Chance Phillips

2 days ago | alreporter.com | Chance Phillips

On Monday, eight of 10 workers at a Huntsville Starbucks voted to unionize with Starbucks Workers United. The store is the third Starbucks location in the state of Alabama to unionize, and a representative of the union told APR it is the 586th store to unionize nationwide. “I really want to express how grateful I am for all the community support that we’ve gotten,” barista Briar Wolf emphasized during a phone call yesterday.

1 week ago | liberalcurrents.com | Chance Phillips

! –– where am I XXXXX ––> — 6 min read According to Congressional monitoring company LegiStorm, Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt hired former DeSantis speechwriter Nate Hochman as a policy adviser in February. Schmitt’s office and Hochman himself have not responded to repeated requests for comment.

1 week ago | alreporter.com | Chance Phillips

On Friday, the White House released its proposed discretionary budget for the federal government’s 2026 fiscal year. While discretionary spending only accounts for just over a quarter of all federal spending, the president’s budget would still represent a significant embrace of public austerity if adopted by Congress.

1 week ago | alreporter.com | Chance Phillips

President Donald Trump delivered an almost hour long commencement address at the University of Alabama Thursday night. At one point joking that “most of what I’ve said tonight is not on the teleprompter,” Trump used the opportunity to talk at length about his second term so far, claim the 2020 election was rigged, and attack transgender people who compete in sports. “But against all odds, I did great in 2016. 2016, how great was that?” the president said. “And then I did much better in 2020.

1 week ago | liberalcurrents.com | Chance Phillips

— 7 min read The New York Times apparently has an addiction to profiling fascists whose beliefs will shock its liberal, upper-income audience. This time round, conservative columnist Ross Douthat interviewed Jonathan “L0m3z” Keeperman, the proprietor of far-right publisher Passage Press. I won’t waste my time or yours claiming Keeperman shouldn’t have been interviewed in the Times. I mean I’d wager some good money many folks in the Trump admin already subscribe to his Substack.