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[ad_1] My latest installment on SCOTUSBlog urges the Justices to get out of the beltway, and hold oral argument across the fruited plane. The most likely sites would be the courthouses where the federal courts of appeals sit en banc, or all together: the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit sits in Boston, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit sits in Manhattan, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit sits in Philadelphia, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit sits in Richmond, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit…

[ad_1] James Zogby calls El-Sayed’s victory in the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan, a bellwether Midwestern battleground state, a watershed moment in U.S. politics. Dr. Abdul El-Sayed at a campaign event at Michigan Technological University in 2025. (Conlan Houston/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0) By James ZogbyCommon Dreams In what, I believe, will be seen as this year’s most significant election; Dr. Abdul El-Sayed won a victory in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary. It was a close contest — a nail-biter, as we say — but it was an important win that marks a watershed moment in US politics. It was the first time…

[ad_1] Photo by K. Mitch Hodge The loss of 23,000 jobs in July caught many of us by surprise, but the downward revisions to the prior two months’ data was a bigger deal. In any case, the labor market looks weaker after this report than it did previously. + The job loss was driven by a quirky seasonal adjustment for public school teachers, not anything in the real world. + The downward revisions to May and June’s numbers mean we are on a slower job growth path. + Slowing wage growth means a weaker job market and makes consumption growth…

[ad_1] Monday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, Tom Bevan, Richard Porter, and Andrew Walworth look forward to tomorrow’s primary races, starting with the DSA candidate Francesca Hong leading the Democratic primary for governor in Wisconsin, Darlene Graham’s Trump-backed Senate campaign in South Carolina, and Republican races featuring Mike Lindell and Michelle Tafoya in Minnesota.They also break down how the Democratic Party is changing its ideological direction again, with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Abdul El-Sayed distancing themselves from some of the more unpopular angles of progressive politics without alienating the activist left. Plus, is AOC’s very public announcement that she’s freezing her…

[ad_1] Crime is plunging, but he can’t handle that truth [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] At a small party in Washington on the eve of America’s birthday, Nigel Farage, potentially a future British prime minister, characterized the American [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] One year ago today, President Donald Trump announced a “public safety emergency” in Washington, D.C., leading to the deployment of nearly 2,000 National Guard members to the nation’s capital. But what was meant to be a temporary measure has ballooned into a multiyear campaign costing around $2.1 billion, despite significant drops in crime and ongoing civil liberty concerns.    In August 2025, Trump issued an executive order declaring a “crime emergency in the District of Columbia,” following the assault and robbery of Edward “Big Balls” Coristine, a former engineer for the Department of Government Efficiency. Within days, 450 federal law…

[ad_1] Clearcut on the Helena-Lewis & Clark National Forest, Montana. Photo: Steve Paltt. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies is proud to announce that the Blue Ribbon Coalition, an anti-environmental group of motorized wreckreactionists and industries, claims the Alliance is responsible for stopping more logging projects and protecting more wildlife habitat on public lands than any other environmental group in the country. One might wonder why this group is so enamored of logging our public forests.  Simply put, they love logging because whenever the Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management wants to clearcut our national forests, they first bulldoze…

[ad_1] To hear the DC insiders tell it, insurgent socialists and progressive firebrands are wrecking the Democratic Party. Don’t believe it. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! Go out there and set a record today, no asterisk required. We’ve got a full meal on tap for you today, with Buffalo wings as a fitting appetizer. Then it’s a WNBA entree with a delayed side of congressional NCAA reform, with a little bit of Field of Dreams for dessert. Bon appetit. Don’t miss sports coverage from Jason Russell and Reason. This is probably not what the fine taxpayers of New York State and Erie County had in mind when they coughed up $850 million for construction of the…