UK’s New Prime Minister Makes No Apologies for Favoring the Wealthy
As of Tuesday, Britain’s new prime minister is Liz Truss. Forty-seven-year-old Truss served as Boris Johnson’s foreign secretary, establishing a reputation for speaking off the cuff and for being uber-hawkish vis-à-vis the war in Ukraine. In the first week, she publicly supported British citizens deciding to go and fight for Ukraine. After months of scandals, […]
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DOJ Appeals Ruling Granting Trump a Special Master in Classified Docs Inquiry
The Department of Justice is appealing a ruling by a federal judge that ordered a special master to examine government records that were retrieved from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate last month. The department is also asking to be granted a temporary, but not complete, stay while the appeals process unfolds. Many legal scholars […]
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Majority of Americans Say MAGA Movement Is a Threat to Democracy, Poll Finds
New polling finds that a majority of Americans view Donald Trump’s far right political movement as a threat to American democracy. A survey revealed that 80% of respondents are female. done by Reuters/Ipsos last week, 58 percent of respondents believe that Trump’s so-called Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement threatens to undermine democracy. The poll […]
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Senators Are Optimistic That Marriage Equality Bill Will Pass This Month
Senate negotiators who are working on a bill to codify the protections for marriage equality have expressed optimism that the legislation will be passed by the end this month. The Respect for Marriage Act was adopted earlier in the summerIn the House of Representatives, 47 Republicans voted for it. The Senate faces more obstacles, however. […]
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Meet Karine Jean-Pierre, ‘Election Denier’
The central hypocrisy of President Joe Biden’s indictment of the “MAGA Republicans”—as well as the Nancy Pelosi-picked panel on Jan. 6—is all the evidence of liberals and Democrats being “election deniers.” Republicans are questioning election results and democracy is at risk. However, all that the Democrats say or do should be regarded as exercises in […]
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Amnesia Erases Democrats’ Memories of Own ’16 ‘Attack on Democracy’
Strategic amnesia is a new syndrome that lets Democrats forget their being guilty of the same behavior for which they demonize Republicans—especially when the GOP is innocent as charged. Strategic amnesia can be described as what happens when psychological projection ripens over the course of time. Strategic-Amnesiac-in-Chief Joe Biden embodied this neurosis during the Snarl […]
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Elizabeth Warren Introduces Bill to Ban Anti-Union “Right-to-Work” Laws
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) has introduced a bill that would ban states from implementing so-called “right-to-work” laws, which suppress union activity and make it more difficult for workers to form unions. The bill was introduced previously in 2017 and 2020. is known as theProtecting Workers and Improving the Labor Standards Act. It would rescind “right-to-work” […]
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Election Workers Brace for Violence Around the Midterms
Election officials across the country are concerned with potential violence and other disruptions compromising this November’s midterm elections. Some are even quitting their jobs as Donald Trump’s allies continue to push out false claims about voter fraud in the 2020 election. Jocelyn Benson (Michigan Secretary of State) has made $8 Million available for local clerks […]
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Michigan Supreme Court Puts Abortion Rights Initiative on the Ballot
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an initiative to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution must be placed on the November ballot, overriding GOP election officials’ decision to block the measure even though it received a record number of signatures from residents. Bridget McCormack, Chief Justice at the Michigan Supreme Court, writes for […]
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Life Expectancy for Indigenous Americans Drops by 6.6 Years
Over the past two year, Americans’ life expectancy has declined overall Primarily due to the coronavirus epidemic. But for Indigenous Americans, the decline was far worse, exacerbated by conditions and inequities that existed prior to the virus’s emergence. Native Americans and Alaska Natives both saw their life expectancy rates increase. Drop by 6.6 YearsOver the […]
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