#Harris: ‘Ridiculous’ to have to say slavery had no benefits

#Harris: ‘Ridiculous’ to have to say slavery had no benefits

Vice President Kamala Harris is doubling down on her rebuke of new Florida education guidelines that call for the teaching of how enslaved people benefited from slavery.  In an interview Monday with ABC News’s Linsey Davis, Harris dismissed allegations that her response to these guidelines is “ideological posturing.” “I think that this is just a matter of…

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#Hunter Biden associate Devon Archer gives closed-door interview

#Hunter Biden associate Devon Archer gives closed-door interview

Former Hunter Biden business associate Devon Archer said during closed door testimony that Hunter Biden included President Biden on a number of phone calls that presumably included business associates, according to one lawmaker’s account of the testimony, a revelation that is likely to fuel Republican attempts to link the president to his son’s business dealings. But…

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#Democratic Caucus chair says shutdown is looming because ‘the far-right is battling the extreme right’

#Democratic Caucus chair says shutdown is looming because ‘the far-right is battling the extreme right’

Democratic Caucus Chair, Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.), said Congress is on a “collision course” towards a government shutdown because of the power dynamics at play in the House of Representatives. Aguilar attempted to characterize two factions of the House GOP conference, the “far-right” and the “extreme-right” and blamed the internal battle taking place between the…

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#Ramaswamy emerges as 2024 breakout star. Where will it take him?

#Ramaswamy emerges as 2024 breakout star. Where will it take him?

Vivek Ramaswamy has emerged as something of a breakout star in the 2024 GOP presidential primary, raising speculation over his future within the party. Many Republicans have praised the 37-year-old biotech entrepreneur, calling him an effective communicator with an impressive professional resume for a political outsider.  While there’s heavy skepticism that Ramaswamy will win any…

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#Why is hazing so hard to eliminate?

#Why is hazing so hard to eliminate?

Northwestern is the latest in a long line of universities to come under public scrutiny due to a scandal over hazing, a practice that has refused to go extinct in colleges and high schools despite multiple concerted efforts to end it. Hazing, which in rare instances has proven fatal, in particular plagues sports teams and…

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#Haley on new Trump charges: ‘You shouldn’t be erasing anything unless you have something to hide’

#Haley on new Trump charges: ‘You shouldn’t be erasing anything unless you have something to hide’

GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley took aim at new allegations brought against former President Trump last week, saying that no one should erase anything unless they had “something to hide.” “I mean, none of that sounds good,” Haley told Margaret Brennan on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “The same way it didn’t sound good when Hillary…

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