Democrats need a united front against GOP attempts to regulate social media
The internet collectively breathed a sigh of relief last month after the Supreme Court temporarily blocked Texas HB20 — a proposal that would prohibit online platforms from removing hateful, violent and spammy content, forcing them to host it. It's the latest Republican attempt at government intervention which they say will prevent "censorship" of conservative viewpoints. The court's decision was swift and came down on the side of preserving online services' current freedom to modera
Read MorePence aide says he has no evidence Ron Johnson was involved in fake elector scheme
Marc Short, former Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff who was in the role on Jan. 6, said he had no reason to believe that Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) was personally involved in attempts to hand a list of fake electors to Pence in order to overturn election results the vice president was overseeing. The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack displayed a text exchange during one of its public hearings last week showing that Johnson’s chief of staff texted Chris Hodgson, Pence’s then-director of legislative affairs, on that day saying Johnson had an alternate
Read MoreWill we be able to avoid a re-run of 2020?
2024 is likely to be an extremely unusual presidential campaign. The two frontrunners for their parties’ nominations, Joe Biden and Donald Trump, are the most unpopular figures in American politics. In the June YouGov-Yahoo News poll, 53 percent of voters said they have an unfavorable opinion of Biden. And Trump? Exactly the same: 53 percent unfavorable. In trial heats for the 2024 election, the two have been
Biden commits $200 billion to global infrastructure plan meant to counter China
President Biden on Sunday relaunched a global infrastructure initiative meant to counter China’s growing influence, saying the U.S. would commit $200 billion to the effort in public and private financing to boost projects in developing and middle-income countries. Describing the globe as at an inflection point, Biden said the initiative by the Group of Seven (G7) nations would help set the world on a strong path for the future by investing in sustainable projects that are “grounded in our shared values.” “It’s built using the global best practices – transparency,
Read MoreDoctors who perform abortions will be targeted for prosecution, South Dakota governor says
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) on Sunday said doctors who perform abortions will be targeted for prosecution in her state after a new trigger law went into effect following the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade on Friday. Noem told CBS' "Face the Nation" host Margaret Brennan that while South Dakota would charge doctors who violate the abortion ban, the state will not prosecute mothers. "We'll continue to have those debates on how we can support these mothers and what it means to really make sure we are not prosecuting mothers ever in a situation like this,"
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