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Top Democrats react to Trump granting Roger Stone clemency calling it an abuse of power
"Through this act, Trump is saying: 'If you lie for me, if you cover up for me, if you obstruct for me, I will protect you,'" Rep. Adam Schiff said.
6 months of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, reviewed in 6 minutes
Policies and public perception of the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed in just 6 months. Here's what happened in the first half of 2020.
Texas GOP sues Democratic Houston mayor for canceling their convention
The Republican Party of Texas has filed a lawsuit against Democratic Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, saying he singled them out and shut down their gathering out of political motivation.What are the details?The Texas GOP was notified Wednesday that...
Topics: Lawsuits
YG On Kanye West's Presidential Campaign: 'It's All Cap!'
The West Coast rapper gave props to Yeezy but recognizes "it's marketing."
Topics: Marketing
Notorious Haven For Sexual Predators Received Billions In Federal Covid-19 Relief
According to an analysis by the Associated Press, the U.S. Catholic Church received at least $1.4 billion and possibly up to $3.5 billion in coronavirus-related aid from the federal government, through the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck...
Topics: Religion
The Illiberalism At The Heart Of Cancel Culture
The Illiberalism At The Heart Of Cancel Culture
Tyler Durden
Fri, 07/10/2020 - 19:45
Authored by John Lloyd via CAPX
In 2018, David Remnick, editor of the New Yorker and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, cancelled a public...
Topics: Pulitzer Prize
Justice Clarence Thomas’s Wife Slams Black Lives Matter Banner
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"Defund The Police" Just Means "I'm Rich & White"
"Defund The Police" Just Means "I'm Rich & White"
Tyler Durden
Fri, 07/10/2020 - 22:25
Authored by Karol Markowicz via Spectator,
Wealthy white liberals don't suffer the consequences of their fringe ideologies...
Walk along
Topics: Police
Appeals Court Order To Dismiss Flynn Case Stayed Pending Ruling On Judge Sullivan Petition for...
Ultimately the charges will be dismissed against Flynn, but Judge Sullivan wants it to be slow and painful. And if it drags on into 2021 and Biden is president, well, who knows. Judge Sullivan may be playing the long game.
Topics: Petitions, Joe Biden
Electionland 2020: NJ Primary, CDC Election Guidance, Fall Voting Plans and More
by Rachel Glickhouse
This article is part of Electionland, ProPublica’s collaborative reporting project covering problems that prevent eligible voters from casting...
Why so much trouble nominating reliably conservative Justices? Part Two
(Paul Mirengoff) In this post from last month, I tried to explain why Republican presidents have far less success nominating reliably conservative Supreme Court Justices than their Democratic counterparts have in nominating liberal ones. The main...
Atlanta Family’s Dead Cat Gets Voter Registration Application in the Mail
The Democrats sure love their dead voters and now they’re targeting dead animals.
A deceased family’s cat received a voter registration application in the mail.
The cat, Cody Tims, died 12 years ago.
Cody Tims’ owner said he was a...
U.S. Catholic Church Won At Least $1.4 Billion In Pandemic Aid
After lobbying for an exemption to what counts as a "small" business, Catholic dioceses and ministries were approved for at least 3,500 forgivable loans.
Topics: Religion
400 Million Guns: America Is The Most Heavily Armed Country On The Planet
Amy Swearer
Security,
Let’s cut through some of the background noise. Here are common questions that keep coming up in conversations about guns.
Here's What You Need To Remember: The current national conversation on firearms is loud and...
How the Senate treats judicial nominations depends on who is in the White House
They say that nothing gets done in Washington. Tell that to the federal judiciary.
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Topics: Senate, White House
Ann Coulter Calls for ‘Broken-Down Old Man’ McConnell to Be Defeated in November, Praises...
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Ann Coulter, who wrote the book In Trump We Trust, has been far more critical of the president recently, calling him a “moron” and a “blithering idiot” just two months ago.
Now Coulter is calling...
Undercover in Trumplandia: How I found the limits of patriotism when I infiltrated a MAGA rally
It was June 20th and we antiwar vets had traveled all the way to Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the midst of a pandemic to protest President Trump’s latest folly, an election 2020 rally where he was to parade his goods and pretend all was well with this...
Topics: Protests
Democrats Now Poised to Control the Senate
Just for members: A new edition of Inside Elections.
This issue explains why Democrats are now poised to take control of the Senate and includes updated analysis in each state and eight rating changes. Democratic candidates continue to raise...
Topics: Senate
Tucker Carlson's Top Writer Has Resigned After Racist, Sexist Comments Were Uncovered On Online...
Blake Neff, one of Tucker Carlson‘s top writers for his Fox news show, has resigned.
CNN Business discovered comments from Blake in an online forum that were of racist and sexist material, made under a pseudonym.
The site adds that Blake had...
Topics: CNN
Lopez: Just 4 States Meet Criteria to Reopen & Stay Safe—Noted
No. The U.S. is not yet ready to “reopen the economy’—unless you want an ultimate 2019 coronavirus plague death total above one million. Why do you ask? And then there is hte danger that New York, New Jersey, and New England that would be able...