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A group of Senate Democrats on Thursday introduced a resolution pushing for an end to "qualified immunity," a legal doctrine created by the Supreme Court with the aim of shielding government employees from frivolous lawsuits, but has been decried in recent years as allowing bad actors to escape accountability for violating peoples' rights.
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In a blistering monologue on Monday night, Fox News host Sean Hannity lamented the growing scenes of violence and destruction rippling through some of America’s largest cities. The conservative icon said that the riots and looting were only distracting from their purported justification: The death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis Police.
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In an extraordinary condemnation, the former defense secretary backs protesters and says the president is trying to turn Americans against one another.
James Mattis, the esteemed Marine general who resigned as secretary of defense in December 2018 to protest Donald Trump’s Syria policy, has, ever since, kept studiously silent about Trump’s performance as president. ... Read more
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Rep. Steve King was defeated in his Iowa Republican primary on Tuesday by State Sen. Randy Feenstra.
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Congressional candidate Majorie Greene released a video in which she holds an AR-15 and told ANTIFA, "Stay the Hell Out of NW Georgia."
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Former George W. Bush administration officials have launched a super PAC in support of Joe Biden’s presidential campaign.
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Wednesday on CNN’s “New Day,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn (R-SC) said he gives President Donald Trump low marks. However, he indicated Trump had not reached the same level as one of his predecessors, Woodrow Wilson.
Clyburn accused Trump of mimicking Wilson and cited historical comparisons. ... Read more
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Polling across six swing states shows a tightening presidential race, as President Trump and Joe Biden (D) find themselves neck and neck, according to a Change Research/CNBC survey released this week.
Change Research conducted the poll May 29-31, surveying 3,958 likely voters in six battleground states Trump won in 2016 — Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Biden holds just a one-point advantage over the president across the six states — a lead within the poll’s +/- 1.56 percent margin of error. ... Read more
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with survivors of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre on Tuesday afternoon.
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Chinese media publishes an op-ed praising President Donald Trump’s immigration policies and dismissing his critics as globalist fanatics.
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Iran, Russia, China, and Turkey are celebrating the “collapse” of the U.S., the Jerusalem Post reported, with the aim of furthering their own economic interests and engaging in an Middle East arms race.
Authoritarian regimes are gloating over the bedlam unfolding in the U.S., the newspaper said, citing several examples from their respective state-run media. ... Read more
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Without evidence, Minneapolis Councilman Philipe Cunningham said "white supremacists" burned down black-owned businesses in an Obama Foundation virtual townhall.
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Iran became the latest authoritarian regime to try using the riots in American cities to score political points against the United States.
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Mark Levin declared Joe Biden was "unfit to be president," following Biden's controversial speech about the killing of George Floyd by police.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio minimized events of the George Floyd protest in New York City on Wednesday, while a looting party went viral.
“I just want to correct one thing, if I may, that we had a really troubling situation last night in Midtown Manhattan and in one area in the Bronx,” he said during a phone interview with CNN, in reference to the ongoing demonstrations sparked by the alleged murder of George Floyd by members of the Minneapolis Police Department.
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Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Wednesday evening that the City of Los Angeles would cut up to $150 million from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and “reinvest” the funds in the local black community.
“This is bigger than just a budget, but I want you to know we will not be increasing our police budget — how can we at this moment?” Garcetti asked. ... Read more
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 Adrian88My dear Trumpists....what u wanna say? Call US Ex-Defense Secretary Mattis a "socialist"? a victim of a "media conspiracy" ? Two presidents in ONE week , a former defense secretary, the whole Silicon valley, all media you have grown up with for decades call the Orangitard an enemy of constitution. ... Read more |
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In the predawn hours Wednesday, the city unceremoniously removed the controversial statue of former Mayor and Police Commissioner Frank Rizzo, who was known for his aggressive tactics policing the black and gay communities of Philadelphia.
Some TV news stations were on the scene to capture the massive artwork being rigged with straps and then wobbled back and forth before being yanked from its base in front of the Municipal Services Building across the street from City Hall. ... Read more
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Longtime Portland community organizer Sarah Iannarone has made no secret of her political sympathies. She declared last year that "I am Antifa" and wryly embraced the "Antifa mayor" label.
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