#DeSantis faces backlash from Black conservatives 

#DeSantis faces backlash from Black conservatives 

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is facing a growing chorus of criticism from Black conservatives over his state’s new education guidelines, which include the requirement that students be told about how Black people benefited from slavery. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), who is Black, sparked an online feud with some of DeSantis’s allies after he criticized…

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#Judge in Hunter Biden case bans attorneys from calling clerk after bizarre accusations

#Judge in Hunter Biden case bans attorneys from calling clerk after bizarre accusations

The federal judge overseeing Hunter Biden’s federal criminal case on Friday ordered attorneys to raise issues with her chambers, not the court clerk, after bizarre accusations of impersonation. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika earlier in the week threatened sanctions, accusing an employee at a law firm representing Biden of apparently misrepresenting their identity to the…

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#Democrat mocks Greene after call for decorum: ‘She showed us a d‑‑‑ pic last week’

#Democrat mocks Greene after call for decorum: ‘She showed us a d‑‑‑ pic last week’

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) mocked Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) call for decorum at a House subcommittee hearing Thursday, pointing to the congresswoman’s presentation of sexually explicit posters on a separate panel last week. “Marjorie needs to remember she showed us a d‑‑‑ pic last week,” Garcia tweeted Thursday after Greene interrupted his remarks at…

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#Hunter Biden plea deal on tax charges appears in jeopardy

#Hunter Biden plea deal on tax charges appears in jeopardy

Hunter Biden’s plea agreement with the Justice Department appeared to unexpectedly crumble during an initial hearing on the case Wednesday. Biden, 53, made his first federal court appearance in Wilmington, Del., where he was set to plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of willful failure to pay income taxes. Top Stories from The Hill Senate…

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#Big Idea: Teach kids about misinformation 

#Big Idea: Teach kids about misinformation 

With the rampant spread of fake news and conspiracy theories, Canadian students would benefit from extra lessons in BS detection. (Illustration by Pete Ryan) The Canadian wildfires were caused by space lasers? The U.S. government is run by lizard people? The COVID vaccines contain microchips? Nope, nope and nope. That all may seem obvious, but…

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