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[ad_1] Democrats haven’t won a statewide office in Texas since 1994. So this year, the Democrat at the top of the ticket is seeking to topple Republican Gov. Greg Abbott – by pretending to be a conservative. No, really. Texas state Rep. Gina Hinojosa, a Democrat from Austin, is out with a new ad in her campaign for governor: “Welcome to Texas, y’all, where we celebrate freedom from big government.” A narrator continues, “So, relax. There’s only 10,000 Flock cameras reading your plate, logging where you sleep and pray, no warrant needed in Greg Abbott’s Texas.” The hypocrisy is astounding.  The 15-second…

[ad_1] In his campaign’s latest TV ad, Democratic Senate candidate Roy Cooper of North Carolina highlights the issue of affordability using direct quotes from his Republican opponent — “No AI, no special effects, just Michael Whatley in his own words.” They are, in fact, direct quotes from Whatley — but they are a bit dated, and some of the comments were more defensible or true at the time when Whatley made them. The ad starts with a quote from Whatley: “Grocery prices are down, gasoline prices are down, housing prices are down, inflation is down,” he says. “Unbelievable,” Cooper comments.…

[ad_1] Freedom Flotilla Coalition. Vessels have begun international port-to-port voyage to Gaza. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) today announced that a new international mission to challenge Israel’s illegal and deadly blockade of Gaza is underway. The violence and torture that Israel inflicted on hundreds of flotilla volunteers this past spring, including severe beatings, repeated tasering, and sexual assault, has not deterred the FFC, just as Israel’s murder of 10 flotilla activists aboard the Mavi Marmara, in 2010 did not stop the movement. If anything, action is needed now more than ever. While much of the world has moved on…

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[ad_1] H. Scott Prosterman Infomred Comment Israelis will go to the polls on October 27, for one of the most consequential elections in their history. Not unlike the upcoming 2026 midterms in the U.S., it is essentially a referendum on democracy. This is neither a hyperbolic nor dramatic assessment, as PM Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened the legitimacy of Israel’s independent judiciary, and worked to undermine opposition candidates and parties to gthe point of irrelevancy. The parallels to convicted felon Donald Trump’s actions in the U.S. are inescapable, as both leaders have fueled one another’s efforts to remain in office to…

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[ad_1] In the Georgia Senate race, Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff has been running TV ads that take a sound bite from his opponent about Social Security out of context. In a radio interview last year, Republican Rep. Mike Collins made the case for the tax cuts in President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, claiming that cutting taxes would spur economic growth and provide an incentive for people to “get off of Medicaid, get off of Social Security, get back into the workforce.”  Collins, June 5, 2025: It’s just business 101. You’ve got spending and you’ve got revenue, and…

[ad_1] Free-speech advocates asked a court to unseal more details on Trump’s surveillance of churches, schools and libraries in Minnesota, reports Mike Ludwig. Downtown Minneapolis ICE-out demonstration on Jan. 23 following ICE agent Jonathan Ross’ fatal shooting of civilian Renée Good. (Lorie Shaull / Flickr / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 4.0) By Mike LudwigTruthout Free speech groups across the country are sounding the alarm over the Trump administration’s surveillance of social movements in Minnesota and the prosecution of the Minnesota 15, a group of activists from Minneapolis-St. Paul who face federal conspiracy charges after organizing protests against brutal immigration sweeps…

[ad_1] Say this about the Chicago Bears: They’re going to eat taxpayers, but at least either Indiana or Illinois will get a stadium. I say this having spent decades analyzing state efforts to lure sports teams and businesses using taxpayer dollars. Illinois and Indiana are competing over the Bears – a team worth an estimated $8.2 billion. The NFL team could move out of Chicago proper into the Indiana suburbs if lawmakers pony up enough taxpayer cash to build a new stadium. Make no mistake: This is not the economic development opportunity that both states say it is. The economy…

[ad_1] Jonathan Cook Substack The BBC suggests 2026 will replace 1976 as the ‘benchmark’ for a hot summer. It could not be more wrong. We will look back on this year’s succession of heatwaves with unbearable nostalgia A BBC headline asks: “What will you tell your grandchildren about the summer of ‘26?” The British state broadcaster believes we will be talking about this summer for “years to come”, with 2026 supposedly replacing 1976 as the “benchmark” for an exceptionally hot and calamitous summer. But the truth is, in a few years’ time, 2026 will not be remembered for its summer…