Category: Politics
Greg Abbott Blasted Corpus Christi for Its Water Crisis. A River Authority He Has Power Over Is Falling Apart. — ProPublica
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott responded with fury after Corpus Christi officials announced in March that this Gulf Coast region of more than 500,000 people could face unprecedented restrictions as its water supply dried up. The state had already committed over $750 million in low-interest loans to the city’s plans for a desalination plant, a project…
The Chilling Trump Order Threatening All Americans
Politics / August 4, 2026 Why National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 is so important. Ad Policy Donald Trump signs the NPSM-7 memo on September 25, 2025. (YouTube) In 1969, 21 members of the New York Black Panther Party were arrested in predawn raids and charged with a combined 156 counts of conspiracy. To prove the defendants’…
James Talarico Tours the Texas Border as Democrats Try to Win Senate
James Talarico is asking me if my hand is OK, and I’m trying to laugh it off. We’re stopped at the site of a collapsed water well in the craggy outskirts of Alpine, Texas. Behind us, the red and ochre cliffs of Big Bend National Park glow in the late afternoon sun. Roughly an hour…
Republicans Won't Flip Minnesota w/Mike Lindell
In any competition, there is always an underdog who thinks, "This is our year." Politics are no different, with Democrats perennially dreaming of a statewide win in Texas. For Republicans, that dream is winning in Minnesota, where years of fraud have left Democrats vulnerable and ended former VP candidate Tim Walz’s hopes of a third…
FCC Officials Face Ethics Complaints Over Pricey Gifts From Paramount — ProPublica
Two government watchdog groups have demanded investigations into whether Federal Communications Commission members violated ethics requirements by accepting luxury gala tickets from Paramount as the company sought government approval for its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The complaints filed by Democracy Defenders Fund and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington cite a…
Establishment Democrats’ Response to DSA’s Electoral Wins Should Be of Concern to Anyone Invested in the Future of Black Politics
Establishment Democrats’ response to the electoral victories of candidates endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) should be of concern to anyone invested in the future of Black politics: The strategies Black Americans utilize to make our political demands legible within a system designed to narrow and delegitimize them. At times Black politics has…
Anthony Constantino Is Everything Wrong With Politics in MAGA Era
A crucial question — maybe the crucial question — for America is just how successful Donald Trump has been in poisoning our collective brains. Are we past the point of no return, or is there a chance of meandering back to something even remotely normal? One place that will provide a clue, come November, is…
Trump’s Canada Tariffs Decimate Border Crossings, Business in Upper Michigan — ProPublica
On the northeast edge of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, nearly 1,100 people gathered in late June for the International Bridge Walk across the long span that links two cities with the same name: Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Both the sun and the sentiments were bright. “We don’t like to say there’s…
