Cori Bush Shares Her Experience With Gun Violence From an Abusive Partner
After the Senate passed a bipartisan gun bill, Rep. Cori (D-Missouri), shared a heartbreaking story about her experience with gun violence in abusive relationships. “I was ~20 years old when I found myself in a relationship with an abusive partner,” Bush wrote at the beginning of a threadTwitter. “I knew that he had guns. One […]
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Calls for government to accelerate British Council contractor evacuation in Afghanistan
Conservative MP John Baron asked an urgent question in which he stressed to foreign minister Vicky Ford that “there remains around 180 British Council contractors in Afghanistan”, 85 of which the UK has classified at “very high risk”. Baron highlighted to Ford the issue that the government’s new application service for these individuals will have […]
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Book Review – ‘Overruled’ – John Nicolson MP
Sam Fowles wrote to me to complain. I met him. He asked how it could be that so many MPs are so ignorant about the constitution and yet speak so confidently of it. I’m afraid he cited a political opponent of mine (but someone I much like) as an example. Keir Starmer, once an avowed […]
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Government tables plans to permit the use of temporary staff to ease strike disruptions
Politics.co.uk staff 23 June 2022 The United Kingdom is experiencing its second day of rail dispute within a week. The government has today revealed plans to allow businesses to hire skilled agency workers to fill staff gaps during industrial action. Trade union laws currently prohibit firms from providing temporary agency workers to employees who are […]
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The Death of the Elite ‘Center’
The false center is not possible. France’s President Emmanuel Macron lost his majority at the National Assembly. His party currently holds 245 seats in this lower house, while the Right has 150 and the Left 131. Gustavo Petro, a Marxist former M-19 guerrilla fighter, has taken over as the president of Colombia. This replaces Keynesian […]
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Ron Johnson Fakes Call to Avoid Discussing His Involvement in Electors Plot
The office of Sen. Ron Johnson (R. Wisconsin) attempted to send a list of fake electors in an effort to overthrow President Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential election. However, text messages revealing this attempt have been released. The text messages were sent by Johnson’s office to Pence’s legislative director Chris Hodgson, and sought to pass along […]
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Trump Ranks Near Very Bottom in Survey of Best Presidents in US History
A new survey by Siena College shows that Donald Trump, former President, ranks near the bottom in a ranking U.S. presidents. Since 1982, the Siena College Research Institute has published regular survey results ranking presidents. during the second year of the first term of a new president. The SCRI invited 141 historians, presidential scholars, and […]
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Bipartisan Group’s School Meal Plan Axes Funds That Have Fed Millions of Kids
On Tuesday, a bipartisan group of lawmakers announced that they have reached a consensus on a bill to extend the universal school meals program that’s helped keep millions of children fed throughout the pandemic — but the agreement removes the universal aspect of the program. Senators Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan, and John Boozman(R-Arkansas), as well as […]
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January 6 Hearings Remind Us of the Lives Threatened by “Big Lie” Proponents
After watching the likes of Bill Stepien, Bill Barr, Jason Miller, Chris Stirewalt, Eric Herschmann, Richard Donoghue and Alex Cannon — Trump’s first-rate second-rate men — try to hose the former president’s stink off themselves, it was admittedly refreshing to see the testimony of Arizona House Speaker Russell “Rusty” Bowers, Georgia Secretary of State Brad […]
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Democrats Cite Veterans Benefit Hike to Urge More Spending Elsewhere
Last week, the Senate passedThe amended version Honoring Our PACT Act. The House is expected to approve the bill. This bill represents the largest increase of benefits for veterans since decades. However, congressional Democrats claim that an increase in spending on veterans is justifiable by increases in spending for non-defense programs. This is a brazen […]
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