Archive for May 2026
Trump DOJ made a 'huge mistake' after violating 'bedrock rule' in major case: legal expert
President Donald Trump’s Washington, D.C. prosecutor Jeanine Pirro made a massive blunder in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting case, former federal prosecutor Elie Honig told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Friday — and it could cause huge problems down the road.Specifically, she is not going to recuse herself from the case, despite having described herself as a victim, since she…Read More
Donald Trump – Trump is wrong: Gas prices have reached near record highs, not 'come down very substantially'
Gasoline prices have “come down very substantially today.” gasoline prices,gas prices,crude oil Source link www.politifact.comRead More
DNC Statement on Tennessee Republicans Passing New Racially Gerrymandered Maps
In response to Tennessee state lawmakers drawing new congressional districts to protect Republican incumbents and dilute the power of Black voters in Memphis, Reyna Walters-Morgan, the DNC Vice Chair for Civic Engagement and Voter Participation, released the following statement: “Tennessee Republicans should be ashamed of themselves. After breaking up Nashville into multiple districts in 2022 to benefit their own party,…Read More
Epstein Class
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New Colorado Law Important Step in Reforming Payment Systems
On Thursday, Demand Progress applauded the passage of legislation in Colorado that would limit swipe fees, part of a broad effort to break the stranglehold that payment processors and big banks have on the credit card business. The new law, the Swipe Fee Fairness and Consumer Safeguards Act, bans swipe fees – the money merchants … Continued The post New…Read More
After SCOTUS Destroyed the Voting Rights Act, Southern States Rush to Pass Jim Crow Voting Maps
Just a week after the Supreme Court effectively destroyed the key remaining provision of the Voting Rights Act, Tennessee on Thursday is set to become the first Southern state to pass a new redistricting map eliminating a majority-Black district. The hastily drawn map abolishes the state’s last Democratic district by splitting the city of Memphis, which is more than 60…Read More
The Confederacy rises again
A scene from January 6, 2021, in the US Capitol. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty)PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠When the Supreme Court smashed the last meaningful vestiges of the Voting Rights Act last week, it took literally a matter of hours before the reigning political powers in one state of the old Confederacy…Read More
May 6, 2026
It has not been a banner day for members of the Trump administration.Evan Hill, Jarrett Ley, Alex Horton, Tara Copp, and Dan Lamothe of the Washington Post reported that Iranian strikes since February 28, when U.S. and Israeli air strikes began, have caused far more damage to U.S. military sites in the Middle East than Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and…Read More
New Poll: Michiganders Are Concerned With AI In the Workplace
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from Progress Michigan May 6, 2026 Contact: Levi Teitel, [email protected] New Poll: Michiganders Are Concerned With AI In the Workplace People are overwhelmingly in favor of regulating AI in the workplace MICHIGAN – Recent polling conducted by Progress Michigan in partnership with Public Policy Polling shows that 82 percent of Michiganders are concerned with the use of artificial intelligence…Read More
DHS chief admits to trying to be ‘more quiet’ with ICE raids
Apparently, President Donald Trump’s alleged policy of deporting only the “worst of the worst” isn’t even worth lip service anymore. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin was asked by Newsmax host Rob Schmitt whether the administration was committed to deporting “all illegals” or shifting focus to criminal cases. “No, we’re staying focused on all illegals, without question,”… Source deportations,ice,immigration,markwayne mullin Source…Read More