It was a sort of a rainy Memorial Day weekend where I live this year. The playgrounds were empty, and the red and yellow sun-umbrellas in the city’s beer gardens were drenched. But it was a springtime kind of rainy—where the downpours and sudden hail were punctuated by brief, brilliant moments of clear blue sky …
As the calendar flips to June and the country moves deeper into the primary season, it’s easy to forget about primaries that have already come and passed. But with a week to go before the next slate of states heads to the ballot to cast their votes, we thought we’d check in on the undecided …
Republicans Mired in PA Recount; Shapiro Focuses on General Read More »
It’s with a heavy heart and a deep sense of hopelessness that we write of yet another horrific tragedy, another mass shooting in America, this time targeted at little children simply trying to prepare for the rest of their lives. But as families grieve in Uvalde, (and in Buffalo, and in Orange County California) Senate …
Tuesday’s rebuke of Trump by Georgia voters, in a state that really was a national focal point of the ‘Big Lie’ that the election had been stolen, is stunning.
It’s a surprise around here at LP when we find ourselves amused about a news item involving Brian Kemp. That is, it’s a surprise when we find ourselves amused about something involving Brian Kemp that’s not somehow mocking Brian Kemp. That’s because Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has orchestrated some of the country’s most blatant voter …
They’re not called UFOs anymore, they’re called UAPs (Unmanned Aerial Phenomena). And they actually are real–even the government says so. It’s just that there’s no evidence they’re extraterrestrial in origin. This was the takeaway from last week’s public briefing to Congress, by Pentagon officials, on military reports of UAP sightings. It was the first of …
As the sun set in Western Pennsylvania and returns began to post on primary night, voters not just across PA but across the country hoped to learn the result of the nation’s most expensive Senate primary. More than $55 million was spent, mostly on bitter attack ads exchanged between the two front runners in the …
While it’s still too close to call in Pennsylvania’s senate primary election, one thing is clear from last night’s election results: Donald Trump isn’t the kingmaker that the media has made him out to be. There were some substantial losses for Trump last night, most notably in Idaho, where Trump’s endorsed candidate, Lt. Gov. Janice …
Big John Fetterman celebrated Tuesday’s primary victory from a hospital bed where he was recovering from a stroke suffered over the weekend. But while it may have dampened attendance at his election party, it didn’t dampen Pennsylvania Democrats enthusiasm for their Lt. Governor. Fetterman enjoyed a margin of nearly 400,000 votes in his win over …
Fetterman in, Cawthorn out, and other takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries Read More »
Do you ever just shake your head and wonder how in the world you ever got to a point where you’re actively agreeing with and rooting for Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney? I know that we here at Lede Progress do… and that’s when you realize that it’s not that you’ve politically gone to the Right …
GOP Enables White Supremacy, White Nationalism, Anti-Semitism Read More »
