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Apr 24 2019
News
IRS blows deadline to hand over Trump tax returns
Steve Mnuchin says the final decision on the release of Trump’s tax returns is coming next month.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin left little doubt Tuesday that the administration will reject a congressional request for President Donald Trump's tax returns by a self-imposed May 6 target for a "final decision," setting the stage for a legal battle that will test the limits of
Politico
Apr 24 2019
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Mueller’s ‘Scarlet Letter’ Impeachment Road Map
Nathaniel Hawthorne, call your office. Hester Prynne, your fictional protagonist, had a scarlet letter “A” imprinted on her dress, to wear in public and thus advertise to the end of her life her adulterous relationship. Hester was ostracized, a punishment visited on Donald Trump by various public- and private-life segments of the Never Trump coalition: academics, Hollywood and above all, left-
The American Spectator
Jun 11 2012
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Muslims Say They Can't Guarantee Obama Their 2012 Election Vote
As President Barack Obama travels across the country to raise funds and court voters, one group that was drawn to his candidacy four years ago has expressed a feeling of being further and further marginalized.
Muslim Americans could play a critical role in several battleground states come November. But while they supported Obama overwhelmingly in 2008, their votes are hardly guaranteed
HuffPost
Mar 17 2015
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White House defends move to curb records requests
Obama administration officials said Tuesday there was no ulterior motive in the administration’s move that makes the White House Office of Administration no longer subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
The rule change, which came Monday on National Freedom of Information Day, was required by a federal judge’s ruling six years ago, said White House press secretary Josh Earnest.
Washington Times
Jan 28 2014
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Forgotten: Woman Sentenced to Two Days in Jail, Serves Five Months (VIDEO)
A Jeffersonville, Indiana woman was sentenced to two days in jail but remained there for 154, according to Jeffersonville paper News and Tribune.
Destiny Hoffman, 34, was incarcerated in August for trying to falsify her drug screen results. The Clark County Sheriff’s Office was instructed to hold her without bond “until further order of the court.” That order never came: thanks to a
The Libertarian Republic
Mar 01 2019
News
Collateral damage: Russia probe spurs death threats, financial ruin for those not charged
Hours after Democrats accused Carter Page of being a Russian asset at a 2017 hearing of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the former Trump campaign adviser received a chilling voicemail.
The caller screamed an expletive-laced tirade and threatened to beat him to death.
“If it was up to me, after we [expletive] tried you for treason, we’d take you out in the
Washington Times
Oct 13 2020
Headline Roundup
Recap of Day One: Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation Hearings
On Monday, Senators questioned Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett about the Affordable Care Act as she defended her faith.
The nominee also emphasized that the "rule of law" would drive her judgment on the Supreme Court.
Washington Times
USA TODAY
Washington Post
Mar 21 2022
Headline Roundup
Ketanji Brown Jackson's Confirmation Hearings Begin
Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson began Monday amid scrutiny of her judicial record from the political right.
Jackson, 51, was nominated for the lifetime role by President Joe Biden to replace liberal Justice Stephen Breyer, who plans to retire at the end of the current term. She and senators will make opening statements Monday on the
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Dec 09 2020
Perspectives Blog
Reclaiming Nonviolence in the Age of Antiracism
Editor's Note: An abridged version of this essay was originally published on Persuasion.com, and the full version appeared on Braver Angels.
We must surely have the answer, by now, to Langston Hughes’ question, “What happens to a dream deferred?” The poet wonders—“does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?…Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?” We have seen the
John R. Wood Jr.
Mar 05 2015
News
Ferguson Police Tainted by Bias, Justice Department Says
The Justice Department on Wednesday called on Ferguson, Mo., to overhaul its criminal justice system, declaring that the city had engaged in so many constitutional violations that they could be corrected only by abandoning its entire approach to policing, retraining its employees and establishing new oversight.
In one example after another, the report described a city that used its
New York Times (News)