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Trump Will Not Sign Funding Bill Over ‘Concerns for Border Security’

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 20, 2018 53 Comments

Government faces a shutdown on Friday.

Clemson University Prof Thinks Human Extinction Would Save the Planet

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 20, 2018 9 Comments

"human beings are unique in how evilly they treat animals and the environment"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjdP1V-_iCE

Senate Passes Short-Term Spending Bill to Avoid Government Shutdown, Fund Government Until February

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on December 19, 2018 25 Comments

Bill heads to the House

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9nRap0DB_M

Judge Orders in Favor of ACLU’s Clients in Asylum Seeker Case

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on December 19, 2018 34 Comments

Orders plaintiffs originally denied refugee benefits to return to the US and have their cases reheard

RIP – Penny Marshall Passes Away at 75

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 19, 2018 7 Comments

"Laverne & Shirley debuted No. 1 in the ratings on Jan. 26, 1976"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tr21jCe88k

Black Pastor: Elizabeth Warren used “a black optic to subvert attention away from how she really botched the Native American narrative”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 18, 2018 21 Comments

Regarding Warren's Morgan State speech: “She’s an opportunist ... She’s pimping, and this is how she’s pimping: She’s using a black optic to subvert attention away from how she really botched the Native American narrative.”

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article222488620.html

Brenda Snipes sues for reinstatement as Broward Co. Elections Supervisor, seeks emergency injunction

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 18, 2018 27 Comments

Snipes resigned effective January 4, 2019, then purported to rescind the resignation after Gov. Rick Scott removed her, now wants reinstatement alleging her constitutional rights were violated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i83wPkcB-k

Michael Flynn Sentencing Postponed

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on December 18, 2018 37 Comments

Federal Judge Accepts Flynn's Guilty Plea

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California’s proposed text tax is dead

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 18, 2018 5 Comments

But new taxes for semi-automatic weapons and a tax increase on marijuana are likely to live.

Texas Governor Abbott: “People Moving to Texas are Voting Republican”

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on December 17, 2018 22 Comments

The influx of blue state refugees fleeing to Texas has many concerned that the reliably red Lone Star State might be purpling. Apple’s announcement of an upcoming Austin campus only added fuel to the worry fire. According to the latest data from the U.S. Census...