As Florida Republicans continue to move forward with their war against what they see as “indoctrination” in public education, the state’s Department of Education posted four pages of examples from math textbooks that have been banned from classrooms for using “prohibited topics” such as “references to Critical Race Theory (CRT), inclusions of Common Core, and […]
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Biden White House press secretary Jen Psaki sat down for an interview with current CNN and former Fox News host Chris Wallace earlier this week. Things got a little testy when discussing President Biden, comments about a Fox News host that Psaki had made and that led to an ethics complaints, and for some reason, […]
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According to a report in The New York Times, Congressional Democrats are looking in to ways to update the Insurrection Act of 1807 to prevent future abuse if Donald Trump or a similar personality should become the American President. According to the Times: “The discussions are preliminary, and debate over the act has been fraught […]
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A California man who bragged to his Uber driver about participating in the January 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol was arrested last week, with help from the driver’s dashboard video camera. Jerry Braun was charged by the FBI with illegal entry, disorderly and disruptive conduct, and parading in the Capitol. The Uber driver […]
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Last week, former President Donald Trump admitted that he pressured his then-Attorney General William Barr to seriously look into his false voter fraud claims after he lost the 2020 election, even if it meant being Barr finding himself impeached. Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity that Bill Barr did not want to investigate his […]
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Last week, when a jury found yet another pro-Trump, January 6 rioter guilty on all charges, a federal judge issued a stern warning on what he sees as American Democracy in danger. Judge Reggie Walton, a Senior District Judge for Washington D.C., told CNN: “The insurgency, and it was in effect that, is very troubling. […]
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Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader (R. KY) has accused the left of spreading the “big lie,” using that language in response to Democrats’ claims of Donald Trump and Republicans spreading a “big lie” about fraud in the 2020 Presidential election. McConnell used the term referring to an ”evil anti-voting conspiracy” as Dems try and pass […]
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“I know he’s new to Virginia government and all but @GlennYoungkin does understand cabinet secretaries require General Assembly approval ― right?” That was Virginia state Senator Scott A. Surovell’s (D. Fairfax) Tweet after news broke that incoming Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin had tapped former Trump administration head of the EPA and coal lobbyist, Andrew Wheeler, […]
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J.D. Vance, author of the popular book “Hillbilly Elegy,” and now a candidate for Republican Senate seat in Ohio made substantial false claims about the Capitol rioters last week, related to the legal proceedings surrounding many of those who have been charged in the attack. Last week, on the anniversary of the riot, Vance tweeted […]
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Former personal attorney/fixer for former President Donald Trump, Michael Cohen, said last week that former Attorney General Bill Barr had been served with legal papers in Cohen’s suit against him. The lawsuit claims that Trump retaliated against Cohen’s for his tell-all book by having Barr send him back to prison before he left office. Trump […]
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