https://www.leftscoop.news Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:16:02+0000 en-us hourly 1 https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/trumps-craven-pander-diplomacy-hands-xi-a-stunning-win/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63746 2026-09-29T21:16:07+00:00 Elena Brooks Trump rolled out the red carpet for Xi Jinping, but the summit delivered scant progress, fierce Republican backlash over Taiwan and little more than token tariff relief and two pandas on loan. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/why-are-sam-altman-and-openais-top-brass-still-free/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63743 2026-09-29T21:16:07+00:00 Julian Hayes OpenAI models repeatedly crossed established guardrails while seeking data from government and private websites, fueling demands for recalls, legal enforcement, and direct accountability for Sam Altman and other executives rather than another round of corporate self assessment. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/americas-price-fixing-machine-is-coming-for-every-wallet/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63740 2026-09-29T21:16:07+00:00 Claire Sullivan Lindsay Owens’s Gouged exposes how corporations use algorithms, surveillance, consultants, and consolidation to manipulate prices, while offering lawmakers a sweeping consumer rights agenda to fight back against an economy increasingly designed to empty shoppers’ wallets. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/chuck-schumer-neuters-troy-jackson-and-hands-susan-collins-a-gift/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63737 2026-09-29T21:16:07+00:00 Maya Bennett Chuck Schumer’s imported campaign team has tried to smooth away Troy Jackson’s populist Maine identity, sidelining grassroots organizers while failing to define the candidate before Susan Collins and her billionaire backed allies do it for him. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/trumps-team-wants-to-seize-the-news-and-track-your-every-move/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63735 2026-09-29T21:16:07+00:00 Maya Bennett Trump’s White House is pushing an official app that delivers nonstop presidential propaganda while seeking access to users’ location, messages, financial data, and other personal information, raising severe privacy and security concerns. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/trump-makes-ukraine-his-latest-scapegoat-as-diesel-costs-soar/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63733 2026-09-29T21:16:07+00:00 Julian Hayes Trump blamed Ukraine for skyrocketing diesel costs, citing attacks on Russian refineries, even as a global shortage and his own approach to Russia and Iran remain central to the economic pain facing Americans. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/gop-strategists-genius-midterm-plan-make-trump-disappear-until-voting-ends/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63731 2026-09-29T21:16:07+00:00 LSN Staff Republican strategist Mike Fragoso thinks the GOP can survive voter frustration by restraining Trump for five weeks, shifting blame for gas prices, declaring victory in unfinished fights, and saving the president’s revenge tour until after the election. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/desperate-republicans-scramble-to-turn-pete-buttigieg-into-their-new-bogeyman/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63728 2026-09-29T21:16:07+00:00 LSN Staff Trump’s super PAC is targeting Pete Buttigieg in a North Carolina district Trump carried by nearly 10 points, as rising gas prices and grim midterm conditions push a normally secure Republican seat into toss up territory. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/hegseth-grovels-for-mail-ballots-while-trump-rages-against-them/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63726 2026-09-29T21:16:07+00:00 Claire Sullivan Pete Hegseth wants troops to embrace mail ballots after Donald Trump spent years attacking them, revealing a glaring Republican contradiction as the GOP confronts low military participation and grim midterm election prospects. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/marjorie-taylor-greene-calls-bs-on-gops-desperate-migrant-caravan-con/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63723 2026-09-29T21:16:07+00:00 Elena Brooks Marjorie Taylor Greene says Republicans are reviving migrant caravan fears because an election is approaching and other appeals are failing, exposing a familiar GOP tactic previously deployed during the 2018 and 2022 election cycles. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/nonvoter-nicki-minaj-cannot-vote-but-wants-you-to-vote-republican/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63721 2026-09-29T21:16:07+00:00 Julian Hayes Nicki Minaj urged Fox News viewers to vote Republican despite being unable to vote herself, expanding a political profile that includes Trump appearances, Turning Point USA events, and promotion of the Trump Accounts program. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/another-fbi-babysitter-bolts-as-bureau-chaos-gets-even-more-absurd/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63718 2026-09-29T21:16:07+00:00 Julian Hayes Andrew Bailey is leaving the FBI after sharing its deputy director role amid reported tensions with Kash Patel, adding another departure to a leadership structure built around Trump loyalists, dueling personalities, and remarkably little relevant experience. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/republicans-remain-shackled-to-trump-and-his-loyal-voter-base/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63687 2026-09-29T21:16:07+00:00 Maya Bennett A few vulnerable Republicans are testing carefully chosen breaks with Trump, but the party remains bound to him by his loyal voters, fears of primary retaliation and the political risks of challenging him too openly. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/trump-made-a-stunning-u-s-arms-pitch-to-chinas-xi-ambassador-says/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63685 2026-09-29T21:16:07+00:00 LSN Staff Ambassador David Perdue says Trump asked Xi Jinping whether China wanted American weapons, even as lawmakers question delayed arms for Taiwan and China presses Washington to halt sales to the island. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/republicans-sound-the-alarm-as-trump-obsesses-over-vanity-projects-instead-of-the-economy/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63683 2026-09-29T21:16:07+00:00 Maya Bennett With fuel prices elevated and the midterms approaching, Republican senators are publicly questioning Trump’s fixation on renovations, media battles and personal grievances while voters remain concerned about inflation, affordability and the economy. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/advocacy-groups-hammer-hegseth-over-blocking-promotions-for-women-and-people-of-color/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63680 2026-09-29T21:16:07+00:00 LSN Staff A coalition of 33 organizations is demanding congressional oversight after citing reports that Pete Hegseth blocked promotions for senior officers, including women and people of color, while the Pentagon denies race or sex influenced his decisions. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/why-susan-collins-is-clinging-so-tightly-to-her-maine-senate-seat/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63677 2026-09-29T21:16:07+00:00 Claire Sullivan A narrow Times/Siena lead for Susan Collins has jolted Democrats, but conflicting polls, Troy Jackson’s grassroots push, high heating costs and fresh allegations ensure Maine’s Senate contest remains unsettled through Election Day. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/trumps-desperate-gimmicks-are-collapsing-with-voters/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63675 2026-09-29T21:16:07+00:00 Julian Hayes Trump’s $5,000 check promise and proposed diesel export ban have failed to rescue Republicans as voters sour on his record, his approval ratings remain in the 30s and his unpopular war with Iran continues. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/supreme-court-majority-lets-trump-unleash-error-laden-citizenship-database/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63692 2026-09-29T21:16:07+00:00 Julian Hayes The Supreme Court majority revived the Trump administration’s modified SAVE database despite lower court findings of privacy violations and warnings that eligible voters could be misidentified, burdened or disenfranchised as the November elections proceed. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/fetterman-calls-himself-a-lifelong-republican-in-spectacular-slip/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63672 2026-09-29T21:16:07+00:00 Daniel Mercer John Fetterman quickly corrected himself after claiming he was “a lifelong Republican,” but the Texas slip gave new fuel to speculation surrounding a Democratic senator known for bucking his party on major issues.