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Mar 22 2023
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Idaho GOP Channels Trump With Plan to Bring Back Firing Squad
The Idaho state legislature banned execution by firing squad in 2009. The nation has changed quite a bit in the past 15 years, though, and the state’s Republicans are now poised to bring back the practice. The state’s Republican-controlled Senate on Monday passed a bill that would allow people on death row to be executed by firing squad when a lethal injection isn’t available. The latter
RollingStone.comMay 01 2023
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US Supreme Court spurns challenge to Indiana abortion cremation or burial law
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to the legality of an Indiana requirement that abortion providers bury or cremate embryonic or fetal remains following the procedure, sidestepping another dispute involving a contentious Republican-backed state policy concerning abortion. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. tap here to see other videos from our team.
National PostMar 11 2023
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Chicago River Dyed Green For St. Patrick’s Day 2023
DOWNTOWN — St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in Chicago kicked off with the river being dyed green early Saturday. The river is bright green between Columbus Drive and Orleans Street. The effect typically lasts for several days and is the city’s traditional kickoff to St. Patrick’s Day, with thousands of people lining Downtown bridges and the riverwalk to see the river change hues. St. Patrick’s
Block Club ChicagoApr 26 2023
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Missoula feels more divided from the rest of Montana as GOP silences transgender lawmaker
The sun rises beyond Missoula, Mont., a college town that elected Zooey Zephyr, the state’s first openly transgender legislator. Zephyr has been barred by the Republican majority from speaking on the floor of the Legislature. In the college town of Missoula, pride flags are as common a sight as the peaks of Montana’s Rattlesnake Mountains. Even a downtown crosswalk is rainbow-colored. Often
Los Angeles TimesMay 01 2023
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Texas voters won’t be excited by Joe Biden, Donald Trump rematch
President Joe Biden is running for reelection and could be headed for a rematch against Donald Trump, the former president he beat in 2020. That’s not good news for Americans tired of Trump-era politics, which means Republicans and Democrats in Texas may have to provide their own 2024 energy. For many, Biden, 80, and Trump, 76, represent the same old, same old. A recent Associated Press-NORC
The Dallas Morning NewsMay 19 2023
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Debt Ceiling Talks On Sudden ‘Pause’ As Trump Urges GOP: ‘Do Not Fold’
Debt ceiling talks are on “pause,” top Republican negotiator Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.) said Friday, blasting the Biden Administration for making “unreasonable” requests for raising the federal borrowing limit—an alarming stall that comes as Congress has less than two weeks to lift the debt ceiling or risk an economic meltdown.
“It’s time to press ‘pause,’ because it’s just not
ForbesMar 14 2023
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1 hiker dead, 1 still missing as 11 more are airlifted due to severe weather
At least one hiker is dead and one still remains missing after a group of three were reported missing in Utah on Monday, officials say. The incident occurred on Monday morning when the Kane County Sheriff’s Office in Utah received a call from a spouse informing them that a party of three hikers -- who had left on Friday to hike Buckskin Gulch on the border between Arizona and Utah -- were
ABC News (Online)Mar 10 2023
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Misinformation Watch: Media Spins Estimates on Biden Budget Proposal
It didn't take long for President Joe Biden's 2024 $6.8 trillion federal government budget proposal to spark misinformation.
Because of opposition in Congress, the plan has very little chance of becoming law. But that didn't stop media outlets and politicians from spreading misleading claims on what the plan will and won't do.
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Misleading Claims from News Sources Isaiah AnthonyApr 26 2023
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Montana transgender lawmaker faces possible expulsion after 'hate-filled testimony'
A transgender lawmaker in Montana is facing a vote of expulsion or censure on Wednesday after Republican lawmakers accused her of presenting "hate-filled testimony" while debating a bill that would ban transgender medical care for minors. While delivering comments on the bill last week, Democrat State Rep. Zooey Zephyr sent a strong message for those who voted for the bill banning transgender
Fox News (Online News)Oct 14 2022
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Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker to face off in high-stakes debate Friday
Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger Herschel Walker will face off Friday night in Savannah for their widely anticipated debate.
The high-stakes matchup between the seasoned orator who delivered sermons on Sunday from the pulpit of the famed Ebenezer Baptist Church and the state football legend could determine what party takes control of the Senate next year.
Washington Examiner