperate attempts to rig congressional maps in their favor ahead of the midterms — but Democrats aren’t backing down. Democrats are…Read More
Got talent? Let’s see it!
GROW will hold its first-ever open mic night on Thursday, April 30, 7:30–9:30pm. Depending on interest, it may become a monthly feature, along with our regular music workshops. (Jazz 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 8–10. Blues 2nd and 4th Thursdays, 7:30–10:30. Note that … Continue reading → Source link www.scpronet.comRead More
Will ICE be used to intimidate voters? A new bill might make that possible.
Congress members of the Hispanic Caucus speak out on their concerns on ICE and Border Patrol, with their first question being: why is an additional $70 billion needed after the record breaking $140 billion allocated last year from the Big Beautiful Bill? The budget for ICE has already increased by 400% within the past year, so speculation as to how…Read More
McIver Introduces Bill to Stop Surprise AI Data Center Development
Yesterday, Congresswoman LaMonica McIver (D-10) introduced the AI Data Center Site Selection Transparency Act of 2026, a bill that would ensure communities are informed, before deals are finalized, of plans to build AI data centers in their neighborhoods, providing the opportunity for grassroots input. AI data center construction often leads to higher utility costs, strained infrastructure, and environmental damage in…Read More
These two water monitoring programs are not the same
Adam Shriver is Director of Wellness and Nutrition at the Harkin Institute for Public Policy and Citizen Engagement. This essay was first published on his Substack newsletter, Canary in a Cornfield. Iowa has a serious problem with nitrates in our drinking water that we’ve known about for decades, and these problems are only getting worse. Numerous studies—extremely high-quality studies—and detailed…Read More
Make House Majority Leader Brendan Jones the Poster Boy
Representative Brendan Jones, the GOP Majority Leader, is a hateful man. He’s the type of person who should never get power and yet has it today. Republicans in the legislature have offered up the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools as a punching bag for Jones and a bunch of his intellectually challenged colleagues. I guess they need to keep them…Read More