(Natalia Mittelstadt) Democrats are moving “at lightning-fast speed” to push through legislation, Sen. Blackburn said, because “that’s their only hope for holding on to power.”
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Meadows Says Trump, Other Top GOP Figures Working on Agenda Similar to the ‘Contract for America’
(Alex Nitzberg) “I’ve been talking to Speaker Newt Gingrich, Lindsey Grahm, the president. We actually met together to talk about a path moving forward that’s focused on policy that everybody can come together on,” Meadows said.
Yale research: Race-focused Language of ‘Democratic Elites’ Hurts Their Causes
(Greg Piper) It’s politically safer to appeal to class interests because of “backlash from race framing” among Republicans, survey finds.
Fighting Over Water: International Hedge Fund Aims to Profit off Resource Scarce in Dry West
(Natalia Mittelstadt) Water is “like oil” in Arizona, said State Rep. Regina Cobb, who is fighting the bid to market the right to transfer water from the Colorado River to a fast-growing suburb.
Supreme Court Hears Free-speech Case with Student Snapchat Post a Center of Debate
(Joseph Weber) “I shouldn’t have to be afraid to express myself,” says former high schooler Brandi Levy whose Snapchat post is at center of case.
Bias Alert: Top Arizona Newspaper Editor Says Election Audit in Hands of ‘Conspiracy Theorists’
(Daniel Payne) The editor of a major Arizona newspaper claims the state’s ongoing election audit in Maricopa County has been “bought and sold” and is in the hands of “conspiracy theorists,” incendiary remarks from a supposedly neutral journalist overseeing coverage of the event.
Lawyer Dershowitz Says Congresswoman Waters Used KKK Tactics to Intimidate Chauvin Trial Jury
(Nicholas Sherman) “The Klan would march outside of courthouses and threaten all kinds of reprisals,” Dershowitz said.
Ben Carson Condemns ‘Equity’ Ideology as Racist in Op-ed
(Alex Nitzberg) “Proponents of equity see no problem with treating groups of people differently based solely on race, as long as it serves their agenda. This is what we used to call racism, and those not blinded by identity politics still recognize it as such,” the former surgeon noted.
GOP Candidates for Virginia Governor Question Balloting Software, Say ‘untested and Unproven’
(Joseph Weber) Method for counting, tabulating, calculating votes being recommended used untested and unproven software, the group says.
White Liberals Want to Punish Racism More Harshly than Blacks Do, Survey Finds
(Greg Piper) Is it better to punish perceived racism so harshly that it practically disappears, or to improve the confidence of minorities so that racist incidents don’t bother them?
HYPOCRIT: Michigan Gov. Whitmer Has Left State Three times During Pandemic, Including Trip to See Father
(Joseph Weber) The Democratic governor has as elderly father who has chronic illness and lives out of state.
New Website Allows Parents, Teachers to Upload What They Consider Evidence of Radical Curriculum
(Nicholas Sherman) Users of the watchdog site can upload pictures, documents and other materials from child’s class online.
Actor Mcconaughey Leads Texas Gop Governor Abbott in Possible 2022 Matchup, Poll
(Nicholas Sherman) The actor has more appeal among Democrat voters than among Republicans, the poll showed.
Three Other Former Cops Still Slated to Face Trial in Connection with the Death of George Floyd
(Alex Nitzberg) The trial is slated to start on August 23.
Once The Story of The Century, The Trump-Russia Conspiracy Theory Has All But Vanished
(Daniel Payne) Several years’ worth of collusion accusations have faded away.