Mexican feminists torn over prospect of first woman president Mexico appears almost certain to elect its first woman president on June 2 -- a prospect that divides opinion among women's rights activists in a country with a long history of macho culture.The ... 05/21/2024 - 2:50 pm | View Link
Can Americans Travel to Cuba? It’s a common misconception that US passport holders cannot travel to Cuba. Here’s how to make your first visit happen. 05/21/2024 - 12:00 am | View Link
Mexican presidential candidates trade accusations of cartel ties as elections near The two main candidates in Mexico's upcoming presidential elections traded accusations of cartel ties in their last debate before the country heads to the polls on June 2. 05/20/2024 - 8:55 am | View Link
Mexican presidential candidates spar over security in final debate Mexico's major presidential candidates squared off Sunday night in a debate focused on security, with the ruling party hopeful defending the outgoing president's policy even as her main rival harshly ... 05/19/2024 - 6:28 pm | View Link
The border executive order(s) are coming President JOE BIDEN ’s major move to crack down on the border — the one we’ve been talking about for months — is actually coming in June, according to outside advocates and Hill aides who have been in ... 05/17/2024 - 10:11 am | View Link
Smartmatic accuses Newsmax of destroying evidence in the voting machine company's lawsuit against the "news" channel over their claims that Smartmatic helped “rig" the 2020 election, according to new court documents. Via NBC News:
Lawyers for Florida-based Smartmatic allege that Newsmax engaged in a “cover-up” by destroying texts and emails of key executives that would demonstrate the network’s knowledge that voting fraud claims being pushed by former President Donald Trump and his allies were untrue.
Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was asked about the report last week that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito had flown a “Stop the Steal” solidarity flag at his house during the period in which the court was considering 2020 election cases. Let’s be clear: Alito was not flying a pro-Trump flag but an anti-democracy, pro-insurrection flag.
Diane Ravitch's Blog - just who is trashing public education?
Homeless on the High Desert - the stable genius;
Strangely Blogged - playing footsie with fascism;
The Rectification of Names - my "Unified Reich" t-shirt is raising many questions;
The Smirking Chimp - giving liberals the finger.
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I PROMISE you that you're rarely--if ever--seen anything as funny in politics as what Reps. Jared Moskowitz and Jamie Raskin do to known purveyor or Russian propaganda, James "Gomer Pyle.
In classic GOP fashion, Comer held a hearing on a ridiculous, waste-of-time poltical stunt, holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt (I might do it myself, tbh, for the fact insurrectionists like MTG and Jim Jordan still sit in hearings participating, un-indictedbut I digress).
COMMERCE CITY — Evergreen girls soccer was a No. 14 seed entering the state tournament and had not won a championship in 27 years.
But the Cougars clearly didn’t care about either of those factors, running the table to the 2024 Class 4A title that finished with a 2-0 victory over Lutheran on Tuesday night at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.
“Early in the year we had a lot of difficult, testing games that showed us what we weren’t good enough at,” Evergreen head coach Peter Jeans said.
By PHILIP MARCELO (Associated Press)
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s legal team rested its case Tuesday in his hush money trial after calling just two witnesses and opting not to have the former president take the stand in his own defense.
But despite what Hollywood courtroom dramas might suggest, that isn’t all that unusual, according to criminal defense lawyers and former prosecutors.
The reason is simple: Prosecutors need to prove their case, while the defense only has to show there’s reasonable doubt their client committed a crime.