https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usMon, 01 Jun 2026 02:06:01 -0400<![CDATA[In a world where “legend” status is assigned to most anyone who has managed to extend their allotted 15 minutes of fame into as much, or as little if you prefer, as 20, it can be difficult to remember that there are indeed those walking among us who are truly deserving of the label. Paul McCartney is one such individual. The world has been chasing him and his three compatriots in The Beatles since the 1960s without once catching up to his brilliance, and his post-Beatles work, either with Wings or solo, has easily brushed aside the critics as it has cemented his place as the 20th going into the 21st century’s greatest writer of popular music. He could have stopped after “Yesterday,” written and recorded in the mid-‘60s, and his place in history would be secure. Fortunately for us, McCartney has never rested on his laurels. He has not always hit the mark. But far more often than not, he has enriched our lives with his gift.]]>Sun, 31 May 2026 23:20:45 -0400<![CDATA[Jerry Wilson]]><![CDATA[Music]]>https://redstate.com/jerrywilson/2026/05/31/paul-mccartneys-the-boys-of-dungeon-lane-delivers-nonstick-sentiment-with-style-and-a-smile-n2202911<![CDATA[If you’ve ever been to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., you’ll know it’s a majestic site, with the 19-foot-tall Georgia white marble statue of Honest Abe overlooking the Reflecting Pool and then further off, the Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol.]]>Sun, 31 May 2026 21:02:24 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[CBS News]]><![CDATA[Civil Rights]]><![CDATA[History]]><![CDATA[Washington]]><![CDATA[America 250]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/05/31/what-lies-beneath-massive-secret-vault-under-lincoln-memorial-to-be-opened-to-the-public-for-america250-n2202908<![CDATA[It’s a day ending in “y,” so of course we have another Trump hit piece on Sunday from the reliable ole New York Times.]]>Sun, 31 May 2026 19:36:04 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Liberal Media]]><![CDATA[The New York Times]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[Truth Social]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/05/31/ny-times-fearmongers-over-exodus-of-lawyers-trump-has-the-last-laugh-n2202907<![CDATA[A huge boom was heard over parts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire on Saturday, freaking out New Englanders and causing them to wonder if war had broken out or a factory had exploded.]]>Sun, 31 May 2026 18:31:36 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]><![CDATA[New Hampshire]]><![CDATA[Space]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/05/31/boom-nasa-explains-explosion-with-power-of-300-tons-of-tnt-that-rocked-residents-from-ma-to-nh-n2202906<![CDATA[Morris Katz, the supposed wunderkind behind New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, is also the campaign strategist for Maine Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner. At present, Katz has failed to live up to his title. Instead, he is doing cleanup on Aisle 7 because he refused to strategize in order to get ahead of the self-inflicted landmines that have blown up all around his candidate.&nbsp;]]>Sun, 31 May 2026 18:25:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jennifer Oliver O'Connell]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[DNC]]><![CDATA[Maine]]><![CDATA[The New York Times]]><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/05/31/graham-platner-whistleblower-was-threatened-by-campaign-strategist-if-she-didnt-retract-her-story-n2202901<![CDATA[As RedState’s Becky Noble reported earlier in May, New York Democratic Socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced he would not be attending the Israel Day Parade, and on Sunday, sure enough, he was nowhere to be found in the crowd of tens of thousands.]]>Sun, 31 May 2026 17:39:27 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[Antisemitism]]><![CDATA[Eric Adams]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[New York]]><![CDATA[Zohran Mamdani]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/05/31/a-slap-in-the-face-nyc-mayor-mamdani-blows-off-israel-day-because-of-course-he-did-n2202905<![CDATA[Signs and portents of Iran's leadership coming apart? Maybe. A report on Sunday from the Jerusalem Post claims that Iran's president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has tendered his resignation to the supposedly still above-ground Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei. If this is true, it could be a sign that Iran's civil government is coming apart at the seams.]]>Sun, 31 May 2026 16:33:17 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[USA]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/31/new-iran-president-pezeshkian-steps-down-citing-total-irgc-control-n2202903<![CDATA[Colombians voted Sunday on whether to keep tolerating Gustavo Petro's leftist experiment or hand power to a hardliner who has&nbsp;promised to bomb cartel encampments, lock traffickers in remote megaprisons, and fumigate coca fields the way El Salvador's Nayib Bukele cleared out his country's gangs: with overwhelming force.]]>Sun, 31 May 2026 16:25:44 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Cartels]]><![CDATA[Colombia]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Fox News]]><![CDATA[Nayib Bukele]]><![CDATA[Terrorism]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/05/31/trump-style-anti-cartel-candidate-gains-ground-in-colombia-election-n2202902<![CDATA[One of the things that shows the real mentality of the Democrats — that they are fully focused on their only goal, control — is how they have been reacting concerning the presumptive Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine, Graham Platner.&nbsp;]]>Sun, 31 May 2026 16:10:40 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]><![CDATA[Chris Murphy]]><![CDATA[Cory Booker]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Maine]]><![CDATA[Senate]]><![CDATA[Andy Kim]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/05/31/watch-dems-scramble-on-platner-but-one-admits-there-are-concerns-n2202898<![CDATA[A few years back, we learned that a dear friend of ours had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She was a vibrant woman in her mid-40s, with a husband who loved her beyond words, and a young daughter just spreading her wings to enter her adult life. When our friend was diagnosed, they told her to plan on no more than three months.