Once again, the Texas GOP is pushing forward a bill that would suppress voting in the state, and once again, Democratic legislators in the state are planning to leave the state to stop it from passing. At least 58 Democratic lawmakers intend to fly to the nation’s capital where they …
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President Biden fired Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul, a Trump holdover, after he refused to resign. Saul, who was fired on Friday, said he does not intend to leave and claims the White House’s move to fire him as the head of the independent agency, which usually doesn’t change along …
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The Supreme Court decided not to hear a Virginia school board’s appeal of a lower court decision to allow transgender students to use the bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity. In doing so, the court handed a victory to Gavin Grimm, a transgender student who sued his school when …
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The Biden administration announced that the government will not require federal employees to be vaccinated for Covid-19 in order to work in federal buildings. Recommendations by the Safer Federal Workforce task force on Thursday state that the administration “strongly encourages” all Americans to get the vaccine, vaccination “should generally not …
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Sen. Joe Manchin might have just killed Democrats’ dreams of passing comprehensive election reform. The senator announced Sunday that will not support the For the People Act, making him the only senate Democrat not in favor of it. If passed, the For the People Act would expand access to the …
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Banned from every major social media platform and desperate for a new avenue through which to foist his delusional musings onto the American public, former President Donald Trump last month launched his own “communications platform.” The American public wasn’t interested, and CNBC reported on Wednesday that the quasi-blog, dubbed “From …
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A majority of the House Democratic caucus, 156 members, signed a letter to the White House attempting to pressure President Biden to keep his campaign promise and expand Medicare by lowering the eligibility age and adding dental, vision and hearing coverage. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), who leads the House’s progressive …
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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is pushing back against new voting restrictions approved by the Republican-controlled Georgia state legislature and signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp in March. Lance Bottoms signed an administrative orderof her own Tuesday directing city officials to create a plan to “mitigate the impact” of …
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Major League Baseball is pulling their All-Star Game out of Atlanta in response to a new Republican-backed law that is purposely designed to make it harder for Georgians to vote. “I have decided that the best way to demonstrate our values as a sport is by relocating this year’s All-Star …
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Immigrant children are being held in facilities that are far overcapacity and densely packed, according to reporting by the AP and CBS News. One Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facility in Donna, Texas, had reached 729 percent of its pandemic capacity this month. CBS reported that while the facility was …
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