by Jacob Fischler, Missouri Independent June 16, 2022 The private and public conflict between Donald Trump and Mike Pence over certifying the 2020 election results put the vice president within steps of the Jan. 6 attackers, the U.S. House committee investigating the insurrection said Thursday. As the mob approached the …
Read More »Did The Assault Weapons Ban Of 1994 Bring Down Mass Shootings? Here’s What The Data Tells Us
Michael J. Klein, New York University A spate of high-profile mass shootings in the U.S. has sparked calls for Congress to look at imposing a ban on so-called assault weapons – covering the types of guns used in both the recent Buffalo grocery attack and that on an elementary school …
Read More »Biden Directs Federal Agencies To Protect LGBTQI+ Rights Under Attack In GOP-Led States
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday aiming to curtail conversion therapy, expand health care access and promote safe learning for LGBTQI+ people. The order is meant to counter laws in Republican-led states that restrict the rights of LGBTQI+ kids and their families. A senior administration official referenced Texas …
Read More »A Tampon Shortage, During A Formula Shortage, During A Child Care Shortage
Originally published by The 19th Over the past two weeks, Diamond Cotton has encountered a lot of empty shelves. At her local CVS, Walmart and Kroger in Indianapolis, the tampon aisles have stood bare, wiped out by a shortage that began as a ripple in the supply chain and then …
Read More »Buffalo Shooting Suspect Charged With Federal Hate Crimes
The gunman accused of killing ten people in a Buffalo, New York supermarket has been charged with hate crimes by the U.S. Department of Justice. Authorities believe that suspect Payton Gendron, 18, was motivated by racial hatred. Almost all the victims in the shooting were black. He now faces 26 …
Read More »Jan. 6 Panel Video Shows Loudermilk Tour Group Photographing In Capitol Office Buildings
by Jacob Fischler, New Jersey Monitor The day before the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Georgia Rep. Barry Loudermilk gave a tour to a group that included a man who took unusual photos in House office buildings, including of stairwells, tunnels and security checkpoints, the House committee investigating …
Read More »Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Joins White House As Senior Adviser
Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has been tapped to join the White House as a senior aide. Bottoms will replace Cedric Richmond and take on the role as director of the White House Office of Public Engagement. The Hill reported Richmond left the White House last month. According to …
Read More »3 Things From The Second Jan. 6 Hearing You Might Have Missed
by Jacob Fischler, Georgia Recorder A “definitely intoxicated” Rudy Giuliani. Conspiracy theories in Pennsylvania. Fundraising for a non-existent Trump “Election Defense Fund.” The second hearing in the series held by the Jan. 6 U.S. House panel to present its findings focused on claims repeatedly voiced by former President Donald Trump …
Read More »Congress Votes to Expand Supreme Court Security
A bill providing security protections for the family members of Supreme Court justices is headed to President Biden’s desk as the nation braces for the high court to release decisions in high-profile cases on abortion and gun rights later this month. The Supreme Court Police Parity Act passed the House …
Read More »McConnell ‘comfortable’ With Framework For Gun Control Bill
by Ariana Figueroa, Iowa Capital Dispatch June 14, 2022 U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he is comfortable with the bipartisan deal Senate Democrats and Republicans struck on gun control legislation, signaling that he will join in passing a bill when it comes to a vote. “For myself, …
Read More »Trump Spread Claims Of Election Fraud Debunked By His Own Legal Team
by Jacob Fischler, Idaho Capital Sun June 13, 2022 Former President Donald Trump planted the seeds for the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by continually promoting theories that he lost the 2020 election through fraud, even though top advisers and officials told him there was no evidence to …
Read More »Bipartisan Senate Deal On Gun Control Met With Praise From Biden, Democrats
by Ariana Figueroa, Missouri Independent June 13, 2022 The White House and Democratic leaders expressed support Monday for a framework on gun control legislation that 10 Senate Democrats and 10 Senate Republicans, including U.S. Roy Blunt of Missouri, agreed to over the weekend. The second-deadliest school shooting in a decade …
Read More »Jan. 6 Hearing Offers Yet More Proof That ‘Trump Lied’ and ‘He Knew He Lied’
Jake Johnson, Common Dreams Donald Trump’s incessant and frequently outlandish lies about the 2020 election were in the spotlight Monday as a special House committee laid out its case that the former president’s falsehoods about widespread voter fraud were pivotal in catalyzing the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on …
Read More »Will It Be ‘every state for themselves’ As The Federal COVID Cash Dries Up?
by Jennifer Shutt, Pennsylvania Capital-Star State and local health departments remain in limbo over whether they’ll need to single-handedly fund their own COVID-19 vaccines and treatments as a stalemate in Congress drags into its fourth month. The Biden administration has raised alarm bells about the risk of inaction after sending …
Read More »U.S. Senators Reach Deal On Gun Legislation In Aftermath Of Uvalde Shooting
By Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators, including Texan John Cornyn, announced Sunday the framework for a legislative deal to address gun violence in the aftermath of the May 24 mass shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead at a Uvalde elementary school. …
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