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Dec 24 2022
Opinion
What Trump doesn’t understand about Electoral Count Act reform
Following months of bipartisan negotiations, lawmakers agreed on an important overhaul of the Electoral Count Act that will strengthen the system against future attacks and possible mischief. The challenge was figuring out how to pass it.
This week, Congress is expected to approve a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package, and to the relief of reformers, the Electoral Count Act overhaul
MSNBCMay 24 2022
News
The U.S. Has Spent More Than $2 Billion on a Plan to Save Salmon. The Fish Are Vanishing Anyway.
The fish were on their way to be executed. One minute, they were swimming around a concrete pond. The next, they were being dumped onto a stainless steel table set on an incline. Hook-nosed and wide-eyed, they thrashed and thumped their way down the table toward an air-powered guillotine.
Hoses hanging from steel girders flushed blood through the grated metal floor. Hatchery workers in
ProPublicaNov 23 2022
News
Violence erupts at Foxconn Zhengzhou plant as workers protest over benefits and Covid-19 controls at world’s largest iPhone factory
There were violent clashes between workers and security forces at Foxconn Zhengzhou, the world’s largest iPhone factory, over employee benefits on Tuesday night and Wednesday, according to images and video clips posted on Chinese social media platforms and confirmed to the Post by two workers.
In one video clip, hundreds of workers were seen marching down a road, throwing sticks and
South China Morning PostNov 11 2021
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Trump, Rittenhouse at Center of Crime Drama Media Coverage
Left- and right-rated media offered extensive coverage of former President Donald Trump and the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse this week, but the framing often differed greatly. Many sources on the left highlighted the House January 6 committee's continued efforts to get information on the Capitol riot from Trump and his former staff. On Tuesday, a judge rejected Trump's bid for executive
AllSides StaffJan 31 2022
News
Democratic lawyer Marc Elias questions press freedoms after NYT article on ‘dark money'
Democratic lawyer Marc Elias violated the old maxim about never taking on those who buy ink by the barrel and ended up in a losing battle with the New York Times over the weekend.
Elias, who helped fund the discredited Trump dossier and has battled against Republican-backed election reforms, was incensed over an article about “dark money” being funneled to left-wing activists, including
Washington ExaminerMay 02 2022
News
Ukraine hopes to evacuate more civilians from besieged Mariupol steelworks
Ukrainian authorities are planning to evacuate more civilians from Mariupol on Monday, after dozens were finally brought to safety following weeks trapped under heavy fire in the strategic port city’s Azovstal steel complex.
The civilians had been sheltering in bunkers beneath the steelworks that is the last redoubt for Ukrainian forces in Mariupol.
On Sunday, Ukrainian president
The GuardianOct 15 2020
Opinion
Big Tech is in the tank for Biden, Democrats: Devine
In case there was any doubt that Facebook and Twitter are corruptly partisan, the social media giants censored The Post’s story Wednesday on Hunter Biden’s emails suggesting he took cash for access to his father, Joe Biden.
The bombshell exclusive was trending all Wednesday morning on social media platforms until Big Tech stepped in to run protection for the Democratic presidential
Miranda DevineSep 12 2021
Opinion
Separation of powers is supposed to stop tyranny. But is it eroding?
Harry Truman had a problem. Two years earlier, he had sent American troops across the Pacific to defend South Korea against a communist invasion from the North. He did so without a formal declaration of war or any other authorization from Congress. This might pose a constitutional problem, but Truman had a concrete problem as well. Thousands of American soldiers, on his watch, were fighting a
Deseret NewsDec 09 2019
News
DOJ inspector general finds 17 'significant errors or omissions' in Carter Page FISA applications
The Justice Department watchdog excoriated the FBI for relying upon British ex-spy Christopher Steele's dossier in obtaining Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants to monitor onetime Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
Inspector General Michael Horowitz, who released a report on Monday showing his findings regarding allegations of surveillance abuses, also found the FISA process
Washington ExaminerMay 02 2022
News
Ukraine
“A long-awaited evacuation of civilians from a besieged steel plant in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol was under way Sunday, as U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi revealed that she visited Ukraine’s president to show unflinching American support for the country’s defense against Russia’s invasion.” (AP News)
Many on both sides call for a long-term strategy against ongoing Russian
The Flip Side