Republicans Deployed a Little-Known Law to Open Minnesota Wilderness to Mining

Minnesota’s Boundary Waters comprise a vast stretch of wilderness bordering Canada, with over 1 million acres of untouched forest and thousands of lakes and streams. Accessible largely by canoe, it is an ecological gem and one of the most popular spots in the country for outdoor recreation. On Thursday, Senate Republicans voted 50-49 to open the area up to mining…Read More

MAGAcademy

The following story is co-published with Nolan Higdon’s Substack. Note: The following is an excerpt from the book MAGAcademy. By purchasing the book through Project Censored, proceeds go to support their work as a nonprofit education and media literacy organization. Click here to purchase “People can have a difference of opinion.” Farley, a gray-faced bureaucrat from the university’s labor relations office, repeated the…Read More

Voters Believe Legal Immigration Generally Helps the U.S.

In office, President Donald Trump has led a historic mass deportation campaign and pushed for sweeping restrictions on both illegal and legal immigration. But new polling from Data for Progress finds that likely voters hold nuanced views on the reasons for and effects of illegal immigration — and think legal immigration generally helps the U.S.When asked to identify up to…Read More

NEW POLL: Michigan House Democrats’ Priorities Have Bipartisan Support

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from Progress Michigan April 17, 2026 Contact: Levi Teitel, [email protected] NEW POLL: Michigan House Democrats’ Priorities Have Bipartisan Support MICHIGAN – Michigan policymakers have created a set of priority proposals aimed at making sure Michigan families have safe, affordable, and healthy communities laid out in the Vision for a Brighter Michigan. In polling conducted this March, our Lake Effect research…Read More

Time to Buy an EV and Invest in Clean Energy

What is that old saying? Necessity is the mother of invention in times of great need. Or maybe it should be a new proverb: affordability is the father of forward progress as Donald Trump’s war on clean energy, including ending subsidies for electric vehicle purchases and investments in solar and wind projects, coupled with his … Read more Source link…Read More

Michigan Republican Delegate Training: ‘We Don’t Need non-Christians, Independents, and Minorities’

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from Progress Michigan April 16, 2026 Contact: Levi Teitel, [email protected] Michigan Republican Delegate Training: ‘We Don’t Need non-Christians, Independents, and Minorities’ MICHIGAN – Michigan Republicans have been caught in hot water again. During a Berrien County Republican Party delegate training on April 11, Lance Griffin from the organization 10x Votes gave a presentation to delegates that included a slide…Read More

Decarbonizing Housing Means Fighting Landlords

As long as housing remains a profit-driven investment for landlords, the pace and scope of decarbonization will be shaped by their financial calculations. That’s a problem.For residential buildings, decarbonization upgrades have primarily gone to homeowners. (Michael P. Farrell / Albany Times Union via Getty Images)Decarbonization is necessary to preserve life as we know it on the planet. But many would…Read More

Tom Watson: Britain still imports too much energy risk

The Iran crisis has not created a new problem for Britain’s energy system. It has exposed an old one, again. We tend to remember it only when prices move. That is the nature of exposure. It is easy to ignore while markets are calm. It becomes impossible to ignore when a narrow strip of water half a world away starts…Read More