The map may produce a ‘dummymander’ that threatens more GOP incumbents than Democratic ones. BY DAVID DAYEN JULY 16, 2025 (Prospect.org) STEPHANIE TACY/SIPA USA VIA AP IMAGES State officials in Texas have readied a special legislative session that starts next week, which will include redistricting. Republicans in Texas are apparently going… Continue reading
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was elected on a left-wing agenda. But he is struggling to maintain support while governing, due to his own errors and relentless opposition. BY DAVIS GIANGIULIO JULY 16, 2025 (Prospect.org) CHARLES REX ARBOGAST/AP PHOTO Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson responds to a question during a news conference where… Continue reading
U.S. Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.) speaks during the news conference on the new Congressional Progressive Caucus task forces at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. on July 16, 2025. (Photo: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images) “In a time of record-breaking income inequality and rampant corporate greed,” said one lawmaker,… Continue reading
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) president April Verrett speaks at a rally against President Donald Trump’s immigration raids in Lafayette Square on July 1, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo: Sean Gardner/Getty Images for SEIU) “Working people deserve leaders who will fight for them, not grovel at the feet of… Continue reading
Here are the Epstein Files. Please Share Out! –Contributed by Gwyllm Llwydd https://joshwho.net/EpsteinList/gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1320.0-combined.pdf (verified court documents) https://joshwho.net/EpsteinList/black-book-unredacted.pdf (verified pre-Bondi) Trump is on page 85, or pdf pg. 80 Trump’s name is circled. The circled individuals are the ones involved in the trafficking ring according to the person who originally released the book…. Continue reading
16 JULY 2025/SF NEWS/JAY BARMANN (SFist.com) The complicated story of a 31-year-old San Jose man who has been in this country, undocumented, since he was six years old, has drawn hundreds of supporters as he faces possible deportation. Guillermo Medina Reyes remains in limbo following a hearing in federal court… Continue reading
Immigration court staff ‘shaking and in tears’ after ICE agents drove through protesters last week by MARGARET KADIFA July 15, 2025, (MissionLocal.org) On Tuesday morning, one asylum seeker in San Francisco made a drastic choice. He was so afraid of being detained by the immigration agents who have been routinely waiting… Continue reading
Democracy Now! Jul 17, 2025 Latest Shows Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-de… We speak with leading Israeli American historian Omer Bartov about his latest essay for The New York Times, headlined “I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.” Bartov cites the United Nations definition of “genocide,” which… Continue reading
Health Justice Now: Single Payer and What Comes Next Timothy Faust The sun is setting on America’s half-century of punishing the sick, and this book promises a bright new dawn for us all. Single payer healthcare is not complicated: the government pays for all care for all people. It’s cheaper… Continue reading
