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Jul 20 2021
Analysis
Arizona audit chief baselessly raises suspicion about 74,000 ballots
Arizona's Senate held a Thursday briefing on the ongoing Republican-initiated "audit" of the 2020 election in Maricopa County, where Joe Biden outperformed Donald Trump by enough of a margin to win the state.
The review is being conducted by Cyber Ninjas, a cybersecurity firm that has no experience in election auditing. And the company's chief executive officer, Doug Logan, made some
CNN DigitalMay 07 2020
News
A Dangerous Limbo: Probation and Parole in the Time of COVID-19
Seven months after Tammie Lewis was granted parole, she is still in Marlin Transfer Facility waiting to go home. Officials won’t release her from the Texas state prison until she completes a six-month program focused on decision-making.* But she hasn’t been able to finish the program because, after waitlists and other delays, classes normally taught in person were suspended due to coronavirus
The Marshall ProjectJun 02 2022
Opinion
Biden Has Enacted the Largest-Ever Medicare Premium Hikes
Last week, the Joe Biden administration quietly reaffirmed its decision to enact the highest Medicare premium hikes in history right before this year’s midterm elections. At the same time, President Joe Biden is endorsing a plan to funnel significantly more Medicare money to insurance companies and further privatize the government insurance program for older Americans and those with
JacobinApr 20 2020
News
Here’s how to safely visit parks during the coronavirus pandemic, according to the CDC
Some states, including Texas, have started reopening parks as a way to loosen lockdown restrictions brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
Texas will reopen state parks starting on Monday, according to a release from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
Visitors will be required to wear face masks at state parks, avoid gatherings of more than five people, and maintain six feet of distance in
Miami HeraldDec 21 2021
Analysis
The Youth Activists Who Wouldn’t Eat Until Congress Took On Voting Rights
After months of knocking on doors and conferencing with senators to advance the cause of voting rights reform, a group of young people from Arizona decided that the only way to ensure the future health of our democracy was to stop eating.
On December 6, 20 members of Un-PAC, a nonpartisan advocacy group, launched a hunger strike outside the state capitol in Phoenix, Arizona, to
Mother JonesAug 03 2021
News
Trump raised millions but spent none of it on audits and GOP candidates
Six months since leaving office, former President Donald Trump is sitting on a $102 million war chest.
But having whipped his supporters into a frenzy with pledges to overturn the election and promises to support Republican candidates in the midterms, he is not spending his campaign money on either.
A review of election filings from Make America Great Again PAC, Save America PAC
PoliticoJun 22 2022
News
Biden can’t escape questions on his age
President Biden can’t escape questions about his age, a fact of life that’s causing uneasy Democrats to assess whether he can realistically run for reelection in 2024, when he will be 81 years old.
Conversations that were once whispered in private are spilling out into the public amid angst over a potential drubbing for the party in this fall’s midterm elections and existential
The HillFeb 04 2022
News
Pelosi Instructs U.S. Athletes To Not ‘Speak Out’ During Olympics Against Communist China’s Genocide
Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA) instructed U.S. athletes to not “speak out” against communist China’s human rights abuses during the Winter Olympics because it might make China angry.
“I would say to our athletes — you are there to compete,” Pelosi said in part during testimony before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China. “Do not risk incurring the anger of the
The Daily WireMay 10 2022
News
Gas prices hit new all-time high as EU considers blocking Russian oil, Biden keeps restrictions
Gas prices hit a new all-time high on May 10, 2022, amid rising inflation and President Biden's restrictions on oil and gas production.
According to AAA's average gas price calculator, the national average cost of a regular gallon of gasoline hit $4.374 on Tuesday, the highest ever according to AAA.
The prices come as the European Union edges toward oil sanctions on Russia amid
Fox BusinessMay 27 2022
News
The GOP's two favorite Dems try to turn their cred into a guns deal
Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema quickly ruled out weakening the filibuster to pass gun safety legislation. Now it’s up to their Republican colleagues to prove to the centrist pair that there’s any middle ground.
The West Virginia and Arizona Democrats’ dismissal of a partisan approach, along with Sen. Chris Murphy’s (D-Conn.) lobbying against a failed vote on Democrats-only legislation,
Politico