What About Democrats Who ‘Deny Elections’?
After the recent annual Conservative Political Action Conference convention in Dallas, CNN published a video with the following headline: “Election deniers take over CPAC after primary victories.” In a recent appearance on CBS, Republican Rep. Paul Kinzinger, R-Ill., who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump and serves on the House Jan. 6 committee, said: […]
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Energy crisis emergency is as large-scale as the pandemic say the TUC
The energy crisis is “an emergency of pandemic-scale”, according to a leading union body. Today, the Trades Union Congress warned that energy bills could cost more than two months’ pay if nothing is done. Average take-home pay after tax is expected to be £2,054 per month, while annual energy bills are predicted to cost £4,200 […]
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Garland Says He Approved Search Warrant for Trump Raid Garland Confirms He Signed off on Warrant for Trump Raid
Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that he signed off on the FBI raid of former President Donald Trump’s home in Florida, but provided few more details other than to announce that the Justice Department had asked a court to unseal the search warrant. “I personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in […]
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Texas Governor Is Busing Asylum Seekers to NYC and DC as Part of Political Stunt
Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott is sending busloads of asylum seekers to New York City and other “liberal” cities to oppose what he calls the Biden administration’s “open borders policies.” About 100 asylum seekers arrived Wednesday at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in a bus chartered by Texas, adding to the thousands of asylum seekers […]
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Biden Met With Historians Last Week to Discuss Anti-Democracy Trends
Last week, President Joe Biden sat down with a group of historians to discuss the continuing erosion of democratic norms. The Washington Post characterized the August 4 meeting between Biden and the historians as a “Socratic dialogue.” The historians included journalist Anne Applebaum, Princeton professor Sean Wilentz, University of Virginia historian Allida Black, and presidential […]
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Floods in Death Valley, California Are a “1,000-Year Event,” Meteorologist Says
Last week’s historic rainfall and flash flooding that caused widespread damage and left hundreds of staff and tourists stranded in Death Valley National Park is another clear sign of how extreme weather is being intensified by the fossil fuel-driven climate emergency, experts say. The otherwise dry landscape between California, Nevada was pummeledMultiple downpours last week. […]
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What has caused the energy crisis?
Prices have soared due to the cost of living crisis. The energy bill price cap is on the rise, with bills set to rise to £4,266 by January 2023. There are many factors that have contributed to the rise in the UK’s utility bills. The combination of all these factors has led to a crisis […]
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Elizabeth Warren Opens Investigation Into Horrific Impacts of GOP Abortion Bans
Wednesday’s opening of an investigation by Senator Elizabeth Warren into the devastating health effects that state-level GOP abortion restrictions and bans have had on pregnant women across the U.S. was prompted by the litany horror stories published in national and local newspapers in the weeks following the Supreme Court’s decision. Roe v. Wade. “The stories […]
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Those of Us in Our 70s Have a Unique Perspective on Humanity’s Decline
Joe Biden, at age 79 (going on eighty), is the oldest president of our history. This to me is not unusual. possibly planningTo run again in 2024. After all, who wouldn’t want to end up in the record books? If he were to be nominated, and then beat the also aged Donald Trump, or Florida […]
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin Aims to Force Teachers to Out LGBTQ Students to Parents
Virginia Republican Governor. Glenn Youngkin reiterated his goal of forcing teachers and school administrators to inform parents if their children are LGBTQ, under the banner of supporting so-called “parental rights.” Youngkin’s comments have been condemned by education experts and LGBTQ advocates, who say that such a policy would intrude upon students’ privacy rights and endanger […]
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