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Will ICE be used to intimidate voters? A new bill might make that possible.
Congress members of the Hispanic Caucus speak out on their concerns on ICE and Border Patrol, with their first question being: why is an additional $70 billion needed after the record breaking $140 billion allocated last year from the Big Beautiful Bill? The budget for ICE has already increased by 400% within the past year, so speculation as to how…Read More
McIver Introduces Bill to Stop Surprise AI Data Center Development
Yesterday, Congresswoman LaMonica McIver (D-10) introduced the AI Data Center Site Selection Transparency Act of 2026, a bill that would ensure communities are informed, before deals are finalized, of plans to build AI data centers in their neighborhoods, providing the opportunity for grassroots input. AI data center construction often leads to higher utility costs, strained infrastructure, and environmental damage in…Read More
These two water monitoring programs are not the same
Adam Shriver is Director of Wellness and Nutrition at the Harkin Institute for Public Policy and Citizen Engagement. This essay was first published on his Substack newsletter, Canary in a Cornfield. Iowa has a serious problem with nitrates in our drinking water that we’ve known about for decades, and these problems are only getting worse. Numerous studies—extremely high-quality studies—and detailed…Read More
Make House Majority Leader Brendan Jones the Poster Boy
Representative Brendan Jones, the GOP Majority Leader, is a hateful man. He’s the type of person who should never get power and yet has it today. Republicans in the legislature have offered up the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools as a punching bag for Jones and a bunch of his intellectually challenged colleagues. I guess they need to keep them…Read More
Latest Fox News Poll Reveals Grim Numbers for GOP on Economy
AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite The latest Fox News poll revealed grim numbers for Republicans on the economy — an issue that had long been a strength for them — in what is yet another alarm bell for the GOP as the midterm elections loom. The polling numbers for President Donald Trump and Republicans have been brutal as his second term…Read More
BREAKING: Rep. Deb Heffernan Announces Retirement!
You know what to do. Here’s where you do it: https://www.raefordelaware.com/ You just know that the Finnigans and the Byrds will be looking for an easily-malleable insider to try to fill that seat. Time to really rally around Rae! Source link delawareliberal.netRead More
Speaker Johnson Unveils Another Bad FISA Deal
Gottheimer, Suozzi, Golden and Gluesenkamp Perez Must Not Side with Johnson, Miller and Trump on Surveillance Washington, D.C. — On Thursday, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) unveiled yet another proposal to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). This proposal lacks meaningful privacy reforms, like his last, failed plan, and also extends … Continued The post Speaker…Read More
The Fight Against Warehouse Detention Has Come to Congress
Laura Spivak, an organizer with Washington County Indivisible, has spent the past few months trying everything to stop the construction of an ICE detention warehouse only five miles from her home. “We’ve protested, we’ve written and called, we’ve fought legal battles,” she said at a press conference Thursday in support of the Ban Warehouse Detention Act, a bill Rep.Rashida Tlaib…Read More
Song of the Day 4/23: Dave Mason, “Only You Know and I Know”
Dave Mason, the British guitarist who cofounded the psychedelic band Traffic before embarking on a solo career, died Sunday at 79. Mason wrote some classic rock staples that were bigger hits for other singers. “Feelin’ Alright?” didn’t chart for Traffic, but it was a hit for Joe Cocker. “Only You Know and I Know” missed […] Source link delawareliberal.netRead More
TONIGHT: More Good News on Our Campaign to Victory Call — RSVP Now!
TONIGHT: More Good News on Our Campaign to Victory Call — RSVP Now! RSVP Now for Our Campaign to Victory Call TONIGHT, Thursday, April 22, 9pm ET/6pm PT Trump and MAGA can try to keep everyone distracted by the chaos, but we know if we just focus on proven ways to win, stay on task, and put in the work, we will…Read More