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Jun 21 2022
News
Jan. 6 Committee: Watch Tuesday's hearing focused on pressuring state officials to take action
The Jan. 6 Select Committee is set to hold its fourth public hearing Tuesday, during which testimony is expected to focus on how pressuring state officials to overturn the 2020 election results may have influenced the Capitol protests. Committee member and Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., will lead the hearing.
Fox News DigitalFeb 24 2022
Opinion
Justin Trudeau's Crackdown Will Make Bitcoin and Cash More Popular
By invoking emergency powers and freezing the assets of Freedom Convoy protesters, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes clear that civil liberties protections mean little when the government can deny you access to your money. That financial weapon has been used in the past not just in autocracies but also in democracies against controversial (to some) businesses and organizations. But
ReasonNov 20 2022
News
Justice Alito denies allegation of a leak in 2014 case about access to birth control
Justice Samuel Alito denied allegations Saturday from a former anti-abortion activist that his wife, Martha-Ann Alito, played a role in revealing the outcome of a pending Supreme Court case in 2014. An Ohio woman friendly with the Alitos who was a donor to a Supreme Court-connected nonprofit group and allegedly served as a conduit for the sensitive information has also denied the claim.
PoliticoSep 13 2022
Analysis
Does a fetus count in the carpool lane? Texas’ abortion law creates new questions about legal personhood
When a pregnant North Texas woman was pulled over for driving alone in a high-occupancy vehicle lane, she protested.
“I just felt that there were two of us in [the car] and I was wrongly getting ticketed,” the driver, Brandy Bottone, told The Dallas Morning News in July.
Bottone argued that under Texas’ abortion laws, which went into effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned
The Texas TribuneJun 15 2023
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: Mainstream Media Across the Spectrum Fail to Follow Up on Tara Reade in Russia
Tara Reade — the woman who worked for President Joe Biden from 1992-1993 during his tenure as a senator and raised sexual assault allegations against him in 2020 — has defected to Russia.
Or at least that’s how mainstream outlets from CNN (Lean Left bias) to Fox News (Right bias) reported the news, which broke on May 31.
However, in an exclusive June 7 interview with Rising,
Andy GorelFeb 03 2022
News
Freedom Convoy: GoFundMe pauses donations to Canada truckers
GoFundMe has paused donations to truck drivers protesting against vaccine mandates in Canada.
Donations to the page "Freedom Convoy 2022" had reached C$10m ($7.9m; £5.8m), by Wednesday afternoon with about C$1m released so far to organisers.
A number of officials have suggested legal action against the platform to prevent the release of more funds.
Nearly a week-long, the
BBC NewsJun 24 2022
News
Deadly Heat Wave’s Lesson: ‘This Is the Future We All Face’
The city of Portland was baking last June and Bureau of Emergency Management Director Jonna Papaefthimiou was in crisis mode.
Sweltering in temperatures 40 degrees Fahrenheit higher than normal in a city where air conditioning isn’t common, Papaefthimiou tried every possible last-ditch effort to help keep residents cool and healthy.
There were the jury-rigged misting stations at
Scientific AmericanJan 27 2023
News
Memphis authorities release video in Tyre Nichols’ death
Video showing five Memphis officers beating a Black man was made public Friday, one day after they were charged with murder in the death of Tyre Nichols.
The footage shows Nichols being held down, struck by the Black officers and screaming for his mother as the police savagely beat the 29-year-old FedEx worker for three minutes. The Nichols family legal team has likened the assault to
Associated PressDec 02 2022
News
Iranian athlete’s family home demolished by officials, media outlet says
The family home of Iranian rock climber Elnaz Rekabi has been demolished, according to the pro-reform news outlet IranWire, after she rose to international prominence this fall for competing with her head uncovered.
Rekabi competed without her hijab in South Korea in October, just as anti-regime protests swept Iran following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in the custody of
CNN DigitalSep 23 2022
News
Elon Musk opening up Starlink in Iran
SpaceX founder Elon Musk appeared to confirm Friday that he will make Starlink available in Iran.
Musk replied "Activating Starlink …" to Secretary of State Antony Blinken tweeting that the U.S. government had taken action to increase internet freedom for Iranians.
The Treasury Department announced Friday it had issued a general license that will "authorize technology companies
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