Month: September 2020

A major progressive group’s political action committee has launched a new digital ad that targets Rep. Daniel LipinskiDaniel William LipinskiEngel scrambles to fend off primary “Progressive group targets Illinois Dem in tough primary over immigration”

The mayor of San Juan expressed shock Friday that the Trump administration believes Puerto Rico’s recovery from Hurricane Maria is “a good news story.” Click “Refuting Trump, Mayor Says Puerto Rico 'Not a Good News Story' But 'A People-Are-Dying Story'”

Borrowing a word that subjected President Donald Trump to ridicule during the 2016 campaign, an editorial in the Chinese newspaper People’s Daily warned that Trump’s “Urging Diplomacy, China Warns Trump's North Korea Threats Could 'Backfire Bigly'”

While major media outlets, political pundits, and Democratic leaders spent much of Tuesday afternoon praising Sens. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) for their “Forget What Corker and Flake Say. Look at Their Destructive 90% Pro-Trump Voting Records”

Immigrant rights advocates are outraged after the Trump administration announced its “cruel and shameful” decision to end a program that has allowed some 59,000 Haitians “Outrage After Trump Admin. Cancels Protected Status for 59,000 Haitian Refugees”

With state and local elections across the United States on Tuesday, the Democratic Party and progressive grassroots organizers were able to claim victories in key “8 Election Day Victories That Spell Good News for Democrats and the Progressive Grassroots”

Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) announced on Monday that he’ll challenge Sen. Bill NelsonClarence (Bill) William NelsonNASA, SpaceX and the private-public partnership that caused the flight “Rick Scott announces challenge to Nelson for Senate seat in Florida”

While tax experts continue to exclaim with horror as they sift through the “legislative monstrosity” Republicans rammed through the Senate last week, Sens. Elizabeth Warren “Tax Scam Not Passed Yet, But GOP Already Salivating to Destroy Anti-Poverty Programs”

Hours ahead of expected votes in the House and Senate on the Republican tax plan, a new poll released Tuesday by CNN shows that President “As Votes Loom, Opponents Make Final Push to Defeat Deeply Unpopular #GOPTaxScam”

The third edition of Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport saw several new names added over the last few days including two men that faced off against each “Davey Boy Smith Jr., 'Filthy' Tom Lawlor announced for Bloodsport”