Pence Says Traditional Conservatism Can Coexist With Rising Populism
Come 2023, former Vice President Mike Pence advised Wednesday, conservative lawmakers need to “flood the zone” with strong policy proposals. “Let’s get this economy back on its feet. Let’s reverse some of this reckless, irresponsible spending by the Biden administration that has been driving inflation,” Pence said during a question-and-answer session with Heritage Foundation President […]
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Polls Show Republican Attacks on Teaching Racism Are Backfiring
Republicans have been attacking schools that teach the history of racism in the U.S. and provide inclusive environments for LGBTQ students, hoping to capitalize on a tactic that worked in one noteworthy election last year — but a new report suggests that these efforts may ultimately backfire for the party. Researchers and pollsters talking to […]
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We Must Shut Down Factory Farms to Protect Clean Water and Environmental Justice
Americans have been presented with the image of a happy family farmer who provides the food that we eat for years. Unfortunately, this image is not true for most of the food we eat. Food production, especially in industrial animal agriculture, is creating an ecological crisis in our waterways which further perpetuates environmental racism. This […]
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Stacey Abrams Claims Abortion Access Could Relieve Inflation Woes
Abortion access could help to alleviate concerns over high inflation rates, according to Stacey Abrams, the Democrat nominee for governor in Georgia. “Abortion is an economic issue,” Abrams told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Wednesday. Abrams was asked what she would do as governor about “the cost of gas, food, bread, milk… to alleviate the […]
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The Bank of England were not briefed prior to the mini-budget
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CBS Hates Talk Radio—And Those Who Listen to It
Liberals like to think that conservatives are very closed-minded and can’t handle listening to an opposing opinion. But whenever “mainstream” journalists start discussing talk radio and how it’s “bad for America,” you can surmise that they often can’t handle the other side. The CBS News show “Sunday Morning” this week devoted the whole show to […]
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Newly Elected Right-Wing Swedish Government Shutters Environment Ministry
In one of its first moves after taking power Tuesday, Sweden’s newly elected right-wing government scrapped the country’s environment ministry, drawing outrage from opposition lawmakers who say the step threatens to undermine the nation’s chances of meeting its climate targets. Per Bolund is the leader of The Swedish Greens. wrote on social media that the […]
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Biden Expands Title 42 to Turn Away Venezuelan Asylum Seekers at the Border
We get an update from immigrant justice advocate Guerline Jozef, who is in Mexico to look at the impact of the Biden administration’s expansion of Title 42 to turn away Venezuelan asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump-era policy allows the government’s expulsion of asylum seekers on health grounds. “It is unacceptable today for the […]
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The First 2 Days of Early Voting in Georgia Midterms Have Been Record Breaking
According to statistics released by Georgia, the state’s first two days were record-breaking. About a quarter of a million people voted on the first day for early voting in the state’s 2022 midterm races. 134,045 people cast their ballotsNearly twice as many people voted early for the 2018 midterms than those who voted in the […]
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Trump Told Journalist Bob Woodward Kim Letters Were “Top Secret” Back in 2019
According to conversations between Trump and Bob Woodward recorded in 2019, Trump was aware that materials he had retrieved earlier this year from his Mar-a-Lago estate were highly classified. This week, excerpts were released from “The Trump Tapes,” an audiobook by Woodward that will be published later this month. They include Trump’s correspondences with Kim […]
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