About 12.4%, some 41 million, of the U.S.'s 333 million people live at or below the poverty line, the Census Bureau calculates, which is set at about $29,678 for a household of two adults and two chidren....
Yet ANOTHER Republican trying to hide his evil ways!
U.S. Rep. George Santos has missed another deadline to submit a key financial disclosure report to the House Committee on Ethics #AureFreePress#News#GOP#Politics#USA
NBC press release: “This Sunday, Sept. 17 on NBC, the inaugural broadcast of Meet the Press with Kristen Welker will feature an exclusive interview with former President Donald Trump. The pretaped interview will take place Thursday in Bedminster, N.J. and will be Trump’s first broadcast network interview since leaving office.”
"There is nothing in journalistic standards that says you have to give a platform for someone to spread lies, even if they are a senator or representative (or even the [ex-]president)...
We do not need to reward bad behavior with airtime...
A panel of three federal judges has struck down Alabama’s latest map of congressional election districts for not following a court order to comply with the landmark Voting Rights Act....
A network of conservative groups is gearing up for the potential reelection of Donald Trump, actively enlisting an "army" of Americans to come to Washington with a mission to disassemble the federal government and substitute it with a vision that aligns more closely with their own beliefs and ideas, according to The Associated...
Maybe one of the dirtiest groups of people on the planet, the #GOP. And there's well over a dozen of em. They deserved to be clowned on. Y'all got jokes?
Tucker Carlson Claims U.S. Hates Russia Because It’s a ‘Christian’ Country, In Budapest Speech: ‘Dangerous and Insane’ #AureFreePress#News#GOP#Politics#USA
GOP Candidate Will Hurd: “Donald Trump is a loser”
Of all the Republican candidates for president, former Congressman Will Hurd of Texas is one of the few who has been willing to speak out explicitly and unapologetically against Donald Trump. “If we're going to be the party of law and order, then we need to stand up for law and order,” says Hurd. #AureFreePress#News#GOP#Politics#USA#Trump#MAGA#Republicans
Whistleblowers beg leaders to 'stop the chaos' as more than 900,000 Texans are kicked off Medicaid (www.keranews.org)
Since pandemic-era protections for health care coverage ended in March, more than 900,000 Texans have lost Medicaid coverage....
US poor face economic hit as shutdown, childcare cliff, student loans converge (www.reuters.com)
About 12.4%, some 41 million, of the U.S.'s 333 million people live at or below the poverty line, the Census Bureau calculates, which is set at about $29,678 for a household of two adults and two chidren....
Pentagon exempts Ukraine operations from potential government shutdown (www.politico.com)
Republican hardliners threaten US government shut down unless Biden slashes FBI spending (www.telegraph.co.uk)
House Freedom Caucus is also demanding an end to 'woke policies' at the defence department and more money to be spent on border enforcement
Britain Admits Defeat in Controversial Fight to Break Encryption (www.wired.co.uk)
US military leaders say Tuberville is aiding US adversaries with hold on military nominations | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
Alabama's congressional map is struck down again for diluting Black voters' power (www.npr.org)
A panel of three federal judges has struck down Alabama’s latest map of congressional election districts for not following a court order to comply with the landmark Voting Rights Act....
[News] “Dark” right-wing network recruits MAGA “army” to replace 50K federal workers Trump plans to purge (www.salon.com)
A network of conservative groups is gearing up for the potential reelection of Donald Trump, actively enlisting an "army" of Americans to come to Washington with a mission to disassemble the federal government and substitute it with a vision that aligns more closely with their own beliefs and ideas, according to The Associated...
Alabama lawmaker arrested on voter fraud charge (abcnews.go.com)
An Alabama legislator was arrested Tuesday on felony voter fraud charges accusing him of voting in a district where he did not live....
Judge tears apart Republican lawsuit alleging bias in Gmail spam filter (arstechnica.com)
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