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Ocasio-Cortez plans to back Statehood for Upstate NY in primary challenge to Schumer
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez plans to primary United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in the 2022 Democratic Party Primary contest — during which, she intends to endorse statehood for upstate and Western…
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The American Rescue Plan’s likely cost is way more than $1.9 trillion
BY ALEX BRILL The Senate is poised to consider President Biden’s American Rescue Plan, an elaborate bill recently passed by the House of Representatives through the budget reconciliation process at an estimated cost of…
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Surge of child migrants prompts health crisis in border communities
A huge surge in illegal immigrant minors is prompting a health emergency on the southern border and surrounding communities, igniting “grave concern” among federal lawmakers who are calling on the Biden administration…
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Two million airport workers may pose pandemic security threat
Nearly 2 million workers with unescorted access to security restricted areas at airports throughout the U.S. could pose an “insider threat,” according to a new federal audit, yet the government is still studying…
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Gillibrand calls on Biden to ‘extend and expand’ emergency paid leave provisions
Earlier this month, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Patty Murray (D-WA), top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Ayanna…
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Chinese citizen journalist sentenced to four years on charges of ‘picking quarrels’
BY ELISABETH BRAW Last month, the Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan was sentenced to four years in prison after having been detained in May on charges of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” Zhang’s…
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Federal dollars keep California ‘swimming in money’
BY MATT WEIDINGER California Governor Gavin Newsom’s latest budget proposal released last week suggests, as one article summarized, the state is currently “swimming in money,” including “a $15 billion one-time surplus.” That’s a massive turnaround from…
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If Newsom appoints Karen Bass to California Senate seat, Kanye may run for Congress
Sources close to Kanye West are telling The Chronicle that, in the event that California Governor Gavin Newsom appoints Rep. Karen Bass to fill the United States Senate seat being vacated by Vice…
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What statistics tells us about the efficacy of the Pfizer, Moderna, and Oxford vaccines
BY JAMES CAPRETTA AND SCOTT GANZ The news that the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines are 95 percent effective at preventing COVID-19 disease, and the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine might be 90 percent effective (with…
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Source: Cuomo may be willing to come out as bisexual for a Cabinet position
Sources close to Andrew Cuomo tell The Chronicle that the Governor may be willing to come out as ‘openly bisexual’ if he happens to be offered a Cabinet position in President-elect Joe Biden‘s administration…
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A return to ‘net neutrality’ is a concern for the entire internet
BY SHANE TEWS For the past decade, “net neutrality” has been the catchphrase for internet freedom. “Protect your right to access what you want and how you want it on the Internet,”…
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The dangerous headlines of The New York Times
BY SAMUEL J. ABRAMS As the nation continues to sort out the aftermath of a deeply divided presidential election, many narratives will emerge and citizens should be guarded and skeptical about them.…
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Mitt Romney has been asked to lead Health and Human Services in Biden administration
Sources are telling The Chronicle that Senator Mitt Romney has been asked by the presumptive President-elect Joe Biden to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. He is currently discussing the…
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Biden promises to appoint “at least one” Native American to the cabinet
In a pledge to construct the most diverse administration in American history, the presumptuous President-elect Joe Biden is promising to nominate at least one Native American to his cabinet and to include…
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McConnell open to Feinstein joining Republican caucus
A Kentucky-based political operative with longtime ties to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tells The Chronicle that McConnell is “very open to the idea” of California Senator Diane Feinstein joining the Republican…
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Yearbook shows Democrat Senate candidate in Arizona dressed as Hitler
A digital publication, The National File, published a series of photos late last week from the 1986 yearbook of Mark Kelly, the Democrat nominee for United States Senate from Arizona, which appear…
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Rumors swirl in North Carolina: Democrat running for US Senate asked woman to ‘tickle my taint’
It could all just be a matter of dirty politics — rumor and innuendo run amuck — but the race for US Senate in North Carolina has been drawing national headlines. The…
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Federal judge halts IRS’s lawless denial of rebate payments to prisoners
BY ALAN D. VIARD In previous posts (here and here), I discussed the IRS’s lawless decision to deny rebate payments to certain groups that the agency loosely refers to as “incarcerated” — convicts serving…
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Mike Pence’s debate master class
BY MARC A. THIESSEN Wednesday’s vice-presidential debate was like traveling back in time to an era when political debates were tough, respectful and substantive. And Vice President Pence put on a clinic for how…
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Judicial Watch is suing Colorado to clean up its voter rolls
BY TOM FITTON Too many jurisdictions are lax and sloppy with their voter rolls – and in violation of federal law. This week we’ve filed suit in Colorado. We sued on behalf…
