https://www.leftscoop.news Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:53:53+0000 en-us hourly 1 https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/trumps-bogus-white-house-press-ban-sparks-first-amendment-lawsuit/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63087 2026-09-21T22:02:57+00:00 Elena Brooks CNN, MS NOW, and Politico are suing after Trump revoked their White House access, while television pool members, press advocates, and Barack Obama condemn the ban as a dangerous attack on the First Amendment. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/doge-bill-could-come-back-to-torment-vulnerable-republicans/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63112 2026-09-21T22:02:57+00:00 Maya Bennett A DOGE inspired bill could end funding for programs supporting veterans, medical research, housing and education, giving Democrats fresh ammunition against vulnerable Republicans who backed the measure and now face competitive elections. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/bill-maher-torches-macklemore-over-gaza-remarks-and-revives-infamous-2014-costume-watch/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63116 2026-09-21T22:02:57+00:00 Bored Trash Panda Bill Maher criticized Macklemore’s Gaza comments while revisiting the rapper’s controversial 2014 costume. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/texas-republican-turns-trumps-bogus-5000-promise-into-a-brazen-voter-con/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63106 2026-09-21T22:02:57+00:00 Daniel Mercer Texas Republican nominee Eric Flores used Trump’s unsupported $5,000 dividend promise to direct voters toward a donation page that says contributions will first help retire Flores’s primary campaign debt. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/trumps-debt-disaster-has-an-obvious-fix-tax-the-rich-spare-the-safety-net/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63098 2026-09-21T22:02:57+00:00 Claire Sullivan The case for cleaning up Trump’s fiscal wreckage runs through wealth taxes, IRS repair, stronger federal staffing, and corruption crackdowns, not the familiar Washington ritual of cutting programs ordinary Americans depend on. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/heartbreaking-tragedy-cindy-crawford-and-randy-gerbers-son-presley-passes-away-at-27/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63118 2026-09-21T22:02:57+00:00 Bored Trash Panda Presley Gerber, 27, died Sunday at a rehab facility; his cause of death has not been released. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/environment-takes-center-stage-in-fierce-new-york-house-showdown/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63090 2026-09-21T22:02:57+00:00 Daniel Mercer Cait Conley and Mike Lawler are battling over clean energy, data centers, Indian Point and utility costs in a district offering Democrats one of their strongest opportunities to break the Republican House majority. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/kansas-governors-race-turns-into-a-brutal-brownback-reckoning/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63094 2026-09-21T22:02:57+00:00 Elena Brooks Kansas voters are weighing corporate subsidies and fiscal scars as Cindy Holscher targets Ty Masterson over data centers, a $2.7 billion public stadium commitment, and his central role in former Gov. Sam Brownback’s disastrous budget experiment. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/hegseth-toughened-combat-fitness-rules-for-women-more-than-90-are-passing/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63154 2026-09-21T22:02:57+00:00 LSN Staff More than 90% of female Marines in combat specialties are meeting Hegseth’s tougher fitness requirement, though advocates warn that lower scores under the male scale could still hurt women during performance evaluations and promotion decisions. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/michael-rapaport-blasts-zohran-the-moron-and-eyes-2029-showdown-watch/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63161 2026-09-21T22:02:57+00:00 Bored Trash Panda https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/mike-rogers-chickens-out-and-ducks-debate-with-abdul-el-sayed/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63051 2026-09-21T22:02:57+00:00 Elena Brooks Mike Rogers skipped a televised debate after previously expressing enthusiasm, allowing Abdul El-Sayed to confront voters’ questions alone as their closely watched Michigan Senate race remains neck and neck. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/alligator-alcatrazs-tiny-cages-were-likely-even-more-brutally-cramped/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63022 2026-09-21T22:02:57+00:00 Julian Hayes Former detainees described brutal punishment boxes far smaller than those federal inspectors photographed, while suspicious transfers, relentless cage use and an inspection limited to one day left the ugliest allegations unresolved. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/will-democrats-once-again-refuse-to-see-the-working-class/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63025 2026-09-21T22:02:57+00:00 Elena Brooks Democracy Corps polling shows broad enthusiasm for protecting health programs and restoring the expanded monthly Child Tax Credit, prompting a warning that House Democrats must accurately measure what working class voters want before unveiling their agenda. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/trump-administrations-small-business-rewrite-fuels-a-monopolization-machine/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63028 2026-09-21T22:02:57+00:00 Julian Hayes A sweeping SBA proposal would let vastly larger companies claim small business benefits, potentially opening federal contracts, preferred financing, and matching funds to private equity portfolios while forcing genuinely small firms into brutal competition. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/how-corporate-cash-turns-california-democrats-into-ersatz-republicans/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63031 2026-09-21T22:02:57+00:00 Daniel Mercer Corporate lobbyists helped kill a surveillance pricing bill after seven Assembly Democrats withdrew support, while a new database shows California’s largest corporate and conservative contributors overwhelmingly directing their campaign money toward the state’s dominant party. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/rogue-new-york-sheriffs-launch-brazen-revolt-against-ice-partnership-ban/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63034 2026-09-21T22:02:57+00:00 Elena Brooks New York outlawed local 287(g) partnerships, but 15 sheriff’s departments are challenging the state in federal court, claiming Albany cannot restrict their authority to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/the-epas-toxic-surrender-to-the-ai-industry/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63037 2026-09-21T22:02:57+00:00 Maya Bennett The EPA is cutting staff, enforcement, and community programs while spending millions to advance AI, weakening pollution oversight, and helping Elon Musk’s xAI fight a lawsuit over unpermitted gas turbines in Memphis. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/jd-vance-begs-voters-for-another-chance-as-gop-failures-pile-up/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63039 2026-09-21T22:02:57+00:00 Daniel Mercer JD Vance asked voters to give Republicans another chance, but farm bankruptcies, soaring fertilizer costs, oil prices, economic uncertainty, and broken promises made his glowing sales pitch sound more like a desperate request for political mercy. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/federal-reserve-defies-trumps-stupid-demands-and-raises-rates/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63044 2026-09-21T22:02:57+00:00 Maya Bennett The Federal Reserve unanimously raised interest rates despite Trump’s demands and trade threats, while his own nominee, Kevin Warsh, warned that inflation remained too high and firmly defended the central bank’s independence. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/trump-is-already-wrecking-the-kennedy-center/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63043 2026-09-21T22:02:57+00:00 Claire Sullivan A sworn affidavit says fencing surrounded the Kennedy Center as a forklift repeatedly struck its pillars, prompting Judge Christopher Cooper to demand emergency answers from Trump and the center’s board by Thursday morning.