Jay Bookman, Georgia Recorder In a recent campaign video, U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican from Georgia, likened Democrats to destructive feral hogs allowed to range free and destroy the American countryside. But Marjorie had a solution: As the camera followed her, she grabbed a rifle and climbed aboard a …
Read More »ACLU Accuses DeSantis of ‘Grotesque Abuse of Power’ for Voter Arrests
The ACLU of Florida on Wednesday condemned Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis following the publication of police body camera videos showing sympathetic officers arresting confused people—most of them Black—who believed they were eligible to vote for alleged “voter fraud.” “The body camera footage reveals the real, human impact of these anti-voter …
Read More »Supreme Court Denies Right-Wing Firm’s Attempt To Strike Down Student Debt Forgiveness
Henry Redman, Wisconsin Examiner U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett denied an application by the right-wing Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) to have the court strike down President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive some student loans. WILL’s lawsuit, on behalf of the Brown County Taxpayers’ Association (BCTA), …
Read More »UK Prime Minister Forced From Office Amid Economic Turmoil, Chaos In Parliament And A Party In Disarray
Garret Martin, American University School of International Service The U.K. government is in tatters after Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned on Oct. 20, 2022 – the second leader to be forced out in mere months. It follows an economic mess largely of her own making that resulted in U-turns, a …
Read More »Monkeypox Cases Are In Sharp Decline. Could The Outbreak Be Over?
Jennifer Shutt, Virginia Mercury New monkeypox cases have been trending downward nationwide for more than two months, giving some hope the decades-old virus that had its first major outbreak in the United States this year is nearly under control, or even on its way out. However, experts caution that Centers …
Read More »Capitol Police Arrest Driver for Bringing Guns to Capitol Grounds
On Wednesday afternoon, the United States Capitol Police (USCP) Hazardous Incident Response Division cleared a suspicious vehicle, which was parked illegally on Capitol Grounds. USCP Officers arrested the driver after he admitted to having guns in the vehicle– a small white van. Weapons are banned from Capitol Grounds, yet dozens …
Read More »In Attempt To Curb Gas Prices, Biden Will Release Oil From Emergency Reserve
Jacob Fischler, Georgia Recorder President Joe Biden will authorize the release of 15 million barrels of oil from the nation’s reserves on Wednesday, part of an effort to lower gas prices as polling shows concerns over inflation are likely to hurt Democrats in congressional elections next month. The release from …
Read More »Val Demings, Marco Rubio Sparred On Stage Over Abortion Rights, Immigration And More
Issac Morgan, Florida Phoenix Incumbent GOP Sen. Marco Rubio sparred on stage Tuesday night with Democratic U.S. House Rep. Val Demings in the only scheduled televised debate before the general election in less than a month. Both candidates for the U.S. Senate in Florida went back and forth on a variety …
Read More »‘Believe Him,’ Say Critics, as McCarthy Signals GOP Plan to Attack Social Security, Medicare
Progressives on Tuesday warned that U.S. voters should take House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and other Republicans at their word when they threaten to enact cuts to Social Security and Medicare despite the cost-of-living crisis that already has Americans struggling to afford healthcare and other essentials. In an interview with …
Read More »Biden Vows Codifying Roe v. Wade Will Top His Agenda If Democrats Expand Control
Ariana Figueroa, Michigan Advance President Joe Biden on Tuesday promised that if Democrats keep control of the U.S. House and gain a few more Democratic seats in the Senate, then “the first bill that I will send to Congress will be to codify Roe v. Wade.” He also told supporters …
Read More »Brian Kemp, Stacey Abrams Square Off In Georgia Governor Debate
Stephen Fowler, GPB News In a rematch four years in the making, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams shared a stage Tuesday night and presented starkly different views of Georgia’s future if they were to be elected. Education and crime dominated discussions during the hourlong Atlanta Press Club …
Read More »Georgians Set First Day Early Voting Turnout Record In Biggest Test Yet Of 2021 Election Overhaul
Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder On Monday, thousands of Georgia voters descended upon early voting sites like the Smyrna Community Center on a record-setting first day of early voting in the high-stakes midterm election looming on Nov. 8. Across Georgia, some voters waited in long lines and the state’s voter registration …
Read More »Justice Department Requests Prison Sentence For Steve Bannon
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) on Monday, in a new court filing, asked a federal judge to sentence Steve Bannon, the former aide of Donald Trump, to six months in prison in addition to a fine of $200,000 for being convicted on two counts of contempt of Congress. The …
Read More »Debating Empty Podium, Warnock Blasts No-Show Walker: ‘He Is Not Ready’
Sen. Raphael Warnock on Sunday blasted his Republican opponent Herschel Walker—represented at the Atlanta debate by an empty podium to the Democratic incumbent’s left—for lying about his “well-documented history of violence” and opposing student debt relief, prescription drug price reforms, and other popular policy moves. “I think Herschel Walker, if …
Read More »The Student Debt Relief Application Is Live: Here’s What You Need To Know
Ariana Figueroa, Virginia Mercury President Joe Biden announced Monday that student loan borrowers can begin to apply for debt relief through a new online application. Biden said the application is easy and fast. It will allow every borrower with an income of $125,000 or less ($250,000 for married couples) to have up …
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