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U.S., Other Countries to Tap Strategic Oil Reserves in Bid to Tame Inflation

Via: vic-eldred • News & Politics • 7 Comments • 3 years ago

WASHINGTON—The U.S. and several other countries will tap their national strategic petroleum reserves, senior Biden administration officials said Tuesday, in an attempt to bring down gasoline...

Should Thanksgiving Be A Nationalistic Holiday?

By: john-russell • News & Politics • 85 Comments • 3 years ago

Biden nominates new chair for Postal Service Board, ousts DeJoy's allies

Via: perrie-halpern • News & Politics • 14 Comments • 3 years ago

Franklin can stop rolling in his grave.

Verdict reached in Rittenhouse Case

By: john-russell • News & Politics • 377 Comments • 3 years ago

Trump issues stunningly false statement criticizing Biden for ‘attack’ on US oil reserves

Via: john-russell • News & Politics • 20 Comments • 3 years ago

In first, US added to annual list of ‘backsliding’ democracies

Via: hallux • News & Politics • 45 Comments • 3 years ago

Doorbell video appears to show arrest of Waukesha parade suspect

Via: sister-mary-agnes-ample-bottom • News & Politics • 6 Comments • 3 years ago

Ahmaud Arbery’s Mother Blasts Defense Attorney for Attacking His ‘Long, Dirty Toenails’: ‘Very Disrespectful’

Via: john-russell • News & Politics • 4 Comments • 3 years ago

The other obvious verdict is coming

By: vic-eldred • News & Politics • 13 Comments • 3 years ago

The trial of father and son Greg and Travis McMichael and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan is nearing an end, with closing arguments by prosecutors and defense attorneys scheduled for Monday....

Two quit Fox News over Tucker Carlson’s Capitol attack series

Via: hallux • News & Politics • 7 Comments • 3 years ago

A sisterhood': Beloved Milwaukee Dancing Grannies face death and tragedy after SUV assault

Via: sister-mary-agnes-ample-bottom • News & Politics • 20 Comments • 3 years ago

The real 'threat to democracy'? Pols who polarize us with their opinions

Via: gregtx • News & Politics • 12 Comments • 3 years ago

Wisconsin Christmas parade interrupted after vehicle reportedly plows into crowd

Via: vic-eldred • News & Politics • 112 Comments • 3 years ago

Waukesha resident witnessed ‘horrifying’ moment an SUV plowed through a parade Brayden Kowalski, a 19-year-old man who grew up in Waukesha, said that he was at the parade with his family when...

N.Y. prosecutors set sights on new Trump target: Widely different valuations on the same properties

Via: john-russell • News & Politics • 12 Comments • 3 years ago

Biden taps Powell for second term as Federal Reserve chief

Via: hallux • News & Politics • 4 Comments • 3 years ago

ISIS in Afghanistan Might Be Able to Launch International Attacks Within a Year, Pentagon Official Warns

Via: jeremy-in-nc • News & Politics • 11 Comments • 3 years ago

"We have considerable evidence that they have the intent; the question at the moment is the capability," Kahl added of al-Qaida and ISIS-K's desire to conduct attacks outside of Afghanistan.

Virginia Police Officer Fired After Donating to Rittenhouse's Defense Fund

Via: monstermash • News & Politics • 10 Comments • 3 years ago

Lieutenant William Kelly wants his job back after the Norfolk Police Department fired him following a $25 anonymous donation made to Kyle Rittenhouse’s legal defense fund in April 2021....

A year from Qatar World Cup, exploited migrant workers fight for change on human rights

Via: perrie-halpern • News & Politics • 1 Comments • 3 years ago

The Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict Is a Chance for Us to Revisit the Issue of Random People Carrying Guns in Public

Via: john-russell • News & Politics • 59 Comments • 3 years ago

Sen. Patrick Leahy set to retire in 2022. He's served Vermont since 1975.

Via: vic-eldred • News & Politics • 2 Comments • 3 years ago

WASHINGTON — Sen. Patrick Leahy, the influential Vermont Democrat and Senate's president pro tempore, announced Monday that he will retire from the Senate after this term in Congress. "Marcelle...

Texas Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson latest Democrat to announce retirement

Via: vic-eldred • News & Politics • 15 Comments • 3 years ago

Texas Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson is set to retire from Congress in January, the latest in a line of Democrats calling it quits in Washington, DC. Johnson, 85, announced Saturday she will not...

Congressional Democrats reel over Rittenhouse acquittal, call for DOJ review, and claim 'white supremacy' | Washington Examiner

Via: texan1211 • News & Politics • 33 Comments • 3 years ago

European lockdowns spook U.S. financial markets, but Nasdaq closes at new record high

Via: perrie-halpern • News & Politics • 10 Comments • 3 years ago

Closing Arguments

By: vic-eldred • News & Politics • 387 Comments • 3 years ago

After a series of blunders and a bit of misconduct by the prosecution, combined with a year of biased reporting, the Rittenhouse case will hear final arguments today and then will finally be placed...

Trump’s First Post-Presidency Book Will, Fittingly, Require Little Reading and Cost Way Too Much

Via: tessylo • News & Politics • 20 Comments • 3 years ago

Trump’s First Post-Presidency Book Will, Fittingly, Require Little Reading and Cost Way Too Much Peter Wade Fri, November 19, 2021, 11:52 AM Nearly two hundred and thirty...

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