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'Not normal': Top Senate Dem says activist trait 'has to go' to win midterms

One high-ranking senator wants his party's most dedicated activists to make fundamental changes to how they approach voters in the next election cycle. In a wide-ranging interview with Politico columnist Jonathan Martin, Sen. Brian Schatz lamented that Democrats don't just have a deficit in information "infrastructure," but that Democrats don't take advantage of their limited opportunities to use plain language …

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4 weeks, 2 days ago

Biden’s record-setting clemency act leaves allies only wanting more

Politico

Instead, allies and criminal justice advocates say, Biden’s act of mass clemency on Thursday now feels like something of a consolation. “The White House knows, and he knows, that he needed to do a big list of pardons,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal, who was among the Democrats critical of Biden’s blanket pardon for Hunter. “I’m happy for the home confinement …

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1 month ago

‘Show Mercy’: Sen. Brian Schatz Urges Joe Biden To Free Leonard Peltier In Final Days

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Sen. Brian Schatz on Wednesday urged President Joe Biden to use his final days in office to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier, a Native American rights activist who has been in prison for nearly 50 years despite a deeply flawed trial and pleas for his release from human rights leaders, legal experts and even some …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Democratic Senator Questions If Trump Is OK After Onstage Flub

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Sen. Brian Schatz questioned Donald Trump’s mental fitness after the former president got muddled at a campaign event Tuesday, adding to a recent string of gaffes and word jumbles. While speaking in Milwaukee, Trump mentioned the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, claiming he was “basically trying to kill me.” It appears Trump was actually referring …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Senator suggests Trump engaging in ‘racist stochastic terrorism’ amid pet-eating hoax

Raw Story

Donald Trump is on his fourth day of promoting his false claim that 20,000 undocumented Haitian migrants were dumped on Springfield, Ohio and have destroyed the townsfolk’s way of life, including by stealing people’s pet cats and dogs and eating them. I’m here to send a message, I placed a bomb in the following locations…” During Tuesday’s presidential debate Trump …

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4 months ago

Montana GOP Senate Candidate Peddles Racist Trope

Huff Post

U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy speaks on stage with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Aug. 9, 2024, in Bozeman, Montana. He is the son of the late Jay Omer Stovall, Jr., a former Montana legislator and “proud enrolled member of the Crow Tribe.” The senior Stovall’s obituary notes that he was “appointed by President George H. Bush to represent …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Harris steps into the limelight. And the coconut trees and memes have followed

Hindustan Times

If you're trying to get up to speed on Vice President Kamala Harris' swift emergence as Democrats' possible nominee this fall, you really need to know your memes. The post has accumulated over 35 million impressions on the app, and Harris’ campaign quickly set its X banner photo to the striking Shrek-green color of Charli’s “brat” album cover. Viral mashups …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Coconut trees, 'brat summer' and Kamala Harris: Memes and the election

Associated Press

If you’re trying to get up to speed on Vice President Kamala Harris’ swift emergence as Democrats’ possible nominee this fall, you really need to know your memes. From “brat summer” to “coconut tree,” it’s been a timeline full of Harris-related memes for many people since President Joe Biden exited the 2024 presidential race on Sunday and endorsed his No. …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Harris steps into the limelight. And the coconut trees and memes have followed

The Independent

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. From “brat summer” to “coconut tree," it's been …

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9 months, 1 week ago

A U.S. Senator Is Shaming Universities Into Returning Native American Human Remains

Huff Post

WASHINGTON — A couple of months ago, Sen. Brian Schatz walked onto the Senate floor with an unusual plan: public shaming. The decision to cover various items in display cases was made in response to new revisions to the Department of Interior's regulations regarding Native American human remains, funerary objects and sacred artifacts. Two of the five institutions targeted by …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Schools in the path of April’s total solar eclipse prepare for a natural teaching moment

Associated Press

CLEVELAND — Seventh-grade student Henry Cohen bounced side to side in time to the Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun” playing in teacher Nancy Morris’ classroom, swinging his arms open and closed across the planets pictured on his T-shirt. Henry said his shirt reflected his love of space, which he called “a cool mystery.” The eclipse, he said, “is a one …

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10 months, 4 weeks ago

How the Chiefs stack up among NFL dynasties (and a path past the Patriots): Sando’s Pick Six

New York Times

LAS VEGAS — Go ahead and crown the Kansas City Chiefs as the fourth NFL dynasty of the Super Bowl era. That is the big-picture takeaway from the Chiefs’ 25-22 overtime victory over the 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII, which delivered Kansas City its third Lombardi Trophy in five seasons. After studying the greatest Super Bowl-era runs, the 1974-79 Steelers, …

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11 months ago

'He's In A Tough Position': Mitch McConnell's Influence Wanes In Trump's GOP

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell is widely known to be a cunning, Machiavellian tactician who maximizes his party’s power in the Senate to accomplish hugely consequential conservative victories, including a right-wing Supreme Court majority that may last for decades. A bill that paired foreign aid with conservative border policy got even less GOP support — just 4 votes …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Elizabeth Warren, Brian Schatz Press Biden On Gaza

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Two prominent Democratic senators are urging the Biden administration to use American leverage over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to temper his devastating U.S.-backed campaign in Gaza, HuffPost has learned. Elizabeth Warren and Brian Schatz sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday asking for specific actions that President Joe Biden will take to …

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11 months, 4 weeks ago

'Our Guy Gets To Commit Crimes': Democratic Senator Slams Trump's Immunity Claims

