#Former Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield dies at 57

#Former Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield dies at 57

Tim Wakefield, a former World Series champion pitcher with the Boston Red Sox, has died at the age of 57 after a battle with cancer.  Wakefield’s former team announced his death in a social media post on Sunday.  “Our hearts are broken with the loss of Tim Wakefield,” the team said in an X, the…

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#Gaetz says he’ll push to unseat McCarthy this week

#Gaetz says he’ll push to unseat McCarthy this week

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Sunday said he will push to unseat House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) this week, vowing to make good on his threat after McCarthy backed a measure to prevent a government shutdown a day earlier that won broad bipartisan support. “I do intend to file a motion to vacate against Speaker…

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#Bomb detonates in Turkish capital leaving two officers injured

#Bomb detonates in Turkish capital leaving two officers injured

Two assailants detonated a bomb outside a government building in Turkey on Sunday, just hours before Parliament was set to reopen after a three-month summer hiatus, Turkish Internal Affairs Minister Ali Yerlikaya said in a statement Sunday.  In what Turkish officials are describing as a terrorist attack, the two assailants arrived in a “light commercial…

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#Abortion may not be a game-changer for Democrats in 2024

#Abortion may not be a game-changer for Democrats in 2024

Since the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court decision was announced last year, there has been much discussion about the impact of the decision on the 2024 elections. Some have referred to the decision as a “political earthquake,” or asserted that the “political landscape has been altered significantly, with no reversal in sight.” Indeed, Democrats believe…

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#Ending state-sanctioned theft to preserve police legitimacy

#Ending state-sanctioned theft to preserve police legitimacy

Civil asset forfeiture is not an asset to the American people—it is legalized theft without constitutionally-required due process of law. Thankfully, the practice may finally be curbed.  Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit found Wayne County, Michigan’s civil asset forfeiture program in violation of the due process clause of the 14th Amendment. Civil…

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