And then it keeps happening. Like a hole in the middle of the memory of a field. The interruption of it spreading, wideningout toward the edges. Or is it that the field, receptive, pours itself into it? Like a consummation. The way a firecan realize by feeding. What knows a thing better than …Continue Reading
Attempting to defend Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, House Bill 1557, Christina Pushaw, the press secretary for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, accused the bill’s opponents of preying on children. “The bill that liberals inaccurately call ‘Don’t Say Gay’ would be more accurately described as an Anti-Grooming Bill,” Pushaw wrote on Twitter, ahead of a vote…Continue Reading
First the National Review was against Trump. Then it was against anti-Trumpism. Then it was kind of for Trump and kind of against him: It published pieces making the case for voting for him in 2020, against voting for him in 2020, and for maybe voting against him in 2020. Now, as he prepares to…Continue Reading
Welcome to At the Races! Each week we’ll bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here.Top o’ the afternoon to you.COVID-19 deprived the annual Friends of Ireland Luncheon at the Capitol its guest of honor after Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister)…Continue Reading
ANALYSIS — Americans are in no mood for a direct military conflict with Russia, but the same pressures that created the country’s tribal politics could threaten its anti-war mood.Multiple polls show a majority of Americans support what President Joe Biden and NATO have done so far to help Ukraine in its scrappy effort to slow…Continue Reading
Posted March 17, 2022 at 11:00amWhile health insurance coverage has broadly expanded across the country since implementation of the Affordable Care Act of 2010, many impoverished communities continue to lag behind, according to census data released Thursday.Overall, the nation’s uninsured population fell to 8.7 percent in 2020, from 15 percent in 2013.In Texas, however, American…Continue Reading
An Ontario coroner has ruled video footage of a First Nations man being dragged inside Thunder Bay’s police station can be used in a coming inquest on two other First Nations men, who died in custody after their arrest for public intoxication. WARNING: This story contains language, content readers may find disturbing.The deaths of Don Mamakwa,…Continue Reading
Posted March 17, 2022 at 9:00amAfter giving the IRS its biggest budget boost in years, some lawmakers are turning to new efforts to deliver resources to the beleaguered agency in the middle of a tax filing season plagued by lengthy delays and a hefty backlog of unprocessed returns.Sens. Benjamin L. Cardin, D-Md., and Rob Portman,…Continue Reading
Gloria Ballantyne-Packo’s sister died three years ago. She writes her family wants people to know the Kendara Ballantyne beyond the headline labelling her MMIWG.Kendara Ballantyne, 18, was reported missing weeks before her remains were found on Aug. 6, 2019. (Submitted by Gloria Ballantyne-Packo)9:57My sister is connected to MMIWG, but Kendara’s life was so much more…Continue Reading
Canada will soon have two warships deployed overseas supporting NATO in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This Saturday, HMCS Halifax will leave the East Coast to join allied ships in the Baltic region.A worker returns to HMCS Halifax to continue preparing the ship for its deployment overseas as part of Operation Reassurance, the…Continue Reading
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