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Feb 04 2022
News
House votes to expand data tracking of college students
The House of Representatives voted Friday to empower the Department of Education to increase data collection of college students.
The measure, an amendment to a major China competition bill sponsored by Democratic Michigan Rep. Andy Levin, passed on a bipartisan vote of 238-193, with a handful of Republicans joining all but seven Democrats in supporting the amendment.
The
Washington ExaminerNov 11 2021
News
Judge Overturns Texas Ban On School Mask Mandates In Blow To GOP Governor
A federal judge said Wednesday that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban on mask mandates in schools violates the Americans With Disabilities Act, bringing a major victory to advocates who filed suit over the Republican governor’s aggressive efforts to limit COVID-19 protections.
U.S. District Court Judge Lee Yeakel’s ruling will renew school districts’ authority to impose mask mandates amid
HuffPostMay 13 2022
News
‘Stiffen your spine’: Breakfast with outgoing press secretary Jen Psaki
Continuing a Monitor tradition, the outgoing White House press secretary – in this case Jen Psaki – stops by for breakfast and a few thoughts on what it’s like to be in politics at this moment.
The life of a White House press secretary isn’t easy. Reporters coming at you at all hours for answers, asking the same questions over and over. The fear that you’ll be caught off guard by a
Christian Science MonitorJun 13 2021
News
Should Justice Breyer retire? Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ‘inclined to say yes’
Add Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to the list of Democrats giving Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer a nudge out the door.
Pressed by CNN host Dana Bash, the New York Democrat said Sunday she would be “inclined to say yes” on whether Justice Breyer, a member of the high court’s liberal wing, should call it a career and allow President Biden to choose his successor.
“Just to
Washington TimesMar 24 2022
Opinion
Ketanji Brown Jackson Sits On The Board Of A School That Teaches Preschoolers To ‘Dismantle Cisgender Privilege’
Georgetown Day School, where Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson serves on the board of trustees, recently hosted a critical race theorist to indoctrinate pre-K students as part of a “Black Lives Matter at School’s Week of Action,” a campaign that seeks to turn children into extremist political activists.
Fox News recently reported that the school promotes critical race theory
The FederalistMay 11 2022
News
Abortion-Rights Bill Backed by Democrats Fails in Senate
Senate Democrats failed to advance a bill seeking to ensure women’s access to abortion, in a vote designed to draw a clear contrast with Republicans ahead of a potential Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade looming just months before the midterm elections.
The vote was 49 in favor to 51 against, falling short of the 60 votes needed to advance the Women’s Health Protection Act
Wall Street Journal (News)Mar 23 2022
Opinion
The Post says: Yes, Vladimir Putin is a war criminal
“What we have seen already from Vladimir Putin’s regime in the use of the munitions that they have already been dropping on innocent civilians, in my view, already fully qualifies as a war crime,” UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday.
A prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, said he was investigating possible war crimes, examining missile strikes on
New York Post (Opinion)May 11 2022
News
Jim Pillen wins Nebraska GOP governor primary despite Trump endorsement of rival
Jim Pillen, a University of Nebraska regent, won the Republican gubernatorial nomination in Nebraska after former President Donald Trump endorsed one of his rivals, winning a crowded primary to replace Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts, who is term limited.
The Republican field also included businessman Charles Herbster and state Sen. Brett Lindstrom. Pillen was backed by Ricketts as well
Washington ExaminerFeb 22 2021
Opinion
Clarence Thomas Promotes Trump’s Voter Fraud Lies In Alarming Dissent
Justice Clarence Thomas is not backing down from the fight to legitimize Donald Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was rife with fraud. On Monday morning, Thomas issued a startling opinion ranting against the alleged dangers of mail voting and declaring that SCOTUS must override state courts that expand vote-by-mail pursuant to their state constitutions. Trump may be out of office, but his
Guest Writer - LeftJun 29 2022
Opinion
Redistricting battle further positions DeSantis for 2024 presidential bid
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is a political enigma. The Harvard and Yale-educated attorney has accomplished what numerous conservative politicians — among them Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), and fellow-Floridian Marco Rubio — have tried and failed to do in the wake of Donald Trump’s takeover of the Republican Party: position himself as the ultimate insider with the outsider cred to
The Hill