#Republicans point fingers after embarrassing defeats

#Republicans point fingers after embarrassing defeats

House Republicans are struggling to pick up the pieces after a series of crushing legislative defeats that highlighted the simmering strife within the GOP conference and triggered new attacks on GOP leaders heading into a critical election cycle.  “Last night was not a good night for Republicans in the House, and anybody who says it was…

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#To save local journalism, update the Public Broadcasting Act

#To save local journalism, update the Public Broadcasting Act

During his time as the U.S. ambassador to France, Thomas Jefferson wrote that if he faced a choice between “a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” Jefferson would be disappointed with today’s trends. Increasingly, we are seeing government without newspapers, especially at the…

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#McGovern slams Greene for going after Mayorkas, Omar: ‘The clowns are running the circus’

#McGovern slams Greene for going after Mayorkas, Omar: ‘The clowns are running the circus’

Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) on Monday called Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene the “leader” of a “charade” over her efforts to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and censure Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). “The clowns are running the circus around here,” McGovern, the ranking member of the House Rules Committee, said during a committee hearing…

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#Annie Lennox calls for Gaza ceasefire at Grammys

#Annie Lennox calls for Gaza ceasefire at Grammys

Annie Lennox is taking to the Grammy Awards stage to call for a ceasefire in Gaza amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. The “Sweet Dreams” singer performed during an in memoriam segment at the 66th annual Grammys on Sunday in Los Angeles. In the final moments of her performance of Sinéad O’Connor’s “Nothing…

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