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Dispatches From the Front Lines of Trump’s War on Democracy

“My generals” running the Pentagon? “My lawyers” running the Department of Justice? “My” main money man and his group of young techies illegally shutting down programs Congress voted to support and fund? What we have here is a hostile takeover of the U. …

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SD-31 GOP Candidate Magadance Skinner Race Claimed Residence in Two States

SD-31 GOP Candidate Magadance Skinner Race Claimed Residence in Two States MADISON, Wis. — New reporting from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reveals that GOP State senate candidate Michele Magadance Skinner potentially violated state law by claiming …

SEN. NEEDLEMAN WELCOMES NEW STATE-FUNDED FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR CT RESIDENTS WHO WERE PUSHED OUT OF SNAP BY TRUMP AND DC ...

August 4, 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe O’Leary | [email protected] | 508-479-4969 August 4, 2026 State Senator Norm Needleman (D-Essex) welcomed an announcement by Governor Ned Lamont that beginning August 4, new one-time grocery benefits in …

SEN. CABRERA WELCOMES NEW STATE-FUNDED FOOD ASSITANCE FOR CT RESIDENTS WHO WERE PUSHED OUT OF THE SNAP PROGRAM BY DONALD ...

August 4, 2026 August 4, 2026 State Senator Jorge Cabrera (D-Hamden) today welcomed an announcement by Governor Ned Lamont that beginning today, new one-time grocery benefits in the amount of $300 each are being distributed to low-income Connecticut …

Supreme Court Sides with Bayer

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled with manufacturers and the ag industry, agreeing that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) is meant to prevent state laws from imposing additional warning labels on production aid chemicals if …

Local Leaders Urge Congress To Extend Temporary Protection Status For Haiti

Mayor Michelle Wu and City Councilor At-Large Ruthzee Louijeune submitted a letter to the U.S. Senate urging them to immediately pass S. 4814, a bill sponsored by Senator Ed Markey, co-sponsored by Senator Elizabeth Warren and 29 additional U.S. Senators, …

Pending Republican bills could exclude women and minorities from federal contracts; Don’t Cheat Women Project launches ...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wis., introduced S. 4390 and H.R. 8511, and if passed, the bills would cut off major paths that offer women-owned and minority-owned small businesses access to …

Governor Newsom invites President Trump to deliver overdue wildfire recovery funding during Los Angeles visit

In June, the Trump White House requested over $80 billion in supplemental funding from Congress for war costs, an Ebola outbreak response in Central Africa, and farm relief, including storm aid, for Florida.. It did not include even a mention of much- …

Dispatches From the Front Lines of Trump’s War on Democracy

“My generals” running the Pentagon? “My lawyers” running the Department of Justice? “My” main money man and his group of young techies illegally shutting down programs Congress voted to support and fund? What we have here is a hostile takeover of the U. …

Use Your Cell Phone Camera to Help Save U.S. Democracy

Along with more than two million others, I subscribe to a daily newsletter written by historian Heather Cox Richardson (https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/). Richardson meshes her deep knowledge of history with insightful and valuable …