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Business InsiderRep. Cori Bush calls for expulsion of House Republicans who offered Kyle Rittenhouse an internship, says her job feels 'more and more dangerous' every day
Since his Friday acquittal, Kyle Rittenhouse has been offered internships by three House Republicans: Paul Gosar, Matt Gaetz, and Madison Cawthorn.
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A GOP Senate candidate bragged that he's not vaccinated but financial disclosures show he's making money from companies that make COVID-19 vaccines
Mark Pukita's Senate financial disclosures indicate he holds up to $50,000 in Johnson & Johnson stock and up to $15,000 in Pfizer stock.
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Biden is telling allies he'll run in 2024 but one Democratic donor said many are just 'praying that Trump runs,' report says
"I think no matter who runs, a Democrat beats him," the donor said of Trump, who has teased a 2024 campaign.
- HuffPost
Donald Trump Jr. Endorses Sending AR-15 To Kyle Rittenhouse
Donald Trump's son urged people to support gun lobbying group Gun Owners of America's "award" for the teenager.
- Politico
Judge faults Trump for Jan. 6 attack
Judge Amit Mehta describes rioter John Lolos as ‘pawn’ of the former president, imposes 2-week jail sentence
- AZCentral | The Arizona Republic
Katie Hobbs just dug herself a deeper hole. She should bow out of the governor's race
Katie Hobbs' bumbling response to the Talonya Adams verdict has turned what could have been a one-day story into a full-blown campaign catastrophe.
- NBC News
Gas prices are up, but red America pays more
A rural lifestyle means Republicans often use far more gasoline than Democrats.
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This member of Congress wants everyone to know about the 'dark money scheme' that's 'captured' the Supreme Court
"Democrats have been overlooking the Supreme Court for a long time and are now getting a wake-up call," Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said.
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Texas uses shipping containers to create ‘steel wall’ next to bridge in Eagle Pass
The governor described it as a “steel wall” designed to protect communities and property owners.
- Associated Press
Construction temporarily halted on $1B transmission line
The developer of a $1 billion electric transmission line is suspending construction at the request of Maine’s governor after she certified election results Friday in which residents firmly opposed the project. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills had urged New England Clean Energy Connect Transmission LLC to stop construction on the 145-mile (233-kilometer) project until legal challenges are resolved. Thorn Dickinson, president and CEO of NECEC, said work will be temporarily halted until a judge rules on a request for a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit contending the referendum was unconstitutional.
- Associated Press
Rittenhouse acquittal tightens the political vise for Biden
A difficult political atmosphere for President Joe Biden may have become even more treacherous with the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse. Biden was already facing sliding poll numbers with an electorate worn down by the coronavirus pandemic and increasing inflation. Now, the president finds himself caught between outraged Democrats — some of whom were already stewing over Biden’s inability to land police reform and voting rights legislation — and Republicans looking to use the Rittenhouse case to exploit the national divide over matters of grievance and race.
- The News-Press
Letters to the editor for Sunday, November 21, 2021
Our readers share their opinions on a variety of topics
- Fox News
Belarus president 'effectively blackmails' Putin in migrant crisis, Russian outlet says
As scenes of Middle Eastern migrants alternately storming fences in an attempt to get into Europe and huddling frozen around campfires make headlines, the handy conclusion was that Belarus' president, Alexander Lukashenko, wanted to wreak a little havoc to get back at the West for sanctions. Or that he wanted to make Western leaders who have in large part not recognized him as president this time around finally face up to him. Or that he wanted to make countries like Poland look like the evil on
- Business Insider
Donald Trump directs former aide to defy House COVID probe into his administration's handling of the pandemic
Donald Trump told former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro to ignore a subpoena issued by a House COVID-19 committee on Thursday.
- The Daily Beast
The Squad Gets Love From the Left—and Anger From Voters
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/Photos Getty ImagesThe passage of President Joe Biden’s $1.75-trillion social welfare spending bill in the House was a much-needed win for Democrats. But for six progressive lawmakers who were willing to block the other half of Biden’s agenda in order to secure the rest of it, the victory was especially sweet.After the Build Back Better Act passed Friday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said the vote to approve the historic package of investments fighti
- Business Insider
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell plans to protest outside Fox News' NY headquarters as his relationship with the network continues to sour
Mike Lindell, MyPillow CEO and election fraud conspiracy theorist, called Fox News "controlled opposition" and pledged to take a stand against it.
- The Telegraph
How Meghan could be stopped from running for US President by a 200-year-old constitutional amendment
The Duchess of Sussex could only be stopped from running for US President under her royal title by a 211-year-old constitutional amendment proposed to stop Napoleon’s nephew from ever seeking power, experts have said.
- Associated Press
Yazidi family abandons EU dream, reluctantly returns to Iraq
Khari Hasan Kalo peered out of the window of the repatriation flight as it touched down in northern Iraq. It's a place he and his family had hoped never to see again after they left for Belarus two months ago, driven by dreams of a new life in Europe. Kalo, 35, had begged for loans and spent his savings on the ill-fated journey to the Belarusian capital of Minsk, the first stop on a journey to the West.
- Lexington Herald-Leader
Rittenhouse escaped accountability; society escapes common sense.
Op-Ed: His lawyers argued self-defense. I guess I would argue that he should never have been in that position in the first place.
- Business Insider
GOP officials in Wisconsin want to eliminate a bipartisan elections agency and charge 5 of its 6 members with felonies and misdemeanors
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul called the recommendation for charges a "publicity stunt" and "an abuse of authority."