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Opinion
Mr. President, beware the mistakes of Richard Nixon
The Washington Post - By Patrick Leahy
Patrick J. Leahy, a Democrat, represents Vermont in the U.S. Senate. I was first elected to the Senate in November 1974, just three months after President Richard M. Nixon resigned. Congress and the nation
Barack Obama
Obama Is Headed To Washington With His Eyes On Freshman House Democrats
dailycaller.com - Molly Prince
Freshman Democrats in the House of Representatives are scheduled to meet former President Barack Obama on Monday during an introduction event hosted …
Alabama Senate
In Middle Finger to Gays, Alabama Pushes Bill to End Marriage Licenses
advocate.com - Trudy Ring
Even though major homophobe Roy Moore is off the state Supreme Court, same-sex marriage remains controversial in Alabama, to the point that lawmakers …
Business Insider
Mueller Report
6 of the most powerful Democrats in Congress just fired a warning shot demanding that Attorney General William Barr make
Business Insider
captionRep. Maxine Waters.sourcePatsy Lynch/MediaPunch /IPX/AP Top House Democrats sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr on Friday night demanding that the Justice Department publicly release
CNN
Mark Kelly
Senate Candidate Mark Kelly returns $55,000 from paid speech in United Arab Emirates
CNN - By Nathan McDermott and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN
(CNN) — Former astronaut Mark Kelly this week returned $55,000 he was paid for a speech in the United Arab Emirates last year at an event sponsored by the country's crown prince and attended by leaders
Ladders
U.S. Politics
Rise and fall of the landline: 143 years of telephones becoming more accessible – and smart
Ladders - Jay L. Zagorsky
When I lecture my students on this topic, I use one of the world’s most transformative inventions to illustrate my point: the telephone. The global …
The Globe and Mail
Trump Tower
Mueller submits Trump-Russia report, will not recommend further indictments
The Globe and Mail - Adrian Morrow
Special Counsel Robert Mueller has completed his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, capping a nearly two-year probe that revealed ties to Moscow and criminal
NPR
Electoral College
Abolishing The Electoral College Would Be More Complicated Than It May Seem
NPR - Miles Parks
Most people in America want the Electoral College gone, and they want to select a president based on who gets the most votes nationally, polls say. Democratic presidential candidates are weighing in too.
CNN
New Zealand
New Zealand is moving to ban assault weapons. Why can't we?
CNN - Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN
Washington (CNN) — A week after a mass shooting at two mosques, New Zealand's government is on track to ban assault weapons next month and take back those that are already out there. Twenty years after
Reuters
U.S. House of Representatives
Engineering elections? U.S. top court examines electoral map manipulation
Reuters - By Marti Maguire
GREENSBORO, N.C. (Reuters) - Before the Republican-led state legislature divided their city and even their college campus into two different districts in a bid to boost the party's election chances, students
Alabama Senate
Alabama Bill Would Allow Tax Refunds to Fund Border Wall
theepochtimes.com - The Associated Press
MONTGOMERY—Alabamians would be able to donate part of their state income tax refunds to help build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico, according …
DuPont
Man Defrauded Sanders, Beto Donors With Fake Websites, Prosecutors Say
iheart.com - R.J. Johnson
Federal prosecutors say an 80-year-old Blythe, California man has been charged with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft after he allegedly set …
U.S. House of Representatives
Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report is in; what happens now?
