But there are three problems with this logic. These are, for the most part, the same voters who have already been mobilized by the Dobbs decision and the fight to preserve abortion rights. Also, the benefits of the legislation will not be readily apparent since there are still regulations to be written and grants to […]
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In some states, abortion itself will be directly on the ballot. California voters will consider a constitutional amendment that would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. “This is absolutely a viable option for other states—and one that lawmakers and advocates elsewhere are also working on,” Timmaraju told me. In Michigan, to take one example, […]
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And then, like an unwelcome delivery from the metaphor store, Biden caught Covid-19. Then he recovered. Then he tested positive again. If it wasn’t for bad luck, Biden would hardly have any at all. Inflation, Ukraine, an economy that seemed poised to lurch into recession—it may have been unfair to fault Biden personally for many […]
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It won’t be possible to escape the politicization of a DOJ investigation into Trump; some matters are beyond Garland’s control. But let’s note how Trump’s allies are responding: They’re foaming at the mouth about Garland being a corrupt autocrat whose actions are like unto dictatorships. As MSNBC’s Steve Benen pointed out, the seeds of this […]
Read MoreSeveral of the social media posts of the man believed to have attacked an FBI building. The gunman who fired at police and engaged in an hours-long standoff in a corn field after trying to enter the FBI’s office in Cincinnati on Thursday has been identified in multiple media reports as someone who was present […]
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WASHINGTON – It’s now largely up to former president Donald Trump to decide whether the public will see the Justice Department’s reasons for searching his home in Florida. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday the department has filed a motion to unseal the search warrant and property receipt from a search FBI agents conducted Monday […]
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Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday said the Justice Department has asked a judge to unseal the search warrant and the “supporting documents” used in the FBI’s raid of former President Donald Trump’s Florida mansion, The New York Times summarizes. The AG said he approved the initial decision to seek a search warrant after “less […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: GIORGIO VIERA / Getty On Tuesday, we reported that the FBI raided Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, as part of an active investigation into Trump’s handling of White House documents. According to CNN, “The National Archives, charged with collecting and sorting presidential material, has previously said at least […]
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Washington, 11 ago (EFE).- El fiscal general de Estados Unidos, Merrick Garland, autorizó el registro del pasado lunes a la residencia del expresidente Donald Trump en Florida y ha pedido este jueves autorización a un tribunal del sur de este estado para que haga pública dicha orden. En una breve declaración tras la cual no […]
Read MoreDozens of FBI agents searched former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday. Photo by Charles Trainor Jr./Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images The Department of Justice moved to unseal the search warrant and other documents related to the FBI search of former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago golf club. The move, if […]
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Trump, his allies, and his family members, of course, downplayed the contents of the safe. Since the raid took place, only son Eric Trump has addressed its contents. He got slightly more specific in trying to downplay the contents of the safe. The Trump son said, “My father always kept press clippings.… He had boxes, […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: LAURIE DIEFFEMBACQ / Getty The midterm elections are coming up this November and the gloves are off in the world of politics—particularly in Georgia. Just Wednesday we reported about a group of anti-Trump Republicans running an ad attacking Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker by bringing up past domestic violence allegations, which […]
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A new White House memo shared first with Axios delineates President Biden’s planned, pre-midterms message for the month of August. Burdened by rampant inflation, an issue on which the GOP will surely capitalize, Biden will instead celebrate his and Democrats’ recent slew of “legislative victories on climate change, gun control and drug pricing as a […]
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However, while states can help on the margins, and some limited federal laws could get passed, what is actually needed is a new paradigm, one that centers these families as a distinct class of people the same way the federal government treats seniors. Even if states choose to act, or if something like the Romney […]
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There are also plenty of actions a Republican-controlled House could take that have nothing to do with legislation but would be designed to weaken Biden and the Democrats: investigating Hunter Biden, for example, or opening their own probe into the activity of the select committee investigating January 6. Republican leadership is already plotting to subpoena […]
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When a reform candidate challenged San Diego prosecutor Summer Stephan in 2018, the incumbent described George Soros as her opponent. “Billionaire George Soros has launched a campaign against me,” Stephan said on Twitter, promoting a website which leads with a photo of Soros, leaning back, hands steepled, with images meant to represent antifascists behind him. […]
