Friends,“I want to see elections be honest, and if a state can’t run an election, I think the people behind me should do something about it,” said Trump today during a bill-signing ceremony to reopen the federal government.“Take a look at Detroit … take a look at Philadelphia, take a look at Atlanta,” he continued, alleging corruption — without evidence…Read More

Spanish political leaders know that the economy relies on undocumented migrants and their labor. Rather than step up expulsions, Pedro Sánchez’s government has announced plans to regularize over 500,000 migrants’ status. Source linkRead More

In an appearance on Dan Bongino’s podcast on Monday, President Donald Trump called for Republicans in Congress to “nationalize” elections across the United States. The comments from Trump, accompanied by his false claims of election fraud, are the latest indicator of the president’s desire to interfere with future races, including the upcoming 2026 midterms. “We have states that I won……Read More

RSVP now for Thursday’s Campaign Call, then let’s get to work for Analilia’s win RSVP for Some GREAT NEWS on Our Campaign to Victory Call Thursday, Then Make Calls for Analilia! Between the ICE insanity and economic and healthcare struggles domestically and jarring news on foreign policy fronts, it’s easy for all of us to lose hope. But there is good news, and…Read More

Last week was the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision enshrining the idea that money in politics is not corruption, but constitutionally protected speech. States and cities across the US are battling the rotten legacy of that decision.Two current cases — including one originally spearheaded by Vice President J. D. Vance — may give John Roberts’s Supreme Court the…Read More

In what is incredibly embarrassing for Reform UK, its flagship efficiency programme, DOGE, has failed to find any savings at one of its councils, despite being launched to much fanfare and promises to cut wasteful expenditure. Reform Councillors at Kent County Council have been forced to admit that they have failed to uncover any wasteful spending, despite party leaders claiming…Read More

From “A closer look at Americans’ views on ICE” by Aaron Blake at CNN Politics: “The White House and Congress have begun what appear to be earnest negotiations over reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the aftermath of Alex Pretti’s killing in Minneapolis…And a couple new surveys conducted both before and after Pretti’s death add some interesting data points…Read More

I have a longer piece on the way about how capitalism created Epstein, but in the meantime I can’t resist responding to a comment by Matt Stoller:The Jeff Epstein saga isn’t a scandal about pedophilia, it’s about a Russian word called ‘blat’, a Soviet-era word meaning “the use of personal networks for obtaining goods and services in short supply and…Read More

Republican megadonor Elon Musk spent the weekend trying to change the narrative about his interactions with accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein after emails surfaced showing Musk arranging to attend a party at Epstein’s notorious private island. The emails, which were sent between 2012 and 2014, were released Friday by the Department of Justice, and they show Musk discussing attending a…Read More