Democrats can make one case for the deal: It enshrines the idea that ICE enforcement cannot get money through normal congressional funding process anymore. prospect.org?p=135939

Short of banning Super PAC influence, which would be a tough road in a post-Citizens United world, the Pledge is one of the few alternatives to give candidates without a rich outside benefactor a chance. prospect.org?p=135945

Trump has mounted a full-scale assault on offshore wind: repealing Biden’s renewable-power subsidies, adding a whole bunch more regulatory red tape to renewable investment, and attempting to illegally cancel several huge projects near completion. prospect.org?p=135929

At this rate, simply completing the Hudson Tunnel Project would count as a victory. buff.ly/5aUEfIv

Last week, Stephen Miller met with Texas’s Republican legislators and asked them why they hadn’t passed a bill that banned undocumented children from public schools. buff.ly/RW1pTCM

“There’s a big fight right now between working people and rich companies who want to control our government and rip people off.” Steyer’s challenge running for governor is restoring a sense of possibility to a state governed in a sealed bubble. buff.ly/6DxeAH6

It is increasingly hard to serve both Big Tech and the national interest. The AI industry wants self-regulation — and the Trump administration is totally captive to the industry. buff.ly/72YiGDi

Tom Steyer, a billionaire, is running for governor as a traitor to his class—someone who has turned against the billionaires and corporate interests he thinks are at fault in tarnishing the California dream. buff.ly/6jED9KK

It is increasingly hard to serve both Big Tech and the national interest. buff.ly/Fm0SNaw

The first consequence of the merger would be the consolidation of local news. Grabbing multiple stations in a metro area is how Nexstar cuts costs. This not only reduces the quantity of local news but likely the quality.

Trump and his MAGA hardliners have pledged to not so much as lift a finger until the Senate passes the SAVE Act, a sweeping voter disenfranchisement bill. That means defying the intelligence community’s imperative that reauthorizing its warrantless spying program is a necessity.

You may think that taking certified truck drivers off the roads may not serve the common good particularly well and may jack up the prices of the goods that will come late or go undelivered without immigrant drivers to take them to their destinations. You’d be right.

Trump is demanding that Iran must allow shipping to resume through the Strait of Hormuz as his condition for ending the war. If Iran doesn’t agree, Trump threatens both to obliterate vital infrastructure and enlist NATO allies to clear the strait. What could possibly go wrong? buff.ly/RYg7WeK

The determination by some human rights groups that the strike on Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary was not a mistake raises questions about why it happened in the first place.

The first consequence would be the consolidation of local news. When Nexstar buys a second TV station in a market, it fires the entire staff and runs the same content across the two stations. But grabbing multiple stations in a metro area is really how Nexstar cuts costs. buff.ly/lP0bQCU

House Republicans have threatened to hold a foreign surveillance extension hostage unless the Senate agrees to voter suppression. It may flip the script on superfluous government spying. buff.ly/WcCA7UX

Like working on a farm, driving a truck is far from the most rewarding occupation, which is why both industries are chronically understaffed and need immigrants to fill their ranks. buff.ly/799wDPq

Under international humanitarian law, attacking civilian buildings such as schools and hospitals is considered a war crime. buff.ly/WUyLs8i

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s manipulation of Trump should be taken seriously. While Trump is ambivalent, Netanyahu has made it clear that he wants the war to continue, and he acts accordingly. He is just as reckless as Trump, but more strategic.

The quagmire in Iran would be a thorny situation even for the wisest statesmen in world history. Alas, all we have is an elderly idiot whose primary method of diplomacy is posting barely literate screeds on his personal social media site.

If Democrats can bottle up the SAVE Act with a filibuster, that is arguably the right move. But if some end-run is proposed, Senate Democrats should instead insist on ending the filibuster altogether.

We’re in the midst of the quietest government shutdown in American history. But aside from frustration about longer airport security lines, there’s been little pressure on Washington to end the impasse.

An epochal change has almost silently swept over the American workplace. This trend affects workers and customers alike and can, in part, help explain a range of factors that have made American life increasingly chaotic.

