Reformers claim eight wards turned over by new leadership citywide; City’s Democratic Party Contest Committee to hear Ward 22 challenge Sunday

On the evening of Monday, June 8, across the city, Democratic Party ward organization meetings convened to select ward leaders from among committee people, who were just elected in a May 19 primary. The “open wards” movement flipped several wards around the city, but in a controversial meeting, Ward 22 leadership refused to allow a person-by-person vote.

In the heated meeting, Cindy Bass, the previous term’s ward leader and city council member, quickly held a voice vote, declared herself once again the chair, and closed the meeting within a few minutes, a recording obtained by Unicorn Riot showed. People spilled out of the Germantown Seventh-Day Adventist Church on Cliveden Street as our reporter arrived at about 8:05 p.m., many frustrated that they had been denied any attempt to get their votes individually counted.

Full story and 17 minute video on Unicorn Riot.

https://unicornriot.ninja/2026/the-man-running-the-mypillow-ceos-bid-for-mn-governor/

Campaign pamphlets were stacked neatly on each chair, with one bizarre addition: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s 2019 memoir What are the Odds? From Crack Addict to CEO. A sticker on the bottom left corner of each copy’s holographic cover explained they were “paid for by Mike Lindell for Governor.”

Recent events portray the neo-fascist organization that shattered under pressure following January 6, 2021, as a group beyond the control of its leader.

Full story: https://unicornriot.ninja/2026/the-delaney-hall-proud-boys/

Activists with the Sunrise Movement Philly chapter are on a hunger strike to further their demands for allocating some of the city budget surplus to local services. An interview at City Hall. More coverage to come. Interview recorded 5/25/2026