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Feb 16 2023
News
Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong fired over response to misconduct
The mayor of Oakland, California, has fired the city's police chief for allegedly downplaying an officer's misconduct.
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao placed police chief LeRonne Armstrong on leave last month after findings from an investigation were released.
The report alleged Mr Armstrong had failed to adequately discipline a sergeant involved in a hit-and-run.
"This was not
BBC NewsAug 02 2023
Perspectives Blog
The Governor Trying to End Toxic Polarization
This is an opinion from the center.
Governor Spencer Cox (R-Utah) just assumed leadership of the National Governors Association, and made polarization his key issue.
Cox has put out videos to raise awareness for his “Disagree Better” Campaign, including one with Democratic Gov. Jared Polis (CO) where they spoke together about the necessity of the cause.
I heard Cox
Clare AshcraftMar 30 2023
News
Dem Congresswoman Says This Is the Real Purpose of the Second Amendment
Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) claimed the vast majority of Americans, including the majority of gun owners, want "common sense" gun control laws to prevent things like the recent shooting in Nashville, Tennessee because the Second Amendment allows for activities like trap shooting.
"There are extremes that we're talking about. This is about common sense reforms. Like the majority of Americans
TownhallMar 26 2023
News
Comer calls Trump probe ‘political stunt,’ tells DA to fight NYC crime instead
The Manhattan district attorney should be more worried about rampant local crime than trying to nail Donald Trump in a “political stunt,’’ the chairman of the House Oversight Committee said Sunday. “We just want the government out of our elections,” Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” We don’t believe tax dollars should be spent for this. “We believe this is a
New York Post (News)Feb 08 2023
News
Sanders' education plan includes $50,000 minimum salary for teachers, voucher program for students
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced on Wednesday details of what she described as “the most far-reaching, bold and conservative education reforms anywhere in the entire country,” which would include a large pay raise for Arkansas teachers and a voucher program for parents and students. Speaking in front assembled group of Republican lawmakers at the state Capitol, Sanders unveiled details of
Arkansas Democrat-GazetteMay 26 2023
Fact Check
Biden Admin Claims The US Doesn’t Give ‘Financial Support’ To Illegal Migrants. There’s Just One Problem
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) claimed Thursday that the U.S. government doesn’t financially support illegal immigrants, while federal dollars continue to fund nonprofits helping illegal migrants.
CBP asserted that “the U.S. government does not provide help or financial support for noncitizens.” However, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) runs the Emergency Food
The Daily CallerMar 16 2023
News
San Francisco supervisors open to reparations with $5 million payouts
SAN FRANCISCO — Payments of $5 million to every eligible Black adult, the elimination of personal debt and tax burdens, guaranteed annual incomes of at least $97,000 for 250 years and homes in San Francisco for just $1 a family. These were some of the more than 100 recommendations made by a city-appointed reparations committee tasked with the thorny question of how to atone for centuries of
The Press DemocratJan 16 2020
Opinion
Happy Returns
The Trump tax cut benefits taxpayers and slightly helps the economy.
Like everything else in politics today, tax reform is polarizing. Two years after President Trump signed his biggest legislative accomplishment into law, the two camps that were arguing about it remain frozen in place. Supporters, including current and former administration officials, say that the tax law led to today’
Ramesh PonnuruFeb 22 2023
News
States And Localities, Flush With COVID Cash, Are Showering Corporate America With Handouts
State and local governments issued at least eight separate $1 billion subsidy packages to major corporations in 2022, thanks in part to federal COVID-19 spending, according to analysis by the nonprofit think tank Good Jobs First, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
State governments — which have amassed a record-breaking $136.8 billion in cash reserves thanks in part to COVID-19
The Daily CallerMar 24 2023
News
Minnesota nuclear plant shuts down because of leak of radioactive material
Xcel Energy said it would temporarily shut down its Monticello nuclear power plant after it detected radioactive tritium being leaked into groundwater nearby for the second time in two years. Xcel said Friday that the leakage began earlier this week and spilled an estimate of “hundreds of gallons” of contaminated water at the Minnesota plant, caused by temporary repairs made to a defective
Washington Examiner