Conservatives’ favor defunding the tax police and trying to address the “root causes” of rich people’s tax cheating, but I agree with @EricLevitz that the Biden administration’s tough on crime approach is superior. https://t.co/TuDsQhHZbu
3/3 Give the full piece a read. We think the most likely interpretation of these data is that when frustration with the police boils over into lawless demonstrations, the party seeking changes to policing tends to pay an electoral price.https://t.co/VnxFMxizxk
Stunning NYT examination of the sharp decline in fertility across the world, except in Africa.
One unexpected stat: By the end of the century, Nigeria could surpass China in population.
By @damiencave, @EmmaBubola, Choe Sang-Hunhttps://t.co/sfny3XQ193
Here we go, as many have predicted. You want "defund"? Those with the money will be glad to let you have as much "defund" as you desire, will take the tax savings and put it toward their own "police":
Life in pro-business Florida has shown many Puerto Ricans a clear, successful alternative to their homeland's interventionist, big government ordeal.https://t.co/1nh0qwk7jX
"When America’s China policy is refracted through a political lens, there is pressure for policymakers to prioritize posturing for domestic audiences with inflated projections of strength, even when doing so undermines other foreign policy objectives." https://t.co/ujM1u5oxpS
Some states are trying to ban curriculums that acknowledge this country’s history of racism. It’s creating a new culture war over a school of thought called critical race theory, the three most misunderstood words in America.
This is a podcast but I link to the TRANSCRIPT that is provided (you can listen to the podcast by just closing the transcript window.) @ "The Argument” at NYTimes.com, May 19, a weekly ideas show, hosted by Jane Coaston,
House Democrats introduce a resolution to block a $735 million sale of precision-guided weapons to Israel. Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Mark Pocan and Rashida Tlaib are lead sponsors of the measure https://t.co/qtrnO6E4oDhttps://t.co/qtrnO6E4oD
including that aides say he demands hours of debate from scores of policy experts...
BIDEN’S INNER CIRCLE: In a @WhiteHouse that is more diverse than any before it, aides say four white men (MIKE DONILON, RON KLAIN, BRUCE REED & STEVE RICCHETTI) are the ones BIDEN goes to for a final gut-check before making a decision. https://t.co/qITB7X6vYDpic.twitter.com/bGxCjpjveh
The nascent agreement, backed by President Joe Biden, is a bright spot for a chamber that has grown increasingly partisan in recent years. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called the bill a “once-in-a-generation investment in American science and American technology.”
"“Zero Fail,” a history of the agency by the Washington Post reporter Carol Leonnig, is a devastating catalog of jaw-dropping incompetence, ham-fisted mismanagement and frat-boy bacchanalia."https://t.co/Bq4j2pYY8P
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) announced Monday that the state will dole out one-time direct payments of $1,000 to 10,000 "long-term unemployed" residents who find work before the end of 2021.
Washington, DC (CNN)A Space Force lieutenant colonel has been removed from his command after appearing on a conservative podcast criticizing the United States military.