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Back in the days of the George W. Bush administration and its “war on terrorism,” Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr. and Aziz Huq wrote a piece called “PRESIDENT OR KING?” accusing that president of asserting “the power once claimed by British kings to set aside the laws of the land.” They were referring to the administration’s […]
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Thus, a broad ruling overturning Plyler entirely is very plausible, and would impact more than just undocumented students. It could broadly be used to slash education to the point where all public schools can afford to do is send a student home with nothing but a tablet and a list of online lessons to do. […]
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Back in the days of the George W. Bush administration and its “war on terrorism,” Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr. and Aziz Huq wrote a piece called “PRESIDENT OR KING?” accusing that president of asserting “the power once claimed by British kings to set aside the laws of the land.” They were referring to the administration’s […]
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Por Hyonhee Shin SEÚL, 11 ago (Reuters) – China y Corea del Sur chocaron el jueves en torno a un escudo antimisiles estadounidense, que amenaza con socavar los trabajos del nuevo Gobierno de Seúl por superar antiguas diferencias en materia de seguridad. El desacuerdo sobre el sistema de Defensa de Área de Gran Altitud Terminal […]
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TAIPÉI, 11 ago (Reuters) – Taiwán rechaza el modelo de “un país, dos sistemas” propuesto por Pekín en un documento publicado esta semana, dijo el jueves el Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de la isla autogobernada. Sólo el pueblo de Taiwán puede decidir su futuro, dijo la portavoz del ministerio, Joanne Ou, en una conferencia de […]
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Days after the FBI raided Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago in search of potentially classified documents, the former president refused to answer questions under oath about his family’s business practices from the New York attorney general during a deposition in connection with a civil investigation, Trump said in a statement. “I declined to answer the questions under the […]
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President Biden on Wednesday finally signed the belagured PACT Act into law, notching a huge win for veterans impacted by exposure to toxic substances via burn pits, CBS News reports. “The PACT Act is the least we can do for the countless men and women, many of whom may be in this room for all […]
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Stock buybacks hit a record $882 billion last year, and they may reach $1 trillion this year. The biggest corporations spend the most on buybacks. Thus Apple lavished $91 billion over the previous four quarters, according to The Wall Street Journal; Alphabet (Google), $55 billion; Meta (Facebook), $53 billion; Microsoft, $33 billion; and Bank of […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Megan Varner / Getty Booooy, sometimes it be your own people. This is a story about Herschel Walker, so by “your own people,” I certainly don’t mean Black people as Walker, at this point, falls deep into the sunken place corners of the “all skin folk ain’t kinfolk” category. Walker’s “people” […]
Read MoreThen Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during the Presidential Debate at Hofstra University on September 26, 2016. (Photo by Win McNamee / Getty Images) Far-right extremists on pro-Donald Trump message boards and social networks are making violent, antisemitic threats against the judge who reportedly signed the warrant that allowed the FBI to search the […]
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Former President Donald Trump did not answer questions from the New York attorney general’s office about his business dealings during a deposition Wednesday, invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. The deposition came as part of an ongoing probe into the former president’s businesses launched by New York Attorney General Letita James. In a statement, […]
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Donald Trump released a statement Wednesday saying that he’s invoking his Fifth Amendment right not to answer questions from the New York attorney general, who’s investigating his business practices. “I once asked, ‘If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?’ Now I know the answer to that question. When your family, your company, […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Andy445 / Getty Seven female political candidates are currently fighting tooth and nail to become the first Black woman to serve in the Minnesota Senate. In November, Zuki Ellis, Marla Helseth, Huldah Hiltsley, Farhio Khalif, Erin Maye Quade, Zaynab Mohamed, and Clare Oumou Verbete will face off for a chance to make history. The candidates are largely […]
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Ten years ago, when Cheney was in the midst of her post-Bush administration career, running the neoconservative think tank Keep America Safe with Kristol, she took the kind of job that was typical for a well-bred politico with ideas about national security and domestic policy that were far to the right of the center: She […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Olelole / Getty The countdown to midterm elections is underway as candidates and groups ramp up efforts to mobilize voters. But a little-known policy change called 10DLC could make voter outreach, particularly to Black voters, more difficult this election cycle. Released by the country’s top wireless carriers, 10DLC is a registration […]
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