Lawmakers see rise in threatening messages as TikTok users swarm Congress (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) As Congress considers legislation that could ban TikTok in the United States, lawmakers are receiving a surge of threatening messages connected to popular ... 03/21/2024 - 11:43 am | View Link
Lawmakers want to rewrite timeline for Maine’s PFAS product sales ban The changes to Maine’s law would implement a 2026 sales ban on children’s goods, cleaning products, cookware, cosmetics, rugs, ski wax and upholstered furniture that contain PFAS. 03/20/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Gambian Lawmakers to Vote on Bill to Repeal FGM Ban A Monday vote could make Gambia the first country to repeal its ban on female genital cutting. Also referred to as female genital mutilation, or FGM, the procedure includes the partial or full ... 03/18/2024 - 1:39 am | View Link
Trump warns lawmakers that if they ban TikTok, users will flock to ‘worse’ platform Facebook During an exclusive interview with Fox News Channel’s "MediaBuzz" on Sunday, former President Trump warned that U.S. lawmakers shouldn’t ban TikTok because it would benefit Facebook ... 03/17/2024 - 6:40 am | View Link
Lawmakers, local content creators talk potential ban on TikTok POTENTIAL BAN. TIKTOK IS USED BY AROUND 170 MILLION AMERICANS, SOME JUST FOR ENTERTAINMENT, BUT OTHERS USE IT AS PART OF THEIR LIVELIHOOD. TONIGHT, WE HEAR FROM A CONTENT CREATOR WHO SHARES HIS ... 03/14/2024 - 1:11 pm | View Link
Stephen Colbert's writers were having a field day with a ton of one liners as they picture all of Trump's legal problems being reported by sports announcers. The best part is that there are no personal fouls in these games, so they're free to take all the shots they want at him.
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A new Fox News poll finds 59% of Americans think abortion should be legal in all or most cases, up from the previous high of 57% in September 2022.\
Voters oppose a 15-week ban by 11 points (54% oppose vs. 43% favor), which is in direct contrast with results in 2023 when it was favored by 12 points (42% oppose vs.
Paul Kane: “In their pursuit of ideological purity, these conservatives have repeatedly forced Johnson’s hand to make deals with Democrats. For must-pass legislation, Johnson uses a legislative calendar that brings bills to the floor that cannot be amended, get very little debate and need a two-thirds majority — which usually requires anywhere from 180 to 200 Democrats and another 80 to 100 Republicans.”
“Thus, these far-right Republicans have assured an anti-conservative outcome, over and over, leading to bills approved by the Senate’s Democratic majority and a dozen to two dozen mainstream Republicans.”
“When conservative icon Matt Schlapp announced Tuesday that the sexual battery and defamation lawsuit against him was dropped, he and his allies were quick to note that the ordeal ended without him or the American Conservative Union—the right-wing organization he runs—paying his accuser a single dollar,” the Daily Beast reports.
“But what Schlapp didn’t disclose was that the Republican operative who sued him was, in fact, paid to drop the lawsuit, according to two people with knowledge of the payout.
“A super PAC supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential bid said it raised over $2 million following the candidate’s official announcement of his running mate,” The Hill reports.
“Facing a potentially devastating Democratic defection in the Senate, the White House is ramping up its fight to confirm an embattled judicial nominee who would be the first Muslim American to serve as a U. S. federal appeals court judge,” NBC News reports.
“The White House is touting a wave of new law enforcement endorsements for Adeel Mangi to the 3rd U.