Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) speaks to the press after his policy luncheons at the US Captiol on May 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) “Given the high stakes of the budget bill—soaring inequality as benefits for the poor are slashed to finance tax cuts for… Continue reading
May 29, 2025 (48hills.org) New York Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani is running against Cuomo—and has a good plan to fund social services. Lurie, Newsom, face strong pushback from labor as cuts loom. Maybe everyone should be looking east, where taxing the rich could get a socialist elected mayor of the nation’s largest… Continue reading
The Issue: The Electoral College should be challenged in court for violation of the equal protection clause of 14th Amendment The Electoral College was established in 1804 by the 12th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, but can it pass the “equal protection” test of the 14th Amendment which was established… Continue reading
Chad Roberts and 19 others have signed recently. The Issue A colossal statue, a Colossus of Justice, should be built on Alcatraz Island to commemorate America’s 250th birthday and bookend the continent with a sister monument to the Statue of Liberty. From the Colossi of Memnon to the Colossus of… Continue reading
David Priess A vivid political history of the schemes, plots, maneuvers, and conspiracies that have attempted — successfully and not — to remove unwanted presidents To limit executive power, the founding fathers created fixed presidential terms of four years, giving voters regular opportunities to remove their leaders. Even so, Americans have… Continue reading
by Martin Bennett on May 27, 2025 (BeyondChron.org) The Trump administration has launched an unprecedented assault on federal workers, their unions, and the entire American labor movement. According to Randy Irwin, President of the National Federation of Federal Employees, “This is the biggest attack on collective bargaining rights in the history of our… Continue reading
by Stephen Kaus on May 27, 2025 (BeyondChron.org) President Donald J. Trump, TruthSocial, May 26, 2025: “HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY TO ALL, INCLUDING … JUDGES WHO ARE ON A MISSION TO KEEP MURDERERS, DRUG DEALERS, RAPISTS, GANG MEMBERS, AND RELEASED PRISONERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, IN OUR COUNTRY SO THEY CAN ROB, MURDER,… Continue reading
Thanks to a Republican vote to stop California from setting its own auto emissions, Democrats can challenge virtually any Trump administration action, and eat up time on the Senate floor. BY DAVID DAYEN MAY 28, 2025 (Prospect.org) JULIA DEMAREE NIKHINSON/AP PHOTO Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to reporters at… Continue reading
Ken Martin, then-DNC chair candidate, speaks at the “Win With Workers” rally and press conference at the DNC Midwestern Candidate Forum on January 16, 2025 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for One Fair Wage) “Doing the same old thing (or nothing) nets the same dismal results,” wrote… Continue reading