&nbsp;]]>Sun, 31 May 2026 15:06:47 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[FDA]]><![CDATA[Science]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/31/new-cancer-drug-opens-floodgates-of-hope-beyond-pancreas-cancer-n2202900<![CDATA[We are saddened to report that 11 bodies have been recovered from the site of last week's explosion at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging plant in Longview, Washington, last Tuesday. The search had been ongoing since the explosion.]]>Sun, 31 May 2026 13:01:31 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Washington]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/31/all-11-victims-now-recovered-after-longview-mill-chemical-disaster-n2202896<![CDATA[Boy, howdy, is Texas ever having an interesting year. They are the location of one of the midterm election's highest-profile Senate races, with Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton squaring off against Democratic contender James Talarico, who appears to have the testosterone level of arugula and who thinks running a vegan campaign in a state renowned (rightly) for its barbecue beef brisket is a great strategy. There's another exciting thing happening right now, if you're a Texas businessman: The Lone Star State is also undergoing quite the business boom.&nbsp;]]>Sun, 31 May 2026 12:13:17 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]><![CDATA[Texas]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/31/americas-new-red-state-corporate-renaissance-n2202893<![CDATA[Saturday, President Trump gave his daughter-in-law, Fox News personality Lara Trump, a walk around the White House and described some of the features of the East Wing remodeling that's underway; this includes the new White House ballroom.&nbsp;]]>Sun, 31 May 2026 11:31:18 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Lara Trump]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[White House]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/31/inside-trumps-massive-new-secure-east-wing-modernization-project-n2202892<![CDATA[We've written extensively about the out-of-control "protesting" that has been happening outside of the Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark, New Jersey, with leftist agitators pulling out all the stops to try to stop immigration enforcement agents from doing their jobs in keeping American communities safe from criminal illegal aliens.]]>Sun, 31 May 2026 11:00:55 -0400<![CDATA[Sister Toldjah]]><![CDATA[Fox News]]><![CDATA[ICE]]><![CDATA[Newark]]><![CDATA[New Jersey]]><![CDATA[Riots]]><![CDATA[Mikie Sherrill]]>https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/05/31/when-a-media-split-screen-absolutely-crushes-it-n2202891<![CDATA[Spencer Pratt has captured attention in the Los Angeles mayoral campaign by being different from regular politicians.&nbsp;]]>Sun, 31 May 2026 10:50:34 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Homelessness]]><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]><![CDATA[Spencer Pratt]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/05/31/spencer-pratt-dog-plan-n2202889<![CDATA[California's jungle primary hits the finish line Tuesday. The good news for conservatives: Republican Steve Hilton still has a very real shot at making the November ballot. Former Biden HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra is leading the field, but the race for that critical second runoff spot remains a toss-up.]]>Sun, 31 May 2026 10:05:42 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[GOP]]><![CDATA[Polling]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/05/31/california-democrats-consolidated-behind-becerra-steve-hilton-is-still-in-the-fight-n2202890<![CDATA[Democrats are not taking the latest revelations about their presumptive Senate nominee for Maine, Graham Platner, very well.]]>Sun, 31 May 2026 09:31:19 -0400<![CDATA[Sister Toldjah]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Maine]]><![CDATA[Senate]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/05/31/are-the-democrats-trying-to-biden-graham-platner-n2202887<![CDATA[Happy Sunday, and welcome to the RedState Weekly Briefing — where we take a quick look at the week’s most viewed stories in case you missed any of them. What do you suppose caught people's attention in yet another eventful week? Grab a cup of coffee (or something stronger if you're so inclined) and sit down with this 21st-century Weekend Edition of your favorite (online) publication.]]>Sun, 31 May 2026 09:00:11 -0400<![CDATA[Susie Moore]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Abigail Spanberger]]><![CDATA[Gun Ban]]><![CDATA[Weekly Briefing]]><![CDATA[Andy Kim]]><![CDATA[Spencer Pratt]]>https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/05/31/redstate-weekly-briefing-n2202888<![CDATA[The anti-ICE crew was out again on Saturday at the ICE facility in Newark.&nbsp;]]>Sun, 31 May 2026 08:15:00 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]><![CDATA[Communism]]><![CDATA[ICE]]><![CDATA[Newark]]><![CDATA[New Jersey]]><![CDATA[Riots]]><![CDATA[Mikie Sherrill]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/05/31/more-ice-action-in-newark-n2202884<![CDATA[As my colleagues Brad Slager and Ben Smith reported on Saturday, Maine Democrat Senate candidate Graham Platner is the oppo gift that keeps on giving. Thus far, Platner has explained away a Nazi "Totenkopf" tattoo, tried to dodge a history of racist and antisemitic Reddit screeds, dissed two military heroes, and appears to be aroused by portable toilets. Yet, he still has not been disqualified by the Democrats, and whoever in Maine is still supporting him. This newest oppo drop is going to test whether Teflon flows through Graham Platner's veins and how much longer the Democrats can afford to keep propping him up as a winning candidate. &nbsp; &nbsp;]]>Sun, 31 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jennifer Oliver O'Connell]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Antisemitism]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Maine]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/05/31/hot-takes-democrats-double-down-and-inject-the-copium-as-the-latest-graham-platner-scandal-unravels-n2202881