The Texas legislature on Tuesday passed the GOP election integrity bill after Democrats fled to DC in a failed stunt. The bill will add new ID requirements for mail-in voting and ban some early voting. The bill will head over to Governor Abbott’s desk for a signature in the next few days. The Associated Press
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White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan takes questions during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C., June 7, 2021. (Leah Millis/Reuters) During an appearance on MSNBC Tuesday, White House national-security adviser Jake Sullivan refused to define the U.S. relationship with the Taliban as adversarial. When asked whether the militant organization that
Texas State Capitol in Austin. (SusanRisdon/Getty Images) The GOP-dominated Texas legislature voted Tuesday to pass its elections-reform bill after the state’s Democrats protested and obstructed the measure for weeks, going so far as to walk out of a special session to prevent it from advancing. The legislation now goes to the desk of Republican governor Greg
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R. Calif.,) holds a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., August 24, 2021. Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy vowed to use the power of a future Republican-dominated Congress to penalize tech companies that fulfill the January 6 committee’s requests for private user data. If it consolidates control of
The Pentagon denied viral reports that the U.S. military had abandoned dogs in Afghanistan after the end of the evacuation mission on Monday. Many on social media were outraged when several groups claimed that military working dogs were left behind in Afghanistan to be tortured and killed. A photograph purporting to show dogs in kennels
A Louisiana woman told police that she watched helplessly as an alligator attacked her husband who went missing after she went to seek help. The horrific scene unfolded in Slidell, a town northeast of New Orleans near Lake Pontchartrain, on Monday. Police said that they were called to the scene of the attack by the
Corporate media companies are yet again deeming what’s appropriate for American viewers to watch. This time Comedy Central has subtly removed an entire episode of NBC’s hit show The Office from its library for not being woke enough. Ironically, the episode is about the annoying boss Michael Scot botching his way through a company diversity
As everyone but the members of The New York Times editorial board is aware, these are rather yucky times for the good ol’ U.S. of A. via GIPHY Over here on the conservative side of the American political aisle we’re not exactly known for just abandoning ourselves to the whims of fate. We’re doers. While we’re waiting