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How Democrats game the census for power

At the 68th Grammy Awards, a day before Groundhog Day, singer Billie Eilish spied her shadow in a spotlight beam and predicted endless Hollywood posturing on illegal immigration.  “No one is illegal on stolen land,” Eilish said, offering a neat epigrammatic falsehood about the United States that is catching on. But it’s a boneheaded analysis, […]

Why America’s 250th misses the point

The United States is preparing to commemorate her semiquincentennial on July 4. For those challenged by history, this date will be 250 years since the Declaration of Independence was proclaimed. Fireworks will burst, speeches will be delivered, and messaging will tell Americans that the nation sprang fully formed from Philadelphia in the summer of 1776. […]

A new jazz orchestra with Kurt Elling comes to Washington

American culture still produces great things. The Music Center at Strathmore, a gorgeous concert and arts venue just outside of Washington, is preparing for a premier performance by its new in-house, 17-piece Strathmore Jazz Orchestra. The band, led by conductor and composer Daniel Jamieson, will make its debut on Friday, Feb. 13, performing with Grammy-winning vocalist Kurt Elling. […]

The Lemon indictment is what equal justice looks like

Disgraced former-CNN anchor Don Lemon said he “will not be silenced” after a Minnesota grand jury indicted him for violating the First Amendment rights of worshipers in St. Paul last week. Naturally, no one is trying to silence the man, as much as any reasonable person would love it if he shut up. What the […]

Man who falsely claimed to shoot Charlie Kirk faces up to 15 years in prison

George Zinn, accepted a plea deal as he faced charges of obstruction of justice and sexual exploitation of a minor.

National Parks Service to remove invasive ‘salt cedar’ trees from Big Bend National Park

From Feb. 12-28, park resource crews will cut down tamarisk trees in the area and then treat the stumps with the herbicide triclopyr. The National Parks Service said in a Jan. 27 news release that it will remove invasive trees in Big Bend National Park, along the Rio Grande and the park's hot springs area.

Savannah Guthrie calls for prayers for missing mother: ‘Bring her home’

“Today” show host Savannah Guthrie is calling for prayers as the search continues for her missing mother. Nancy Guthrie, 84, was reported missing on Sunday morning after she did not show up for church near Tucson, Ariz. In an Instagram post on Monday evening, the NBC host asked her followers to “please pray” for the return...

Echoes of Kent State are reverberating through Minneapolis

As in the aftermath of Kent State, the right wing’s opinion is not based on the facts but on political partisanship.

Our recovery agenda must start before addiction takes hold

Regaining connection to other human beings is the basis for recovery.

Probable cause found against West Virginia woman accused in alleged Trump assassination plot

A woman accused in an alleged scheme to assassinate President Donald Trump made a court appearance in Jackson County, West Virginia Monday.

Live updates: House votes could end government shutdown; Trump, Colombian leader to meet

House Republicans could end the partial government shutdown on Tuesday, as the lower chamber gears up for votes on a five-bill minibus and a two-week continuing resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). A razor-thin margin and Democrats' refusal to fast-track the funding package put House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and his conference...

Gabbard says Trump requested her presence at Fulton County election center search

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard participated in the FBI’s recent search of a Georgia election center at the request of President Trump, she told members of Congress in a Monday letter. Last week, Gabbard was captured on camera by a Reuters photographer near the election office in Fulton County, Ga., where she was seen...

The Movement: MAGA balks at pumping brakes on deportation operations

A portion of the MAGA base that has long supported mass deportations is worried that the Trump administration will pump the brakes on its immigration enforcement strategy in the wake of mass public outrage over the killing of two Americans by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis. “We have to hold the line. There can be...

First, they came for the journalist

Trump is using the Department of Justice to target his political enemies and intimidate journalists, just as the Department of Defense is being used to wage war and seize other countries' resources.

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