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Mary Chastain

Mary is the resident libertarian. She covers stories in every vertical, but her favorite thing to do is take on the media. She saw its bias against the right when she was a socialist.

Mary loves the Chicago Cubs, Chicago Blackhawks, tennis, cats, Oxford comma, Diet Coke, and needlework.

California state Sen. Josh Newman (D) dropped his bill that would reveal the names on recall petitions:
State Sen. Josh Newman, a Democrat, said Tuesday he’s pulling the bill due to pressure from supporters of a likely recall election against Gov. Gavin Newsom, also a Democrat. Newman’s bill would not have applied to the anti-Newsom effort, but that movement’s supporters vehemently opposed it, saying it would violate citizen privacy and intimidate voters.

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) told Minnesota rioters to "stay in the street" and "get more confrontational" unless the jury finds Derek Chauvin guilty of murdering George Floyd, not just manslaughter. Republicans demanded she be censured and condemned Waters for her remarks. The Judge in the Derek Chauvin case said Waters' comments may result in any conviction "being overturned” on appeal

Queens Supreme Court Justice Louis Nock said he had to release the man accused of attacking an undercover Asian NYPD cop without bail due to New York's new bail rules:
Suspect Ricardo Hernandez, 32 — who faces three hate-crime charges in the attack on the unnamed cop on a Long Island City train platform around 5:30 p.m. Saturday — has at least 12 prior arrests under his belt.

Apple will return Parler to the app store after the social media platform made changes to moderate hate speech:
Apple has approved Parler's return to the iOS app store following improvements the social media company made to better detect and moderate hate speech and incitement, according to a letter the iPhone maker sent to Congress on Monday.

Project Veritas' third video on CNN shows Technical Director Charlie Chester admitting the network wants to protect the Black Lives Matter's narrative on race. Chester already gave CNN credit for President Donald Trump's loss in November. He then acknowledged CNN hyped the COVID death toll for ratings and described the coverage on Rep. Matt Gaetz as propaganda.