Month: July 2020

[ad_1] Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump listens as Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton answers a question from the audience during their presidential town hall debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., October 9, 2016. (Rick Wilking/Reuters) It’s been odd watching the national political conversation march forward as if the 2016 election had never happened. While
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[ad_1] Republican Senator Mike Braun, author of the “Reforming Qualified Immunity Act” speaks during a committee hearing in Washington, D.C., May 20, 2020. (Al Drago/Reuters) Republican members of Congress remain divided on the question of reforming qualified immunity for police officers, even as a GOP senator has proposed a bill that would curb the protections
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[ad_1] 1. The Washington Post: ‘Cries for help’: Drug overdoses are soaring during the coronavirus pandemic Nationwide, federal and local officials are reporting alarming spikes in drug overdoses — a hidden epidemic within the coronavirus pandemic. Emerging evidence suggests that the continued isolation, economic devastation and disruptions to the drug trade in recent months are
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[ad_1] SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk celebrates after the launch of his spacecraft at Cape Canaveral, Fla., on May 30, 2020. (Steve Nesius / Reuters) The world needs more Musk, not less. You know that friend you have who just says whatever comes to mind, does things on a whim, and lives more care-freely
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[ad_1] The President of the Czech Republic, Milos Zeman, told an audience this week that “Black Lives Matter” is racist. Zeman added, “The slogan Black Lives Matter is racist because all lives count.”Of course, he has a point. #Czech President Milos Zeman while visiting the US Ambassador’s residence in #Prague, said the slogan #BlackLivesMattters is
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[ad_1] On the floor of the U.S. Senate Thursday, Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah delivered an impassioned speech condemning mob violence in the United States. Lee offered a resolution, which his Democrat colleague, Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, attempted to amend by inserting language attacking President Donald Trump. Menendez then repeatedly tried to
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[ad_1] People who lost their jobs fill out paperwork to file for unemployment following an outbreak of the coronavirus, at an Arkansas Workforce Center in Fayetteville, Ark., April 6, 2020. (Nick Oxford/Reuters) The headlines look just fine. No, more than fine. CNBC: Nonfarm payrolls soared by 4.8 million in June and the unemployment rate fell
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[ad_1] President Woodrow Wilson throws out the first pitch on opening day, 1916. (Library of Congress) Ross Douthat criticizes Princeton’s decision to change the name of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. The school, he writes, “wasn’t named for Wilson to honor him for being a segregationist. It was named for him
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[ad_1] Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of ‘Hamilton,’ arrives at the 71st PrimeTime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California, September 22, 2019. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters) Tomorrow, Disney+ subscribers will tune in to watch the movie version of the Broadway musical Hamilton — a June 2016 performance of the celebrated cast of almost entirely minority actors playing, as far
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[ad_1] Lake Orion, Michigan – A white couple leaving a Chipotle restaurant this week were falsely accused of racism by black a woman and her 15-year-old daughter. The black woman accused a pregnant white woman of bumping into her daughter near the entrance of the restaurant and demanded an apology. The white woman accused the
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[ad_1] Former Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain delivers the Tea Party Express response to U.S. President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address in Washington, D.C., January 24, 2012. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Herman Cain, a former 2012 Republican presidential candidate, was hospitalized Wednesday and is being treated for the coronavirus. Cain, 74, was informed on Monday that
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[ad_1] Standing behind vandals who attempted to pull down the bronze statue of Andrew Jackson near the White House last week is a loosely configured, increasingly well-funded network of Black Lives Matter activists bent on constraining and defunding law enforcement.  An area called Black Lives Matter Plaza became the staging ground for more than 100
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[ad_1] A goldsmith shows wedding rings in a jeweller’s shop in Vienna, Austria, December 14, 2017. (Leonhard Foeger/Reuters) A left-leaning Massachusetts city has adopted a domestic partnership ordinance granting polyamorous groups the same rights as married couples. The Somerville City Council voted unanimously last Thursday to approve the measure, which affords domestic partnerships between two
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[ad_1] (Pixabay) I read an article in the current New England Journal of Medicine that broke my heart. Chase T. M. Anderson, MD, a gay African-American psychiatry resident, bemoans being stifled and denigrated by racism, homophobia, macro aggressions and micro aggressions. But as I read the piece, the picture presented was of an obviously talented young
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[ad_1] Adam Schiff A couple weeks ago The New York Times published a story claiming that Russia secretly offered bounties to Taliban forces to kill US troops, citing “officials briefed on the matter.” President Trump early Sunday morning dismissed the New York Times report on the GRU-Taliban allegations. “Nobody briefed or told me, VP Pence,
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[ad_1] Instagram, a Facebook company, censored and then reinstated a nonprofit Christian account after it posted an anti-porn video. Moral Revolution, a nonprofit Christian group that “speaks about healthy Biblical sexuality,” was shut down on Instagram for fighting porn. This happened shortly after it posted a video from Exodus Cry, a nonprofit focused on ending
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[ad_1] Topics in this post: coronavirus Fourth of July America’s birthday will look very different this year – with more than 60% of us staying home and avoiding gatherings with others. That’s the finding of new Harris Poll data released today as the country heads into the holiday weekend. While citizens remain divided on issues
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