Biden on 10 years since Sandy Hook: 'We should have societal guilt' for inaction on gun violence
President Biden on Wednesday marked the 10th anniversary of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary that left 20 children and six teachers dead, saying the country has made progress on gun violence but must do more. “We should have societal guilt for taking too long to deal with this problem,” Biden said in a statement. “We have a moral obligation to pass and enforce laws that can prevent these things from happening again. We owe it to the courageous, young survivors and to the families who lost part of their soul 10 years ago to turn their pain into purpose.” Biden has si
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Read MoreThe Memo: New controversies deepen GOP’s ‘extremist’ problem
The GOP has an image problem — and it’s not getting better. Republicans suffered a disappointing midterm election in part because moderate voters saw the party as too extreme. A string of new controversies isn’t doing anything to soften those edges. On Saturday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) told a gala in New York that the Jan. 6 insurrection would have been more successful had she and former Trump strategist Stephen Bannon organized it. Expanding on her point, the Georgia congresswoman said that such an attempt “would’ve been armed.”&nbs
Read MoreLiberals struggle to find viable Twitter alternative after Musk takeover
Elon Musk's conquest of the Twitter-verse has sent hordes of mostly left-leaning tweeters scrambling — if not for the exits, then at least for a social-media backup plan. Twitter’s defectors and discontents set out in waves, searching for viable alternatives. The first broke in April, when Twitter accepted Musk’s $44-billion bid for the social media company. The second rolled out in October, when he completed the purchase. Further wavelets and ripples have followed the Tesla billionaire’s more incendiary moves as tweeter in chief: firing half Twit
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