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Trump signs executive order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America
By George Chidi

Symbolic move to rename lake bordering New York and Canada comes amid escalating trade war with northern neighbor

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/27/trump-renames-lake-ontario-america

#DonaldTrump #Canada #Americas #USnews #TheGuardian #GeorgeChidi

US Postal Service says new mail ballot rules tied to Trump order are in effect
By George Chidi

Move from USPS comes amid Trump administration’s efforts to restrict mail-in voting in November’s midterms

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/27/us-postal-service-mail-ballot-rules-trump-order

#Trumpadministration #USnews #USpolitics #USmidtermelections2026 #USvotingrights #TheGuardian #GeorgeChidi

Trump laying groundwork to impose national emergency by sowing election distrust
By George Chidi

President’s speech, declassification of documents and heightened claims of noncitizen voting have experts concerned

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/23/trump-sowing-election-distrust

#USmidtermelections2026 #DonaldTrump #USnews #USpolitics #Republicans #Trumpadministration #TheGuardian #GeorgeChidi

Trump threatens $5bn lawsuit over liberal National Guard policy report
By George Chidi

A report released by thinktank Cap argues the deployment of the National Guard failed to have a measurable impact on crime, despite costing billions

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/21/trump-lawsuit-threat-national-guard-deployment-report

#DonaldTrump #USpolitics #USnews #TheGuardian #GeorgeChidi

US navy carrier set to honor Black war hero may reportedly be renamed after Trump
By George Chidi

Sources say US navy is working to rename carrier originally planned to honor second world war sailor Doris Miller

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/21/navy-carrier-black-war-hero-trump-report

#USmilitary #USnews #USpolitics #DonaldTrump #Trumpadministration #Secondworldwar #TheGuardian #GeorgeChidi

Trump dismisses USS Lincoln criticism and snaps at CNN reporter to ‘be quiet’
By George Chidi

President says US carrier is ‘beautifully maintained’ and calls CNN ‘fake news’ over reports of poor conditions

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/17/trump-uss-abraham-lincoln-strait-of-hormuz

#DonaldTrump #USnews #USmilitary #Worldnews #USpolitics #CNN #TheGuardian #GeorgeChidi

Senator Darline Graham advances to runoff in South Carolina special primary
By George Chidi

Lindsey Graham’s sister, appointed to replace the Republican, held a narrow lead in the Senate primary

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/11/south-carolina-senate-primary-runoff-darline-graham

#USmidtermelections2026 #SouthCarolina #USSenate #Republicans #USCongress #USpolitics #USnews #TheGuardian #GeorgeChidi

‘Fiercely independent’ South Carolina votes on Lindsey Graham’s Senate successor
By George Chidi

Republicans, including Graham’s sister Darline, expedite campaigns to replace late senator in special primary race

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/11/south-carolina-special-primary-election-lindsey-graham-senate-seat

#SouthCarolina #USmidtermelections2026 #USnews #USpolitics #Republicans #Democrats #USSenate #USCongress #TheGuardian #GeorgeChidi

Trump officials offer cities tens of millions for Memphis-style police surges – with conditions
By George Chidi

DoJ to give $300m for enforcement surges in four cities, as long as they abandon progressive ideologies on policing

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/10/trump-administration-justice-department-policing

#USpolicing #Trumpadministration #USimmigration #Homelessness #UScrime #WashingtonDC #Memphis #Tennessee #USjusticesystem #USpolitics #USnews #TheGuardian #GeorgeChidi

Top Democrats simulate election threats as Trump continues assault on voting
By George Chidi

Chuck Schumer and other senators took part in exercises in which legal experts laid out election disruption scenarios

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/09/democrats-election-disruption-planning-exercises

#Democrats #USnews #USpolitics #USmidtermelections2026 #USSenate #USvotingrights #TheGuardian #GeorgeChidi

Republican who withdrew last month beats Trump-backed rival in Michigan
By George Chidi

Thomas Smith, whose name remained on ballot, beats Republican rivals in primary contest for eighth district

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/05/republican-trump-rival-michigan-primary

#Michigan #Republicans #HouseofRepresentatives #USCongress #USpolitics #USnews #Worldnews #TheGuardian #GeorgeChidi

Trump administration’s revision of Iran war casualties ‘huge disrespect’, say veterans
By George Chidi

Defense department updated database of casualties to list four service members deceased in ‘Overseas Operations’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/27/trump-administration-iran-war-casualties-veterans

#USmilitary #USIsraelwaronIran #Trumpadministration #DonaldTrump #USnews #USpolitics #TheGuardian #GeorgeChidi

How Trump could undermine the midterms
By George Chidi

The president really has no power over elections – but that hasn’t stopped Trump from laying the groundwork to challenge results in November

https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/26/trump-undermine-us-midterms

#USmidtermelections2026 #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Republicans #Democrats #USnews #TheGuardian #GeorgeChidi

Cincinnati has a $1.9bn infrastructure fund – why can’t it spend it to fix its housing crisis?
By George Chidi

Money from rail selloff could help solve Ohio city’s most pressing problems but political mistrust dictates how profits can be used

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/14/cincinnati-ohio-infrastructure-housing

#USnews #USpolitics #Ohio #Worldnews #TheGuardian #GeorgeChidi

@theguardian_us_news

This is the second hagiographic turd obit from The Guardian for Cheney that I've seen.

#GeorgeChidi and #MartinPengelly playing soggy-biscuit pennants?

“I like to imagine that most of what our elected officials do is too boring to report….

And then I look at the list of things they tried to get through - are still trying to get through the back door - and I add another scar to my pitted, charcoal-blackened heart.”

George Chidi with a solid analysis of Georgia’s legislature politics.

https://theatlantaobjective.substack.com/p/surviving-crossover-day

#Georgia #GeorgeChidi #Politics

FBI’s LockBit Takedown Postponed a Ticking Time Bomb in Fulton County, Ga.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/02/fbis-lockbit-takedown-postponed-a-ticking-time-bomb-in-fulton-county-ga/

#FultonCountyDistrictAttorneyFannyWillis #NationalCrimeAgency #Ne'er-Do-WellNews #AN-Securitybreach #FultonCountyhack #VX-Underground #DonaldTrump #GeorgeChidi #LockBitSupp #Ransomware #Europol #LockBit #CNN #fbi #XSS

FBI’s LockBit Takedown Postponed a Ticking Time Bomb in Fulton County, Ga. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/02/fbis-lockbit-takedown-postponed-a-ticking-time-bomb-in-fulton-county-ga/ #FultonCountyDistrictAttorneyFannyWillis #NationalCrimeAgency #Ne'er-Do-WellNews #AN-Securitybreach #FultonCountyhack #VX-Underground #DonaldTrump #GeorgeChidi #LockBitSupp #Ransomware #Europol #LockBit #CNN #fbi #XSS

Fulton County
could simply
arrest fewer people

#Atlanta #ATL #FultonCounty #FultonCountyJail #GeorgeChidi #Abolition

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