Brooklyn’s Lambda Independent Democrats aims to improve LGBTQ+ representation in politics From New York’s Mondaire Jones to Ritchie Torres, representation for the LGBTQ+ community has improved greatly when it comes to holding political office. According to a Brooklyn LGBTQ+ political club, this is just the beginning. To Deshawn Childress and Nicholas Tamborra, politics isn’t about … Read more
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The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Louisiana congressional map to be redrawn to add another majority-Black district. The justices reversed plans to hear the case themselves and lifted a hold they placed on a lower court’s order for a reworked redistricting regime. There were no noted dissents. The move from the high court comes … Read more
The far-right Alternative für Deutschland has won a district council election in Germany for the first time, in what is being referred to as a watershed moment in the country’s politics. The eastern town of Sonneberg, in the state of Thuringia, elected Robert Sesselmann to the post of district administrator, the equivalent of a mayor, … Read more
State Senator Sarah McBride announced on Monday that she would run for Delaware’s at-large U.S. House seat — a bid that, if successful, would make her the first openly transgender member of the U.S. Congress. The seat is currently held by Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester, a Democrat who said on Wednesday that she would pursue … Read more
OPINION Politics The answer: a fascination with fascism that shows in Italy’s politics, no matter what the PM says Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni speaks during a news conference, as European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte listen, in Tunis, Tunisia June 11, 2023 [Tunisian Presidency/Handout via Reuters] Sometime … Read more
Photo: Voters listen to candidates make their pitch during Saturday’s Stump Speaking event at Cedar Hill Farm. (Bob Bakken/desotocountynews.com) It was their chance to meet voters face-to-face and tell them why they should vote them into office or keep them in office in the next election. Saturday’s “Stump Speaking” event at Cedar Hill Farm south … Read more
Squatter seen leaving the site near Parliament House that the government has vetoed as a security risk. Russia was first granted the lease on the land in Canberra in 2008 [Rod McGuirk/AP Photo] An Australian court has rejected a Russian claim to stop its eviction from a site in Canberra where it has been blocked … Read more
Jim Crawford: GOP Performance politics Published 12:00 am Monday, June 26, 2023 By It is going to be a long, hot summer, but so far, at least, we have some entertainment coming from the Republican House and Senate. They have been very busy there, not so much with lawmaking for the people, but with their … Read more
News Tens of thousands attend events in Pyongyang as country marks the anniversary of the start of the Korean War in 1950. People march against the US at Pyongyang’s May Day stadium [KCNA via Reuters] North Korea has held mass rallies in Pyongyang condemning the “imperialism” of the United States and promising a “war of … Read more