President Joe Biden effectively conceded defeat on passing two major voting rights bills in Congress on Tuesday, pointedly declining to throw his political weight behind filibuster reform and urging private groups to find alternate means to resist voter suppression in lieu of strengthened federal protections. “Legislation is one tool,” Biden told the audience, “but not the only tool.”
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Not everyone is happy about Unearthed’s recent exposé on ExxonMobil. Shortly after the Greenpeace-attached journalistic outfit published quotes top Exxon lobbyist Keith McCoy unknowingly gave to an undercover reporter about the oil giant’s attempts to shape climate policy, Brookings Institution Executive Vice President Darell M. West penned a blog post declaring that “using secret video recordings to embarrass opponents is undermining the health of our already ailing American democracy.” He also... Читать дальше...
The Republican Party has a problem. Former President Donald Trump and his allies in the party have spent the last eight months claiming that there was widespread fraud in last year’s presidential election. But there’s no evidence that anything actually went awry. No state official anywhere in the Union has uncovered any signs of significant voter fraud in their own results. Attorney General Bill Barr, who is hardly a Democratic stooge, has said that the Justice Department found no evidence of serious wrongdoing. Читать дальше...
Ian Fleming spent the first few decades of his life evading reality through every means he could find: card games, golf, women, gambling, scuba-diving, travel, and enjoying fine meals and alcohol in his Chelsea flat with his old Eton chums. Then, in later decades, he created an escapist series of novels featuring an Eton graduate who repeatedly saves the Western world through his skills at card games, golf, women, gambling, and so on. It is hard to think of a more rigorous intelligence than Fleming’s... Читать дальше...
If you are struggling to pay for an abortion, and you are in Texas, you are likely relying on an abortion fund, like the Texas Equal Access Fund or Lilith Fund. Those heading to the website of Fund Texas Choice now see this message: “Abortion is still legal in Texas!” Republican lawmakers have done an effective job in convincing the public that it’s not. In May, Republican lawmakers there effectively banned the procedure by prohibiting it before some people even know they are pregnant. They did so... Читать дальше...
Fox News spent much of last week warning its viewers about the Biden administration’s most sinister plot yet: An initiative to send people door-to-door to encourage Covid-19 vaccinations, in order to protect vulnerable and unvaccinated populations from the ravages of the pandemic as cases begin to tick upwards once again.
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