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Jul 19 2021
News
First US Capitol rioter convicted of a felony gets 8 months in prison after DOJ says stiffer sentence could stop future attacks
A man who pleaded guilty to breaching the Senate chamber during the US Capitol insurrection was sentenced Monday to eight months in prison in a closely watched case that could influence how hundreds of other rioters charged with the same felony are punished.
Paul Hodgkins, a 38-year-old Floridian, is now the first Capitol rioter convicted of a felony to be sentenced. He pleaded guilty
CNN (Online News)
Jul 19 2021
News
First US Capitol rioter convicted of a felony gets 8 months in prison after DOJ says stiffer sentence could stop future attacks
A man who pleaded guilty to breaching the Senate chamber during the US Capitol insurrection was sentenced Monday to eight months in prison in a closely watched case that could influence how hundreds of other rioters charged with the same felony are punished.
Paul Hodgkins, a 38-year-old Floridian, is now the first Capitol rioter convicted of a felony to be sentenced. He pleaded guilty
CNN (Online News)
Nov 09 2021
News
DOJ asks federal appeals court to lift temporary order blocking Covid-19 vaccine mandate
The Department of Justice argued Monday night against a more permanent block of the Biden administration's Covid-19 vaccine mandate in a filing to the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals, saying that Republican-led states and private businesses challenging the mandate have not shown that their claimed injuries "outweigh the harm of [stopping] a Standard that will save thousands of lives and
CNN (Online News)
Feb 28 2020
Opinion
A Bernie Sanders nomination is Nancy Pelosi's nightmare
As the race for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination intensifies, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is trying to keep the peace.
Bernie Sanders’s recent gains have left establishment Democrats, Pelosi included, nervous. But when asked if she’d be comfortable with Sanders leading the Democratic ticket, Pelosi gave a one-word answer: “Yes.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
Washington Examiner
Oct 07 2018
News
After Kavanaugh confirmation, Pelosi vows to unearth FBI docs as Dems demand impeachment inquiry
Before and immediately after the Senate narrowly voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court on Saturday, top Democrats vowed that they would continue to fight -- not only at the ballot box in November's midterm elections, but also through further investigations and potentially even impeachment proceedings afterwards.
Fox News (Online News)
Mar 17 2020
Background
Should the U.S. have Medicare for All?
According to a recent Gallup survey, the affordability and availability of healthcare topped the list of Americans’ worries for the fifth straight year. It’s no surprise that this issue has also become a focal point on the road to the 2020 Presidential elections. But with so many conflicting proposals on how to achieve affordable and quality healthcare - it can become difficult for voters to
The Thread
Jul 09 2018
News
Chuck Todd Observes Durbin Didn't Think There Needed to Be a SCOTUS Delay Two Years Ago
Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) is one of several Democrats demanding President Trump keep his Supreme Court nominees to himself until after the midterm elections. Two years ago he was singing a different tune. Justice Antonin Scalia had just passed away and Durbin said we need nine justices on the court. The only difference? President Obama was still in office. "Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd
Townhall
Jan 11 2022
Analysis
Another Jan. 6 conspiracy theory suffers a reality-inflicted blow
Measured in Fox News airtime, there is perhaps no Jan. 6 conspiracy theory more popular than the idea that federal agents helped spur the violence that overwhelmed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. And within that particular theory, no individual has received more attention than Ray Epps, an Arizona man who has been identified as the person encouraging a pro-Trump crowd on Jan. 5 to enter the
Washington Post
Jan 14 2021
News
US activists who helped flip Georgia call for more progressive state policies
On Wednesday, 6 January, Georgia Democrats Jon Ossoff and the Rev Raphael Warnock clinched two Senate seats, bringing the US Senate to a 50-50 split with a Democratic majority once the Biden administration begins. This historic win was due in large part to the work of Black and brown organizers across the state, who spent weeks canvassing Georgia and helping people register to vote, which was
The Guardian
Oct 25 2021
News
The ‘profound power’ of vote by mail: Evolving a new ritual of democracy
Oregon’s former secretary of state, who pioneered the practice there, says reducing logistical hurdles to voting, and letting people fill out ballots in the comfort of their home, is good for democracy.
Phil Keisling has been called “the Johnny Appleseed of mail-in ballots” and “the patron saint of vote by mail.” As Oregon’s secretary of state from 1991 to 1998, he pushed for the
Christian Science Monitor