Advertisements Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and the Trump administration did a pretty good job of diverting the news cycle from Kamala Harris, the coronavirus, the attempt by Trump to destroy the US Postal Service and other stories Trump would rather you not pay attention to. They announced that IsraelContinue Reading
Advertisements Last night, Ilhan Omar completed the massive victory of “The Squad” in defending their seats against primary challengers. But they were not the only big stories of progressive victories in the primaries. Jamaal Bowman knocked out Eliot Engel, Cori Bush unseated Missouri incumbent Lacy Clay, whose seat had beenContinue Reading
Advertisements The tragedy of the massive explosion that rocked Beirut last week is almost too much to believe after everything Lebanon has been through for so long. But the question of how to get aid to the Lebanese people struggling to rebuild AGAIN is a critical one. United Nations aidContinue Reading
Advertisements Many people celebrated the defeat of Eliot Engel by progressive challenger Jamaal Bowman in the New York primary. That seat hasn’t been held by a Republican since 1949, so the primary is effectively the election. Bowman’s victory was a political earthquake in many ways, but one of the mostContinue Reading
Advertisements Five prominent Jewish, pro-Israel groups sent a letter earlier this week to House Democrats with a list of principles they hoped would guide the leadership in selecting a new chairperson for the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC). The current chair, Eliot Engel, lost his congressional seat to newcomer progressive,Continue Reading
