Donna Provencher
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Lockdowns Did More Economic Good Than Harm, Data Show
Reprinted with permission from American Independent → Read More
Poll: Voters Credit Democrats, Not Republicans, On Rescue Plan
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New Study Reveals Massive Tax Evasion By Wealthiest Americans
A new study has found that the wealthiest one percent of Americans are dodging payment of taxes at a much higher rate than prior research had revealed. → Read More
Anti-Abortion Extremist Abby Johnson Urges Vaccine Boycott
Anti-abortion activist and 2020 Republican National Convention speaker Abby Johnson posted a video Tuesday evening urging her followers to boycott the COVID-19 vaccine, falsely claiming it props up abortion because it contains "dead children." → Read More
Far-Right Republicans Encouraging Anti-Mask Violence
After serving eight years as a government official, Mayor Joyce Warshaw of Dodge City, Kansas, resigned Tuesday after threats of violence by people opposed to her city's mask mandate made her fear for her safety. → Read More
How McConnell Is Holding Health Care Workers And First Responders Hostage
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is holding up talks on a bipartisan bill that could include badly needed aid for hard-hit hospitals around the country with demands that Democrats give up state and local relief funding before he'll let the Senate vote on it. → Read More
As Virus Surges, Pence Ghosts White House Task Force
Coronavirus cases have reached a frightening new peak, but Vice President Mike Pence, head of the White House coronavirus task force, has reportedly been missing in any meaningful capacity from leadership for weeks. → Read More
Violent Threats By Trump Supporters Are Multiplying Nationwide
A Maryland man was arrested last week on federal charges for making violent threats toward Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris, according to local prosecutors, the latest in a line of threatening incidents against the candidates and their supporters. → Read More
Barrett Won’t Say Whether Medicare Is Constitutional
On the third day of Judge Amy Coney Barrett's Senate confirmation hearing, ranking Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein (CA) asked her some hard questions regarding protections for senior citizens — for which Barrett had no real answer. → Read More
WATCH: Lindsey Graham Insists Senators Don't Need Covid Testing Despite Outbreaks
During a break in Monday morning's confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told reporters he feels no need to test senators for coronavirus before the hearing continues. → Read More
Never Mind! ‘Misplaced’ Ballots Were Result Of Minor Error
Donald Trump's war on mail-in voting this week turned out to be all for naught after election workers in Pennsylvania admitted to an envelope mix-up that Trump had initially claimed was part of a broader fraud scheme. → Read More
Judge Rules Eric Trump Must Testify In Tax Fraud Case
Judge Arthur Engoron of the Manhattan Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Eric Trump must testify in the New York Attorney General's investigation of potential civil fraud by the Trump Organization — before the presidential election. → Read More
Profiling The Politics Of Trump’s Potential Court Nominees
As the nation grieves the death of women's rights champion Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Donald Trump has vowed — in the teeth of public outcry — to choose her replacement. Trump is likely to choose a woman to fill Ginsburg's Supreme Court seat. → Read More
Trump Campaign Again Promotes Anti-Semitic Imagery
A new Trump campaign ad portraying Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders as Joe Biden's puppet master is the latest in a long pattern of anti-Semitic dog whistles by the White House occupant. → Read More