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Apr 14 2023
News
Banning TikTok in Montana
The Montana legislature has moved the state closer to banning the social media app TikTok on personal (as opposed to government-owned) devices, as Senate Bill 419 passed a second reading by the House and will now move to a final vote. If it passes that vote, the bill will go to Governor Gianforte (of journalist body-slamming fame) for signing into law. www.ktvh.com/... While TikTok has come
Daily Kos
Feb 15 2023
News
'Go Back to Your Own Country': Ann Coulter Trashes South Carolina-Born Nikki Haley
Conservative pundit Ann Coulter said Nikki Haley should “go back to your own country” after the former South Carolina governor announced her 2024 presidential candidacy on Wednesday. The South Carolina-born Haley, who also served as former President Donald Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, is challenging her ex-boss for the Republican nomination. Appearing on Mark Simone’s show on WOR
Mediaite
Nov 07 2019
News
How Mike Pence’s Office Meddled in Foreign Aid to Reroute Money to Favored Christian Groups
Last November, a top Trump appointee at the U.S. Agency for International Development wrote a candid email to colleagues about pressure from the White House to reroute Middle East aid to religious minorities, particularly Christian groups.
“Sometimes this decision will be made for us by the White House (see… Iraq! And, increasingly, Syria),” said Hallam Ferguson, a senior official in
ProPublica
Aug 20 2020
News
WH Asks SCOTUS to Review Trump Blocking Twitter Critics
The White House is asking the Supreme Court to review a lower court decision that restricts President Donald Trump from blocking followers on Twitter.
The president's legal team seeks to define the executive authority to block followers after a lower court ruled Trump's Twitter account is "an official channel of communication" and therefore cannot block Americans from seeing his tweets
Newsmax (News)
Oct 29 2021
Fact Check
Biden Spins Facts on Framework
In a speech announcing the framework for a pared-down spending plan, President Joe Biden made some questionable claims:
Biden said the plan is “fully paid for,” but some economists believe the White House revenue estimates are a bit rosy and warn that the balanced book relies on expiring spending plans that the White House hopes to extend in the future.
In pitching a program to
FactCheck.org
Apr 05 2023
News
‘We will sue’: Idaho ACLU seeking to partner with those affected by ban on gender-affirming care
BOISE, Idaho — Less than a day after House Bill 71 was signed into law, the American Civil Liberties Union said it plans to sue to block Idaho’s new prohibition on gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The law makes it a felony to provide puberty blockers, hormone therapies and transition-related surgeries to minors. Leo Morales, ACLU of Idaho executive director, on Wednesday called
Brunswick News
Apr 05 2023
News
‘We will sue’: Idaho ACLU seeking people affected by ban on gender-affirming care
Less than a day after House Bill 71 was signed into law, the American Civil Liberties Union said it plans to sue to block Idaho’s new prohibition on gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The law makes it a felony to provide puberty blockers, hormone therapies and transition-related surgeries to minors. Leo Morales, ACLU of Idaho executive director, on Wednesday called the bill “
Idaho Statesman
Apr 05 2023
News
Idaho Makes Gender-Affirming Care a Felony
Idaho has made it a crime to provide gender-affirming care to transgender minors. Gov. Brad Little, a Republican, signed House Bill 71 into law Tuesday evening, deeming any such care a felony punishable with up to 10 years in prison. It covers not only surgery but puberty blockers and hormone therapy. It goes into effect next January. “In signing this bill, I recognize our society plays a role
The Advocate
Aug 03 2023
Perspectives Blog
This Week in Fact Checking: HBCUs, Hunter Biden, Ron DeSantis
As an AllSides reader, you probably know news coverage often includes several forms of bias, or sometimes even flat-out misinformation.
Whether the product of a carefully coordinated propaganda campaign or an innocent mistake by a journalist or social media user, misinformation is inevitable. Because of this, many “fact-checkers” have popped up as their own entities, like Snopes (Lean
Andy Gorel
Jan 18 2023
News
Florida Republican Congressman Greg Steube Falls Off Roof, Transported To Nearby Hospital
Florida Republican Representative Greg Steube fell off his roof Wednesday and was transported to a hospital in the Sarasota region, local media reported. Steube, who serves the state’s 17th District, which covers all of Sarasota County, Charlotte County, and portions of Lee County, was discovered by a part-time aide for one of his congressional neighbors that works as an Amazon delivery driver
The Daily Wire