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Stephen 'tWitch' Boss's death should spark real conversations about the cost of Black celebrity

Last week, dancer and DJ Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss died from suicide at age 40. Like many, I was incredibly shocked and saddened by the news.

The Conversation

Senate sends fiscal 2023 defense authorization bill to Biden’s desk

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to pass the final defense authorization bill for fiscal 2023, clearing the sweeping measure for President Joe Biden’s signature.

Tribune News Service

Senate sends fiscal 2023 NDAA to Biden's desk - Roll Call

The Senate voted overwhelmingly to pass the final defense authorization bill for fiscal 2023, clearing the measure for Biden's signature.

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Final defense authorization bill removes most House provisions on hate groups

WASHINGTON — The lawmakers who wrote this year’s final defense authorization bill deleted or diluted all eight House-passed NDAA provisions pertaining to extremism in the U.S. military or American society.

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Final NDAA removes most House provisions on hate groups - Roll Call

Most of the provisions aimed at identifying and removing extremism in the U.S. military were stripped out of the annual defense policy bill.

Roll Call

Lawmakers will face familiar technology issues next Congress

WASHINGTON — The 118th Congress will face some long-standing policy challenges as well as a few new ones but may not get to the finish line on any of them — even the federal data privacy bill that has bipartisan backing in both chambers.

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Pa. Sen. Pat Toomey blocks landmark reform legislation to fight global money laundering

With just weeks left in his final term, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey played a key role in blocking sweeping anti-money laundering legislation that was created to choke off the billions of dirty dollars pouring into the United States from shady operators, including drug traffickers, oligarchs and corrupt foreign leaders.

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Bill protecting same-sex, interracial unions clears Congress

The House gave final approval Thursday to protections for same-sex marriages

The Independent UK

Gillibrand calls new NDAA ‘huge milestone’ in military justice

WASHINGTON — The newly released defense authorization bill for fiscal 2023 all but completes a decade-long campaign to overhaul the tradition-bound military justice system, advocates of the change say.

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Gillibrand calls new NDAA 'huge milestone' in military justice - Roll Call

The defense authorization measure would move authority over prosecutions for major crimes from commanders to professional prosecutors.

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Big Tech, free speech advocates join to oppose journalism bill

Tribune News Service

Nick Bollettieri, coach to many tennis stars, dead at age 91

The Hall of Fame member worked with some of the sport's biggest stars, including Andre Agassi and Monica Seles, and founded a Florida academy that revolutionized the development of young athletes.

WEKU

House Democrats elect Hakeem Jeffries as Congress’ first Black party leader

WASHINGTON — House Democrats tapped Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York on Wednesday to lead them in the next Congress, and elected California Rep. Pete Aguilar as House Democratic Caucus chair.

Los Angeles Times

Brickbat: The In Crowd

A conservative legal group has filed a civil rights complaint against the Providence, R.I., school system with the U.S. Department of Education over the system's "Educator of Color Loan Forgiveness Program." The program helps pay off teachers' student loans, but only if the teachers "identify as Asian, Black, Indigenous, Latino,…

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Permitting legislation finds roadblocks in path to defense authorization bill

WASHINGTON — Prospects that Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., will be able to attach an energy permitting proposal of his to the annual defense policy bill dimmed after two key Republicans said they opposed the idea.

Salon

Right-wing group got $850M from 2 donors

The gifts were "among the largest ever donations to a politically-connected group"

Los Angeles Times

More bad news for Swifties: Ticketmaster cancels Friday on-sale for Taylor’s Eras tour

After 48 hours of outcry from frustrated fans, Ticketmaster preemptively canceled Friday’s public on-sale for Taylor Swift’s Eras stadium tour.

Los Angeles Times

More bad news for Swifties: Ticketmaster cancels Friday on-sale for Taylor’s Eras tour

After 48 hours of outcry from frustrated fans, Ticketmaster preemptively cancelled Friday's public on-sale for Taylor Swift's Eras stadium tour.

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Ticketmaster to Swifties: Our bad. Congress to Ticketmaster: That’s not good enough

After 48 hours of outcry from frustrated fans, Ticketmaster tried to explain the debacle around ticket sales for Taylor Swift’s Eras stadium tour.

Roll Call

Senate Democrats plan spree of judicial confirmations in lame duck

Senate Judiciary Chair Richard J. Durbin said the party wants to get through as many of the nominees as possible by the end of the year.

The Guardian - UK

Christopher Ogden obituary

Other lives: Senior journalist at Time magazine in London, Moscow and Washington DC, and author of several biographies

Roll Call

Offshore energy battle looms over 'must pass' defense bill - Roll Call

One of the most underappreciated high-stakes legislative fights, featuring some strange political bedfellows, is brewing after the elections.

WEKU

CVS and Walgreens announce opioid settlements totaling $10 billion

It could amount to the last round of huge settlements after years of litigation over the industry's role in an overdose crisis linked to more than 500,000 deaths in the U.S. over the past two decades.

WEKU

Paying for mental health care leaves families in debt and isolated

A youth mental health crisis and a shortage of therapists and other care providers who take insurance are pushing many U.S. families into financial ruin. But it's rarely acknowledged as medical debt.

Tribune News Service

Collins set for top GOP spot on Defense appropriations panel

WASHINGTON — In the next Congress, Susan Collins of Maine is expected to be the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee’s powerful Defense panel, sources say.

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