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Dec 01 2022
News
Sex-change Surgeries, Paid for by Taxpayers, Rising Sharply in Maine
The number of taxpayer-funded transsexual surgeries in Maine has nearly quadrupled since 2019, the year Democratic Gov. Janet Mills modified MaineCare policy to cover procedures advocates for gender ideology describe as “gender affirming care.”
The number of “gender affirming” surgical procedures paid for by MaineCare almost doubled each year following the policy change, from 24
The Maine WireNov 03 2022
Analysis
Republicans are going all in on crime — and it’s working
Two years ago, Mary, 55, a resident of New Britain Township, voted for President Joe Biden because she couldn’t stomach the alternative.
“I could not vote Trump because he’s so despicable,” Mary told Vox. (She declined to share her last name in order to protect her privacy.)
This year, however, she’s supporting Mehmet Oz, the Republican running for Senate, because she’s worried
VoxMay 25 2022
News
Record Georgia turnout exposes the Democrats' voter suppression lie
Early voting has ended in Georgia. This means that at long last, the nation gets to find out just how out of touch with reality Democrats were when they denounced the state's new election reform law.
At the time, the Democratic Party used its media tentacles to intimidate much of corporate America into denouncing Georgia's law and others like it as "voter suppression" measures. They
Washington ExaminerOct 21 2022
News
Biden says midterms not ‘referendum’ on him, claims deficit cut credit
President Biden insisted Friday that the Nov. 8 midterm elections aren’t a “referendum” on him while touting “a record decrease” in the federal deficit — despite the fact that it was elevated due to the COVID-19 pandemic and his own first-year stimulus spending and again is on the upswing due to his cancellation of student debt.
“The election is not a referendum. It’s a choice. It’s a
New York Post (News)Apr 10 2023
Perspectives Blog
When Voters Decide That Issues Matter
One of the most widespread misconceptions in the world of politics is the belief that voters make their decisions based on the personalities of the candidates rather than their positions on the issues. Republicans rationalized in this fashion after Bill Clinton and Barack Obama won their elections. Democrats did the same thing after Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush’s victories. But Donald
Dan SchnurDec 14 2022
News
Senate Dems prepare to join the investigative fray
Senate Democrats finally have subpoena power, and they’re ready to use it.
Though their target list is still under discussion, Democrats in the upper chamber have made clear that they intend to use their investigative authority — newly acquired thanks to their functional 51st Senate seat — as a counterpoint to House GOP probes of Hunter Biden’s business dealings and the Biden
PoliticoSep 19 2022
News
House eyes vote on a new bipartisan bill to prevent another Jan. 6
A bipartisan duo on the Jan. 6 committee on Monday rolled out legislation aimed at preventing future attempts to overturn elections, and House leaders are eyeing a vote as early as this week.
The Presidential Election Reform Act, unveiled by Reps. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., and Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., centers on overhauling the Electoral Count Act, an archaic law that governs the counting of
NBC News DigitalJul 18 2022
Opinion
A clever plan to foil a 2024 coup attempt quietly advances
It may seem improbable, given adamant Republican opposition to legislation protecting voting rights, but a bipartisan group of senators is close to agreement on a separate, crucial way to protect our democracy: reforming the Electoral Count Act of 1887.
That arcane law governs how Congress counts presidential electors. If senators resolve last-minute differences, a stolen 2024 election
Greg SargentJan 31 2022
News
Privacy Advocates, Lawmakers Concerned About IRS's Facial Recognition Plan
The IRS has announced it will soon require people to use facial recognition technology to access parts of the agency’s website, and taxpayers are getting serious jitters.
The agency said it did not plan to require facial recognition for filing tax returns, CNBC reported. But by this summer, people who want to access certain information on the IRS’s website — including past tax records
HuffPostAug 10 2022
News
Trump says he ‘declined to answer' questions during NY AG deposition
Former President Donald Trump declared in a lengthy statement that he "declined to answer" questions during his deposition before New York Attorney General Letitia James's office Wednesday.
Trump argued that he was the target of "an unfounded, politically motivated Witch Hunt" and that James "openly campaigned on the policy of 'Get and Destroy Trump.'" James has been conducting a civil
Washington Examiner