Jacob Chansley, also known as the QAnon Shaman, was sentenced to 41 months in prison on Wednesday for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. The sentence, tied for the biggest yet to be handed down for any of the nearly 700 people charged as a result …
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Donald Trump and his band of lackeys aren’t exactly known for their fidelity to the law — particularly the Hatch Act, which prohibits elected officials from leveraging their position for political purposes. The most notable of many examples of the Trump administration using taxpayer money for politicking came last August, …
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The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Texas‘ new ban on abortions after six weeks gestation will stand until the court can hear oral arguments from those challenging it. Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented, calling the law “patently unconstitutional” and criticizing the majority for letting the ban stand until the court …
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California will require Covid-19 vaccinations for students in both public and private schools once the Food and Drug Administration approves the vaccine for school-aged children, Governor Gavin Newsom announced Friday. California is the first state in the nation whose officials have announced such a mandate. Newsom, a Democrat who implemented …
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Rudy Giuliani was reportedly “really hurt” that Fox News banned him from appearing on the network. He turned to Steve Bannon to elaborate on Friday, telling the former White House adviser that the ban is “outrageous.” During the taping of his War Room podcast on Friday, Bannon asked Giuliani how …
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) suggested that government volunteers promoting life-saving Covid vaccines should be greeted with guns if they show up at your home. During a Republican fundraiser this week, the congresswoman told an Alabama audience that door-knockers trying to get more people vaccinated “might not like the welcome …
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The challenge of curbing global carbon emissions can seem insurmountable. But a new study of global power-plant pollution suggests that enormous reductions could be achieved by targeting a small number of “hyper-polluting” facilities. Just 5 percent of the world’s power plants — all of them coal fired — produce a …
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Liz Cheney wants to know what Trump knew about the attack on the Capitol and when did he know it. The Wyoming congresswoman, one of only two Republicans on the House select committee that began its query of the January 6th insurrection on Tuesday, said in her opening remarks that …
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Health officials in the Biden administration are considering Covid-19 booster vaccine shots for certain vulnerable populations amid evidence the mRNA vaccines lose some of their effectiveness after six months. Senior officials told theNew York Timesthat people over the age of 65 or those who are immunocompromised may require a third …
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Starting September 1st, the state of Texas is offering a $10,000 bounty to any private citizen willing to sue another person who, in some way, helped make an abortion possible. The potential list of targets for such lawsuits is endless: from a pregnant person’s doctor and nurses, a therapist or …
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