#Ramaswamy says he was apolitical before 2020: ‘I was disillusioned by partisan politics’

#Ramaswamy says he was apolitical before 2020: ‘I was disillusioned by partisan politics’

GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, a political newcomer who has recently taken heat over his controversial remarks and stances, said on Saturday that he was apolitical and “disillusioned by partisan politics” prior to 2020. “It started around 2020,” Ramaswamy said in an interview on “Fox and Friends,” when asked how and when he developed his…

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#Report of discriminatory policing in Minneapolis ‘unsurprising,’ says Congressional Black Caucus 

#Report of discriminatory policing in Minneapolis ‘unsurprising,’ says Congressional Black Caucus 

The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) findings that the Minneapolis Police Department routinely used excessive force and unlawfully discriminated against Black and Native American people is “appalling” but not surprising, the Congressional Black Caucus said Friday.  “While the findings are appalling, they are wholly unsurprising given the public outcry from residents and organizers in the City…

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#Graham floats potential compromise on qualified immunity

#Graham floats potential compromise on qualified immunity

Graham floats potential compromise on qualified immunity Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is floating a possible compromise on what was one of the key holdups in the negotiations surrounding policing reform legislation after the death of George Floyd in 2020. The death of Tyre Nichols, 29, at the hands of police in Memphis earlier this month…

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#’He set me on fire and threw me in the garbage’

#’He set me on fire and threw me in the garbage’

“‘He set me on fire and threw me in the garbage’” The former New York Times opinion page editor who resigned from the Gray Lady after the newsroom erupted in anger because he greenlighted an op-ed by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) blasted the newspaper’s publisher, AG Sulzberger, for not having his back. James Bennet, who…

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#The very bad reason white Democrats want to defund the police

#The very bad reason white Democrats want to defund the police

“The very bad reason white Democrats want to defund the police” Even as urban crime spiked to staggering degrees following the death of George Floyd in 2020, many Democrats supported “defunding the police.” From Portland to Seattle, Austin to Philadelphia, Democrat-run city councils in major cities slashed police budgets. And while some have since backpedaled…

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