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May 15 2021
Fact Check
Posts draw misleading comparison between Colonial Pipeline hack and unfounded election fraud claims
The claim: Colonial Pipeline hack proves election infrastructure could have been hacked Communities along the East Coast continue to face gas shortages after the Colonial Pipeline Co. fell victim to a cybersecurity attack.
Social media users are using the breach to resurrect unfounded claims about election fraud.
“If you can hack a pipeline, you can hack a voting machine,” claims
USA TODAYJul 19 2021
News
Number of Texas House Democrats testing positive for COVID-19 rises to five
Two more of the Texas House Democrats who absconded to Washington, D.C., to prevent a vote on election legislation have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the total to five.
State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer identified himself as one of the additional two legislators who tested positive on Sunday for COVID-19. All five were fully vaccinated, according to the Democratic caucus
Washington TimesDec 21 2021
Opinion
Good Riddance to Build Back Better
Senator Joe Manchin declared on Sunday that he is a “no” on President Biden’s Build Back Better bill. Good. The radical legislation that sought to spend trillions of dollars to transform America at a time of historic debt was a bad idea that should never even have made it this far.
After months of back-and-forth negotiations, Manchin said, “I cannot vote to continue with this piece of
National Review (News)May 23 2016
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Here’s What Bernie Sanders Should Ask For At The Convention
Sooner or later, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is going to clinch the Democratic nomination outright. At that point, it’ll be time for another round of hard choices, because in order to move forward, she’ll have to knit the fractious Democratic coalition back together. And she’ll have to close the deal with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) before the July convention in Philadelphia.
HuffPostMar 31 2020
News
House Republicans Push Bill To Take Back the $25 Million Kennedy Center Received in Coronavirus Bill
House Republicans are planning to introduce a bill to take back the $25 million that the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts received in the COVID-19 response bill, citing the fact that the center furloughed orchestra members hours after the bill was signed into law.
Wisconsin Republican Rep. Bryan Steil said he planned to introduce the bill that would take back the money
The Western JournalFeb 15 2021
News
Support grows for Capitol riot inquiry after Trump acquittal
After former President Donald Trump’s acquittal at his second Senate impeachment trial, bipartisan support appears to be growing for an independent Sept. 11-style commission into the deadly insurrection that took place at the U.S. Capitol.
Investigations into the riot were already planned, with Senate hearings scheduled later this month in the Senate Rules Committee. House Speaker Nancy
Associated Press Fact CheckOct 08 2020
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U.S. appeals court blocks extension of Wisconsin's absentee ballot receipt deadline
A divided U.S. appeals court on Thursday blocked a federal judge’s ruling that would have allowed Wisconsin election officials to count absentee ballots that arrive up to six days after the Nov. 3 presidential election, as mail-in voting surges amid the coronavirus pandemic.
ReutersJul 30 2021
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Trump pushed DOJ to overturn 2020 election results, House committee says
Then-President Donald Trump pressured his new acting attorney general to overturn the 2020 vote, telling him “just say that the election was corrupt + leave the rest to me and the R. Congressmen,” according to notes of a phone call released Friday by a House committee.
Trump also suggested that he was considering replacing the Justice Department’s leadership, according to the notes
CNBCJan 30 2015
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Taliban claims responsibility for attack on Americans at Kabul airport base
The Taliban claimed responsibility Friday for a shooting incident at a military base attached to Kabul’s international airport Thursday that killed three American civilian contractors and an Afghan national, saying the attacker had infiltrated the ranks of the security forces.
Washington PostJul 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