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Dec 19 2019
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Congress Just Passed a Law to Raise the Legal Smoking Age to 21
Congress is raising the legal smoking age across the country next year, after the Senate passed a bill that included a prohibition on selling cigarettes, vaping products, and other tobacco products to people under the age of 21.
The measure, part of a $1.37 trillion spending bill that passed the House on Tuesday and the Senate on Thursday, is expected to be signed by President Donald
Mother JonesJul 09 2021
Perspectives Blog
When Donald Trump Thinks He Has Been Cancelled
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Donald Trump’s latest attempt at performance art has just arrived, in the form of his announcement of a lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter, Google and their CEOs under the dubious grounds that their decisions to ban him from their platforms represented a violation of his First Amendment right to free speech. Legal experts
Dan SchnurNov 25 2019
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White House review turns up emails showing extensive effort to justify Trump’s decision to block Ukraine military aid
A confidential White House review of President Trump’s decision to place a hold on military aid to Ukraine has turned up hundreds of documents that reveal extensive efforts to generate an after-the-fact justification for the decision and a debate over whether the delay was legal, according to three people familiar with the records.
The research by the White House Counsel’s Office, which
New York Times (News)May 29 2017
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No buyer’s remorse: Trump backers stand strong, fault Congress for shortcomings
Despite an onslaught of ridicule from the national media, chiding from their neighbors and repeated public relations flare-ups from the White House, President Trump’s voters remain remarkably loyal to him, pollsters and analysts say.
Washington TimesJul 26 2019
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House passes two-year budget deal to lift spending, suspend debt ceiling
The House passed a sweeping two-year budget deal Thursday that increases spending for military and domestic programs and suspends the debt ceiling through mid-2021, sending the White House-backed legislation to the Senate.
A large majority of Democrats voted for the legislation, while a majority of Republicans opposed it despite appeals from President Trump to support the bill.
Washington PostDec 13 2015
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First Saudi Women Elected Following Landmark Municipal Vote
At least a dozen women won seats in Saudi Arabia’s municipal councils to become the first elected female officials in their country’s history, government officials said Sunday.
The announcement came a day after the first nationwide election in which women were allowed to vote and run for office. Around 6,900 candidates competed for some 2,100 seats in local councils, the only popularly
Wall Street Journal (News)Jun 21 2017
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Anthem pulls out of ObamaCare exchanges in Midwest, fueling GOP repeal push
Citing a “volatile” market, the nation’s second-largest health insurer announced Wednesday it plans to pull out of ObamaCare exchanges in Indiana and Wisconsin next year -- a move that fueled GOP calls on Capitol Hill to upend the law.
Fox News (Online News)Jul 01 2019
Opinion
Conservatives must articulate a response to Medicare for All, or socialism wins
Most healthcare proposals — including Medicare for All, Medicare at 50, a public insurance option, expanding Obamacare, and allowing the federal government to negotiate prescription drug prices — share one thing in common: a more aggressive government role in healthcare. What are free market proponents and conservatives to do in response?
A new executive order from the Trump
Guest Writer - RightJun 30 2020
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Madonna of the Trail Defies Statue-Toppling Culture
If you are driving too fast, you'll miss her. It often happens at the pitch of the rolling Appalachian Mountain, where she has stood for nearly 100 years: the statue of a sturdy frontier woman holding a rifle in one arm and an infant in another, with another child clinging to her long skirt.
She is Madonna of the Trail. Constructed in 1927, the warm color of the algonite stone provides
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