Category: Democrats

Patrick Leahy, longest serving US senator still in office, announces he won’t seek reelection

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(CNN)Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat and the longest serving US senator still in office, announced Monday he won’t seek reelection for a ninth term next year, after serving in the chamber since 1975. “While I will continue to serve Vermont, Marcelle and I have reached a conclusion: it is time to put down the gavel,” said Leahy, referring to his wife. “It is time to pass the torch to the next Vermonter, who’ll carry on this work for our great state. It’s time to come home.” “I will not run…

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Alex Jones Loses By Default In All Sandy Hook Defamation Lawsuits

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<p><em>This article is part of <a href=”https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe”>TPM Cafe</a>, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It first appeared at <a href=”https://theconversation.com/alex-jones-loses-sandy-hook-case-but-important-defamation-issues-remain-unresolved-171914″>The Conversation.</a></em></p> <p><a href=”https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/15/us/politics/alex-jones-sandy-hook.html”>A Connecticut judge has found Alex Jones, a well-known media personality, liable</a> in the defamation claim brought against him by parents of 6- and 7-year-old children killed in the Sandy Hook massacre for falsely claiming they were accomplices in faking the murders of their own children.</p> <p>Like <a href=”https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/01/us/alex-jones-lawsuit-sandy-hook.html”>an earlier decision in a Texas court</a> brought by different parents, the court entered a “<a href=”https://dictionary.law.com/Default.aspx?selected=460″>default judgment</a>,” which means that…

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Watch Live: Closing Arguments In Rittenhouse Murder Trial

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Closing arguments are scheduled to begin Monday morning in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the now 18-year-old Illinois gunman who traveled across state lines and killed two men and injured another during racial injustice protests in Wisconsin in the summer of 2020. <p>The defense and the prosecution will each have two-plus hours to make their closing arguments. Things are scheduled to get underway at 10 a.m. ET. </p> Talking Points Memo

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Maryland legislators’ maps would leap U.S. Rep. Andy Harris’ district over the Chesapeake Bay…

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Maryland legislators’ maps would leap U.S. Rep. Andy Harris’ district over the Chesapeake Bay to bring in more Democrats. Will they go further?  Baltimore Sun “us democrats” – Google News

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