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House of Representatives Votes to End ‘Qualified Immunity’ for Police…

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In a historic vote, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which would end “qualified immunity” for state and local police officers as well as federal agents. Under qualified immunity, government officials can only be held liable for violating someone’s rights if a court has […]

McCarthy: Democrats Admitted They Won’t Allow Bipartisan Infrastructure Measure…No Jobs for You…

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told reporters that Democrats acknowledged they would not allow any GOP provisions in a major infrastructure measure poised to pass the House this week. McCarthy, a California Republican, said Monday that he met with Majority Leader Steny Hoyer about the $1.5 trillion infrastructure package. “I said, ‘It’s very partisan,’ and […]

House Democrats’ Police Reform Bill Doesn’t Ban Chokeholds on Local or State Level…

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The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act on which the Democratic-led House is scheduled to vote Thursday does not ban chokeholds on the state and local level. The bill defines a “chokehold or carotid hold” as “the application of any pressure to the throat or windpipe, the use of maneuvers that restrict blood or oxygen […]

House GOP Leader: Democratic Party Should Change Its Name Given Its Intimate Ties to the Confederacy…

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House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy suggested Thursday that the Democratic Party change its name, considering its ties to the Confederacy and segregation laws. The comments by McCarthy, the chamber’s top Republican, follow House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying she wants to remove Confederate-era statues from the Capitol, most of which honor registered Democrats. Pelosi, a California […]

‘Summer of Love’ Mayor Jenny Durkan Slammed ‘Right Wing’ Occupiers in 2016: ‘Conspiracy, AR-15s, Trashed Property’ – Sound Familiar?…

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Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan described her city’s Capitol Hill Occupied Protest area as having a “block party atmosphere” and reminiscent of the “summer of love” while slamming people who seized a government-owned wildlife refuge for “not respecting” and “trashing” the territory in 2016. Durkan’s unearthed comments from an NPR interview reveal a clear double standard […]

Beware the Hijacking of U.S. Protests Into a ‘Color Revolution’…

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The May 25th killing of George Floyd, an unarmed African-American man, at the hands of a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota shocked the world and set off mass protests against racism and police brutality in dozens of cities from the mid-western United States to the European Union, all in the midst of a global […]

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