Archive for June 2026
Tactical voting by Greens and Lib Dems could be key to Labour victory in Makerfield
[ad_1] Left-leaning voters more willing to back Andy Burnham than Restore supporters are to vote ReformTactical voting could be fundamental to a Labour victory in Makerfield, with Green and Liberal Democrat supporters willing to back Andy Burnham to stop Reform UK from winning.Conversely, Reform’s main competitor for votes on the right is Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain party. Polling experts have…Read More
Birthright Citizenship, the Common Law, and the 39th Congress
Ben Keener and I have posted a new paper on the original meaning of the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This one provides an extended analysis of the English common law origins of the native birth rule and of the debates in the 39th Congress over the meaning of the Citizenship Clause that they adopted as part of the…Read More
Trump Plans to Protect Methane-Leaking Stripper Wells. This Billionaire Donor Will Benefit.
[ad_1] It was before dawn on a Friday in January when a Gulfstream G600 with the burnt-orange Texas Longhorns logo on its tail landed at Dulles airport outside Washington, D.C. Its owner, a little-known oil billionaire named Jeffery Hildebrand, had been summoned to the White House. By mid-afternoon he was in the East Room, just three seats from President Donald…Read More
Trump Makes Unsupported Claims About Drug Flows
[ad_1] President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that his administration has “cut” by 97% “the flow” of illegal drugs entering the U.S. “by water, by ocean and sea.” But available federal data do not support that claim. There is no comprehensive data on the total amount of drugs trafficked to the U.S., including how much authorities don’t capture. Without that…Read More
As Iran War raised gas prices, oil interests sent $6.8M to Senate GOP
[ad_1] The two main groups responsible for electing Republicans to the U.S. Senate have taken large donations from the oil and gas industry. The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) and the Senate Leadership Fund PAC (SLF) have received a combined $6.83 million this year from oil company PACs, executives, and trade groups, all while fuel prices rose as a result…Read More
Utility Customers Rally Against NV Energy’s Daily Demand Charge Ahead of Public Meeting with Regulators
Press conference in Las Vegas calls for greater utility accountability amid data-center frenzy and record-breaking utility company profits Contact: Hector Fong, [email protected] NEWS RELEASE Local leaders are calling on the PUCN to cancel the daily demand charge and add consumer session times Link to videos, photos (credit: Bryan Steffy/Getty Images for People’s Action), and livestream LAS VEGAS–Today, local residents, community…Read More
Did Optics Prevent Invoking of Insurrection Act and Suspension of Habeas Corpus?
A Monday report in The New York Times revealed what it described as the “alarm” felt by some White House lawyers at proposals made earlier this year by Vice President JD Vance and Trump adviser Stephen Miller as the administration was forced to contend with widespread anger over its anti-immigration agenda. Among other things, the Times reported that Vance pushed…Read More
Behold the U.S.’s 250th birthday, brought to you by corporate behemoths, via Trump
[ad_1] WASHINGTON—Behold the United States’ 250th birthday celebration, brought to you by a cavalcade of corporate behemoths, via Donald Trump. And much of it will be paid for by you and me. At least $103 million in taxpayer dollars were funneled to favorite Trump companies via no-bid contracts from the Trump-established celebration committee, Freedom 250. It has also collected tens…Read More
Iran Deal Should be Embraced, Not Sabotaged
Congress Must Not Let Opposition to Trump Become Opposition to Peace Washington, D.C. — On Sunday, President Donald Trump and Iranian officials announced that they have reached an initial peace deal. Demand Progress has been highly critical of President Trump’s decision to launch the war and has led multiple efforts to support war powers resolutions … Continued The post Iran…Read More
Solidarity with the Ohio Organizing Collaborative
June 15, 2026—The Democracy Alliance issued the following statement following reports that federal agents raided an office of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative and showed up at employees’ homes last week. “The Democracy Alliance condemns in the strongest possible terms last week’s FBI raid on the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, a respected pro-democracy organization that for nearly two decades has helped Ohioans…Read More