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Jackie Calmes: No, Tucker Carlson, armed IRS agents won't be coming for Amercans' money

My dad was an armed IRS agent, gun-toting for good reason. He helped bust mob figures across northern Ohio for tax evasion, from Toledo to Youngstown. He died too young (of natural causes), and his public service is among my best memories.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 3, 2022

Beto O’Rourke confronts a formidable GOP firewall as he woos rural Texans

Despite its dwindling population, rural Texas has consistently helped protect GOP dominance in statewide races, even as Democratic support grows in the state’s populous metro centers and suburbs.

The Texas Tribune · Sep 2, 2022

Baristas steamed at Ted Cruz depiction as pothead slackers eager for handouts

Jacqueline Farias has spent the last five years as a barista at Merit Coffee in Highland Park while working her way through Texas Woman’s University.

Tribune News Service · Sep 2, 2022

Cruz bashes "slackers" for debt relief

"Republicans revealing what they REALLY think about the working class," said one progressive commentator

Salon · Aug 29, 2022

Lauren Boebert under fire for claiming student loan forgiveness funds ‘degree in lesbian dance theory’

‘I’m not going to lie, I’m a little pissed that lesbian dance theory wasn’t offered when I went to college,’ one Twitter user mocked the Colorado congresswoman

The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2022

Broken News review: Ex-Fox News editor has broadsides for both sides

Chris Stirewalt helped call Arizona early and right, enraging Donald Trump. He has harsh words for the US media in general

The Guardian - US · Aug 28, 2022

Ted Cruz mocked for blasting ‘slacker baristas’ after Biden scraps some student loan debt

Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders posted a video on Twitter educating the Texas senator about some of the Americans – such as nurses – struggling because of crippling student loan debt

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2022

Ted Cruz says forgiving student debt could help Democrats if ‘slacker baristas’ can ‘get off the bong’ long enough to vote

White House forgiving up to $10,000 in federal student loan debt for those earning less than $125,000 per year

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2022

Conspiracists have published a 'frank admission' by Brett Sutton about boosters. Here's what he really said

Anti-lockdown advocates have been claiming online this week that Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton admitted that vaccines never worked. But that's not what he said.

ABC News · Aug 25, 2022

School police didn’t stop Parkland or Uvalde shootings, and often discriminate against students. Why did Biden give them $300m?

Campus police officers are often cited as an effective tool against gun violence. But the data shows they do little to stop school shootings — and often discriminate against students of colour. Josh Marcus reports

The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2022