There is a limit to American elites’ bailout capacity, luck is in the hands of the gods, and it’s looking like there will be no escape from at least some consequences for Trump’s war of choice on Iran.

Trump’s Education Department could issue a new regulation to eliminate SAVE or change to its preferred repayment plan, but that would put them on the hook for increasing borrower costs. “Donald Trump doesn’t want to send Republicans to the polls as the debt collector-in-chief.”

The way hospitals choose to respond to ICE’s actions will determine whether or not the estimated 11 million undocumented people living in the U.S. continue to get medical care in the coming years.

Trump has managed to squander a Court majority that remains 6-3 Republican, three of whom—Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch, and Amy Coney Barrett—were appointed by Trump himself. buff.ly/Kdg0ky8

This would be a thorny situation even for the wisest statesmen in world history. Folks, it isn’t looking good. buff.ly/qdjEu01

Trump doesn’t want to send Republicans to the polls as the debt collector-in-chief. But right-wing state attorneys general and courts drunk on their own power may force the issue. buff.ly/3J4fnl3

How hospitals respond to ICE’s actions will determine whether or not the estimated 11 million undocumented people in the U.S. get medical care in the coming years. buff.ly/uS26cA6

Aside from frustration about longer airport security lines, there’s been little pressure on Washington to end the impasse.

For those who’ve followed what subsequently happened to his union, and his responsibility for its decline, his heroic stature has long been the subject of doubt, qualification, and some dismay. Now, it’s simply gone. buff.ly/g5Uiowc

Some are already referring to the new project as Joe Allbritton’s revenge.

In recent years, both the extent and impact of understaffing have emerged, and it is not just disgruntled workers making the case.

There isn’t any deus ex machina on the horizon that would magically get funding restarted. The quietest shutdown is almost certainly going to become the longest one, too. buff.ly/Ck4BPc6

Will the latest Allbritton venture be a newspaper? Not really. buff.ly/XpeNEbk

An epochal change has almost silently swept over the American workplace, making life increasingly chaotic: at many American workplaces, there is widespread, persistent, understaffing. buff.ly/Q1yKwh9

Super PACs like AIPAC spent a total of $92 million on four House seats and a seat in the Senate. Only two of those four AIPAC-backed candidates won.

The Biden administration previously unveiled a 5-point plan to lower electricity costs for residential ratepayers. This would have saved American households $500 yearly. Why is affordability legislation so hard to achieve these days?

Trump and the MAGA cult have done catastrophic damage to American institutions. The country needs sweeping reforms to return to the 2024 status quo.

When a wider war turns into an even bigger crisis, more people who did not start out as antisemites will be inclined to blame history’s favorite all-purpose scapegoats. buff.ly/OwFDMoU

An absurd $92 million was spent on four open-seat House races and an open Senate race, a corruption of democracy that is relatively unprecedented in modern elections. But that money did not fully dictate election results. buff.ly/ABVL3yA

If Democrats can bottle up this particular bill in the Senate with a filibuster, that is arguably the right move. buff.ly/CNYQG0x

Delivering immediate savings to American households struggling to pay their electricity bills is surprisingly feasible. buff.ly/AJRXZKx

Illinois Democrats will choose their next Senate nominee among Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, and Rep. Robin Kelly. Stratton leads in spending, while pro-crypto PAC Protect Progress backs her opponents.

More Republican attorneys general stayed in the Live Nation case than settled, despite White House pressure. “I don’t think the federal agencies have a monopoly on enforcing these key laws.”

Silicosis has rapidly become a public health crisis among stone fabrication workers cutting engineered stone, killing 29 people in California alone. Doctors and public health officials believe stricter industry regulations are not enough to stop the growing epidemic.

Trump directed nominal U.S. allies to send warships into the Strait of Hormuz to allow cargo to cross through—the same allies he has been imposing tariffs on for close to a year. And they collectively responded, approximately: Fuck off. buff.ly/tZGBuQJ

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