‘The good will win’: Holocaust survivors take on denial, hate in new digital campaign as antisemitism soars Holocaust survivors are sharing their wrenching stories in a digital campaign called #CancelHate, revisiting their trauma and persecution as hate and antisemitism soars to levels not seen in decades. 05/4/2024 - 10:15 am | View Link
Love It, Hate It, Fear It: How TikTok Changed Our Culture Has there ever been a more expressively American app than TikTok, with its messy democratic creativity, energetic exhibitionism, utter lack of limits and vast variety of hustlers? And yet in April, ... 05/4/2024 - 3:11 am | View Link
Holocaust survivors take on denial and hate in new digital campaign The 88-year-old Holocaust survivor is participating in a new digital campaign called #CancelHate. It was launched Thursday by the New York-based Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, ... 05/3/2024 - 8:00 pm | View Link
Powhatan NAACP lays out demands for county school board on racism, LGBTQ+ hate speech The Powhatan County chapter of the NAACP presented its policy recommendations for the county’s school board at a town hall on Thursday, outlining demands for change regarding hate speech in schools. 05/3/2024 - 4:00 pm | View Link
When the woke begin to hate On the surface, the wave of anti-Israel protests washing over college campuses across the country looks a lot like left-wing student activism dating back to at least the Vietnam War. Protesters chant ... 05/3/2024 - 10:57 am | View Link
“The U. S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine, with the massive outlay being repaid with the windfall profits from sovereign Russian assets that have been frozen – and are accruing interest — mostly in Europe,” Bloomberg reports.
“Republicans have launched more than 30 investigations into the State Department since taking power in 2023, an unusually high number that is fueling partisan tensions,” Politico reports.
“Democratic lawmakers and State Department officials say this particular chapter of the growing partisan rancor on Capitol Hill is affecting U. S. foreign policy: It distracts U.
Nevada Independent: “The lawsuit alleges that the four-day period for mail ballots postmarked by Election Day to be received violates federal law because it does not conform to the Election Day deadline established by the federal government.”
The Colorado legislature convened Saturday for a final weekend of work in its 2024 session, which is set to end Wednesday. Major pieces of legislation are still pending, with lawmakers expected to debate gun regulations, housing, land-use policy, transportation, property tax reform and other priorities in the final days.
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Updated at 5:25 p.m.: A proposed excise tax on guns and ammunition to pay for victim services cleared a key Senate committee Saturday afternoon after Democrats turned on their own over its movement through the chamber.
The measure would create a 6.5% tax on gun and ammo dealers and raise an expected $39 million a year, according to sponsor Sen.
Since Mark Hamill's White House visit tells us how woke Star Wars has gotten, and we all know about wokester Star Trek, Starship Troopers and Helldivers are better choices.