Bari Weiss Personally Involved in CBS News Hit Piece on Abdul El-Sayed: Report The CBS piece, which was published on Monday, drew criticism from Democratic lawmakers and progressive journalists for saying that El-Sayed “may be facing the risk of renewed scrutiny and fresh political attack” due to past innocuous statements he’d made about the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/bari-weiss-cbs-el-sayedTeamsters union leaders support Republicans despite members endorsing DemocratsO’Brien donated $1,000 to the Republican US Senate campaign of Scott Brown in New Hampshire on 19 February 2026. Brown appeared on O’Brien’s podcast, Better Bad Ideas, on 25 February. The only Teamsters’ local in New Hampshire, Teamsters Local 633, endorsed Brown’s Democratic rival Chris Pappas for the Senate race in April 2025. Teamsters Local 633 did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/02/teamsters-union-republican-endorsement ‘At a Breaking Point’: Survey Shows Teachers Working Second Jobs, Spending Hundreds on Supplies The pollsters found that a majority of respondents anticipate spending at least $100 to $600 on supplies for their classrooms without being reimbursed. Over a quarter said that school funding issues shift costs to teachers, and supply prices keep rising.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/teachers-buying-suppliesJustice department orders US states to expand how they report undocumented immigrants Under the new opinion, issued by the department’s office of legal counsel, any state that takes federal money through support schemes for low-income Americans, including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI), must now report undocumented immigrants across its entire state government, not just through the specific welfare office that runs the program.
Post too long. Click here to view the full text.