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How the AR-15 Blows Apart the Human Body
Washington Post: “The AR-15 fires bullets at such a high velocity — often in a barrage of 30 or even 100 in rapid succession — that it can eviscerate multiple…
Ex-Fox News Producer Offers to Testify Against Network
“A former senior producer for Fox News hosts Tucker Carlson and Maria Bartiromo is offering herself as a star witness for Dominion Voting System’s $1.6 billion defamation suit against the…
Sam Bankman-Fried Charged with Bribing Chinese Officials
“U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled a new indictment against Sam Bankman-Fried, accusing the founder of now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange of conspiring to bribe Chinese government officials with $40 million worth…
When a Poll Goes Viral, It’s Worth Double Checking
A new Wall Street Journal/NORC poll released this week — which showed the values we think of as defining America falling off a cliff — went viral on social media…
GOP Takes Immigration Message to the Border
New York Times: “During the ride-along patrols held before these congressional excursions, Republicans have struggled to produce visual evidence of the crisis.” “Yet the lack of physical proof has not…
DeSantis Hit with Another Ethics Complaint
“The head of the Florida Democratic Party filed a complaint against Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), marking a second possible ethics violation before the Republican governor has even launched a White…
Exchange of the Day
Former Gov. Chris Christie (R) took questions at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College: ATTENDEE: I’m glad to hear you standing up against Trump, but when…
U.S. Pushes Europe to Line Up Against China
Politico: “With urgency like never before, European governments are restricting exports of chip-making equipment to China, banning TikTok on government devices and pushing protectionist trade policy. Even long-time holdout Germany,…
Florida School District Bans ‘Ruby Bridges’ Film
A Florida school district banned the showing of a film about Ruby Bridges — the young girl who became a civil rights icon by wading through a White mob to…
Ginni Thomas Received $600K from Anonymous Donors
“A little-known conservative activist group led by Virginia ‘Ginni’ Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, collected nearly $600,000 in anonymous donations to wage a cultural battle against…
GOP Lawmaker Offers Thoughts and Prayers
Rep. Andrew Ogles’ (R-TN) issued a statement after the mass shooting at a school in his congressional district: “We are sending our thoughts and prayers to the families of those…
Biden’s Nominees Hit the Skids
Politico: “It looked at the beginning of the year like Democrats would have an easier time confirming Biden picks, having gained a seat last fall after a historically lengthy run…
Supreme Court Won’t Review Kansas Map
“The U.S. Supreme Court won’t review a congressional redistricting law enacted by the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature that some voters and Democrats saw as political gerrymandering,” the AP reports. “The nation’s…
North Carolina Passes Medicaid Expansion
Raleigh News & Observer: “The bill’s passage is a bipartisan victory, but… Republican bill writers tied it to the state budget.” Save to Favorites
Top Republicans Balk at Trump Highlighting Rioters
NBC News: “Some disagreed with his judgment in playing a video that exalts those who took part in the attack on the Capitol and were arrested, rejecting the narrative in…
Trump Trashes Alvin Bragg on Fox News
The “soft ban” of Donald Trump at Fox News came to an end Monday night as the former president made an appearance on Sean Hannity’s show, NBC News reports. He…
Nashville Mourns After Mass Shooting
The Tennessean has extensive coverage of the horrific mass shooting at a Nashville elementary school. Save to Favorites
How the U.S. Pressured Netanyahu
New York Times: “In the 48 hours before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reluctantly delayed his effort to overhaul the Israeli judiciary, his government was bombarded by warnings from the Biden…
FBI Releases Files on Ivana Trump
“Donald Trump’s first wife, Ivana, was under an FBI counterintelligence inquiry into allegations about her connections in her home country of Czechoslovakia in the 1990s,” according to excerpts from her…
House GOP to Subpoena Blinken
“House Republicans plan to deliver a subpoena to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday for classified cables related to the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, marking an unprecedented effort…
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