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Thursday, May 14, 2026

Top Trump official humiliated by epic mic drop

                

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Secretary of the Interior humiliated over solar power ignorance

The man Donald Trump tapped to oversee 500 million acres of public land and manage the nation's natural resources warned Congress yesterday that solar panels "produce zero electricity" when the sun goes down — an obviously fatal flaw that engineers somehow forgot to address before... oh, wait, never mind, we have storage batteries.

Seizing the moment Interior Secretary Doug Burgum was clearly unprepared for, Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) requested unanimous consent to enter into the committee record "this amazing new technology that apparently the secretary is unaware of: it's a battery" — and in the process threw his name in the proverbial hat for deepest burn of the year on Capitol Hill. Can we please let serious people back in charge of our country soon?

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: Republicans hit with rare bad news in deep red state

In the very-deep-red state of Nebraska, fans of democracy and the idea of one day returning to some semblance of normalcy have a little more reason to hope this week. Democratic Senate candidate Cindy Burbank bested a Republican plant in the state's Democratic primary this week and immediately announced she would vacate the race and throw her support behind left-leaning, independent insurgent Dan Osborn, who actually has a legitimate chance at knocking off GOP incumbent Pete Ricketts in November.

Brian Tyler Cohen breaks down the unusual turn of events in Nebraska what it could mean for our chances of retaking the Senate this fall.

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MAGA Speaker Mike Johnson's House majority is down to just TWO VOTES

Flip the House: We have a very real opportunity to flip the House and finally put some clamps on Donald Trump's reign of terror and chaos this November, but it's not going to be easy. Trump has made it clear that there's nothing he won't do to tip the scales in his favor, so we need to win by a decisive enough majority to thwart his inevitable shenanigans. We've put together a donation page that will split any gifts between a group of Democratic candidates all locked in close, winnable House races, and every dollar might mean the difference between democracy or fascism. Will you chip in to help retake our country and stop Trump in his tracks?


China’s Xi warns Trump that differences over Taiwan could lead to conflict
China’s Xi Jinping warned Donald Trump on Thursday that their two countries could clash over Taiwan if the issue is not handled properly, an unusually harsh admonition that stood in contrast to Trump's praise for his counterpart. According to a tweet by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning, Xi told Trump that "the Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-US relations." While Donald fawned over Xi, heaping praise on his host's "great" leadership, the Chinese president was far more stark in his opening remarks, expressing hope that the US and China could avoid conflict and asking "whether the two countries can transcend the 'Thucydides Trap' and forge a new model for relations between major powers."

We're not big gamblers here at Daily Dose of Democracy, but we'd bet the house and the shirts off our backs that someone had to explain to Donald what Xi meant by "Thucydides Trap."

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JD Vance insists Trump never said he doesn't care about Americans — one day after Trump said he doesn't care about Americans
Unfortunately for the cosplay hillbilly, there's video proving otherwise. Keep shooting your shots, JD!


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Obama defends his 2015 Iran deal with jab at Trump’s war: "We didn't have to kill a whole bunch of people"

During a sit-down interview with Stephen Colbert at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, the 44th president took a pointed swipe at the MAGA cult leader and essentially called "scoreboard" on how their respective approaches to dealing with Iran had fared. "Not only did I think [the 2015 Iran nuclear deal] was working, even Israeli intelligence thought it was working, even our intelligence services thought it was working," Obama said. "So, there’s no dispute that it worked. And we didn't have to kill a whole bunch of people or shut down the Strait of Hormuz."

When Colbert countered that Donald did not agree, Obama quipped, "Yeah, because I did it. Which is fine. That seems to be a pattern." Touché!


Miami residents sue to block Trump's scammy presidential "library"
To be fair, if the serial con man's future presidential "library" isn't completely and utterly scammy, can it legitimately bear his name?


83-year-old House Democrat is MIA — with no explanation
Florida Democrat Frederica Wilson has not voted in the House of Representatives since April 17, having missed 43 consecutive votes without explanation. Wilson's absence only drew more attention after her official Twitter account posted photos of a Service Academy day using pictures she previously posted last October. Republicans currently hold a razor-thin majority, while four House Democrats have died in office during the 119th Congress.


Senate Republican opposition to the Iran war slowly grows
They're taking their pretty little time, but Republicans are finally growing weary of their cult leader's "little excursion" in the Middle East and the economic struggles Donald's imperial adventurism is exacerbating back home. Rand Paul, Lisa Murkowski, and perpetually concerned Susan Collins all went on the record yesterday voting in favor of reining in Trump's warmongering. Funny how a few catastrophic polls showing overwhelming displeasure with a president's job performance can move the needle, eh?


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Sunday, December 21, 2025

Trump GETS RUDE AWAKENING as he LOSES VOTERS…in NEBRASKA?!

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Thursday, September 26, 2024

COMMON DREAMS: Top News: Blinken Faces Calls to Resign Over Lie That Israel Not Blocking Gaza Aid




Wednesday, September 25, 2024

■ Today's Top News 


Rights Group Condemns Texas National Guard for Firing Pepper Balls at Migrants

"In separate incidents this summer, witnesses saw Texas National Guard members firing pepper-spray projectiles at migrants who posed no risk to National Guard members or anyone else."

