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08.08.2026 - 21:00 [ Common Dreams ]

Senate Confirms ‘Personal Servant to Donald Trump’ Blanche as AG in Late-Night Vote

Around 4:30 am ET, the US Senate voted 50-49 to confirm Blanche, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and acting attorney general since April, as the nation’s chief law enforcement officer. It did so despite widespread concerns, including among some Republicans, that he would use the office primarily to carry out the president’s whims.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), one of two Republicans who voted against Blanche, outlined her concerns in a social media post Friday ahead of the vote, saying Trump had “accelerated” the “politicization—even weaponization” of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and that Blanche had played a part.

08.08.2026 - 20:56 [ Associated Press ]

Todd Blanche is narrowly confirmed as Trump’s attorney general in an overnight Senate vote

The Republican-led Senate voted 50-49 to make Blanche the second confirmed attorney general since Trump returned to the White House last year with a stated desire to use the law enforcement agency to investigate his political enemies. While Blanche has already been leading the department in an acting capacity, his confirmation could free him to pursue the administration’s agenda even more aggressively.

05.08.2026 - 21:12 [ Aaron Rupar / X ]

El-Sayed on Islamophobia: „That‘s the only play they got. They‘re gonna point at me, they‘re gonna point at my name, like, ‚Wow, he‘s different.‘ That‘s the best you got?

You can‘t actually talk about what you want to do?

05.08.2026 - 21:03 [ Common Dreams ]

El-Sayed Challenges ‘Corporate Sellout’ and ‘Coward’ Mike Rogers to Five Debates

Ripping Rogers as a “corporate sellout,” El-Sayed said that he is “a guy who spent 14 years in Congress with one goal: to figure out how to cash out the day he left. And guess what he did: As soon as he left Congress, after having taken corporate check after corporate check after corporate check, to empower the corporations to pick your pockets, he went and he cashed out.”

“Not in Michigan—no, winters are too cold for him,” he added, eliciting chuckles from the crowd. “He’s got thin skin, after all. He went to Florida. So, Mike, if you wanna be a Florida man, go be a Florida man.”

Rogers‚ who was unopposed in Tuesday’s GOP primary, worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation before entering politics, first at the state level and then representing Michigan’s 8th District in Congress from 2001-15. In comments to Fox News late Tuesday, the Republican cited his time fighting “terrorism” in the FBI and falsely claimed that El-Sayed believes “America deserved 9/11.”

05.08.2026 - 20:36 [ AbdulForSenate.com ]

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed Wins Democratic Primary, Defeats Record $70M Spending

MICHIGAN – On Tuesday, August 4th, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic nomination for Michigan’s United States Senate seat, prevailing in the most expensive Senate primary in American history. The race drew record breaking outside spending from AIPAC and corporate special interests, totaling nearly $70 million, Abdul having been outspent 11:1.

An average of $95 was spent for every vote against Abdul, more than 10 times as much as Abdul’s $9 per vote average.

05.08.2026 - 20:31 [ Fox News ]

Republicans get the Democrat they wanted as socialist Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate primary

Big money, the Democratic old guard and attacks on El-Sayed’s Democratic Socialist leanings dominated the primary, and leave the last man standing on the Left bruised and battered heading into the showdown with Rogers.

03.08.2026 - 23:52 [ USA Today ]

MAGA Trump critics Greene, Massie, Carlson meet, tout new ‚movement‘

(today)

Carlson said in a recent interview that „I’m going to help build a third party.“ Democrats and Republicans are in „lockstep“ on war in the Middle East and other issues, Carlson said, adding the government should focus on „the welfare of its own people.“

Greene previously said she is „in talks“ to launch a new party.

„I think there’s a group of us that if we decide to align, we could launch a true America-focused party that doesn’t fall into the traps of Democrats or Republicans,“ Greene said on „Piers Morgan Uncensored,“ while also acknowledging the difficulties of creating a third party.

03.08.2026 - 22:42 [ El Pais ]

Mamdani and Ocasio-Cortez forge alliance to advance their socialist agenda

Asked whether AOC, who is 36, would make a good president, Mamdani did not hesitate: “I think she’d make a good anything.” The rise of socialists, personified by this pair of young politicians, has provoked thinly veiled concern within the Democratic establishment, especially among those sectors tied to the party’s traditional support for Israel.

