Archive for May 2026
Misusing the Congressional Review Act as a Tool for Land Management Policy
[ad_1] It is tempting to think that the threat of the current Congress abusing the Congressional Review Act (CRA) is over, now that the deadline to revisit rules implemented during the previous Congress’s session—provided by the CRA’s unique “lookback provision”—has formally passed. But that would be a mistake, as conservative lawmakers have found novel ways to target agency actions from…Read More
Progressive Maryland Weekly Memo for Monday, May 11, 2026
The Memo will be posted here after the email version has been sent. Source link www.progressivemaryland.orgRead More
Why Iowa won’t join the gerrymandering stampede
President Donald Trump got the ball rolling when he demanded that Texas adopt a new map creating five more Republican-held U.S. House seats. The U.S. Supreme Court escalated the redistricting “arms race” by blowing up what remains of the Voting Rights Act. Since the summer of 2025, nine GOP-controlled states and two states with Democratic trifectas have either adopted new…Read More
I told you Netanyahu conned Trump into an illegal Iranian War that could create a famine that kills millions
Netanyahu has been claiming that Iran was mere months away from developing. nuclear bomb and the West needed to invade… Source link thedailyblog.co.nzRead More
May 10, 2026
There were two very different celebrations in Russia and in Hungary yesterday.Russia celebrated Victory Day, the anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. Most of the Allies honor Victory in Europe Day, or V-E Day, on May 8, the day in 1945 that jubilant celebrations broke out as news spread of the Nazis’ unconditional…Read More
Democrats In Iowa, Alaska And Georgia Eye Governor's Mansions (And Just May Win)
In Iowa, Republicans face a potential bruising that could leave the red state looking pretty purple after November.Once a bellwether, Iowa has jagged to the right recently. In 2024, Donald Trump won it by over 13 percentage points, making for the state’s largest margin of victory in a presidential election since 1972. And two years before that, in 2022, it…Read More
Trump Sets His Idiot Hordes on Justices Gorsuch and Barrett Over Birthright Citizenship
Over on Truth Toilet, President Donald Trump, who should be put in a room with a bear, a lion, a shark, and a squirrel and then asked if he can tell the difference, posted a long attack on the Supreme Court. Or, really, on two justices he appointed, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett. He starts, “I ‘Love’ Justice Neil…Read More
He's a U.S. Citizen and Combat Veteran. ICE Tear-Gassed, Jailed, and Falsely Accused Him.
George Retes woke up on July 10, 2025, hoping the day would change his life for the better. Retes, an Army veteran, worked as a security contractor for a legal cannabis farm in Ventura County, California. After seven months on the graveyard shift, working from midnight to 8 a.m., Retes was eager to move to a daytime schedule and spend…Read More
Reaching Out To Pennsylvania’s Two US Senators
An open letter to Pennsylvania Senators Fetterman and McCormick;I am a constituent of yours and I’d like your comment on something I found in the news.Here it is. From PBS:After last week’s bipartisan vote in Congress to end the longest shutdown in U.S. history and fund the Department of Homeland Security, Republicans are moving ahead with an approximately $70 billion,…Read More
Trump Wishes Happy Mother’s Day Weekend ‘To All’ – Including Just Anyone Who Got a Job Last Month
AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana President Donald Trump wished a Happy Mother’s Day weekend to everyone, but “especially” every American who got a job in the month of April – regardless of whether they are mothers or even women. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. economy added 115,000 jobs last month, beating expectations of 55,000. The unemployment rate…Read More