NBC News: "Progressives seek another big primary win in the nation’s bluest House district: Progressives aligned with Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are looking at the race to succeed retiring Rep. Dwight Evans in Philadelphia as another turning point" | Chris Rabb for PA's 3rd District
Melat Kiros is running in the Democratic primary for CO's 1st Congressional District | Interviewer: "What does the socialist part of Democratic socialist mean to you?" Kiros: "What it means to me is I have a fundamental belief that our government is responsible for meeting our most basic needs…"
Free Speech For People (5/14/2026): "Free Speech For People Joins 50+ Groups in Letter to Congress Urging Supreme Court Reform" | Letter: "Without passing structural court reforms, the Court’s far-right supermajority can be expected to halt any future attempts by Congress to restore our democracy,…"
The Progressive (March 30, 2026): "A New History, and Pre-History, of Rightwing Media: A.J. Bauer’s new book ["Making the Liberal Media: How Conservatives Built a Movement Against the Press"] takes a long view of conservative ire toward the mainstream press."
Reuters (May 16, 2026): "Trump says Iran war is worth the economic pain. These rural voters agree." | "[A three-time Trump voter said gas prices were hurting his industry, but] he preferred the status quo to Democrats, whom he saw as moving towards "full-blown socialism.""
End Citizens United (5/13/2026): "🚨ENDORSEMENT ALERT🚨 We’re proud to endorse @grahamformaine.bsky.social for U.S. Senate in Maine. While […] Susan Collins continues to sell out Mainers, Graham Platner is rejecting corporate PAC money and championing reform. We’re excited to help him win in November"
Labor activist (5/13/2026): "What was once called "denazification" needs to be on the national agenda. We might call it deMAGAfication. [Democrats, what] is your plan to defeat this fascist movement so it doesn't return stronger? […] If your answer is, turn the page and move on, you are not serious"
ProPublica (May 14, 2026): "Counterterrorism Czar’s Blueprint Targets Leftists, Ignores Far-Right Violence and Heaps Praise on Trump" | "Analysts say the most obvious hole is the omission of violent far-right movements."
NBC News (May 15, 2026): "Families caring for disabled relatives face unthinkable choices as Medicaid cuts loom" | Funding for paid family caregiving programs could face cuts due to state budget challenges; paid family caregiving programs have recently faced right-wing criticism.
ABC News (5/14/2026): "Trump is expected to drop his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service in exchange for the creation of a $1.7 billion fund to compensate allies who claim they were wrongfully targeted by the Biden administration, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News."
Snopes (May 13, 2026): "Trump said acting AG Todd Blanche kept him 'out of jail for years'" | Trump at WH event honoring National Police Week: "We have a man who's doing a great job, I'll tell you. I knew it! Because he kept me out of jail for years. Acting [AG] Todd Blanche, he kept me out of jail"
CNN (May 10/11, 2026): "Trump’s role as LIV Golf host renews scrutiny over conflicts of interest" | "“Saudi Arabia is a murderous, authoritarian, anti-democratic regime,” [an ethics expert] told CNN. “(Trump’s) willingness to do this is actually a really nice example about what his priorities are.”"
American Oversight (May 8, 2026): "American Oversight Launches Investigation into Trump Admin’s Politicized Prosecution of Southern Poverty Law Center"
NPR (May 8, 2026): "Trump's Truth Social lays bare narrow obsessions of an extremely online president" | "[…] the president's social media feed suggests he is as preoccupied – or even more so – with his personal projects and vendettas than he is with pressing policy matters."
The Hill (May 9, 2026): "Trump legal attack on Southern Poverty Law Center stirs fears for nonprofits" | Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin: "This looks like a whole new frontier in attacking not-for-profit groups that the president considers an enemy or politically incorrect."