26.07.2026 - 16:19 [ Wikipedia ]

Cockroach Janta Party

It was created in response to remarks made on 15 May 2026 by Surya Kant, the Chief Justice of India, in which he referred to certain activists and unemployed youth as „cockroaches“ and „parasites of society“, sparking a widespread public reaction.[3] Kant later clarified that his remarks referred to some people obtaining fraudulent degrees and did not target India‘s youth, whom he called „the pillars of a developed India“.[4] The name is a wordplay parodying the ruling party in India, the Bharatiya Janata Party.[5]

26.07.2026 - 16:18 [ Drop Site News ]

India’s Cockroach Protests End as Modi Government Bows to Demands

Hundreds of thousands of these cockroach protesters had been assembling for over a month at Jantar Mantar, which is less than half a mile south of Connaught Place, the central market in the heart of Delhi. They were demanding the resignation of Pradhan, who is also a senior leader in India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, the party of Modi. The protesters at Jantar Mantar consider Pradhan to be responsible for failing to prevent “paper leaks”—the unauthorized release of highly competitive national college entrance examinations, often hours and sometimes minutes before the exam is due.

The Jantar Mantar movement emerged in May in response to a leak of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), the countrywide medical entrance exam. Reports suggest at least a dozen students across the country died by suicide after the tests were canceled.

26.07.2026 - 16:10 [ Hindustan Times ]

‚Long way to go‘: What next for CJP leaders after Jantar Mantar protest

CJP leader Dipke said ending the protest did not mean the movement had ended. „This is just the beginning. The Cockroach Janata Party has a long way to go,“ he write on X.

He also demanded compensation for the families of students who died by suicide amid the examination controversy.

„Dharmendra Pradhan has resigned. But the families of the children who committed suicide should receive compensation of one crore rupees. They should get it. One crore rupees compensation to all those families,“ Dipke said.

12.07.2026 - 18:36 [ Politico.com ]

Lindsey Graham‘s death will kick off a breakneck campaign for his Senate seat

Republicans will now race to replace Graham on the November ballot in a special primary election in mid-August, according to state law.

In an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday morning, President Donald Trump said he was already considering who he might back in the race.

12.07.2026 - 18:32 [ Fox News ]

Sen. Lindsey Graham dead at 71 after ‚brief and sudden‘ illness, office says

The longtime politician had served as a US senator for South Carolina since 2003

04.07.2026 - 21:52 [ CBS News ]

July 4th live updates as celebrations across the USA mark America‘s 250th birthday

Historic celebrations are taking place across the United States this Fourth of July as Americans mark 250 years of independence.

Washington, D.C‘s Independence Day parade was canceled due to the extreme heat, but the capital will still host military flyovers, remarks by President Trump and a fireworks show billed as the largest in history.

01.07.2026 - 13:28 [ CNN ]

Vance says he believes AOC will be leading Democratic candidate in 2028

Asked by CNN about Vance’s comments, Ocasio-Cortez smiled and said, “I hope he is” the nominee.

01.07.2026 - 12:18 [ Al Jazeera ]

Democratic socialist Kiros defeats longtime incumbent in Colorado primary

Kiros, a 29-year-old former lawyer, was fired from her job after refusing to remove a post that criticised law firms for their stance on Israel and Palestine and has called Israel’s actions in Gaza genocide.

Kiros is ‌the latest democratic socialist to oust an incumbent Democrat this summer.

29.06.2026 - 17:33 [ CBS News ]

Supreme Court rejects Trump‘s attempt to fire Fed‘s Lisa Cook as legal battle continues

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the opinion for the majority, joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

To accept the government‘s arguments that Mr. Trump can fire Cook „would in effect transform the Federal Reserve‘s for-cause protection into at-will employment — an interpretive leap out of step with the statute Congress enacted and our Nation‘s tradition of central banking protected from political interference,“ the chief justice wrote.

The court‘s decision is narrow and declines to define what constitutes „cause“ under the federal law that created the Fed. It said such a definition must reflect the central bank‘s „unique historical status and role.“

29.06.2026 - 17:16 [ TheHill.com ]

Supreme Court rules states can accept mail ballots after Election Day

Justice Amy Coney Barrett said it doesn’t conflict with federal law, which sets “the Tuesday next after the 1st Monday in November” as the “day for the election.”

“The election-day statutes say nothing about ballot receipt, and we cannot add to the words Congress chose,” Barrett wrote.

She and Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court’s three liberal justices in the majority. The court’s four other conservative justices dissented.

29.06.2026 - 17:00 [ ABC News ]

Supreme Court rejects Trump‘s appeal of 2022 E. Jean Carroll defamation case

The Supreme Court has denied President Donald Trump‘s appeal of the $5 million jury finding in the 2022 defamation case brought against him by the writer E. Jean Carroll.

The denial means the judgment against Trump stands and that he will have to pay it.

29.06.2026 - 16:56 [ CBS News ]

Supreme Court won‘t hear Trump‘s appeal of E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse case

The writer E. Jean Carroll triumphed over President Trump on Monday when the Supreme Court refused to consider overturning a jury‘s verdict that he was liable for sexually abusing and defaming her.

