Washington State's Democrats Float a Proposal To Make Voting Mandatory
The proposal is "about behavior modification," argued state Sen. Patty Kuderer, likening the government's role in promoting voting to that of a parent.
The proposal is "about behavior modification," argued state Sen. Patty Kuderer, likening the government's role in promoting voting to that of a parent.
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There are ways to reduce abusive behavior while still protecting public safety.
Alarmists are unfazed by the lack of evidence that "foreign influence campaigns" have affected public opinion or voting behavior.
A plan to put 25 inmates to death over two years is reconsidered.
"Everybody should have an expectation that they can put a sign in their yard and speak on a certain topic," a lawyer for the couple said.
Floridians will bear the cost of DeSantis currying favor with immigration restrictionists.
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The first episode paints an enslaver, plantation master, and Royalist autocrat as a leading and even celebrated agent of emancipation.
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"Active bystandership" training aims to overcome the pressures that discourage police officers from intervening when their colleagues use excessive force.
"Comprehensive and accurate records are critical if patterns and causes of harm are going to be identified and corrected," said an attorney representing Louisiana inmates.
Gov. Spencer Cox signed legislation that will provide scholarships to K-12 students who choose nonpublic education.
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"I have never felt threatened by a single person in this town until meeting those officers and the social worker."
Report author: “The COVID‐19 pandemic was a catastrophe for human freedom.”
Annual inflation was reported at 88 percent in October, up from 50 percent in January 2022.
News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world.
"I think the Democratic Party has severely underestimated how many people like me there are," says the 1986 USA Gymnastics national champion.
The five police officers involved in the deadly encounter have been charged with Nichols' murder.
The Vienna Green Party had demanded a scheduled performance of the reunited heavy metal band be canceled because of a 2016 incident in which singer Phil Anselmo threw out a Nazi salute.
The state's "arbitrary requirement to house all male death row prisoners in permanent solitary confinement does not promote safety and security, is inconsistent with correctional best practices, and serves no penological purpose," the lawsuit claims.
"I think we need to just call this out on the bullshit it is."
Economists Lawrence H. White and Frederic Mishkin debate whether the Federal Reserve should be replaced with free market institutions.
One federal judge thought the state's new restrictions on medical advice were clear, while another saw a hopeless muddle.
Sen. Rand Paul says Republicans "have to give up the sacred cow" of military spending in order to make a deal that will address the debt ceiling and balance the budget.
The White House's idea of using Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to adopt rent control faces numerous legal and practical hurdles.
Economists Lawrence H. White and Frederic Mishkin debate whether the Federal Reserve should be replaced with free market institutions.
Deepfakes aren't nearly as dangerous as the tried-and-true technique of saying something misleading with the imprimatur of authority.
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Progressives might not be coming for your existing stove, but they are trying to stop any new installations.
To its credit, the world seems ready to embrace the pioneers of a homeschooled future.
The Golden Enclaves is the third installment of Novik's best-selling Scholomance trilogy.
They both share in their authoritarian desires to censor online speech and violate citizen privacy.
Providing legal ways to work or seek protection in America is the only viable way to reduce illegal immigration.
"There is an obligation both to incarcerated persons and the taxpayers not to keep someone incarcerated for longer than they should be," a Louisiana district attorney said. "Timely release is not only a legal obligation, but arguably of equal importance, a moral obligation."
U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb says the law is unconstitutionally vague.
Bipartisan efforts to ban the app in America would be a great blow to our economy and our liberty.
The site crashed because Swift is very popular, not because antitrust enforcement is too weak.
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Elected leaders come and go, but public unions just say no.
What was originally intended as an alternative to incarceration has become a system for mass state control.
Compared to Russia, war with China is a deeper nightmare.