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Aug 01 2021
Opinion
How To Be An Anti-Extremist
One either allows wrongthink to persevere, as an extremist, or confronts wrongthink, as an anti-extremist. There is no in-between safe space of “not extremist.” The claim of “not extremist” neutrality is a mask for extremism.
That’s a very slight paraphrase of a line from Ibram X. Kendi’s How to be an Antiracist. In Kendi’s telling—his version is about racists and antiracists and racial
The American Conservative
May 08 2021
News
Sen. Hagerty visits Mexico and Guatemala, calls for urgency on border crisis: 'This needs to be fixed now'
Sen. Bill Hagerty returned late Friday from a visit to Mexico and Guatemala, where he met with top officials of both countries a month before Vice President Kamala Harris is due to make a similar trip -- with the Tennessee senator warning that it is vital the U.S. treats the border crisis with a sense of urgency that he believes is currently lacking.
"I went because this is the most
Fox News Digital
Nov 22 2021
Analysis
Does FDA Want Until 2076 To Release Vaccine Data?
In November 2021, a rumor started circulating on social media that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was attempting to “hide” data related to the COVID-19 vaccine and that they had requested to delay the release of pertinent information until 2076.
The FDA did not request a delay in the release of its COVID-19 data until 2076. The FDA responded to a Freedom of Information Act
Snopes
Jul 18 2021
Opinion
The US Blockade on Cuba Must End
For sixty years, the United States has aimed to strangle Cuba’s economy and inflict misery on the Cuban people. Blockades are methods of war — and it’s time for the war on Cuba to end.
"They always blame the United States,” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said on the Senate floor this week. “The embargo, the first thing they blame, it’s the embargo. ‘The embargo is causing all this.’”
Jacobin
Apr 16 2021
News
Chicago Police Union Head Says Shooting of 13-Year-Old ‘100 Percent Justified’
The head of Chicago’s police union backed the officer involved in the shooting death of 13-year-old Adam Toledo, in an interview on CNN’s Cuomo Prime Time on Thursday.
Police released security and body camera footage of the incident in Chicago‘s Little Village, sparking calls for protests. During the incident, officers responded to a shots-fired call, and officer Eric Stillman chased
National Review (News)
May 04 2020
News
Kevin McCarthy, House Republicans lay out priorities for reopening Congress
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and several top Republicans on Monday laid out a set of proposals for members to follow when the full chamber does return to Washington, D.C., amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Office buildings and floor plans should be reassessed to accommodate social distancing and plexiglass dividers could be installed at security checkpoints or other high-traffic
Washington Times
Jan 07 2022
News
Gender parity in Germany: How much did Merkel pave the way?
Labels, both good and bad, often mean little. That’s why Angela Merkel’s refusal to call herself a feminist hasn’t gotten in the way of women rising to power in today’s Germany.
Angela Merkel, the former German chancellor, refused to call herself a feminist. But after stepping down last year following 16 years in power, it’s now clear her strongest legacy might be the path she’s paved
Christian Science Monitor
Dec 08 2021
Analysis
The Guy Who Tried to Sue a Fake Twitter Cow Is Going to Lead Trump’s Media Company
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) is leaving the US House of Representatives to take on a position as CEO of Trump Media & Technology Group, the former president’s latest nebulous enterprise.
Nunes, an ardent Trumper, has spent 10 terms in Congress. His main social media qualification seems to be that he likes to hold a petty grudge. During his tenure as chair of the House Intelligence
Mother Jones
Nov 03 2021
Analysis
Voters punish Democrats amid left drift
From Virginia to New Jersey to Minnesota, voters in yesterday's off-year elections sent Democrats a warning for 2022: There could be a massive backlash to perceptions that progressives are pulling the party too far left.
Why it matters: Now the finger-pointing begins. President Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer can use the wake-up call to try to
Axios
Aug 10 2020
News
Republican Senator Subpoenas FBI Director Chris Wray Over Crossfire Hurricane
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, on Monday subpoenaed FBI Director Chris Wray to appear before the committee next week:
“You are hereby commanded to appear before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate of the United States, on August 20, 2020, at 5:00 p.m., at its committee room,” the subpoena says.
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