even before Obama had named Garland, and in fact only hours after Scalia’s death was announced, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared any appointment by the sitting president to be null and void. He said the next Supreme Court justice should be chosen by the next president — to be elected later that year. via… Continue reading What Happened With Merrick Garland In 2016 And Why It Matters Now
PA councilman arrested for driving into protesters
One of two people injured in the hit-and-run wants Wagner to resign. PA councilman arrested for driving into protesters Civility!
Jordan Peterson is suing a unversity that compared him to Hitler
Free speech advocate, ‘intellectual’ and professional provocateur Jordan Peterson is suing a university for technically using free speech in a defamation lawsuit. via Jordan Peterson is suing a unversity that compared him to Hitler He never gave a damn about free speech.
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How Conservatives Are Hoodwinking Big Tech
In April, Facebook announced that it would participate in an audit led by the Heritage Foundation—not exactly a neutral arbiter—that would examine accusations of bias. And on Wednesday, The Washington Post reported that executives from both Facebook and Twitter were “scrambling to assuage conservative leaders who have sounded alarms—and sought to rile voters—with accusations that… Continue reading How Conservatives Are Hoodwinking Big Tech
Immigrant toddlers ordered to appear in court alone
As the White House faces court orders to reunite families separated at the border, immigrant children as young as 3 are being ordered into court for their own deportation proceedings, according to attorneys in Texas, California and Washington, D.C. via Immigrant toddlers ordered to appear in court alone How is this not a bigger story?
Bourbon Is the Latest Victim of Trump’s Trade War
LONDON—It’s becoming a bourbon-soaked world out there. For about a decade now, more and more whiskey drinkers internationally, far beyond the drink’s home state of Kentucky, have been developing a taste for the American spirit. And Europe, which was the single largest destination for U.S. via Bourbon Is the Latest Victim of Trump’s Trade War
FACT CHECK: Did Barack Obama Oversee the Separation of 89,000 Children From Their Parents?
A right-wing Facebook page publishes a grossly misleading meme that compares the immigration policies of the 44th and 45th presidents. FACT CHECK: Did Barack Obama Oversee the Separation of 89,000 Children From Their Parents? And now for the chorus of fake news by the “economic anxiety” choir.
GOP Has At Least Four Actual Nazi Sympathizers On Their Ballot
The next time someone tries to tell you that “both sides are equally bad,” please inform them that the Republican Party has at least four candidates one can reasonably assume are Nazi Party sympathizers. And the Democratic Party does not. via GOP Has At Least Four Actual Nazi Sympathizers On Their Ballot This should be… Continue reading GOP Has At Least Four Actual Nazi Sympathizers On Their Ballot
Surely the Trump Administration Will Follow All the Rules When Stripping People of Citizenship
the most immediately pressing issue is that this administration cannot be trusted to restrict the task force’s operations to investigating people who allegedly lied during the naturalization process. Trump’s White House has displayed a generalized hostility to immigration best summed up in its proposal to cut legal immigration in half. At the border, Attorney General… Continue reading Surely the Trump Administration Will Follow All the Rules When Stripping People of Citizenship