abajournal.com - By Lorelei Laird
• Home • Web First • Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report is… Executive Branch Developing: Special Counsel Robert E. Mueller submitted his report to …
Reuters
New Jersey
New Jersey sues company over illegal 'ghost gun' sales
Reuters - by Jonathan Stempel in New York
(Reuters) - New Jersey’s attorney general on Friday sued a California company, accusing it of conducting illegal “ghost gun” sales, in what he said was the first lawsuit by a U.S. state against a distributor
U.S. Politics
Fact Check: No, PM Modi is not the only Indian prime minister to get standing ovation in US Congress
indiatoday.in - Twitter user ‘Chowkidar Sonia Singh'
The constant buzz created by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's gargantuan fan base drowns out the facts sometimes. A Twitter user on Thursday (March 21) …
DCCC
DEMS IN DISARRAY: DCCC Blocks Moves Against Incumbents From Leftists Like Ocasio-Cortez
dailywire.com - Hank Berrien
Democrats in the House of Representatives, frightened by the internecine warfare threatened by hard leftists in their party against incumbents, are …
Forbes
Electoral College
Bang The Drum Slowly -- And Loudly -- To Anger The Base
Forbes - Bill Whalen
Let’s play connect the dots: packing the U.S. Supreme Court . . . lowering the federal voting age to 16 . . . abolishing the Electoral College . . . maybe even changing the rules of the U.S. Senate. Ways
Reuters
U.S. Senate
Trump-Russia report handed in, U.S. lawmakers seek rapid release
Reuters - By Sarah N. Lynch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. law enforcement official could release as early as Saturday the main findings in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's confidential report on his 22-month-long inquiry into
U.S. Border Patrol
GOHMERT: Trump Derangement Syndrome Shouldn’t Prevent Democrats From Doing What’s Right For The Border
dailycaller.com - Rep. Louie Gohmert
No matter how loudly Democrats deny it, the national security crisis on our southern border isn’t going away. In fact, it’s getting worse. Just …
U.S. House of Representatives
Upton to again vote against emergency declaration for wall
iheart.com - Rick Albin
WASHINGTON (WOOD) — Next week, Congress will take up another effort to block President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration to build a border wall.On …
Ivanka Trump
Trump Has More Female Advisers Then Obama, Bush, or Clinton
theepochtimes.com - Bowen Xiao
President Donald Trump employs more senior female advisers as part of his administration than the three former presidents Bill Clinton, George W. …
Utah
Facebook detected overseas ad farm targeting Utah midterm election
deseretnews.com - Dennis Romboy
SALT LAKE CITY — Facebook stopped an overseas ad farm targeting Utah's midterm election last fall, Bloomberg News reported Friday.An alert went off …
Reuters
European Union
Trump: China trade deal likely; automakers can avoid tariffs with U.S. plants
Reuters - by Susan Heavey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said trade negotiations with China were progressing and a final agreement "will probably happen," adding that his call for tariffs to remain on Chinese
Iraq War
The Iraq War should be a 2020 issue
theweek.com
This week marked the 16th anniversary of the Iraq invasion, an illegal war of aggression that was also the most purely idiotic foreign policy blunder …
Ilhan Omar
Pro-Israel House Democrats Introduce a Measure Condemning the BDS Movement
redstate.com - Posted at 12:00 pm on March 22, 2019 by Alex Parker
It’s absurd that the first bill during the shutdown is legislation which punishes Americans who exercise their constitutional right to engage in …
U.S. House of Representatives
DARE: Trump Signs Executive Order on Free Speech on College Campuses
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The Globe and Mail
Rolls-Royce
Bribery is just the cost of doing business
The Globe and Mail - David Montero
David Montero is the author of Kickback: Exposing the Global Corporate Bribery Network. “[Bribes] are like steroids – everyone’s doing it. And if you don’t do it, you fall behind.” In the five years I
The Washington Post
Maryland General Assembly
Maryland Senate committee approves aid-in-dying bill, but advocates say it’s too restrictive
The Washington Post - By Ovetta Wiggins
A Senate committee on Friday passed legislation that will allow doctors in Maryland to prescribe a lethal dose of medicine to terminally ill patients who want to end their lives, clearing a hurdle for
Amy Klobuchar
Presidential hopeful Amy Klobuchar to visit Michigan for Democratic Party event
mlive.com - Malachi Barrett | mbarret1@mlive.com
Democratic presidential hopeful Amy Klobuchar is scheduled to visit Michigan in May, joining other candidates targeting the state as a key …
Opinion
Letters: New Zealand, FBI, Ted Cruz, John Cornyn, U.S. Constitution, education, bluebonnets
dallasnews.com - www.dallasnews.com
Don't use terrorist's name The leaders of New Zealand decided to not use the name of the terrorist in any way. The idea is to not give him the …