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A yuletide assault: The real War on Christmas has been waged by the Religious Right for years

A yuletide assault: The real War on Christmas has been waged by the Religious Right for years

Posted by | Dec 23, 2022

Yes, there is a war on Christmas in America. The Evangelicals were right. The pulpit-pounding preachers were right. Franklin Graham was right. The Republicans were right. Donald Trump was right. Fox News was right. The Religious Right was right. Every single one of them was speaking gospel truth. They have all been warning me for years, and I didn’t want to believe them, lest hopelessness set in — but the proof is unavoidable now and I need to confess they were right and I was wrong. I once was blind and now I see it clearly. They told me...

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January 6 panel prepares to unveil final report on Trump’s criminal involvement in violent insurrection

January 6 panel prepares to unveil final report on Trump’s criminal involvement in violent insurrection

Posted by | Dec 22, 2022

An 800-page report set to be released on December 22 by House investigators will conclude that then-President Donald Trump criminally plotted to overturn his 2020 election defeat and “provoked his supporters to violence” at the Capitol with false claims of widespread voter fraud. The resulting January 6, 2021, insurrection of Trump’s followers threatened democracy with “horrific” brutality toward law enforcement and “put the lives of American lawmakers at risk,” according to the report’s executive summary. “The central cause of January 6th was one man, former President Donald Trump, who many others followed,” reads the report from the House Jan....

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The media’s blind spot: Why blatant efforts to suppress voter participation has been mostly ignored

The media’s blind spot: Why blatant efforts to suppress voter participation has been mostly ignored

Posted by | Dec 22, 2022

“Data released by the Georgia secretary of state showed that mail voting in the state’s November general election plunged by 81 percent from the level of the 2020 contest. While a drop was expected after the height of the pandemic, Georgia had a far greater decrease than any other state with competitive statewide races, according to a New York Times analysis.” – The New York Times, “Turnout Was Strong in Georgia, but Mail Voting Plummets After New Law” Ever since 5 Republicans on the Supreme Court blocked full enforcement of the Voting Rights Act, the GOP is making voting...

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House Republicans already preparing an onslaught of political investigations for new session

House Republicans already preparing an onslaught of political investigations for new session

Posted by | Dec 22, 2022

House Republicans are promising aggressive oversight of the Biden administration once they assume the majority next year, with a particular focus on the business dealings of presidential son Hunter Biden, illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border and the originations of COVID-19. Republicans will not have enough votes to advance key legislative priorities if there is no Democratic buy-in, but their oversight of government agencies could put Democrats on the defensive and dampen support for the Biden administration going into the 2024 presidential elections. Some of the lawmakers expected to lead those investigations once House Republicans select their new committee...

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President Zelenskyy thanks America for making Ukraine stronger to defend against Russia’s tyranny

President Zelenskyy thanks America for making Ukraine stronger to defend against Russia’s tyranny

Posted by | Dec 22, 2022

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on December 21 that “against all odds” Ukraine still stands, as he paid a defiant wartime visit to Washington to thank U.S. leaders and “ordinary Americans” for their support in fighting off Russia’s invasion. He pledged there would be “no compromises” in trying to bring an end to the war. Delivering an impassioned address to Congress aimed at sustaining support for his country’s defense, Zelenskyy called the tens of billions of dollars in U.S. military and economic assistance over the past year vital to Ukraine’s efforts to beat back Russia and appealed for even...

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Ukrainians have demonstrated for three hundred days that a free democracy is worth the investment to save

Ukrainians have demonstrated for three hundred days that a free democracy is worth the investment to save

Posted by | Dec 22, 2022

Three hundred days ago, Russian president Vladimir Putin launched a new assault into Ukraine, where his troops had been fighting since 2014. Apparently, he expected that a new strike would bring a quick victory that would enable him to break away the eastern regions of Ukraine and annex them to Russia with a puppet government in place, expanding his territory and power. Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky — whose leadership of the Ukrainians, who have refused to yield and whose resistance has debilitated the Russian military, has made him an international hero — made his first trip outside Ukraine since...

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