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Nov 17 2021
News
Rittenhouse Trial
“The jury at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial deliberated a full day on Tuesday without reaching a verdict… Rittenhouse, 18, faces life in prison if convicted as charged for using an AR-style semi-automatic rifle to kill two men and wound a third during a night of protests against racial injustice in Kenosha in the summer of 2020… Rittenhouse testified he acted in self-defense, while
The Flip SideFeb 02 2022
News
There are election reforms that both Democrats and Republicans seem to like
Earlier this year, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called a targeted effort by some senators to reform the election certification process that former President Donald Trump attempted to hijack on Jan. 6, 2021, "unacceptably insufficient and even offensive."
Schumer wanted to go bigger.
He wanted to focus on much more expansive voting rights legislation, known as the
NPR (Online News)Jan 20 2022
Analysis
Did Joe Biden really say that the 2022 election could be 'illegitimate'?
At Wednesday's press conference, President Joe Biden was asked a simple question. It was this: "Speaking of voting rights legislation, if this isn't passed, do you still believe the upcoming election will be fairly conducted and its results will be legitimate?"
The easy answer -- and the one Biden's White House wishes he gave -- goes something like this: "Yes, despite all of the
CNN DigitalFeb 10 2017
News
Price confirmed as head of HHS; to be point person in dismantling of Obamacare
The Senate early Friday morning confirmed President Trump’s pick to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, placing him in position to lead the way in dismantling Obamacare.
Fox News DigitalJun 25 2021
News
Justice Department Sues Georgia over Election Integrity Law
The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit Friday against the state of Georgia over its new election integrity law, alleging that it is discriminatory and aims to restrict citizens from voting.
Attorney General Merrick Garland and Kristen Clarke, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, announced the suit, which alleges that the Georgia law discriminates against black
National Review (News)Apr 11 2021
News
Supreme Court strikes another pandemic-related restriction on religious services
In another late-night ruling, the Supreme Court on Friday blocked another California coronavirus restriction on religious gatherings, saying the state’s limits on home-based Bible study and prayer sessions violated constitutional rights.
The 5-to-4 order on an emergency petition illustrates how a new majority on the court — with Justice Amy Coney Barrett playing a decisive role — is now
Washington PostApr 08 2022
Analysis
The Media Are Silent Over One Particular Story Relating to Kamala Harris
When you can’t say anything good, you might as well not say anything at all, right? Vice President Kamala Harris is a trainwreck. She’s been a nightmare on television. She’s failed at every task handed down to her by Joe Biden. She’s a master chef when it comes to word salad. Regarding Ukraine, her analysis could have been drafted by a first grader. She botched the talking points on the
TownhallJan 06 2022
Analysis
Five enduring lies about the Capitol insurrection
The Capitol insurrection was based on a lie about the 2020 election. And for a whole year now, the insurrection itself has been lied about.
Donald Trump supporters' violent attack on the Capitol has been the subject of a dishonesty campaign that began amid the fog of January 6 and escalated even as the facts became clearer. Trump, some right-wing media figures and some Republican
CNN Fact CheckDec 26 2020
Opinion
Circles of partnership, not lines of division
I remember the first time I met Charles Koch. It was in the late 1980s. I was a graduate student at George Mason University. We were told that Mr. Koch, a Wichita businessman, had pioneered a philosophy of organizational management he called “Market Based Management.” MBM applied the principles of market coordination to decision-making inside the firm. For a group of young economists, the kind
Washington ExaminerNov 26 2019
News
Trump Signs Law Making Cruelty To Animals A Federal Crime
Cruelty to animals is now a federal crime under a new law signed by President Trump on Monday.
The Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act (PACT) is a bipartisan initiative that bans the intentional crushing, burning, drowning, suffocating, impalement or other serious harm to "living non-human mammals, birds, reptiles, or amphibians."
The law also bans "animal crush videos,"
NPR (Online News)