Cross burning in South Carolina stirs debate over hate-crimes laws
Opinion Sure, Trump and Biden are old. The similarities end there. - "This above-the-battle, “woe is us” posture makes those who adopt it look tough-minded, independent and clear-eyed. It puts Biden and Trump on the same level and then compares both with someone who doesn’t yet exist. Never mind that it’s far easier to imagine the perfect candidate than to find one."
Opinion Want safer streets? Paint them.
Opinion Gen Z might be the MAGA movement’s undoing - "A warning for those courting these voters: 'Gen Z adults (58%) and Millennials (60%) are significantly less likely than Gen Xers (70%), Boomers (80%), and members of the Silent Generation (85%) to agree that voting is the most effective way to create change in America.'
"Nevertheless, these younger Americans are hardly agnostic about politics. To the contrary, 'Gen Z adults are notably more likely than older generations to have signed an online petition (36% vs. 30% or less of older generations) or to have followed the social media profile of someone with different views (21% vs. 16% or less),' the PRRI poll found. 'Gen Z adults are also more likely than older generations (with the exception of millennials) to have posted on social media about an issue that matters to them (32% vs. 25% or less of Gen Xers and older generations) or encouraged others to be politically active on social media (18% vs. 12% or less of Gen Xers and older generations).'"
Lankford defends bipartisan border security bill after attacks by Trump, GOP: ‘We all have an oath to the Constitution and we have a commitment to say we’re going to do whatever we can to be able to secure the border,’ the senator from Oklahoma says. - "'So we actually locked arms together and said we’re not going to give you money for this. We want a change in law,' Lankford said. 'When we’re finally going to the end, they’re like, ‘Oh, just kidding. I actually don’t want a change in law because it’s a presidential election year.’ We all have an oath to the Constitution and we have a commitment to say we’re going to do whatever we can to be able to secure the border.'"
These GOP lawmakers hate federal spending, except for their own districts: Far-right Republicans who have pushed the government to the verge of shutdowns in recent months are set to win hundreds of millions of dollars for their districts in earmarks. - "Now a bloc of conservatives in the House — who have loudly opposed several measures to fund the government since the fall — are on track to direct a total of $371.8 million back to their home districts through individual requests. They stand to take credit for federal funding for projects important to their constituents even if they vote against the legislation that includes the money.
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"'These projects are born of the most pure interests of the American people and I make no apologies for my success in the arena of [community project funding],' Higgins said in a statement. 'However, I will always oppose massive overspending in the federal budget that overwhelmingly does not meet those same standards, and for that principled opposition, I also make no apology.'" [ed. note: lol]
Russia projects confidence as it pursues alliances to undermine West - "'In terms of latent military power and economic strength, it is absolutely ridiculous that the West is being held hostage by something as relatively puny as Russia,' he said. 'Putin believes that if he is stubborn enough for long enough, we, the feeble West, will walk away — and he could be right. … That won’t just be shameful. That will be an act of strategic self-harm.'"
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