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May 13 2021
News
Marjorie Taylor Greene Accosts Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Outside Of House Chamber
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), the freshman congresswoman who was stripped of her committee assignments earlier this year, was spotted Wednesday chasing after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) accusing her of supporting “terrorists.”
The incident prompted Ocasio-Cortez’s office to call on House leadership to do what it can to ensure members’ safety.
Two Washington
HuffPostApr 16 2024
Headline Roundup
Georgian Parliament Revives ‘Kremlin-Style’ Foreign Agent Bill, Stoking Protests and Lawmaker Brawl
The Republic of Georgia saw large protests and a brawl between lawmakers on Monday after its parliament revived a “foreign agent” bill that critics say is reminiscent of Russian law.
The Details: The draft, proposed by the ruling Georgian Dream Party, is effectively identical to the foreign agent bill the nation’s legislature considered in March 2023, before domestic protests and
Associated Press BBC News Fox News (Online News)Aug 23 2021
Analysis
Have vaccine lotteries worked? Studies so far show mixed results
This summer, a wide range of states scrambled to create lotteries to incentivize citizens to get vaccinated for the coronavirus. In all, 26 states offered some type of incentive, with a majority using a lottery drawing, according to the National Governors Association.
On May 10, Ohio became the first in the nation to launch a weekly lottery, offering $1 million to randomly selected
PolitiFactDec 08 2020
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Texas AG Paxton Files Election Suit Against 4 Battleground States
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed suit on Tuesday against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, claiming the four states exploited the pandemic to justify ignoring election laws.
In papers filed with the U.S. Supreme Court, Paxton claimed the states unlawfully enacted last-minute changes, which skewed the results of the general election.
The papers also allege
Newsmax (News)Dec 08 2020
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Today marks an important Electoral College deadline. Here's why that's bad news for Trump
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's long-shot bid to overturn the election could become more far-fetched after Tuesday, when states with legal fights and recounts behind them can receive assurance that Congress must accept their electors.
Tuesday marks the so-called safe harbor deadline. Federal law requires that Congress recognize the slates of electors chosen by states that have
USA TODAYSep 30 2021
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U.S. Covid Recovery Spreads as Prospects Improve in 47 States
The U.S. recovery from the latest Covid-19 wave is taking hold across the country, with cases dropping or poised to start falling in the vast majority of states.
In 47 states plus the nation’s capital, a measure of average new infections from one newly infected person is below the key level of 1, signaling that cases are expected to decline, according to covidestim, a modeling project
BloombergNov 11 2020
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Facebook extends ban on U.S. political ads for another month
As election misinformation continued to rage online, Facebook Inc FB.O said on Wednesday its post-election ban on political ads would likely last another month, raising concerns from campaigns and groups eager to reach voters for key Georgia Senate races in January.
Facebook, which had announced the ban as part of measures to combat misinformation and other abuses on its site, had
ReutersJul 02 2021
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Elsa upgraded to hurricane, tracks toward Florida
After being dubbed the fifth tropical storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, Elsa has now been reclassified as a hurricane, taking aim at a slew of Caribbean islands along with Florida and parts of Georgia.
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) announced the update on Friday morning, noting that hurricane conditions — strong winds, heavy rainfall and potential flooding — are most
The HillApr 21 2020
Analysis
Tennessee Will Allow 'Vast Majority' of Businesses To Reopen on May 1
And Georgia will reopen select businesses beginning April 24.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) announced Monday afternoon that they are taking the initial steps of allowing "non-essential" businesses to reopen.
The "vast majority" of businesses in Tennessee will be permitted to restart their engines on May 1. "Social distancing must continue, but our
ReasonJun 24 2022
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America Is Growing Apart, Possibly for Good
It may be time to stop talking about “red” and “blue” America. That’s the provocative conclusion of Michael Podhorzer, a longtime political strategist for labor unions and the chair of the Analyst Institute, a collaborative of progressive groups that studies elections. In a private newsletter that he writes for a small group of activists, Podhorzer recently laid out a detailed case for
The Atlantic