IRS Official Overseeing 87,000 New Agents Had Role in Targeting Scandal
House Republicans say they will keep a “watchful eye” on the Internal Revenue Service official tapped to run the centralized office housing 87,000 incoming new agents because she has ties to the IRS’ targeting of tea party groups during the Obama administration. The Daily Signal first reported that IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig had appointed Nikole […]
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Cut Out Conflicts of Interest To Rebuild Trust in Politics
MPs’ second jobs are a recipe for scandal. A new reportThe following is a publication by the think tank I lead (the Institute for Constitutional and Democratic Research – “ICDR”) reveals the scale of the problem and proposes a simle remedy: MPs should not be permitted to speak or vote on issues where they have […]
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Trans Students and Their Teachers Face a School Year Full of Terrifying New Laws
Original publication by The 19th. Anita Hatcher is a seventh-grade English teacher in the Florida Panhandle. She worries about what the school year will bring for her transgender student. She’s not alone. Trans students and their teachers in Florida, Alabama and Texas — three states where legislators and governors’ offices have been the most vocal […]
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Greenland’s Melting Glacier Could Raise Sea Levels Twice as Much as Predicted
Image Credit: Twitter: @AdrienWehrle We speak with glaciologist David Bahr, who co-authored a shocking new study this week revealing Greenland’s melting ice sheet will likely contribute almost a foot to global sea level rise by the end of the century. The journal published the report. Nature Climate Change, finds that even if the world were […]
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Abortion, Gun Violence Give Democrats Slight Edge Over GOP in Midterm Polls
This week’s new polling shows that Democrats are building momentum for the 2022 midterm races just two months before Election Day. The attitudes of voters could, of course, change between now and then, but historically, most Americans’ minds have been made up on who they plan to vote for at this point in the election […]
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GOP Election Officials Block Abortion Rights Ballot Initiative in Michigan
Two Republican election board officials in Michigan voted Wednesday to bar an abortion rights initiative from the state’s November ballot, threatening a proposal that garnered a record-shattering 753,759 signatures from residents this year as reproductive freedoms hang in the balance. The initiative proposes adding to the state constitution an amendment that reads, in part, “Every […]
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Mary Peltola Defeats Palin, Becomes First Alaskan Native to Win House Seat
Mary Peltola, an ex-Alaska state representative, defeated Sarah Palin a former governor of that state, and former vice president candidate, for an open House spot in a special raceoff election. Peltola becomes the first woman ever to win Alaska’s sole seat in the House of Representatives. She’s also the first Alaskan Native (Yup’ik) to be […]
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“Tell the Oligarchs They Cannot Have It All” Sanders Tells UK’s Striking Workers
On Wednesday, Senator Bernie Sander (I-Vermont), praised local train workers’ recent strike actions and encouraged rally-goers to unite to defeat the greedy British and global ruling classes. “What is going on today in the U.K. is no different than what is going on in the United States of America. Same bloody thing,” Sanders saidIn his […]
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Idaho Abortion Ban Gives More Rights to Rapist’s Family Than the Pregnant Victim
Last week in Idaho a near total ban on abortions kicked in. Similar bans were in effect in Texas, Tennessee, and other states. Idaho is the westernmost state that has accepted the extremist bans currently affecting much of the South and Midwest U.S. states. Its ban is based upon a trigger law that was passed […]
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We Need a New Language of Resistance Amid Far Right’s Calls for Civil War
Violence has reached an virtually unthinkable upsurge in america. Prior to now yr, violent language and imagery have change into defining traits of U.S. society. Acts of violence erupt in even essentially the most protected areas, engulfing virtually each side of American life. The horror of COVID and the iniquitous therapy of its victims have […]
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