Op-Ed: The Acquittal Will Come Back to Haunt Trump and His Enablers
From today’s New York Times: The vote to acquit President Trump was a dark day for the Senate. Uninterested in hearing from witnesses (and likely scared by what they would…
Florida Faces Rocky Rollout To Restore Voting Rights For Convicted Felons
From NPR News Online: Florida passed an amendment in 2018, promising to restore voting rights for over a million Floridians with felony convictions. But that hope turned to confusion soon…
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A brutal year: how ‘techlash’ caught up with Facebook, Google and Amazon
From The Guardian Online: What goes up must come down, and in 2019, gravity reasserted itself for the tech industry. After years of relatively unchecked growth, the tech industry found…
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The House Has Impeached President Trump. Here’s What We Learned.
From FiveThirtyEight: The House of Representatives voted to impeach President Trump on Wednesday, making him just the third president ever to be impeached. The two votes fell almost perfectly along…
NLRB Says McDonald’s Not Responsible For Franchise Treatment of Workers
From NPR News Online: McDonald’s should not be held responsible for the labor practices of its franchisees, the National Labor Relations Board ruled on Thursday. The federal agency, in charge…
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Trump ‘Ignored and Injured’ the National Interest, Charge Impeachment Articles
From today’s New York Times: House Democratic leaders on Tuesday formally called for President Trump’s removal from office, asserting that he “ignored and injured the interests of the nation” in…
Rep. Duncan Hunter pleads guilty in campaign finance scandal, will resign from Congress
From today’s Los Angeles Times: After years of denials and claims that he was the target of a political witch hunt, Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Alpine) is scheduled to appear in…
Opinion: The right to vote should not fall victim to partisan battles
From today’s Chicago Sun-Times: The right to vote is fundamental to any democracy. Protecting that right — and making it easier to exercise it — ought to be a priority…
Diplomats accuse Trump as impeachment hits Americans’ TVs
From today’s Associated Press Online: For the first time, the Democrats’ case for President Donald Trump’s impeachment streamed from Americans’ TVs Wednesday, including a new contention that he was overheard…
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GOP Blocks Voting Rights Bill Requiring Candidates to Disclose Tax Returns
From today’s Newsweek Online: Republican senators have blocked an effort by Democrats to vote on a voting rights and election ethics bill. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) blocked a request that…