Month: October 2020

[ad_1] In what might be the latest example of censorship by a large tech company, the email marketing company Mailchimp adopted a new policy this week to remove certain content.  Mailchimp determined it will use its “sole discretion” to determine whether messages are misleading and can be removed.  In a customer message obtained by The
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[ad_1] As the economic reopening continues in states and cities across the nation, economic growth last quarter smashed all prior records—growing by 7.4%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. If this blistering pace continued for an entire year, the economy would swell by 33.1%. >>> What’s the best way for America to reopen
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[ad_1] Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih in Malé, Maldives, October 28, 2020. (Ron Przysucha/State Department) Who knew that the future of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific could hinge on the Maldives? The small island nation is getting some attention following Mike Pompeo’s stop there on his swing through
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[ad_1] 1. France attack: Three killed in ‘Islamist terrorist’ stabbings 2. Parishioners remember sexton killed in Nice terror attacks One of the three people killed in the Nice terror attack has been named as Vincent Loqués, a father of two who worked at the Notre-Dame basilica. Loqués, 55, had his throat cut by the attacker
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[ad_1] An F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, England, flies away from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 100th Air Refueling Wing, Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, after receiving fuel during Exercise Valiant Liberty off the coast of England, March 5, 2020. (Technical Sergeant Emerson Nuñez/USAF) Yesterday, I had the
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[ad_1] Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) speaks to the media in Washington, D.C., September 22, 2020. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) warned on Wednesday that Democratic candidates had a “50-50” chance of winning a majority in the Senate in the upcoming general elections. Republicans currently hold a 53-47 majority
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[ad_1] President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speak during the first 2020 presidential campaign debate in Cleveland, Ohio, September 29, 2020. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) Why more voters in the swing state are refusing to tell pollsters their choice for president. The topline result of the final Marquette University Law School poll of Wisconsin
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[ad_1] A strange move for a challenger whose main mission is to convince voters in Maine that she’s a reasonable alternative to Susan Collins. In a debate last night, the moderator asked Sara Gideon whether she favors changing the number of Supreme Court justices, pointedly avoiding the term “court packing.” Gideon replied that she would
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[ad_1] House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., wants all major media outlets to wait to call the 2020 election winner “until every polling center has closed,” McCarthy said in a letter to outlets Wednesday. “Americans will be watching their television and monitoring their social media feeds anxiously awaiting the results of the election. And understandably,
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[ad_1] Judge Amy Coney Barrett at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., October 21, 2020. (Sarah Silbiger/Reuters) The message to our young girls is clear: Your success matters only if you subscribe to a certain type of progressive feminism. Yesterday, the Girl Scouts congratulated Justice Amy Coney Barrett on her confirmation. Then, they deleted the
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[ad_1] Harvard President Lawrence S. Bacow won’t make Election Day a school holiday despite a student petition urging for the move, the Harvard Crimson reported Thursday. Bacow said there were “lots of complexities in declaring holidays” like their effects on “obligations on various union contracts” and federal research funding, the Harvard Crimson reported. Bacow said
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[ad_1] I see that a redoubtable trio of law professors—Akhil Amar, Vikram Amar, and Neal Katyal—has published a New York Times op-ed contending that the position that Justice Kavanaugh has expressed (point 1 here) on a state legislature’s authority over voting in presidential elections is “preposterous.” I’d respectfully suggest that the law professors overlook some
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[ad_1] HBO host Bill Maher said this week that the Democrats are the “loser” party and that late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg should have resigned during former President Barack Obama’s presidency. What are the details? In remarks on Monday’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Maher — who hosts HBO’s “Real Time with Bill
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[ad_1] ( Zolnierek/Getty Images) Thomas Kirsch is President Trump’s nominee to fill Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. A lifelong Indiana resident, Kirsch is currently the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, where he serves as his district’s chief federal law-enforcement officer. After graduating
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[ad_1] The federal officer responsible for overseeing the security of America’s borders has been attacked for, of all things, arguing that we should secure America’s borders. Rather than going after Mark Morgan for battling every day to keep everyday Americans free, safe, and prosperous, his critics should pay more attention to the significant accomplishments made
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[ad_1] A federal grand jury has returned an indictment alleging corporate entities conspired to steal technology from a Houston-area oil & gas manufacturer, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick and Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers of the Department of Justice’s National Security Division. Jason Energy Technologies Co. (JET) in Yantai, People’s Republic of China;
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