The unanimous federal jury found that a preponderance of evidence supported Carroll‘s claim that Mr. Trump sexually abused her during a mid-1990s encounter in a New York City department store. Mr. Trump did not attend the 2023 civil trial, and his attorneys called no witnesses before the jury awarded Carroll $5 million.

29.06.2026 - 12:07 [ CNN ]

US and Iran will ‘stand down for now’ and talks ‘on track,’ Trump officials say after strikes exchanged

Exchange of fire: The US and Iran will “stand down for now,” and talks remain “on track”, two US officials have said, after both sides traded fire near the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s position is on the matter is currently unclear.

27.06.2026 - 14:12 [ Politico.com ]

The union man who unleashed a political earthquake in California

(March 25, 2026)

When Gavin Newsom stood before a room of economic elites in New York last December and derided a “single labor leader” pushing a tax on California billionaires, he never said his name. He didn’t need to.

Everyone in California politics knows of Dave Regan, the legendarily combative health care union chief who has spent decades wielding California’s ballot initiative system against the health care industry.

But his newest mission is on a scale orders of magnitude larger.

27.06.2026 - 14:04 [ Detroit News ]

California billionaire tax headed for ballot despite top Democrats’ opposition

The push to put a billionaire tax to a popular vote in blue California has exposed deep divides on the left, even as Democratic politicians across the country rally around calls for the wealthy to pay more. The issue is pitting the populist mood of the public against many Democrats’ fears that the measure will push the ultrawealthy to join a broader exodus from the state and take their tax dollars with them.

27.06.2026 - 13:35 [ New York Post ]

Gavin Newsom fails to stop California’s controversial billionaire tax from going to voters

(June 25, 2026)

SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West President Dave Regan refused to back down on the billionaire tax.

27.06.2026 - 12:48 [ New York Post ]

Gavin Newsom gambles on Joe Biden in hunt for 2028 presidential nomination— but still has to clear the Kamala Harris hurdle

(June 23, 2026)

While other Democrats are distancing themselves from Biden’s failed reelection bid and the political wreckage that followed, California’s governor is leaning in. Newsom has praised Biden’s presidency, defended his record, and positioned himself as one of the party’s most visible Biden loyalists.

He has called the Biden presidency a “masterclass of policymaking.” He has said he will never turn his back on Biden. And last week, he went further.

He hosted Hunter Biden on his podcast.

That matters.

27.06.2026 - 12:37 [ Sky News Australia ]

Troubled Hunter Biden teases bizarre 2028 White House run with Gavin Newsom

(June 12, 2026)

Sky News Digital Presenter Gabriella Power reacts to Hunter Biden speaking about his political future on Gavin Newsom‘s podcast. The son of former US President Joe Biden teased a potential vice-presidential run in 2028.

27.06.2026 - 12:27 [ Politico.com ]

Gavin Newsom moves to neutralize tax on billionaires

(January 12, 2026)

The conversations, reported here for the first time, have occurred intermittently for months as SEIU-UHW’s ballot initiative targeting billionaires migrated from the backrooms of California politics to the center of a raging debate about Silicon Valley and income inequality, sparking tech titans’ wrath and vows to move out of state.

“We’ve been at this for four months,” Newsom said in an interview with POLITICO, describing an “all-hands” effort that has included him meeting one-on-one with SEIU-UHW’s leader, Dave Regan.

A compromise does not appear imminent. A union official cast doubt on the possibility of a deal, saying the two sides do not currently have another meeting scheduled and framing a ballot fight as an inevitability.

27.06.2026 - 12:16 [ SEIU United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) ]

California Billionaire Tax Act

Our solution: The California Billionaire Tax Act
We’re calling on California’s billionaires to step up and pay a one-time, emergency 5% tax to prevent the collapse of California healthcare and help fund California public K-14 education and state food assistance programs. This would protect healthcare jobs and ensure working people and families can get the care they need. The tax would be paid only by Californians worth more than $1 billion — which is about 200 people who hold a combined wealth of $2 trillion.

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25.06.2026 - 18:00 [ Associated Press ]

Mamdani slate sweeps Democratic primaries in New York, ousts 2 incumbents from Congress

U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat, who leads the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and is in his fifth term, was defeated by Mamdani’s most polarizing pick, Darializa Avila Chevalier, a democratic socialist who once helped organize pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University.

U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman, a two-term incumbent, was beaten by the Mamdani-backed former city Comptroller Brad Lander, a fixture among New York progressives who has often shown sympathy to the democratic socialist movement. And another Mamdani ally, democratic socialist state Assembly Member Claire Valdez, defeated the handpicked successor of retiring U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez.

23.06.2026 - 16:16 [ New Yorker ]

New York Primary-Elections Map: Live Results

A number of Democratic strongholds are hosting competitive congressional primaries, with establishment incumbents and candidates trying to fend off left-wing challengers.