https://www.leftscoop.news Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:30:00+0000 en-us hourly 1 https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/trumps-fcc-crony-threatens-outlets-airing-brutal-gop-polls/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=64575 2026-10-22T16:02:53+00:00 Maya Bennett FCC Chair Brendan Carr warned broadcasters about airing polls as multiple surveys showed Democrats ahead and Trump deeply unpopular, while Commissioner Anna Gomez argued that good faith reporting of publicly available polling data does not violate agency rules. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/trumps-reflecting-pool-fever-dream-saddles-taxpayers-with-at-least-343100-in-cameras/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=64571 2026-10-22T16:02:53+00:00 Elena Brooks Trump is spending at least $343,100 on Reflecting Pool surveillance cameras while blaming unproven leftist vandalism, as cameras and security infrastructure expand across Washington under an administration that faces little restraint from Congress or the Supreme Court. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/centrist-electability-math-is-a-statistical-shell-game/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=64568 2026-10-22T16:02:53+00:00 Maya Bennett Centrist critics are shifting from predictions of progressive defeat to complaints about victory margins, relying on a disputed statistic that can label safe seat winners as underperformers while ignoring whether their party actually captures power. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/pentagon-keeps-making-equity-deals-as-congress-scrambles-to-rein-it-in/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=64565 2026-10-22T16:02:53+00:00 Maya Bennett Even as Congress considers restricting Pentagon equity investments, the Economic Defense Unit and other offices have continued making deals, including four critical minerals investments totaling $775 million outside the Office of Strategic Capital. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/sad-republicans-plumb-grotesque-new-depths-exploiting-family-tragedy/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=64562 2026-10-22T16:02:53+00:00 Maya Bennett Republican appeals to aggrieved divorced fathers collide with two grim family stories, including a vicious attack on Amy Acton and Ken Paxton’s unsuccessful effort to secure an indictment after Chad Read was shot during a custody dispute. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/angel-reese-is-torching-her-haters-and-driving-the-dream-toward-wnba-glory/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=64514 2026-10-22T16:02:53+00:00 Julian Hayes Angel Reese turned criticism and controversy into fuel, found a fitting home with the Atlanta Dream and now enters the WNBA Finals as defensive player of the year, determined to make her fearless style championship worthy. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/hero-father-of-two-students-fatally-stops-oregon-elementary-school-gunman/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=64513 2026-10-22T16:02:53+00:00 LSN Staff A teacher wrestled with the teenage gunman inside Silver Rail Elementary School, creating an opening for Kaylub Giamanco, a father of two students, to fatally shoot the attacker after four people were killed. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/ilhan-omar-demands-doj-immediately-return-property-seized-in-disputed-home-search/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=64510 2026-10-22T16:02:53+00:00 Maya Bennett Omar’s attorneys say investigators ignored judicial instructions, obstructed access to counsel and seized constitutionally protected materials during a politically motivated search. They are demanding the prompt return of her laptop, phone, passport and other property. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/kansas-republicans-demonic-smear-gets-a-brutal-reality-check-from-cindy-holscher/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=64504 2026-10-22T16:02:53+00:00 LSN Staff Kansas Democrat Cindy Holscher and her daughter are pushing back after Republican Ty Masterson turned a playful TikTok meme into accusations of witchcraft and “demonic stuff” during a church speech weeks before the election. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/katie-zacharias-lawyer-scandal-still-shreds-white-house-credibility/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=64505 2026-10-22T16:02:53+00:00 Daniel Mercer Katie Zacharia’s three day tenure ended amid scrutiny over her legal credentials, including a bar complaint and questions about her former general counsel title. The episode raises fresh doubts about White House vetting and credibility. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/bernie-sanders-is-remaking-the-democratic-party-in-his-own-image/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=64501 2026-10-22T16:02:53+00:00 Julian Hayes After more than 70 endorsements and a 75% primary win rate, Bernie Sanders is testing whether his progressive movement can reshape the Democratic Party and carry its insurgent candidates through competitive general election races. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/vances-racist-pitch-to-white-voters-grows-more-desperate-as-trump-slips/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=64495 2026-10-22T16:02:53+00:00 Daniel Mercer As polls spotlight Trump’s declining support among white voters, Vice President JD Vance is escalating racial grievance, attacking Abdul El-Sayed and telling a conservative audience that white people no longer need to apologize for being white. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/katie-zacharias-real-scandal-was-never-her-dubious-legal-claim/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=64496 2026-10-22T16:02:53+00:00 Julian Hayes Katie Zacharia’s lawyer claims ended her brief White House press secretary stint, but her deleted posts promoting conspiracy theories and extreme proposals raise the more serious questions if Trump gives her another government role. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/hegseths-approval-craters-as-democrats-turn-him-into-a-midterm-liability/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=64492 2026-10-22T16:02:53+00:00 Claire Sullivan With Hegseth’s approval collapsing and opposition to the war with Iran shaping the midterms, Democrats are turning Trump’s highly visible War Secretary into a campaign liability, especially in races featuring candidates with military experience. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/ices-100-million-domestic-spy-machine-is-a-nightmare-in-the-making/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=64486 2026-10-22T16:02:53+00:00 Maya Bennett ICE is fast tracking a $100 million program placing 142 intelligence agents across more than two dozen cities and Washington, with experts warning its sweeping network analysis could expose immigrants, associates, protesters, and political targets to deeper surveillance. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/she-denied-being-the-lorax-then-trumps-tree-fiasco-changed-everything/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=64487 2026-10-22T16:02:53+00:00 LSN Staff Judge Ana Reyes extended an order blocking further tree removal after officials failed to explain why hundreds of trees suddenly had to fall as Trump pushed to remake the historic East Potomac golf course. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/trumps-oil-war-crushes-detroit-and-supercharges-chinese-automakers/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=64483 2026-10-22T16:02:53+00:00 LSN Staff Trump dismantled federal EV support just before his Iran war drove fuel prices higher and accelerated electric car demand abroad, leaving American automakers retrenching while BYD and Geely surged across a market increasingly dominated by Chinese producers. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/pete-ricketts-turned-nebraska-into-big-techs-data-center-piggy-bank/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=64478 2026-10-22T16:02:53+00:00 Julian Hayes Dan Osborn is turning Pete Ricketts’s long record of tax favors for data centers into a potent Senate campaign issue, spotlighting $836 million in Nebraska incentives, additional federal giveaways, and a race Republicans appear increasingly nervous about. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/el-sayed-battles-to-unite-michigans-crucial-democratic-coalition/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=64477 2026-10-22T16:02:53+00:00 Claire Sullivan El-Sayed is trying to unite Black, Arab American, and other Democratic voters after a bruising primary, while Republican Mike Rogers targets cracks in that coalition during a Senate race polling suggests could remain extremely close. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/the-pentagons-buyout-king-brings-wall-streets-worst-habits-to-war/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=64472 2026-10-22T16:02:53+00:00 Claire Sullivan Stephen Feinberg has imported Wall Street methods and former Cerberus associates into sweeping Pentagon operations, while contracts, investments, and unexplained ethics safeguards fuel conflict concerns that Democratic lawmakers are preparing to investigate.