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Aug 12 2021
News
Census data release starts redistricting scramble that could help GOP win House
Let the redistricting scramble begin.
The Census Bureau on Thursday will release the data used to draw voting districts, setting up a scramble of map-drawing and litigation ahead of the 2022 midterm elections that could influence the balance of power in the House.
The release of the detailed once-per-decade data was delayed due in part to the coronavirus pandemic, squeezing the
Washington ExaminerDec 04 2020
Fact Check
Dangerously viral: How Trump, supporters spread false claims
The cellphone video shot in the dark by a woman in a parked car appeared to show something ominous: a man closing the doors of a white van and then rolling a wagon with a large box into a Detroit election center.
Within hours, the 90-second clip was being shared on news sites and conservative YouTube accounts, offered as apparent proof that illegal votes were being smuggled in after
Associated Press Fact CheckAug 08 2022
News
Trump says Mar-A-Lago home in Florida 'under siege' by FBI agents
Former President Trump on Monday said that his Mar-A-Lago home in Florida is "under siege" by a "large group" of FBI agents.
"Nothing like this has ever happened to a President of the United States before. After working and cooperating with the relevant Government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate. It is prosecutorial misconduct, the
Fox News (Online News)Jul 07 2020
News
Faithless Electors
On Monday, “the Supreme Court unanimously rejected two challenges to the constitutionality of so-called ‘faithless elector’ laws, which penalize or remove presidential electors who fail to vote for the candidate they have pledged to support.” SCOTUSblog
Both sides support the decision:
“Perhaps in past cycles, a stronger sense of duty and honor prompted electors to keep their
The Flip SideNov 20 2020
News
Giuliani Sweats, Pence Chills: A Tale of Two Press Conferences
Beads of sweat -- mixed with what looked like hastily applied hair dye to create twin rivers of brackish perspiration -- trickled down both sides of Rudy Giuliani’s face as the president’s increasingly frenetic lawyer argued Thursday that his client had been robbed. In alleging that the presidential election was rigged against Donald Trump, the former New York mayor even acted out a scene from
RealClearPoliticsSep 28 2022
News
Nets Yawn at Bloody Violence in Soros-Backed DA's Philly
Another day, another spasm of violence in Philadelphia, a major city where George Soros spent $1.7 million to elect far-left Democrat District Attorney Larry Krasner. Yet, typically, the networks on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning mostly ignored the shooting of five teenagers at a local Philadelphia high school.
An epidemic of violence has swept the city, — murders are about to hit
NewsBustersSep 28 2022
News
Why is the White House having its first hunger conference in 50 years?
The Biden administration is hosting a one-day conference on Wednesday on hunger, nutrition and health, bringing together advocates, researchers and activists and leaders in business and philanthropy, faith groups and communities around the US.
Just before the conference, the administration launched its strategy aimed at ending hunger in the US by 2030 with plans to expand benefits and
The GuardianJan 22 2021
News
Republicans in disarray: Where does the GOP go from here?
When President Trump exited the White House on Wednesday, he left behind a Republican Party reeling from a series of tough election defeats. Four year ago, the GOP’s prospects looked bright. It controlled both houses of Congress as well as the presidency and was primed to establish a dominating conservative majority on the Supreme Court.
But it lost the House of Representatives in 2018
Yahoo! The 360Oct 10 2022
News
Fetterman says Oz ‘lies about my record on crime,’ at brief stop in Southwest Philadelphia
In the heat of a campaign tightening amid his opponent’s focus on crime, John Fetterman came to Southwest Philadelphia on Monday and in brief remarks aimed to reclaim the narrative.
“Dr. Oz lies about my record on crime,” Fetterman said at African Small Pot, a restaurant on Woodland Avenue. “Two of the things that I was most proud of in my career, stopping the gun violence as a mayor
The Philadelphia InquirerAug 29 2022
Opinion
Why Trump’s Stated Excuse for Taking Classified Documents Is Actually Deeply Incriminating
On Friday, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Avril Haines informed Congress that her office will lead an “assessment of the potential risk to national security that would result from the disclosure of the relevant documents” that were housed at former President Donald Trump’s residence at Mar-a-Lago. We can already anticipate broad outlines of what such an assessment may find – not
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