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Jan 22 2022
Opinion
Is the U.S. Ready for a Russian Invasion of Eastern Europe?
The Baltic nations of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, along with Poland, Slovakia, Romania, and Bulgaria, are all watching Vladimir Putin’s military buildup in eastern Europe with great unease. Each of them was controlled by Russia during its previous incarnation as the Soviet Union, and none of them wishes to return to that subjugation. That’s why they originally sought membership in the
National Review (News)
Sep 08 2021
News
Pelosi says ‘negotiations’ could trim Biden’s $3.5T spending bill
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi refused on Wednesday to rule out lowering the final amount of President Biden’s massive party-line expansion of the social safety net.
Mrs. Pelosi, a California Democrat, said during a Capitol Hill press conference that while the hope was to spend $3.5 trillion on the package, the final cost would be hammered out in “negotiations” between the Senate and House
Washington Times
Apr 15 2018
News
Syria strike ‘within our national interest and justified,’ independent senator says
Sen. Angus King of Maine said President Trump’s missile strike on Syria was “within our national interest and justified.”
Washington Times
Feb 04 2021
Opinion
The QAnon Takeover Of The GOP Is A Fantasy Of Corporate Media And Democrats
There’s a big push right now among corporate media, Democrats, and NeverTrumpers to establish a narrative that the Republican Party is being torn apart in a bitter civil war between its establishment wing and its supposed QAnon wing. It’s about as true as your garden-variety QAnon conspiracy theory, but it’s politically useful, which is why you’re seeing it crop up all over the media right now
The Federalist
Dec 18 2019
News
Trump at Michigan rally says 'it doesn't really feel' like impeachment
As the U.S. House of Representatives voted for President Trump’s impeachment Wednesday night in the nation’s capital, Trump took the stage for a rally in Battle Creek, Mich., setting up a split-screen spectacle unlike any other in American history.
“It doesn't really feel like we're being impeached,” Trump said as the House began to vote on Article 1, the abuse of power resolution.
Yahoo News
May 06 2021
News
F.E.C. Asks Congress to Ban Prechecked Recurring Donation Boxes
The Federal Election Commission voted unanimously on Thursday to recommend that Congress ban political campaigns from guiding donors by default into recurring contributions through prechecked boxes, a month after a New York Times investigation showed that former President Donald J. Trump’s political operation had steered huge numbers of unwitting supporters into repeated donations through that
New York Times (News)
May 06 2021
Opinion
The Problem With Patriotism
In 2008, during a campaign rally in Madison, Wisconsin, to elect her husband as the first Black president, Michelle Obama said it was then, for the first time in her adult life, that she felt proud of her country. I was 19 years old; this would be my first election. I had never felt proud of my country. I had never heard anyone say that out loud before.
I was 12 when the Twin Towers
The Atlantic
May 06 2021
News
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs restrictive voting bill
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday morning signed into law a controversial voting bill aimed at curbing access to mail-in voting in the state, joining a host of other GOP-led states pushing new limits in connection with former President Donald Trump's baseless claims of fraud in the 2020 election.
In signing the bill during an appearance on "Fox & Friends," the Florida
CNN Digital
Dec 15 2020
News
Facebook lifts political ad ban for Georgia runoffs
Facebook said Tuesday it will begin letting advertisers run ads targeting Georgia voters about the state's Jan. 5 runoff elections, starting Dec. 16 at 9am Pacific Time, even as its broader temporary political ad ban remains in place.
Why it matters: The move comes days after Google lifted its full post-election political ad ban that went into effect after polls closed on Nov. 3. The
Axios
Dec 18 2021
News
Federal appeals court reinstates Biden's vaccine mandate for large companies
A federal appeals court on Friday reinstated the Biden administration's vaccine mandate for businesses with at least 100 workers.
Why it matters: The administration paused enforcement of the mandate, which requires companies to ensure their workers are fully vaccinated or tested weekly by Jan. 4, 2022, after a separate federal circuit court last month deemed it "staggeringly overbroad
Axios