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Nov 19 2021
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House Passes Biden's $1.9T Spending Bill
A divided House of Representatives voted along party lines Friday morning to pass President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion Build Back Better spending plan.
The 220-213 vote advances the bill to the Senate. Rep. Jared Golden (Maine) was the only Democrat to vote against it. A record-breaking speech from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) Thursday night delayed the vote; McCarthy
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Nov 25 2022
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The Divided Search For a Motive in the Club Q Shooting
Following a shooting at an LGBTQ+ nightclub that left five people dead in Colorado Springs, politicians, writers, and more are in disagreement regarding the shooter’s motive, and if the attack was a hate crime directed at the LGBTQ+ community.
Key Quotes: An article from Michelle Goldberg called the shooting “at once shocking and entirely predictable,” stating that the attack “took
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School Surveillance Footage Shows Police Response to Uvalde Shooting
New footage shows the controversial police response to the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
The 77 minutes of footage, which were published by the Austin American-Statesman Tuesday, show armed officers gathered in the hallway outside the classroom where the gunman killed 19 students and two teachers. The video indicates that officers waited more than an hour
Fox News (Online News) Associated Press Austin American-StatesmanJun 22 2022
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Eric Greitens 'RINO Hunting' Ad: Call for Violence, or Harmless Metaphor?
A graphic campaign ad from a Missouri Senate candidate made waves across the political spectrum this week.
Eric Greitens (R), a former governor of Missouri, posted an ad for his 2022 Senate campaign encouraging voters to get their "RINO Hunting Permit." RINO is slang for "Republican in Name Only," a title given to some Republicans who other Republicans accuse of betraying the party.
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Ohio Reduces Training Time Required for Teachers to Carry Guns From 700 Hours to 24
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) signed a bill into law on Monday that lowered the training time required for teachers and other school staff looking to carry guns from about 700 hours to 24.
The 24 hours of training consists of four hours of scenario-based training exercises as well as a maximum of 20 hours for first-aid training as well as taking courses on the history of school shootings
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Is ‘Quiet Quitting’ Real, or Did the Media Make It Up?
For weeks, writers across the news media have discussed “quiet quitting,” a purported trend of employees increasingly declining to go “above and beyond” at work, instead only fulfilling their job descriptions.
A recent survey by Gallup (Center bias) found that from 2020 to 2022, “actively disengaged” workers rose 4 points to 18%, and “engaged” workers fell 4 points to 32% — roughly the
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Politico’s New Owner Under Fire for Email Complimenting Trump Administration
Politico (Lean Left Bias), the online news publication that was recently acquired by German media company Axel Springer, is in the headlines after the Washington Post (Lean Left Bias) published a profile of Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner, a media mogul leading the push to steer Politico towards more neutral news coverage.
The profile outlines Döpfner’s perspective on the state and
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First Person Charged With Felony In Capitol Breach Case Gets Prison Sentence
On Monday, Florida resident Paul Hodgkins, 38, became the first person charged with a felony in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. Last month, Hodgkins pled guilty to obstructing congressional proceedings after he waved a Trump flag and took pictures in the Senate chamber for 15 minutes on Jan. 6. Hodgkins apologized to the court, saying he got caught up in the moment and that it "was a foolish
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Tax Day 2022: Should Congress Approve New Taxes and Funding to Modernize the IRS?
Should the IRS get more funding to improve services and close loopholes? How would President Joe Biden’s proposed tax hikes on high incomes impact the economy?
As the IRS deadline for tax filing arrived, a Treasury Department statement marked this year as the “most challenging filing season in recent history,” fueled by “chronic underfunding” of the IRS, “antiquated” technology and a “
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