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[ad_1] Political leanings: Democratic 2024 total spending: $391.2 million Senate Majority PAC, formally known as SMP, is a super PAC that describes its “one mission” as helping Democrats “win Senate races.” It’s headed by J.B. Poersch, a former executive director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Poersch was named the super PAC’s president in early 2017. Other senior staff include Amanda Ach, digital director, and Lauren French, communications director. Ach previously worked for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and French was recently a senior adviser at the State Department during the Biden administration. As a super PAC, Senate Majority PAC…

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[ad_1] South Korean shipping operator Sinokor Group has offered crews six months of extra salary for a return voyage through the Strait of Hormuz, according to a document seen by Bloomberg and cited in a July 20 report. The offer follows a wave of attacks that have killed 17 seafarers and disrupted commercial shipping in and around the Persian Gulf, the report stated. At least 59 commercial ships have been attacked in the region since the start of U.S. operations against Iran, according to the United Nations’ shipping agency, the International Maritime Organization. [1][2] The bonuses are the latest sign of…

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[ad_1] Democratic Socialists are contesting elections as if they are members of a party, but there is no party. This is not a small detail. A DSA banner at an October 2025 “No Kings” protest against the Trump administration. (Personisinsterest /Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0) By Patrick LawrenceSpecial to Consortium News The Democratic Socialists of America have been feeling their oats of late, what with Zohran Mamdani’s election to the mayoralty of New York last year and a succession of D.S.A. victories in primaries across the country since then. On Tuesday another Democratic Socialist won a primary, this one in Michigan for…

[ad_1] Black man drinking at a “colored” water station, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1939. Photo: Russell Lee / Adam Cuerden. Library of Congress’s Prints and Photographs. Public domain. “Look around.” “Pay attention.” “Be mindful of where you are and who you are with.” “Check in. With us. With yourself.” For parents of Black children, these four statements represent routine guidance they give, part of “the talk,” a well-worn ritual of racial socialization that shapes how Black children and adults learn what it means to live and get by in a white-dominated society. The recent death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells has brought…

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[ad_1] Political leanings: Conservative/Republican 2024 total spending: $296.6 million The Senate Leadership Fund, or SLF PAC, is a Republican super PAC that was established in 2015 by allies of Sen. Mitch McConnell, who was Senate majority leader at the time. The group, now connected to Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune, says its mission is to “support strong Republican candidates in competitive states, leveraging best-in-class campaign tactics and standards to aggressively counter the Democratic machine.” It is “solely dedicated” to “protecting and expanding the Republican Senate Majority.” Its executive director is Alex Latcham, a former deputy assistant to President Donald…

[ad_1] This morning, declaring that “the White House is the People’s House,” a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the district court injunction against the construction of the new White House ballroom. According  to the court, “Whether or not a massive ballroom should be constructed is for Congress to decide and is not a matter for Executive self-help.” The 100-page majority opinion in National Trust for Historic Preservation v. National Park Service was written jointly by Judges Millett and Garcia. Judge Rao dissented. The panel stayed its decision for fourteen days for the…

[ad_1] By Chris Walker This article was originally published by Truthout “Long term jail sentences will be sought!” Trump promised in an online post. In a Truth Social post early Thursday morning, President Donald Trump denied reporting that U.S. military munitions were being depleted due to his war on Iran, and threatened to pursue severe penalties for “leakers” who were telling the media otherwise. “The ‘leakers’ of these treasonous statements are being hunted down. Long term jail sentences will be sought!” Trump wrote in his post. Describing individuals as “treasonous” is a serious accusation. If criminal charges are indeed…