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Sen. Brian Schatz on Thursday took to the Senate floor to condemn former President Donald Trump’s claims for total immunity from criminal prosecution, an unprecedented legal argument he said is “impossible to ignore and must cause alarm.” “I don’t want everybody to wake up every morning freaked out about whatever Donald Trump says,” Schatz said, “but today, …

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1 year ago

Year of Kyle Larson? NASCAR, Indy 500 and High Limit make him the face of ’24

New York Times

If 2022 seemed to be all about Ross Chastain and 2023 had everyone talking about Denny Hamlin, just wait until how much Kyle Larson gets discussed in 2024. GO DEEPER Kyle Larson on running a series and his biggest racing challenge: 12 Questions Indy 500 Outlook: Larson will make his first attempt at running the Indianapolis 500 in May, where …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Is it true or not? Israeli group FakeReporter fact checks while seeking shelter

NPR

Is it true or not? Israeli group FakeReporter fact checks while seeking shelter Enlarge this image toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR Claire Harbage/NPR Achiya Schatz walked into the kitchen and saw his mother-in-law standing there in tears. It's a fake"— are uttered quite a bit these days by Schatz and his associates ever since the Hamas-Israel war broke out, unleashing an …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Maui wildfire death toll hits 80 as questions raised over warnings

India Today

The death toll from the Maui wildfires rose to 80 on Friday as search teams combed through the smoldering ruins of Lahaina, and Hawaiian officials sought to determine how the inferno spread so rapidly through the historic resort town with little warning. Maui County Fire Chief Bradford Ventura said at a press conference on Thursday that the fire's speed made …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Lahaina’s historic 150-year-old banyan tree was badly scorched by wildfires, but it’s still standing

CNN

CNN — It was once filled with bright green leaves and sweeping branches that covered its visitors with shade. Now, Lahaina’s historic 150-year-old banyan tree has been charred by the wildfires and is dull in color – but still alive. “Banyan Tree in Lahaina smoldering at the base, but still standing,” Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz wrote accompanying a video he …

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1 year, 6 months ago

U.S. Companies Face EU Deforestation Rules on Coffee, Wood, Other Everyday Goods

Live Mint

Companies selling everyday products such as leather shoes, coffee and chocolate in the European Union will soon need to prove their wares aren’t causing forest loss under a new law, after voluntary efforts largely failed. The world’s toughest rules on deforestation come into force Thursday, meaning that companies have 18 months to prepare for proving the origin of seven commodities …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Column: New rules push baseball into fast-paced world

Associated Press

Welcome to our fast-paced world, Major League Baseball. “Even some of the high-scoring games are under three hours.” Indeed, through the first week of spring training, there’s a whole lot to like about pitch clocks and larger bases and limits on infield shifts. “I don’t think this was intended for a game to end like that,” Braves manager Brian Snitker …

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2 years, 1 month ago

7 Senators Urge Biden To Grant Clemency To Leonard Peltier

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Seven senators on Tuesday urgently appealed to President Joe Biden to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier, the ailing 78-year-old Native American rights activist whom the U.S. government put in prison 46 years ago after a trial riddled with misconduct and racism. Peltier’s continued imprisonment defies the promises of justice, and the power to exercise mercy in this …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Physician Green wins Hawaii Democratic primary for governor

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Green, the state’s current lieutenant governor, handily defeated former first lady Vicky Cayetano and …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Unexpected deal would boost Biden pledge on climate change

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — An unexpected deal reached by Senate Democrats would be the most ambitious action ever taken by the United States to address global warming and could help President Joe Biden come close to meeting his pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, experts said Thursday, as they sifted through a massive bill that revives action on …

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'Not normal': Top Senate Dem says activist trait 'has to go' to win midterms

Biden’s record-setting clemency act leaves allies only wanting more

‘Show Mercy’: Sen. Brian Schatz Urges Joe Biden To Free Leonard Peltier In Final Days

Democratic Senator Questions If Trump Is OK After Onstage Flub

Senator suggests Trump engaging in ‘racist stochastic terrorism’ amid pet-eating hoax

Montana GOP Senate Candidate Peddles Racist Trope

Harris steps into the limelight. And the coconut trees and memes have followed

Coconut trees, 'brat summer' and Kamala Harris: Memes and the election

Harris steps into the limelight. And the coconut trees and memes have followed

A U.S. Senator Is Shaming Universities Into Returning Native American Human Remains

Schools in the path of April’s total solar eclipse prepare for a natural teaching moment

How the Chiefs stack up among NFL dynasties (and a path past the Patriots): Sando’s Pick Six

'He's In A Tough Position': Mitch McConnell's Influence Wanes In Trump's GOP

Elizabeth Warren, Brian Schatz Press Biden On Gaza

'Our Guy Gets To Commit Crimes': Democratic Senator Slams Trump's Immunity Claims

Year of Kyle Larson? NASCAR, Indy 500 and High Limit make him the face of ’24

Is it true or not? Israeli group FakeReporter fact checks while seeking shelter

Maui wildfire death toll hits 80 as questions raised over warnings

Lahaina’s historic 150-year-old banyan tree was badly scorched by wildfires, but it’s still standing

U.S. Companies Face EU Deforestation Rules on Coffee, Wood, Other Everyday Goods

Column: New rules push baseball into fast-paced world

7 Senators Urge Biden To Grant Clemency To Leonard Peltier

Physician Green wins Hawaii Democratic primary for governor

Unexpected deal would boost Biden pledge on climate change