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Mullin Says DHS Would Obey Courts If They Were Not “Politicized”
On Tuesday, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin testified before a Senate appropriations subcommittee in defense of the agency’s $63 billion budget request. Democratic senators grilled Mullin about the budget, as well as Mullin’s threats to shut down screenings of international flights in sanctuary cities. They also questioned whether he has implemented DHS… Source Source link truthout.orgRead More
‘Debases the democratic process’: Sotomayor pens scathing dissent as Supreme Court allows racist Alabama map
This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on June 03, 2026. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license. The US Supreme Court late Tuesday gave Alabama a green light to use an aggressively gerrymandered congressional map that a lower court said was “tainted by intentional race-based discrimination.” The unsigned decision, from which the high court’s three liberal justices dissented, enables Alabama’s Republican-dominated…Read More
Utility Customers Disrupt Summit of Utility Executives over Rising Electricity Costs and Utility Profits
Press conference in Las Vegas calls for greater utility accountability amid data-center frenzy and record-breaking utility company profits LAS VEGAS — Utility customers, faith leaders and community organizations from across the country disrupted the Edison Electric Institute’s annual summit Wednesday to call attention to rising electricity costs, utility shutoffs, and growing concern over utility profits and executive compensation. Photos from…Read More
In OtherWords: June 3, 2026
There’s more money in politics than ever — and a larger percentage of it each year comes from billionaires and corporations. That’s a direct result of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, which opened the floodgates to corporate money in politics back in 2010. But while federal efforts to restore campaign finance reform have stalled, Sonali Kolhatkar writes, some states…Read More
Putting Loyalty to Him over Serving the Nation, Trump Picks Another Seriously Unqualified Sycophantic-Hack as Director of National Intelligence
There must be people in this country who may have wondered how we are still alive and how the nation is still functioning after 18 months of Trump picking sycophantic loyalists over competent public servants to preside over most of the Executive Branch departments, White House Directors, and Civil Service divisions. Personally, I am wondering … Read more Source link…Read More
‘This is Nuts’: Critics Aghast as Trump Appoints ‘Personal Henchman’ as Acting DNI
The post ‘This is Nuts’: Critics Aghast as Trump Appoints ‘Personal Henchman’ as Acting DNI appeared first on Demand Progress. Source link demandprogress.orgRead More
Vote Today and RSVP for our Review of Today’s Result on our Campaign to Victory Call, Thursday
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Government by Slush Fund
Trump produced this latest one through an unprecedented legal maneuver: suing his own government over disclosure of his tax returns, then settling the case through his former criminal defense lawyer, now Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. The legality of that settlement is now under active judicial review, even as Trump appears to be backing away from the fund after unusually strong political opposition,…Read More
Far Right Israeli Leaders Join New York Democrats in NYC’s Israel Day Parade
On Sunday, thousands attended New York City’s annual Israel Day Parade, including New York politicians and far right members of the Israeli government. The theme of this year’s parade was “Proud Americans, Proud Zionists.” The parade comes as the U.S. and Israel wage a joint war on Iran and following more than two years of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. New…Read More
Keeping the (Neoliberal) Sign in the Window: Carney at Davos
This post is part of a symposium on international law under the second Trump administration. Read the rest of the posts here. ** ** ** The Canadian Prime Minister arrives at Davos. Not quite Nietzsche’s lantern-bearing madman running to the marketplace to announce the death of God, he nonetheless comes to shatter an illusion. He will announce that the “international…Read More