By Edward Carver



Rights Groups List 50+ Calls for Gaza Genocide on Israel's Channel 14

"Incitement to war crimes is part of the Channel 14 poison machine, and its aim is to create a forever war here," said one campaigner.

By Brett Wilkins



With All Eyes on Gaza, Israel Bulldozed 'Mile After Mile' of West Bank

"We watched their bulldozers tear up streets, demolish businesses, pharmacies, schools," said one local leader. "They even bulldozed the town soccer field, and a tree in the middle of a road."

By Jessica Corbett



Progressive US Lawmakers Call for Arms Embargo to Halt Israeli Escalation in Lebanon

"We cannot continue to stand idly by while innocent civilians are being bombarded with our tax dollars," said U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar.

By Jake Johnson



Landmark Declaration of Rights Safeguards Biobío River in Chile

"A paradigm shift is necessary," said an advocacy group. "Let's recognize now that the Biobío River has value in itself."

By Julia Conley



Blinken Faces Calls to Resign Over Lie That Israel Is Not Blocking Gaza Aid

"When a senior American official lies to Congress in the middle of genocide so that the government can keep funding that genocide, he is deliberately flouting the law and prolonging the suffering of millions of innocent people."

By Jake Johnson


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Working-Class Independent Dan Osborn Giving GOP Senator Run for Her Money in Nebraska

Dan Osborn, a mechanic and union leader running to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer in Nebraska, told an Omaha news station on Tuesday that recent polling showing a highly competitive race didn't come as a surprise to him.

"It's what I'm seeing on the ground," he told KETV of a Survey USA poll showing 45% of respondents supporting him, compared with 44% backing Fischer. "People, I think, are ready for a change."

Osborn describes himself as a "lifelong Independent," and has not sought or accepted endorsements from either major political party.

He does have the backing of the United Auto Workers, which said in June, "It's time for labor to get behind candidates who look like us, talk like us, and know the issues facing working-class people."

Osborn began working as an industrial mechanic for a Kellogg's plant in 2004, and eventually rose to the presidency of his union local, Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers (BCTGM) Local 50G.

In that role in 2021, he led 500 of his co-workers at the cereal plant in a work stoppage that lasted 77 days, with workers protesting a two-tier hiring system that left new employees with lower pay and no pensions and demanding fair working schedules and pay.

The strike forced the company to agree to cost-of-living raises, no plant closures through 2026, and no permanent two-tier system.

"I've gone up against a major American corporation," Osborn told The New York Times in February. "I stood up for what I thought was right, and I won."

The Fischer campaign and its supporters have taken notice of the senator's opponent as multiple polls have shown the two candidates neck-and-neck. Last month, Fischer was up by just one point, with 23% undecided.

Conservative super political action committee Heartland Resurgence has spent $479,000 in a new ad campaign opposing Osborn, repeating the same false claims about his support for abortion care as those Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made at his debate against Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris earlier this month: that Osborn "supports abortion until the moment of birth."

Osborn told the independent rural news outlet Barn Raiser in March that he believes "a woman's decision on whether or not to have an abortion is between her and her doctor, it's not the federal government's place to dictate those things to people. Deb Fischer believes in a complete abortion ban. I strongly disagree with that position."

In an ad released this week, Osborn is seen next to a stand-in for Fischer, who wears a blazer decorated with the logos of some of her major corporate donors: Northrop Grumman, which has given her $64,827 over her career; Union Pacific Corp., which has donated $141,651; and Goldman Sachs, which has donated $18,200 this election cycle.

Osborn says in the ad that the Senate is made up of "millionaires controlled by billionaires."

"Deb Fischer is part of the problem," he says. "She's taken so much corporate cash she should wear patches."

Columnist John Nichols said the latest poll numbers in Nebraska suggest "that a willingness to take on millionaires, billionaires, and the politicians who serve them plays well everywhere."

Pro-worker media organization More Perfect Union pointed to earlier polling in July that showed Osborn and Fischer tied 42-42.

"Fifty-seven percent of the state's GOP voters say they're open to voting for an Independent," the outlet reported. "Osborn, a long-time union worker, could kick a Republican out of the Senate."


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Even a Good President With a Gun Won’t Save Us

VP Harris’ recent political messaging about guns has been less about curbing them and more about how she and her running mate Tim Walz possess them. But that won’t prevent mass shootings.

By Will Bunch


Please Vice-President Harris, Stay Away from Wall Street!

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By Les Leopold


It’s Time for the US to Kick Its War Habit and Get Mad at MAD

Using the vernacular of the day, perhaps it’s particularly on target to say that our whole country suffers from Militarism Abuse Disorder or (all too appropriately) MAD.

By Frida Berrigan


Trump's Friday Meltdown: Begging Iran, Ditching Ukraine, and Blaming Everybody But Himself – 7/31/26

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