A message for John Fetterman #politics #israel #senate #elections

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8ISXJBkXyM4

 

Trump’s Air Force One deception faces scrutiny over ‘decoy’ passengers

Journalists and others were allowed to fly on presidential jet despite security threat while Trump was spirited away…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/11/trump-air-force-one-deception-democrats

 

Top Democrats simulate election threats as Trump continues assault on voting

Chuck Schumer and other senators took part in exercises in which legal experts laid out election disruption scenarios…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/09/democrats-election-disruption-planning-exercises

 

Democrats Demand Answers From VA on Vets’ Struggles for Mental Healthcare — ProPublica

The letter from lawmakers to Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins cites a recent ProPublica investigation that found hundreds of therapists have left the agency and vets often aren’t getting the help they need...

 https://www.propublica.org/article/democrats-veterans-affairs-doug-collins-letter-mental-health

Top Democrats accuse Trump officials over Israeli settlers’ ‘unbridled violence’

The Democrats argue that Trump’s decision on his first day back in office to rescind sanctions imposed on more than 30 settlers and organisations linked to violence has had profound consequences. 

“Ending sanctions against those individuals and entities associated with West Bank extremism sent a clear message,” they write. “Settlers can use violent and deadly force with impunity against Palestinians and Americans while seizing land … and no one will face consequences.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/06/democrats-trump-west-bank-israeli-settlers

Democrats demand answers over treatment of wounded US troops

The unit had asked for more medical staff and supplies before the strike and been turned down, according to reporting by the Washington Post and CBS News cited in the letter. There was no doctor on site afterward, no fixed aid station, and only one ambulance, with some of the wounded driving themselves to a hospital in Kuwait City, according to the reports. It took nine days before roughly two dozen soldiers, some still unscreened for brain injuries, were flown to the US military hospital at Landstuhl in Germany. 

“Doctors told them that because they hadn’t been recorded as medical evacuees on the flight’s manifest or as seriously injured in [the defense department’s] casualty-processing database, they could only get limited treatment and had to wait in nearby barracks because the hospital was unable to admit them,” the letter states…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/30/iran-strike-democrats-troops-wounded

 

Finance Democrats say they'll demand vote on Trump audit immunity - Live Updates - POLITICO

“Elected officials cannot look taxpayers in the eye and ask them to play by a set of rules that the president of the United States is exempt from,” Wyden said in a statement. “Tomorrow, senators on the Finance Committee will be able to go on the record about where they stand.”…

 https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/07/29/congress/trump-audit-immunity-vote-01015286

Trump overrode his own agencies to deny four Democratic disaster requests - POLITICO

The emails and documents, which haven’t previously been reported, shed new light on Trump’s decisions to reject an overwhelming number of requests for disaster aid from Democratic-led states, even as he has approved nearly 90 percent of requests from states that are governed by members of his own party. The revelations also offer a fuller picture of Trump’s tenure over the most partisan distribution of FEMA aid since the agency was created in 1979...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/29/fema-democratic-disaster-requests-trump-01013938

Senate Democrats announce $40M ground game spend in 10 battlegrounds - Live Updates - POLITICO

The effort, branded as “Win The Senate” and shared first with POLITICO, includes seven states where Democrats are on offense — Maine, North Carolina, Ohio, Alaska, Texas, Iowa and Florida — along with three where the party is playing defense — Georgia, Michigan and New Hampshire...

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/07/28/congress/senate-dems-ground-game-40-million-spend-01013128 

Republicans decry a new Democratic Socialists of America platform as Dem primaries split the party | PBS News

A new platform from a progressive group that's notched several recent primary victories is becoming fodder for Republican attacks, as the GOP looks to frame Democrats as extremists and communists ahead of November's midterm elections…

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/republicans-decry-a-new-democratic-socialists-of-america-platform-as-dem-primaries-split-the-party

 

K Street girds for Democrats’ oil oversight onslaught - POLITICO

K Street lobbyists are bracing for an onslaught of oversight investigations if Democrats capture one or both chambers of Congress in November. And the party winning back committee gavels — and the subpoena power that comes with them — will make the Trump administration’s dealings with the oil and gas industry a top target. 

