Month: June 2021

Democratic frustration with Republicans’ success in blocking Joe Biden’s agenda is reaching critical mass. Something is going to have to give or the Democrats’ heads will explode. What’s going to “give” will be the filibuster’s death and with that brake on their ambitions gone, the Democrats are prepared to pass legislation on voting rights, climate
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We already know that top inflation metrics have recently surged, and executives at companies like Costco are warning that price hikes are hurting their customers. Now, there’s a new inflation consequence hitting consumers: “Shrinkflation.” I’d never heard the term before today, but new reporting from the Washington Post explains how some companies are dealing with
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A worker in a protective suit examines specimens inside a laboratory following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, February 6, 2020 (China Daily via Reuters) The outbreak of COVID-19 has reshaped our country in countless ways. Even beyond the nearly 600,000 tragic deaths in the U.S. alone, Americans continue to
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Volusia County sheriff’s deputies were forced to fire on a 14-year-old and a 12-year-old after the two children reportedly opened fire on officers during a botched home robbery. What are the details? According to a Wednesday report from WFOR-TV, the two children — reportedly foster children who had run away from Florida United Methodist Children’s
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The Washington Post this week finally produced a major correction to a 15-month-old report that wrongly referred to the coronavirus lab leak theory as a “conspiracy theory” that had already been “debunked.” What are the details? The report, published in February 2020, detailed remarks made by Republican Sen. Tom Cotton (Ark.) surmising that the coronavirus
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Small business advocacy group Job Creators Network filed a federal lawsuit against Major League Baseball, demanding the league immediately return its All-Star game to Atlanta. “MLB robbed the small businesses of Atlanta — many of them minority-owned — of $100 million, we want the game back where it belongs,” Job Creators Network President and CEO
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1. Fresno Student Who Chose Life Walks Graduation with Daughter 2. Children’s Hospital Colorado declares mental health state of emergency as suicide attempts rise 3. Never forget what they did to our kids. pic.twitter.com/YYKmFVVO6z — Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) June 1, 2021 4. Cash Accounts Can Help Youth Aging Out of Foster Care Succeed 5.
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President Joe Biden’s administration officially ended the controversial “remain in Mexico” policy that former President Donald Trump implemented in respect to migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. A U.S. Department of Homeland Security memo issued on Tuesday shut down the policy, technically known as Migrant Protection Protocols, after Biden had issued an executive order on
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South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace’s home was vandalized with Antifa symbols and profanity on Memorial Day, the freshman congresswoman announced on Tuesday. Multiple circle-A anarchist symbols and messages such as “all politicians are bastards,” “no gods no masters,” “f— you Nancy,” and “pass the pro act” were spray-painted on Mace’s home and sidewalk, according to
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A sign promotes mask-wearing at a bar in Houston, Texas, March 9, 2021. (Callaghan O’Hare/Reuters) What did our society get right, and wrong, in responding to the pandemic? What to make of the regional disparities that “many statisticians, virologists, and public-health experts” call “the greatest conundrum of the pandemic”? Was there ever any good reason
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Crowds of people are seen shopping during a weekly market at Kandivali. SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images India is expected to see double-digit expansion in the three months ending in June — but economists warn that the data won’t be painting the full picture of the country’s growth trajectory. South Asia’s largest economy
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CNN likes to play the game of smearing conservatives for saying things they didn’t actually say. But because the network doesn’t really do journalism, it’s not surprising. Monday night’s episode of The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, aired an interview by Barbara Starr with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Starr immediately attacked conservatives who believe
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While rapidly increasing consumer prices have triggered fears that the U.S. economy may enter into a period of stagflation, it is unlikely to hit 1970s levels, an economic report concluded. The current condition of the U.S. economy has created some fear that prices may precipitously and uncontrollably rise while unemployment stays elevated, according to the
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