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January 6 Panel completes investigation of violent insurrection with “roadmap to justice” for Trump

January 6 Panel completes investigation of violent insurrection with “roadmap to justice” for Trump

Posted by | Dec 19, 2022

The House January 6 committee urged the Justice Department on December 19 to bring criminal charges against former President Donald Trump and his allies, wrapping up its investigation of the violent 2021 Capitol insurrection with what lawmakers called a “roadmap to justice.” As they cap one of the most exhaustive and aggressive congressional probes in memory, the panel’s seven Democrats and two Republicans are recommending criminal charges against Trump and associates who helped him launch a multifaceted pressure campaign to try to overturn his 2020 election loss. The committee alleged violations of four criminal statutes by Trump, in both...

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Failed Stewardship: Final Congressional report on COVID-19 exposes Trump’s reckless pandemic response

Failed Stewardship: Final Congressional report on COVID-19 exposes Trump’s reckless pandemic response

Posted by | Dec 19, 2022

A congressional panel on December 9 published its final report on the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the Trump administration’s “failed stewardship” and detailing how a “persistent pattern of political interference undermined the nation’s ability to respond” to a crisis that has claimed more than a million lives in the United States. The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis report notes that “the United States was underprepared for a major public health crisis for years before the coronavirus pandemic,” and that “chronic underfunding and long-standing health disparities put many Americans at heightened risk of becoming infected and developing severe illness...

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Renewed push for COVID boosters comes as data shows better protection against symptomatic infection

Renewed push for COVID boosters comes as data shows better protection against symptomatic infection

Posted by | Dec 19, 2022

Americans who got the updated COVID-19 booster shots are better protected against symptomatic infection than those who have not, U.S. health officials said on December 9. Updated boosters rolled out by Pfizer and rival Moderna in September have been a hard sell for vaccine-weary Americans. Only about 13% of U.S. adults so far have gotten a “bivalent” shot that targets the omicron strain and the original coronavirus. On December 6, White House officials announced a renewed push for more Americans to get the latest shots. The first look at the new shots’ real-world effectiveness shows they work, said Dr....

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Hoan Bridge illuminating as a menorah to “Shine a Light” on antisemitism this Hanukkah season

Hoan Bridge illuminating as a menorah to “Shine a Light” on antisemitism this Hanukkah season

Posted by | Dec 18, 2022

In response to the sharp rise in antisemitism in the United States, the Milwaukee Jewish Federation has joined forces with the national Shine a Light initiative to raise awareness about modern antisemitism. The Federation will shine a light on antisemitism during Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, with Hanukkah on the Hoan. Each night of the holiday, the Federation will share video messages of support from local civic and faith leaders and will light the Daniel W. Hoan Memorial Bridge to represent the eight candles of the Hanukkah menorah. Shine a Light is a comprehensive initiative to spotlight the dangers...

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Activists charge Republican gun culture and anti-LGBTQ rhetoric as direct cause of Club Q massacre

Activists charge Republican gun culture and anti-LGBTQ rhetoric as direct cause of Club Q massacre

Posted by | Dec 18, 2022

Survivors of the mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colorado, testified on December 14 before the House Oversight and Reform Committee. Club Q is an LGBTQ club in the city of about 500,000 people. The shooter opened fire there on the night of November 19-20, during a dance party. He used an AR-15 style rifle, murdering five people and wounding 19 more. Six others were hurt in the chaos. Pointing to Republican anti-LGBTQ rhetoric that calls LGBTQ individuals “groomers” and abusers,” survivors of the mass shooting said that Republican rhetoric was “the direct cause” of the massacre....

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I need ammunition not a ride: Zelenskyy’s quip and Trump’s conspiracy rant top 2022 notable quote list

I need ammunition not a ride: Zelenskyy’s quip and Trump’s conspiracy rant top 2022 notable quote list

Posted by | Dec 16, 2022

A tart retort by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to a U.S. offer of help and a call by former U.S. President Donald Trump for the “termination” of parts of the Constitution top a Yale Law School librarian’s list of the most notable quotations of 2022. In February, only days after Russia invaded Ukraine, the U.S. offered to transport Zelenskyy to safety. That appeared not to sit well with him. “I need ammunition, not a ride,” he shot back, a senior American intelligence official with direct knowledge of the conversation told The Associated Press. Trump’s comment in a December 3...

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