House Select Committee must not give the Republican Party a free pass
In six presentations in June, the House Select Committee on Jan. 6 made a clear, compelling, and convincing case that Donald Trump: 1) continued to claim he won the 2020 presidential election after members of his administration, including then-Attorney General Bill Barr, repeatedly informed him there was no evidence of widespread fraud; 2) told Vice President Mike Pence to use powers he did not have under the U.S. Constitution to reject Electoral College results and ridiculed him when he refused to do so; 3) pressured legislators in battleground states to overturn already certified election
Read MoreWomen lean into the fight over abortion rights
Female Democratic candidates across the country are leaning into the fight over abortion rights, hoping to make it a top voting issue come fall. National Democrats from President Biden down have expressed outrage at the decision by the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade and the White House has issued a clarion call for voters to elect more pro-abortion rights lawmakers. Polls suggest that Democrats have an advantage over Republicans on abortion in general, but Democratic strategists see female candidates in particular as the ones to carry the most co
Read MoreWhy national pride is evaporating in America
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Read MoreHarris: Roe ruling similar to 'history … of government trying to claim ownership over human bodies'
Vice President Harris said during an appearance late Saturday at the Essence Festival in New Orleans that the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade was “problematic on so many levels.” “We have to recognize we're a nation that was founded on certain principles that are grounded in the concept of freedom and liberty,” Harris said. “We also know that we've had a history in this country of government trying to claim ownership over human bodies.” “We had supposedly evolved from that time and that way of thinking,” she said. “So this is very problematic on so man
Read MoreThe irony of today’s tough-on-crime rhetoric
America faces a challenge on the issue of crime. Whether we deal with it effectively or not, however, depends on the willingness of leaders from both the left and right to drop the slogans and culture wars and truly put public safety first. “Let them go.” “Lock them up.” “Defund the police.” “Back the blue.” Conflicting messages from political leaders are not only confusing and divisive, they also miss the point that many people don’t feel safe and want solutions that work. Regardless of the historic decline in
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