% who favor the death penalty for people convicted of murder:
• US adults: 60%
• Protestant: 66%
• White evangelical: 75%
• White, not evangelical: 73%
• Black Protestant: 50%
• Catholic: 58%
• White Catholic: 56%
• Hispanic Catholic: 61%https://t.co/s2pOxrchrKpic.twitter.com/1ysnUBXB0i
discussion with David Shor; your choice of transcript or audio
New information about the 2020 election reveals a growing shift among Latino voters away from the Democratic party. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with OpenLabs R&D researcher David Shor about. https://t.co/hl5RHzQkT3
BREAKING: Attorney General Merrick Garland bars federal prosecutors from seizing the records of journalists in leak investigations, reversing years of department policy. https://t.co/0bq7CPm2vJ
The judge's nuanced decision could jeopardize the legal status of immigrants known as Dreamers, though they'll retain the ability to stay and work in the U.S. The Biden administration is expected to appeal the ruling. https://t.co/fF4TqW8kB1
“You’re Gonna Have a Fucking War”: Mark Milley’s Fight to Stop Trump from Striking Iran.
In the months after the 2020 election, the subject of Iran was repeatedly raised in meetings with Trump, and Mark Milley repeatedly argued against striking Iran. https://t.co/4CrDoTINuJ
Long-term news junkies will remember the epidemic of child kidnapping in China in the 90's
He searched for his kidnapped son for nearly 24 years. He drove across more than 300,000 miles of China by motorbike. He displayed photos of his two-year-old boy.
Why has the 60s and 70s Black Panther Party been recently rehabilitated, when everyone knew the truth about them long, long ago? Here's my answer to the query:https://t.co/ZxQcr3Tg3E
Senate Democrats plan to offset some of their “soft” infrastructure spending by using dynamic scoring — a budgetary practice many of them called a gimmick just a few years ago.
Why it matters: The total size of the Democrat-only reconciliation bill will depend in large part on how much of it can be offset with new revenues. Using budgetary smoke and mirrors shows how hard Democrats are working to pass a big bill [....]
Democrats and Republicans are already jockeying for a crucial voting bloc that soured on Donald Trump, tilted to Joe Biden and now holds the key to the second half of the president’s term.
On Thursday I posted a series of charts that all documented a similar theme: Since roughly the year 2000, according to survey data, Democrats have moved significantly to the left on most hot button social issues while Republicans have moved only slightly right.
Is this the start of the new Afghanistan? (Also, just a reminder: our police need help with armed gangs.)
The U.S. is sending senior FBI and DHS officials to Haiti to respond to request for security and investigative assistance following the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, Psaki announces. U.S. is also providing $5 million to help police fight gangs https://t.co/Bcy7A2ShyVpic.twitter.com/0xBXCuLn19
According to the CDC the US had a homicide total of 24,692 in 2020, an increase of 5,551 compared to 2019. That's 29% more homicides, with the majority happening after a spike that coincided with the riots protesting the death of George Floyd pic.twitter.com/nrlo5zvvyN
New: Leading conservative groups are telling Mitch McConnell not to sign onto a bill that increases *any* funding for IRS, per letter obtained by WaPo ahead of release. IRS budget cut ~20% amid tax evasion by wealthy@TonyRomm@yjtorbatihttps://t.co/3NMHZeMB6n
No, it's not all right-wing media make believe, it's really happening.
One of the lead sponsors of the NEA resolution promoting critical race theory once referred to their African American State Education of Commissioner with a racial slur because they supported charter schools. https://t.co/agttE16NKN
interesting because not the same old; this is from someone enamored with Murdoch The Rupert Murdoch I worked for was brilliant, courageous, optimistic, and a gentleman. Which makes his bile-filled network all the more confounding.
