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Dec 02 2021
News
NY Republicans vow to take legal action if de Blasio signs bill allowing non-citizens to vote
The New York City Council is set to vote next week on a measure that would allow non-citizens to register to vote in municipal elections, but Republicans are readying themselves to challenge it in court if they have to.
At a Thursday news conference, New York State Republican Party members vowed to do whatever they can.
"We pledge action, legal or otherwise, any means necessary
Fox News DigitalDec 02 2021
News
Omicron variant detected in Minnesota
The new Omicron variant has been detected in a vaccinated Minnesota resident with recent travel history to New York City, the Minnesota Department of Health said in a statement Thursday.
Driving the news: The confirmed case involved a patient who developed mild symptoms on Nov. 22 and got a COVID-19 test on Nov. 24, per MDH. He is no longer experiencing symptoms.
Prior to testing
AxiosOct 06 2021
News
'Domestic Terrorism'? Biden's AG Tells FBI to Protect School Boards from Parent Protesters
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has directed the FBI to work with law enforcement to protect school board members, teachers, and other public school employees after some rowdy parent protests.
Garland's order comes after numerous school board meetings across the country erupted in chaos as parents voiced their concerns about serious issues, including the teaching of Critical Race
CBNSep 24 2020
Analysis
How Portland Became a Nightmare for Democrats
For Donald Trump, cities are crime-ridden, infested with rioters and looters, and overseen by liberal mayors who are either absent or complicit—or often both. But among the cities about which the president has railed though this summer of unprecedented protests, Portland has stood out as his personal punching bag. He has called it a “mess” (and “has been for many years,” apparently) and
PoliticoDec 23 2021
Opinion
These 12 Incidents of Defensive Gun Use Prove Armed Civilians Make Situations Safer
I testified earlier this month at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Chicago on underlying causes of the spikes in gun violence in that city and around the country.
Although Sen. Dick Durbin’s interruptions of my opening statement stole the show in many respects, it shouldn’t be overlooked that the Illinois Democrat also solicited disparaging remarks on the right to keep and bear
The Daily SignalMay 10 2021
News
Suspect identified in Times Square shooting that left 4-year-old and two others injured
The man suspected of a shooting in New York City's Times Square that injured three bystanders, including a 4-year-old girl, has been identified but is still on the run, police said Monday.
Farrakhan Muhammad was identified by two senior New York City Police Department officials as the person of interest in the Saturday afternoon shooting on West 45th Street and 7th Avenue, NBC New York
NBC News DigitalMar 05 2022
Opinion
Calling Russia’s Attack ‘Unprovoked’ Lets US Off the Hook
Many governments and media figures are rightly condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine as an act of aggression and a violation of international law. But in his first speech about the invasion, on February 24, US President Joe Biden also called the invasion “unprovoked.”
It’s a word that has been echoed repeatedly across the media ecosystem. “Putin’s forces
FAIRJan 17 2022
News
On MLK Day, Biden says Americans must commit to King’s work
Americans must commit to the unfinished work of Martin Luther King Jr., delivering jobs and justice and protecting “the sacred right to vote, a right from which all other rights flow,” President Joe Biden said Monday.
Martin Luther King Day is a moment when a mirror is held up to America, the president said in a video address.
“It’s time for every elected official in America to
Associated PressJul 10 2021
Opinion
Eric Adams’s Victory and the Uncertainty of the Biden-Era Democratic Party
No one really knows what Eric Adams’s city would be like. In part, that is Adams’s own fault. As David Schleicher, of Yale Law School, pointed out recently, the nominee’s policy agenda consists of “blog posts and platitudes—an afterthought.” But lately the vision thing has been a national problem for the Democrats, too. In this sense, Adams may be, as he declared himself, the new face of the
The New YorkerDec 22 2021
News
The F.B.I. Deployed Surveillance Teams Inside Portland Protests
In the hours after President Biden’s inauguration this year, protesters marched once again through the streets of Portland, Ore., sending a message that putting a Democrat in the White House would not resolve their problems with a system of policing and corporate wealth that they saw as fundamentally unfair.
“No cops, no prisons, total abolition,” they chanted. Some of the activists,
New York Times (News)