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Mar 16 2022
News
Zelenskyy in speech to Congress urges U.S. for no-fly zone, aircraft to battle Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a livestreamed video to Congress on Wednesday pleaded for the U.S. to help him battle Russia’s bombardment of his country with a no-fly zone or military equipment to protect Ukraine’s skies.
“Russia has turned the Ukrainian side into a source of death for thousands of people,” Mr. Zelenskyy told the roomful of senators and congressman.
Washington Times
Dec 16 2021
Opinion
How to Stop Gerrymandering
Republicans in a number of states are engaged in artful redrawing of congressional-district boundaries for their own benefit. This has provoked cries of outrage from Democrats, who, as a matter of deep principle, would prefer that the boundaries be drawn to favor their candidates instead. Indeed, that is exactly what Democrats have done wherever they have had the power to do so. In my home
National Review (News)
Apr 03 2022
News
Stanicki announces run for House District 38
In a statement released March 30, Democrat Robyn Stanicki, announced her candidacy for House District 38 in the Maine Legislature. The new district, created by last year’s redistricting, will represent Brooks, part of Frankfort, Jackson, Knox, Monroe, Swanville, Thorndike, Unity and Waldo.
According to the statement, Stanicki has worked as an administrator for public and nonprofit
The Republican Journal
Jul 14 2021
News
Democrats' next political high-wire act: Selling their $3.5T budget deal
Top Senate Democrats are finally in array on a $3.5 trillion price tag for their party's momentous social spending plans. Their next task will be even tougher: selling it to the rest of their party.
The massive top-line number that Senate Budget Committee Democrats released Tuesday night affords plenty of room to spend on President Joe Biden’s priorities, from child care to fighting
Politico
Aug 14 2021
Opinion
Trump's biggest liars will have to convince a jury that they were just kidding
A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that a major defamation case against key boosters of former President Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud can continue forward. This is a win not just for the plaintiff, Dominion, a corporation that sells voting machines and software, but also for the American public. It’s looking increasingly like defamation suits could be our best bet for holding
MSNBC
Nov 06 2020
Analysis
Mitch McConnell says he’s open to stimulus during lame duck — but there are a lot of wild cards
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, after previously suggesting stimulus could wait until 2021, is now saying he’d back a package this year.
“As I’ve said repeatedly in the last few months, we need another rescue package,” McConnell said Wednesday. “Hopefully the partisan passions that prevented us from doing another rescue package will subside with the election. … I think we need
Vox
May 10 2022
Opinion
Elon Musk’s move threatens to bring Trump back to the White House
Elon Musk just threw a wrench in the next US presidential election – to the benefit of Donald Trump.
With the man thought to be the world’s richest buying Twitter, the platform is likely in for some big shifts. Among them: changes to the terms of service that would allow currently banned users to return. That could include the former President.
Trump was permanently suspended
CNN (Online News)
Oct 04 2021
News
VIDEO: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema accosted by leftist activists at ASU who confront her in the bathroom
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) was harassed by a small group of leftist activists at Arizona State University on Sunday. Video shows the Democratic senator from Arizona being accosted by left-wing activists at Arizona State University, including following Sinema into the bathroom to scold her on how she should vote for a controversial spending bill.
Original video of the confrontation
The Blaze
Feb 07 2022
Analysis
The Republican Party is enabling Trump's politics of violence
The Republican Party is ever closer to the destination to which it has long been headed under former President Donald Trump -- the legitimization of violence as a form of political expression.
The Republican National Committee's censure of GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for probing the "legitimate political discourse" of the January 6 insurrection enshrined that principle in
CNN (Online News)
Dec 17 2021
News
Congress passes ban on imports made with Uyghur forced labor
The Senate on Thursday gave final approval to a bipartisan bill to crack down on imports from China‘s Xinjiang region, where Beijing is accused of using forced labor.
The bill now goes to President Biden, who is expected to sign it.
“Many companies have already taken steps to clean up their supply chains. And, frankly, they should have no concerns about this law,” Sen. Marco
Washington Times