Month: July 2021

The New York Times’ lead National section story Monday found reporter Catie Edmondson disappointed in House Republican Nancy Mace of South Carolina, in “‘New Voice’ for G.O.P. Returns to the Party’s Fold – South Carolina congresswoman’s pivot reflects rank-and-file’s reluctance to challenge Trump.” The text box: “Instead of challenging party orthodoxy, leaning in to its more
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From mishandling classified emails to shutting down bridges for political payback, elected officials embroiled in scandal sometimes see their political careers suffer as a result. But after the Biden administration’s latest move, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo might just get away with one of the biggest political scandals of this century. Here’s the background. When
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Rochelle Walensky, Director of the CDC, testifies before a Senate committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., May 11, 2021. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Reuters) Rochelle Walenksy is the director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). She is also seemingly on the verge of tears every time we hear from her. Walensky is fond
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Prominent billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos made history this month by becoming the first space tourists in human history when they each made brief trips into space. Now, a Democratic lawmaker is already proposing imposing a tax on such activities. What are the details? Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) has announced the the Securing Protections
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Michael Clark, a 75-year-old resident of Idaho Springs, Colorado, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against after a police officer used a Taser gun against him without warning during a May incident, he said. Clark is suing former Idaho Springs Police Officer Nicholas Hanning, Officer Ellie Summers, and supervising Officer Cpl. Richard Sonnenberg as
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Gay Pride Month may have ended in June but Disney’s push to indoctrinate your children with LGBT propaganda has just begun. It’s new movie, Jungle Cruise, features a scene in which the actor Jack Whitehall’s character comes out as gay. During an interview Whitehall told reporters that he is “proud” and hopes that this scene means
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Vaccine mandates are a direct violation of Americans’ personal freedoms, Rep. Andy Biggs says. “It’s what a tyranny would do. It’s what an authoritarian government would do,” the Arizona Republican told The Daily Signal. He says he grew concerned when White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that the government’s community outreach targeted neighborhoods, and
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To filch from Christopher Wallace: It was all a dream. What for many attendees was a first conclave, especially in Washington, since the Before Times, those gathered could be forgiven for wondering whether they’d imagined the last 16 months, if not the last six years entirely. The worst of Covid-19 appeared over, but so did
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The diplomatic relationship between the U.S. and China has hit a “stalemate,” a top Chinese Foreign Ministry official said amid bilateral talks between the nations. Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng informed Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman that relations faced “serious difficulties” during a meeting in Tianjin, China, between the two sides over the weekend,
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Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri is pushing legislation that would bar K-12 educational entities from receiving federal funds if they teach that the U.S. Constitution, Declaration of Independence, or Pledge of Allegiance are the result of white supremacy or racism. “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds shall be provided to an
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Shortly after midnight on Saturday, a Yuma Sector Border Patrol Agent encountered an individual who unlawfully crossed the international border. Records checks showed that the individual had a significant criminal history in the U.S., including conviction for negligent vehicular homicide in the state of California in 2004, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
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A commuter receives a COVID-19 vaccination at Grand Central Station Terminal train station in New York City, May 12, 2021. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters) Welcome to the Tuesday, a weekly newsletter about many things. To subscribe to the Tuesday, which I hope you will do, please follow this link. On Vaccine, Between Persuasion and CoercionThe news seems
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, sent a letter to the State Board Administration on Thursday requesting action be taken against Ben & Jerry’s over its decision to boycott “occupied Palestinian territory,” Fox Business reported. The governor asked that the ice cream brand and its parent company, Unilever, be placed on the “Continued Examination Companies
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Dallas Justice NOW, a Texas-based black supremacist group, are demanding white Americans pledge to never attend Ivy League schools and any other top school in the United States and instead amend centuries of institutional racism by reserving spots in elite institutions for minorities. Despite being white and wealthy, Caucasian Americans have proven their willingness to
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On “The Rubin Report” Monday, BlazeTV host Dave Rubin talks about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) unbelievable explanation for why Republicans are fighting anti-racism and critical race theory in education. Dave shared a clip of Ocasio-Cortez talking to CNN’s Don Lemon about what she believes is the real reason Republicans are fighting critical race theory in
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