Biden appoints two more pro-gun control cabinet picks
Democratic Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, two of President-elect Joe Biden’s Thursday cabinet picks, have a history of advocating for gun control.
Kayleigh McEnany calls CNN ‘a sad parody of a news network’ over coverage of Pro-Trump protest
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany tweeted Wednesday that “CNN has become a sad parody of a news network” over their coverage of a pro-Trump protest.
In past 20 years, Democrats objected 3 times to Electoral College certifications
Democrats have on three separate occasions objected to the validity of electoral votes on the floor of Congress. Wednesday, Jan. 6, will mark the first time Republicans choose do so in the past two decades.
3 keys to understanding senators’ proposal to audit presidential election
In a move that isn’t without precedent, 11 Senate Republicans are pushing for a special panel to investigate questions of fraud arising from the presidential election.
11 Republican senators – led by Ted Cruz – will object to Electoral College certification
Eleven Republican senators, led by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, announced Saturday that they would object to the certification of states’ Electoral College votes when Congress meets on Jan. 6.
Proposed U.S. House rules eliminate gendered terms like ‘father’ and ‘daughter’
Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced a resolution calling for the elimination of gendered terms for the 117th Congress Friday, but the California Democrat still has the terms “mother” and “grandmother” in her Twitter bio.
Dictionary names ‘lockdown’ as 2020’s Word Of The Year
The 2020 word of the year is “lockdown,” which was used more than a quarter of a million times amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Collins Dictionary.
Here’s a list of Biden’s pro-gun control cabinet picks
At least five of President-elect Joe Biden’s reported cabinet picks have expressed pro-gun control views in past statements.
We asked teachers unions nationwide why they oppose reopening schools. Here’s what they said
Teachers unions largely won’t explain why they want to keep public education virtual, even though studies have suggested that schools aren’t coronavirus super-spreaders as originally expected and that students’ performance have suffered in remote environments.
Report: 88 percent of universities restrict expression, nearly half restrict online speech
More than half of red light-ranked schools are located in the District of Columbia and seven states: Alaska, Delaware, Illinois, Oregon, South Carolina, Vermont, and Wyoming.
Human Rights Campaign wants Christian schools to abandon beliefs or lose accreditation
The HRC essentially is calling for faith-based education — from K-12 schools to colleges and universities — to adopt the campaign’s positions on gender identity, same-sex marriage, transgender transitioning, and more, or fail to be accredited.
Pandemic regulations closed 32% of Michigan businesses, almost as many Vermont businesses
Pandemic restrictions forced 32% of Michigan businesses to close at least temporarily, the most of all 50 states in the nation. The Bureau of Labor Statistics notes Michigan was followed closely by Pennsylvania (30%); Washington (27%); Vermont, Hawaii and New York (26%).