Democrats are honing their affordability message with the 2028 presidential election looming. Any links they can uncover, real or perceived, between the Trump administration’s policies and rising electricity and gas prices could be fodder for that message, according to lobbyists who are already beginning to prepare clients for their turn under the spotlight…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/23/k-street-girds-for-democrats-oil-oversight-onslaught-01006936

 

Democrats urge Trump to halt Iran war after US troop deaths

President accused of having ‘lost control of this war’ as deaths of trio in Iranian military strikes fuel rising concern…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/20/democrats-trump-iran-war

 

House Dem challengers are printing money - POLITICO

Seven of the 10 best-fundraising House candidates across competitive districts were Democratic challengers, according to a POLITICO review of filings submitted to the Federal Election Commission late on Wednesday. All seven outraised the GOP incumbents they are facing in the 2nd quarter...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/16/house-dem-challengers-are-printing-money-01000665

 

Top House Democrats vow to oppose bid to cut US military aid to Israel

House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, calls amendment ‘overly broad’ as party grapples with backlash over Israel…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/14/us-military-aid-israel-house-democrats

 

Senate Dems block defense bill in protest of Iran war - POLITICO

The move is a blow to Republicans who had sought to deliver on Trump’s record-shattering defense budget ambitions — using a bill that is one of the few measures that reliably becomes law each year. But Democrats had long signaled that they won’t support the Pentagon legislation without guardrails on Trump, most notably on the Iran war...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/14/senate-dems-block-defense-bill-protest-iran-war-00997134

Fact-checking Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens in MI Democratic Senate primary debate - PolitiFact

Throughout the July 7 debate hosted by WOOD-TV Channel 8 in Grand Rapids, the candidates attacked one another over campaign finance, criticizing what they painted as each others’ questionable funding sources. We fact-checked some of the major points...

 https://www.politifact.com/article/2026/jul/08/michigan-debate-el-sayed-stevens-campaign-finance/

Red scare revived as Trump leads push to attack Democrats as ‘communists’

But while Trump has ramped up his attacks against communism, the self-styled business mogul president has overseen the most significant extension of government control over private industry since the start of the cold war, if not before. 

The United States government has a 9.9% stake in Intel Corporation and is the storied chip maker’s largest single shareholder. Trump redirected money from the Chips Act to rescue the firm. The government has warrants allowing it to purchase another 5% of the private company. 

It is only one of dozens of nationalized state investments since the start of Trump’s second term...

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/07/trump-democrats-communists

 

Calls grow for Graham Platner to drop out after sexual assault allegation

Should Democrats decide to replace Platner as the party’s nominee in the Maine Senate race, Platner would have to drop out by 5pm ET on 13 July, according to state law. The Democratic party will then have a two-week window – until 27 July – to select a replacement candidate...

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/06/graham-platner-assault-allegation

 

Rahm Emanuel’s Israel Speech Shows Where American Politics Is Headed - POLITICO

A preview of Rahm Emanuel’s remarks shows the era of absolute U.S. support for Israel’s government is over...

 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/07/06/rahm-emanuel-israel-palestine-iran-democrat-strategy-00987525 

Trump attacks Democrats as ‘godless communists’ in test of midterms message

The radical left “want to resume the transgender mutilation of children, they want to restart the war on Christians and churches, and as you saw with the communists elected in New York recently … they want to completely destroy the traditional American way of life,” Trump warned. 

“Communism is very easy to sell. It destroys everything, but it is very easy. And I’ll be honest – I think I’d be the greatest communist in history.” Mockingly, the president said as a communist he could give free rent, houses and food, but the country would inevitably fail after two or three years. He said: “Everyone will suffer or die. That’s what happens.” 

Trump, who has been the subject of three assassination attempts over the past two years, added darkly: “I’m sorry to say but the assassinations of those who oppose them is a very important element of their ideology. Assassinations are a big deal for them. They are animals!”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/26/trump-democrats-communists-midterms